SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - What That Is! LP doom THE UKIAH DRAG'S newest slab

THE UKIAH DRAG'S newest slab is more like a taped-up scrapyard majesty than a slick-prick showboat

" It doesn't fit into any box

Pornopolka has obsessive rhythms over a drone

The legendary Francoise Hardy is pretty much the sonic epitome of 1960’s French cool

and it's us against the world"

SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - What That Is! LP doom THE UKIAH DRAG'S newest slabOriginally released in 1969. Jalacy J. Hawkins, better known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, was born on July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a young man, he played piano, boxed in local championships and learned opera at the Ohio Conservatory of Music. Although initially pursuing opera after returning from serving in World War II, Hawkins eventually sharpened his focus on the darker side of R+B and jazz, using macabre stage props, absolute wildman persona