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Photo by David Hall Newcastle's Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are back with a new single and an unexpected but fantastic collaboration. "Glib Tongued" is a giant, riff heavy track that features a guest verse from El-P of Run the Jewels and Company Flow. It's a mid-tempo track that grinds it's way through four minutes of sludge. It's reminding me of Clutch meets Black Sabbath, but in a way that a rap verse makes perfect sense. It starts off with a whining feedback guitar and a killer bass line, and keeps going from there. We don't bring you a ton of heavy stuff here at If It's Too Loud..., but a song as great as "Glib Tongued" is irresistible.  Bassist John-Michael Hedley says of the band's latest single: " Glib Tongued was an idea I’d been sitting on for a few years. It felt like the right time to inject it into 'Death Hilarious'. Though after bringing it to the table it morphed into something bigger and better than I co...

Tom Morello at the 2012 Newport Folk Festival First up is a new song from Tom Morello 's Nightwatchman persona, which has seen him dabble more in the acoustic folk song realm of music. "Marching On Ferguson" is, of course, a protest song inspired by the death of Michael Brown and the protests that followed it. It's available free at Ferguson October , but donations are being accepted to assist protesters in paying legal bills associated with any arrests during the protests. Politics aside, the song is good, but not great. It's the closest The Nightwatchman has gotten to Rage Against the Machine yet. It's basically a blues song with Morello's signature riffs and solos from his time with Rage. If you've read this far, you probably need to check it out. Run the Jewels (aka Killer Mike and El-P) have a second free album coming out soon, and they just released a new song for it. If you're releasing a free album, why not include Zach De La Rocha ...