The Sarcastic Dharma Society

The Sarcastic Dharma Society is usually one guy but sometimes his friends play with him; that kind of situation. His name is Mat Vuksinich and he produces a pretty snazzy home recording type DIY singer-songwriter sound. He has an amazing cover album called Other People's Songs (Volume One). Most of the songs, with the exception of "Don't Let Me Down" by the Beatles, were made in 9 days (one song everyday for 9 days). The covers he picked are superb for the short time he had to work on them as well as on their own by their respected musicians. Smash hits by Andrew Jackson Jihad, Mount Eerie, Clem Snide, Why?, Bright Eyes and even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to name a few (that's pretty much it) are nicely represented with a marvelous chord organ. The stand out track for me has to be "Shit On My Heart"by Meyercord. I don't really know much about Meyercord other than his first name is Ben and probably has a beard. But I do know that Shit On My Heart is an amazing song!

My overall favorite has got to be the bedroom recording style that goes into making this album. I really enjoy that kind of sound. It reminds me a lot of La Dispute's Hear, Here EP series for some reason.

The Sarcastic Dharma Society - Other People's Songs (Volume One)

This guy is in a little DIY collective appropriately called CLLCT. There's a lot of small acts that post their work (for free of course) such as Tinyfolk, Garden on a Trampoline, Madeline Ava, Wisdom Tooth, Akryllic Love, Foot Ox, Jordaan Mason, and a whole batch of other folks that should totally be checked out for the hell of it. There's also other interesting cover albums on the site as well.

Similar acts/sounds: Tinyfolk, Toby Foster, Meyercord, Foot Ox, Manipulator Alligator, and more.

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You can also grab his music at Less Than Three Records dot com.