Song We Like: You Never Check Your Mail by Greenia

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Greenia is a great, expressive band, – or person -, creative in all directions, revealing and obtuse in its listenable weirdness. We’re fans. (Featured on our #32 Podcast, Dave Grohl and Frenemy Derek)

Song We Like: I’m Clean by Poet Radio

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This is a long song, played with a few instruments that go in and out like an orchestra in different waves and movements. Poet Radio is a good band to listen to if you think everything about pop music has already been explored. (Featured on our #32 Podcast, Dave Grohl and Frenemy Derek)

Song We Like: Mary by The Big Dumb

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She threw the condom out the window and it caught the light of a passing train. What else needs to be said. This country/rock band from Nashville can capture the imagination and also sing a really good, tuneful, catchy song.

(Featured on our #32 Podcast, Dave Grohl and Frenemy Derek)

Song We Like: Be Your Own Good Friend by Elizaband

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An important and extremely catchy song from the deep well of good music that is Melbourne, Australia. Let this be your theme song for 2019. (Featured on our #32 Podcast, Dave Grohl and Frenemy Derek)

Podcast 31: Vive la révolution

Why Cinnamon likes to dress in drag. John’s rocking-out shorts. Recurring-character Summer McClinton explains the new French Revolution. The podcast travels to Mexico, Sweden, Ireland, France, and deepest Swannanoa, and, as always, all of our music is excellent:

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to the Hoodoo Music Festival for being our mortal enemies (show is on 12/15 at Turkey Point South in Greenville, SC), and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing. (Hey- also!!!! Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter.)

Album Review: Acid Trip by Acid Trip

Heavy, repetitive riffs will make you forget the logical parts of your brain. Very experiential music from Guadalajara, Mexico. Our favorite song: Smashead. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Please Believe Me by The Spiral

What is it, pop or something? We couldn’t agree if they sound like the National or Joy Division, which is a pretty large disparity. We love their songs, which are full of feeling, and reference both the local WNC economy and nasgul. Our favorite song: Thursday. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Erreur 404 by IMPARFAIT

Revolutionary sounds for throwing rocks to. You don’t have to be a French speaker to understand how pissed they are. The whole band is very tight, and the singer is an extraordinary talent. Our favorite song: Megalomaniaque. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Burned (Image) by Aaron Dunphy

DIY/bedroom music by an artist who really knows what he’s doing, both lyrically and musically. This album highlights the difference between entertaining music, and music that is art. Our favorite song: Deodorant. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)