Day & Dream- Nocturnal Creatures

Abby Amaya and Peter Frizzante are  Day & Dream. An ode to the spectrum of music that came out of the 90’s music scene; think Nirvana style bass line coming in solid from the start by bass player Andrew Ruesch, meets Mazzy Star and The Martinis, with the ethereal and hypnotic voice of Abby Amaya. The bands sound also resembles that of the 2004 girl psychedelic band, Warpaint. The lyrics of their song Nocturnal Creatures, brings one deep into the forest as if a creature itself. A metaphor maybe? Most likely with this duo.

Ep 114 – ‘Theme People’ With music by: Elvis Depressedly, The Pink Stones, Earleine, Bipolaroid, Eerie Point, Bonny Dagger, Jaguardini

Best of the underground, week of July 14, 2020: Excellent people, excellent music, and the connections that frequently exist between them. (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.)


This week we played:

    • Who Can Be Loved in this World? By Elvis Depressedly

    • We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together by The Pink Stones

    • Rita by Earleine

    • In My Cave by Bipolaroid

    • Hotel Bathroom by Eerie Point

    • Try That Again by Bonnie Dagger

    • Skin & Bones by Jaguardini

ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, “Empty”

Washington DC’s Anti-Social Club find balance between pulsing synths and human warmth on upbeat goth rocker “Empty”. Normal sonic touchstones like New Order don’t cover the whole picture here, as Anti-Social Club explore a vulnerability beyond the cool detachment that synth rock provides. In the end, this human touch opens the darker imagery up into a kind of rebirth. Under a wash of keyboards and tightly programmed beats, sights and sounds disappear as heart and soul slow down, until the song explodes into a kaleidoscopic psych rock refrain: “Today is the first day of the rests of my life.”

TIN ROOF ECHO, “There’s A Town”

Tin Roof Echo’s “There’s A Town” feels like it’s from a different time. Recorded directly to vinyl at Third Man Records’ vintage Voice-o-Graph recording booth, the ghosts haunting the pops and scrapes serve a song like this, which taps into the rich tradition of narrative folk songs. As with the best of the genre, the acoustic strums and casual hammer-on runs never compete with the pared-down lyrics and rustic vocals, and moments like the closing “So it goes, so it goes/Just so we know, you’re always home” land with the confidence of a road-tested troubadour.

Ep 113 – ‘Peeing’ With music by: Harriers of Discord, Dust Hat, Lo Wolf, Fortezza, Guerilla Toss, Buddy Wynkoop, Death Valley Girls


Best of the underground, week of July 7, 2020: John pees in someone’s convertible and gets away with it, karmically. Also, how to make your urethra into a balloon. Also, tons of great music. (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.)

This week we played:

    • SOS by Harriers of Discord

    • My Own Soul by Dust Hat

    • Singe by Lo Wolf

    • Electric by Fortezza

    • Own Zone by Guerrilla Toss

    • Diablogations by Buddy Wynkoop

    • More Dead by Death Valley Girls