The Deathbots was conceived as a brawling mix between Bad Religion and Johnny Cash, that combo of super speedy melodic punk and killer bad-ass country. Just Go is the epitome of this sound. Tight So-Cal inspired sound wreckage, with wrenched, riffing guitars and bass, driving drums – and then the melody and lyrics have such […]
Anti-Social Club leans back into familiar glam and electronica for their latest single “Empty” – this is an Erasure, Yaz, David Bowie inspired track. There is darkness and death and cancer and a bleakness that fills the song with a chill – “there’s a pain in his chest and a weakness in her knees – […]
Best of the underground, week of August 11, 2020: Swirling in technical difficulties, John broadcasts from a CB radio and reveals the origins of many of his Moves. Also, 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.) […]
Best of the underground, week of August 4, 2020: John spots a very good looking man, some bickering about rolling stone magazine, and much 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.)
Best of the underground, week of July 28, 2020: John turns into a giant bug. Plus many stories about the Kennedys losing their minds, and much 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: […]
This hardcore street punk only works this well if the musicians are this tight, compact, together, gang-like, and with the 100% self-belief and alignment with the message. Hardcore, like this, is best compared to the work of monks or mystics, when only absolute devotion creates the wisdom, the magic, and any questioning or self-doubt ruins […]
Best of the underground, week of July 21, 2020: All the many ways skateboarding made John into an idiot, plus a few other thoughts about Mtv and the crumbling of nonfunctional societal structures. (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and Spotify, and Apple […]
It’s a strange path and a strange time for relationships – but how do you categorize the connections between individuals who mark each other for the rest of their lives, but are based on a fleeting encounter, based on barriers of time and distance, based on a failed connection. The heart of “Greenwich Mean Time” […]
Mary Ellen Davis has been a friend forever and one of the first people I knew who was so much better than any mainstream music. I love fighting against the establishment and this song is worth fighting for. Understated beautiful vocal, a railroad beat, chimes and echoing guitar – and then Mary Ellen kills me […]