Best of the underground, week of April 14, 2020: Probably the hardest podcast we’ve ever made. Many, many apologies for the violin. But enjoy the music! It is fantastic. (April Madness is ongoing: Check the Holy Crap Records facebook page 7-8 pm nightly 👍) (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also […]
Bow down to the kings and queens of garage rock-n-roll. Classic 1950s rock-n-roll blues guitar, sped up and doused with liquid attitude. The vocals are distorted to the level that you can’t understand anything – but it doesn’t matter. This is a shot of adrenalin straight to the heart. AND THEN… half the way through […]
This is what happens when you roll into Cafe Nine in New Haven on a Monday night – and a band of barely alive road punks crawl up on stage and blast one of the most tight, blistering sets you’ve ever witnessed. One of the high points, the apotheosis of their sound is “Diagnosed,” which […]
The nature of this song is completely foreign to my experience – I know the neighbors love me! I’m super well behaved, except when we were having band practice once and we live next to an event space and our music was ruining a wedding and we were asked to keep it down… F*ck those […]
I don’t know what happened – but this song has hit me hard. Maybe it captures something of the atmosphere of this time, the loneliness and disconnect I’m feeling. But the minor chords, the organ sounds, and the wailing vocals has me nearly crying when I’ve talked about it on the podcast. I am worried […]
Before my ambition gets destroyed. I don’t want to be home no more. I’ve been barely holding on. The simplest lines are the hardest to write. You have to walk a long road to be able to sing such simple truthful words. Tucker Riggleman is the Breece D’J Pancake of Rock-n-Roll. He’s my friend, this […]
Best of the underground, week of April 7, 2020: Our 100th episode! Featuring some self-congratulation, and lots of great music, and talking about the April Madness shows! Those are ongoing: Check the Holy Crap Records facebook page 7-8 pm nightly 👍 (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on […]
Best of the underground, week of March 31, 2020: Hey! We talked endlessly about our upcoming April Madness shows, but forgot to say when or where: They start April 1 and will be streaming on FACEBOOK LIVE- WOOO. Check the holy crap records facebook page 👍 (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and […]
This is an aching epic of beauty, walls and waves of sound, driven along to some far shore by drums and siren wails. I try to imagine what the singer means, where this forlorn voyage will take us. There is some danger and resolution and rejoicing. Vaadat Charigim may be inspired by 80s shoegaze but […]