This was and will always be a massive track for me. This is distorted garage guitar and smashed drums and vocals that lean heavily on narrative and attitude. Alex Luciano sings the story of a boy from her hometown choosing the other girl, the girl who has her act together, who is going off to […]
This is the perfect shaggy low-fi song. Following on from the movement led by The Moldy Peaches back in the 2000s, this is folk, anti-folk, easy and comfortable and fun. The production is shambolic with an acoustic guitar and some background whistling, perfect for street or porch performances. But the tune is wonderful and the […]
It’s wonderful to have friends across the underground music scene – and when you’re having a blue day Joey from Fixed Faces sends you their latest unreleased song “Get Tough.” Hell – these guys can write a pop song. Somehow the British Invasion is alive and well in Greenville. This is The Kinks at their […]
Best of the underground, week of April 28, 2020: Trying our best to get dumb again. John makes a song from high heels. Cinnamon corrects John’s faulty, faulty existential thinking and raps over a train. (All podcasts and reviews are on www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and Spotify, […]
Best of the underground, week of April 21, 2020: Get ye healed! We’re bringing the stuff that can do it. This podcast also includes our first band from Russia and our first artist from Denmark YESSSSSS. (April Madness finals are tuesday 4/21: Check the Holy Crap Records facebook page 7-8 pm 👍) (All podcasts and […]
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 […]