Do you like Canadian music? I like Canadian music. Don’t you like Canadian music? Baby. Sweet Sebastian shoves together the most catchy sing-along hooks hidden just below the surface. Like The Pixies, these guys walk that fine line between pop and weird. There’s experimental music when the creator doesn’t truly understand song – and then […]
Best of the underground, week of March 10, 2020: Tips for enjoying the apocalypse. How John’s hubris ruined SXSW. The one instrument that will definitely make money for your band. Also, SEVEN fantastic songs, one of which is a bonus. (All podcasts and reviews are on our newly-unhacked website, www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow […]
Best of the underground, week of March 3, 2020: SO MUCH MUSIC! And: Ether, vocabulary, more facts about Johnson City, and introducing Cinnamon’s Craft Corner. Also, SEVEN fantastic songs, one of which is a bonus. (All podcasts and reviews are on our newly-unhacked website, www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and […]
The underground is not afraid of sweetness. Anthony Warden’s song “What in the World” is the sweetest of confections. Drum machine. Synth arpeggiator. Strings. And gorgeous harmonies over the lines “What in the world could it be? Could it be? It’s alright.” This is the perfect example of the beauty of simplicity – this song […]
In the small town of Black Mountain, up in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, there’s a hut at the end of the dirt road. Hidden in the basement cave is a recording studio that has produced some of the defining albums and songs of this great garage rock era. The monk who sits in the cave, […]
I manage “Band A.” Or maybe they manage me. I had a plan to make them famous – and I was like a dog chasing a car. I couldn’t quit. Until I was run over. Sometimes things are so obvious – and I get run over. 2020 started with grey skies and damp weather and […]
I am managing “Band A” for one year. One of the nicest aspects has been meeting up with Kafadan Kontak Records and Tolga Ozbey. “Band A” is on KK Records, and the label invited us to be part of a compilation album, called “Let’s Commit Suicide” – which they put out on Christmas Day, which is also […]
For half a year I’ve managed “Band A” as an art project / investigation of the music industry. Band A did pretty good – played on 4 radio stations, reviewed by two music journals, on a minor minor minor label, and had two songs on compilations. Then The Styrofoam Turtles announced that they were releasing their single […]
Holy Crap Records is based in Asheville, NC – and this is where we see our music, local bands or bands coming through, this is where we hear our music, and this is where we get our recommendations of music to check out. There’s been a bunch of online discussions about what makes you a professional […]