Songs We Like

FAKE INDIANS, “LIDL FUCKS”

Belgium’s Fake Indians waste little time setting the tone of “Lidl Fucks,” a heavy, hypnotic headbanger off their debut album. The track’s urgent rhythm is shepherded in by the harsh squeals of speaker feedback and craggy guitar, with fat bass and megaphone vocals not far behind to fill out the jagged soundscape. This sonic barrage—part industrial, part psychedelic, all decidedly lo-fi—is a key factor in the success of the track. Staying true to their anarchic ethos, Fake Indians offer little in the way of entry points to their audience, instead opting to layer sounds and screeches into an overwhelming noise rock opus.

Hear the song here: https://fakeindians.bandcamp.com/track/lidl-fuks

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Exploding Heart Technique by Soft Talk

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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 that this song has become such a sound for this time period – that it will be hard to listen to afterwards without evoking this moment. This is in no way a criticism – but instead an affirmation of the song’s power.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Telecaster by Tucker RIggleman and the Cheap Dates

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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 writer, reader, poet, and every word rings true and glows in the night air. I know some of his story and the purity of his path. You get kicked when you’re an artist. You get kicked when you’re a musician. If you’re doing it right. Doing the hardest work – and then finding it tough going to get by. He’s back home in West Virginia and writes about wanting to get back on the road again in this gorgeous beautiful song.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

No Longer Apart by Scott Yoder

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Delivering the fattest, most sizzling riffs inside dramatic poetry is Scott’s mission, and he’s doing it without compromise or apologies. No Longer Apart is huge, textured and smoking hot. An organ makes unexpected appearances, the gigantic signature guitar is there alongside the pounding and driving backline, this is romantic crooning from some dark place your mother would disapprove of. Coming in at the four minute mark, I’m honestly surprised. The song is so good, I keep feeling like its one of those minute and a half songs that you need to play three times to get your fix.

I am certain, No Longer Apart will come up in conversation under the topic of: Songs I Would Strip To If I Were A Stripper. Real strippers of the world, do you know Scott Yoder? ‘cuz ya ought to, just sayin.

Scott Yoder takes over the world, starting as soon as you put the headphones on. Slither into your leather pants and pour glitter all over your sweaty chest. This is the future that Marc Bolan wanted for us all!

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Alabama, by Lo Wolf

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Alabama feels raw and real, because the song content speaks on human rights issues that Alabama has her boot heels on. Lo Wolf is an Asheville singer and songwriter, and advocate. This is how you make protest art pretty folks.

“Alabama sheets cotton starched and burnin’ white, my to do list was gettin’ done last night” is probably my favorite line. Speaking about love, presuming new experiences and love, is exciting and adds a real edge to the tune. In this era of backwards, fear-mongering policy-makers and their disciples, its dangerous to fall in line. We need songs like this to keep our individuality, our rights, and our spirits unbridled by the divisive far-leaning culture of recent years. And it’s more than that, its a love song about the dangers of love in a very real sense.

Upright bass, brushed drums, interweaving guitars, the prominent vocal, and a clever female harmony make up the song, Instrumentation is deliberate and simple in nature. It feels natural and fresh.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Nowhere to Be, by Remember Sports

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Nostalgic feelings of longing, the lyrics of second-guessing, emotional pining, someone always being on my mind, and especially the line Seventeen Didn’t Mean A Thing To Me has me feeling like I’m in high school worrying about the microscopic things that feel big at the time. This is the perfect garage rock song for the opening credits of a coming-of-age movie that involves self discovery from driving around in dented cars without parental supervision. I feel like its 4 o’clock on a Friday, I just got a C+ in Algebra II, and I’ve got two and a half hours to get drunk before the football game that I will attend ironically.

It shines, and speaks to people cutting their teeth. Their whole album is 20 minutes long, and is worth checking out. Great job, Remember Sports!

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #97 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

“Sinking As A Stone” Vaadat Charigim

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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 the landscapes they create are massive and wondorous.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #96 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Listen to the song here: https://vaadatcharigim18.bandcamp.com/album/sinking-as-a-stone

“Only Good With His Hands” and “My Cat is So Fat” – Hotdoggrrrl and the Sesame Buns

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Hinde Roughi is one of my buddies. I adore people who drive their art out into the extreme depths of the universe – and Hotdoggrrl and the Sesame Buns is an extreme expression of art, if your preferred art is debauched raunchy songs of love and perversion and failed love – backed by the most ferocious garage rock. I can teeter on the brink of darkness and these songs bring me up to the surface again. They make me smile and laugh and believe there is hope for this world. In case you are wondering – “Only Good WIth His Hands” is a song about someone who is only good with his hands. And “My Cat is So Fat” is about Hinde’s cat, which is sooooo fat.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #96 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Listen to Hotdoggrrl and the Sesame Buns here: https://hotdoggrrrlandthesesamebuns.bandcamp.com/

999 by Paint Fumes

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This is one of my favorite bands, and they have been for several years. These are pure rock n’ rollers, Paint Fumes has everything cool in spades. The band just returned home from an insane European Tour that had them narrowly escaping death, having all their gear stolen, and nearly not being allowed to return to the USA. I don’t think they are even fazed by it! (you guys need to write a book, not kidding.)

999 is raw and unpolished, powerful and precise. Its loose and bouncy, driving and tough. It’s unabashed, dirty and glorious.

Textures and tones run wild in 999. From the weaving twangy fuzz guitars to the pounding punk heartbeat of the drums, to Elijah’s revved-for-a-fight vocals, this is the perfect song to listen to while speeding along in your post-apocalyptic, machine gun equipped, armored car that you started building yesterday.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #96 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.

Listen to the song here: https://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/paint-fumes-uck-life-lp

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