Tag Archive for: rock music

Ep 115 – ‘Latchkey Kids’ With music by: Stray Owls, Shehehe, Oliver Hazard, The Rotten Mangos, Dynamite Platoon, Grin Hound, Quinn Powers


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 Podcasts.)

This week we played:

    • Dislocation by Stray Owls

    • Basement Parents by Grin Hound

Ep 114 – ‘Theme People’ With music by: Elvis Depressedly, The Pink Stones, Earleine, Bipolaroid, Eerie Point, Bonny Dagger, Jaguardini

Best of the underground, week of July 14, 2020: Excellent people, excellent music, and the connections that frequently exist between them. (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:

    • Who Can Be Loved in this World? By Elvis Depressedly

    • We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together by The Pink Stones

    • Rita by Earleine

    • In My Cave by Bipolaroid

    • Hotel Bathroom by Eerie Point

    • Try That Again by Bonnie Dagger

    • Skin & Bones by Jaguardini

Ep 112 – ‘Success’ With music by: Single Finger Salute, Hatchie, Derek Frye, Fashion Bath, The Get Right Band, Vincas, The Rizzos


Best of the underground, week of June 30, 2020: How Asheville is like a parfait. Why Dolly Parton got the image thing exactly right. Also, tons of 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:

    • Control by Derek Frye (prerelease)
    • May the Struggle Lead us to Compassion by Single Finger Salute (prerelease)
    • Adored by Hatchie

    • Perspective by Fashion Bath

    • Itchy Soul by The Get Right Band

    • Let Me In by Vincas

    • Blackout by The Rizzos

Ep 111 – ‘Ch-ch-ch-changes’ With music by: Her Pilots, Broken Robots, Dude Babe, Scout Harris, Human Torpedo, Top Nachos, Weekend Lovers

Best of the underground, week of June 23, 2020: All your questions answered! John explains how his brain works, and Cinnamon explains how everything in the universe works. Also, tons of 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:

    • Cool Little Ghosts by Her Pilots (prerelease)
    • Dimes and Quarters by Broken Robots
    • Clean by Dude Babe (prerelease)
    • Gone Numb by Scout Harris (prerelease)
    • What We Got by Human Torpedo

    • Frens by Top Nachos

    • Baby by Weekend Lovers

Ep 110 – ‘Game Theory’ With music by: Flesh Panthers, Garett Hatch, Rev. Bro Diddley and the Hips, Hallelujah the Hills, Un.Real, Ben Farley, Zelda Starfire


Best of the underground, week of June 16, 2020: How to aim your life in a more gamelike direction. Also, how the Kennedys will save global economics. Also, tons of 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:

    • I Wish I Woulda Known by Flesh Panthers

    • Moment Undone by Garett Hatch (prerelease)
    • Devil Girl by Rev. Bro Diddley and the Hips (prerelease)
    • People Keep Dying by Hallelujah the Hills

    • Lovely One/Islands by Un.Real

    • I’m Gone by Ben Farley

    • Car Parts by Zelda Starfire

`Quarantine 13: `Self-Absorbed Artists’ With music by: Casey Jo & the Friday Night Dads, Radkey, Georgie Harris, Lovehoney, WYLA, Rubber Band Gun, Nick Bradley

Best of the underground, week of June 9, 2020: Why you should be less easy to work with, PLUS easy directions for becoming an insufferable prima donna. Also, the Kennedys get a new dishwasher. Also, tons of 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:

    • I Don’t Wanna Die 4 U by Casey Jo & the Friday Night Dads (demo version)

    • P.A.W. by Radkey
    • Deep Below by Georgie Harris

    • Candid Camera by WYLA (prerelease)
    • Tomb Girl by Rubber Band Gun

    • Townsong by Nick Bradley

Ep 108 – `Quarantine 12: `How to Feel Better’ With music by: Secret Shame, The Reflectors, Bad Molly, Good Trauma, Gringo Star, Picniclunch, The Ebb

Best of the underground, week of June 2, 2020: We give each other advice for feeling better, but neglect to mention that black culture is the originator of the musical underground — undervalued, underpaid, and unquestionably better. Our respect for black music could not be higher, and we salute all protestors. Here we present tons of music; after yesterday’s blackout day, the music will be a feast for the starving. (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:

    • Dissolve by Secret Shame

    • Champagne by The Reflectors

    • Lucy Furs by Bad Molly

    • 21 Days by Good Trauma

    • Bean Plant by The Ebb

Ep 107 – `Quarantine 11: `Snorkel’ With music by: The Rip Ups, Babe Club, Shehehe, The Ghost Wolves, Wine Lips, Coriky, Anti-Social Club

Best of the underground, week of May 26, 2020: Hazmat, deepsea-diving, public-nudity plans for re-entering the world, if you’re going. But why go? It’s nice in here, and we have lots of 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:

    • Cadillac Maniac by The Rip Ups

    • Hate Myself by Babe Club
    • Sorry You Love Me by Shehehe

    • End of it All by The Ghost Wolves

    • Shark Eyes by Wine Lips

    • Too Many Husbands by Coriky

    • Empty by Anti-Social Club

Ep 106 – `Quarantine 10: `Reasons to Get Out of Bed’ With music by: Hex Girls, L’Resorts, 13agh3ad, Polly Panic, The Deathbots, Nocona, The Prostitutes

Best of the underground, week of May 19, 2020: At least six, possibly seven, reasons to get out of bed. PLUS, more plans for our post-post-capitalist society. Plus music. Lots of 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:

Cats with No Teeth by The Hex Girls (prerelease! real release is May 29!)

We Don’t Make Love by L’Resorts

Spinner by 13agh3ad

Annie by Polly Panic

Just Go by The Deathbots

Stabby Mike by Nocona

Shake Rattle Die by The Prostitutes