Tag Archive for: underground music

Song We Like: Give Me Metal or Give Me Death by Lavender Blue

Song We Like: Give Me Metal or Give Me Death by Lavender Blue

Some of the prettiest, most beautiful singing. The evocative wanderings of the artist. “Give Me Metal or Give Me Death” is a graffiti slogan. This is a sly love song, through the recounting of a day, she asks for a piece of his/her heart. As a listener you’re totally willing to give Lavender Blue a piece of your heart. Also – just wonderful slide guitar.

Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #83 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Killer by Ruby The Hatchet

Song We Like: Killer by Ruby The Hatchet

It is so redundant to say that Ruby The Hatchet is bad ass. The riffs are killer, this is so tight, and the blues rock organ in gorgeous. The is the finest blues rock, leaning into the metal space, you will ever hear. These guys know how to give the audience exactly what it wants – and they deliver. Total killer. Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #83 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Ep 84 – `Aliens/Chord Progressions’ FEAT: White Reaper, Mink’s Miracle Medicine, Suicide Generation, BROTHRS, Goldenhorseshoe

Ep 84 – `Aliens/Chord Progressions’ FEAT: White Reaper, Mink’s Miracle Medicine, Suicide Generation, BROTHRS, Goldenhorseshoe


Best of the underground, week of Dec 17, 2019! Aliens we have spotted. All the different ways we hate Jake Gyllenhaal. Holiday coping strategies. PLUS great music. (All podcasts and reviews are on our website, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.) Artists! We like you, good work. Stay strong through the holidays 💪

Song We Like: Beneath The Sea by The Hit Dogs

Song We Like: Beneath The Sea by The Hit Dogs

We know Neal Ward and the various bands he’s fronted. So The Hit Dogs just released their first album – “Without Further Ado” – and they’ve moved from their grunge and Pearl Jam influences of their previous bands. It’s really interesting to hear them developing this new rhythm and percussion and very cool understated guitar and vocals.  Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #82 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: I Piss On You by Hotdoggrrrl & The Sesame Buns

Song We Like: I Piss On You by Hotdoggrrrl & The Sesame Buns

So glad this band has come into my life. Fantastic garage rock, classic rock-n-roll, fronted by this wonderful singer – all attitude and crassness and depraved sexual shenanigans. I am laughing and also very nervous when I listen to this band. This is an artist who is fearless and has truly stepped off the ledge and is floating in the air. Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #82 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Airborne by Wussy

Song We Like: Airborne by Wussy

Yup – I’ve listened to this a hundred times this week alone. There’s something so intimate in the male/female vocals – this conversation about miscommunication and mixed signals that leads to a break up. The woman’s voice is just the truth. I believe everything she sings. Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #82 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Shot Me Down by The Drain Outs

Song We Like: Shot Me Down by The Drain Outs

So fun. Some shagadelic updating of 1950s/1960s surf pop. Like if Austin Powers was fronting The Strokes. We at Holy Crap Records Podcast love it when underground bands lean into dance music. So catchy. It’s a mystery why this song isn’t everywhere. Girls are screaming and men are peeing their pants with excitement! Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #82 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: No Justice by Federale

Song We Like: No Justice by Federale

It’s so refreshing when an underground band ventures into new territory and absolutely creates music of such epic beauty. Federale ride into the wide open spaces of the spaghetti western and lonesome heartbreak. The voice is as rich and full of honey as any crooner from the 1940s and 1950s, and the composition is restrained and gorgeously evocative. Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #82 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Ep 83 – `Cinnamon’s Birthday’ FEAT: Ruby the Hatchet, Lavender Blue, Dangerous Goods, Steve Hill, Pale Lips

Ep 83 – `Cinnamon’s Birthday’ FEAT: Ruby the Hatchet, Lavender Blue, Dangerous Goods, Steve Hill, Pale Lips

Best of the underground, week of Dec 10, 2019! Cinnamon is consumed by musical angst. John shares his plans for taking down TikTok, and for writing a sexy song. PLUS great music. (All podcasts and reviews are on our website, www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.) Artists! We like you, good work