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Song We Like: Chronic by Venus As A Boy

Song We Like: Chronic by Venus As A Boy

This beauty starts as prickly post punk, with all sharp angles and pounding vocal-less chorus, and then it morphs, has a quick drum flourish, picks up speed, and falls back into a half-paced shaggy Pavement tune. It has more ideas than most bands show in a full album, all with intensity and that cold cool soul which fascinates me.
Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #80 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Foaming At The Mouth by Reverend Bro Diddley and the Hips

Song We Like: Foaming At The Mouth by Reverend Bro Diddley and the Hips

“I’m foaming at the mouth for you” – the ultimate lovey statement that you want to sing to your sweetie from the stage. Here it is sung as a drunken all-men’s chorus. Nothing makes me happier that this. Oh man, I bet it works all the time. I hope that one day I wake up with a phrase this cool in my head. This song is loud, fun and catchy as hell.
Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #80 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Indents of Dice by Sang Sarah

Song We Like: Indents of Dice by Sang Sarah

I’ve been friends with Jenna Duvall and Ian Duvall for a couple of years, through being a fan of their band. So I was eagerly awaiting their latest release. This song blew away all expectations. Sang Sarah plays in this really rich musical space of the intersection of metal, punk, and goth. The last time I saw them live I was reminded of The Cult during their “She Sells Sanctuary” phase. “Indents of Dice” is totally fresh and new – atmospheric, dramatic, cinematic, massive canvas, yet restrained, and hauntingly beautiful.
Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #80 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Man With A Knife by Toeheads

Song We Like: Man With A Knife by Toeheads

This is such a wonderful delicious mess – in all its splendor. “Man With A Knife” has a wonderful attitude – and by wonderful I mean truly crappy. Just the worst attitude ever. The garage rock guitar is distorted and playing this minimalist riff. The voice – also distorted – is screaming about a man with a knife? The drummer is pulverizing the hell out of his set. Do they have it! Hell yes! Do I know what this means? Not at all. Am I in love? Yeah – I love this so very much.
Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #80 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Kudis by SKUX

Song We Like: Kudis by SKUX

The perfect pop punk song. Razor-sharp drumming and gorgeous hypnotic fuzzed out guitars. The chorus is a shouted ode to kudis. Plus, I love all these elements, and then the band adds another whole catchy segment as the end piece.Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #81 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Song We Like: Will Save by The DiMarcos

Song We Like: Will Save by The DiMarcos

The DiMarcos are local legends on the Asheville scene. This is some hard punk with just a pinch of melody. The interesting thing is that these pieces of pop in the punk, the winding upward guitar riff and the barked out the vocals, are so catchy and wonderful. I saw them live recently – and everything was perfect and they were so in their element. Wanna hear us talk about this song? – Featured on our #81 podcast at www.hlycrp.com.

Ep 82 – `Rock & Roll Dairy Farm’ FEAT: Federale, The Drain Outs, Wussy, Hotdoggrrrl & the Sesame Buns, Hit Dogs

Ep 82 – `Rock & Roll Dairy Farm’ FEAT: Federale, The Drain Outs, Wussy, Hotdoggrrrl & the Sesame Buns, Hit Dogs


Best of the underground, week of Dec 3, 2019! We visit the middle of nowhere so that cowboy and aspiring electronic drummer Doyle ‘Cheese Andy’ Perkins can tell us stories about cows, and about Richard Thompson cleaning his windshield. PLUS we all listen to great music. (All podcasts and reviews are on our website, www.hlycrp.com, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.) We love you artists, we’re with you

Ep 81 – `Cup o Pee’ FEAT: Bad Bangs, The Bahareebas, The Audiots, The Dimarcos, Skuks

Ep 81 – `Cup o Pee’ FEAT: Bad Bangs, The Bahareebas, The Audiots, The Dimarcos, Skuks


Best of the underground, week of Nov 26, 2019! Enjoy our concert stories from the 90s, and learn some stuff about nothing. PLUS great music. (All podcasts and reviews are on our website, and you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.) We love you artists, stay strong through the holidays

Ep 80 – `The It.’ Feat: Venus as a Boy, Reverend Bro Diddley & the Hips, Sang Sarah, Toeheads, The Swells.

Ep 80 – `The It.’ Feat: Venus as a Boy, Reverend Bro Diddley & the Hips, Sang Sarah, Toeheads, The Swells.


Best of the underground, week of Nov 19, 2019: Intimidating mustaches, unnecessary glasses, and all forms of ugliness-as-power. Plus great music. (All podcasts are on itunes and spotify, and reviews plus podcasts are on our website, www.hlycrp.com. And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and, reluctantly and occasionally, Twitter.) We love you artists 💚