Tag Archive for: underground rock music
Podcast 28: Hampton Inn Hallway
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Episode 28 – Hampton Inn Hallway: This week we take on the Shakespearian concept of “a play within a play” as we attempt to record the podcast in a hotel hallway and are interrupted repeatedly by kids who are trying to access the pool. Also, Cinnamon learns what a “fluffer” is. We have excellent music, too:
- Love Port with In My Dreams
- Wilding with One More Time for Me, Sweetheart
- Beach Bugs with Loser
- Crooked Ghost with Sleepwalker
- Rock Nacional with I Let You Down
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Dave Desmelik and the Army of Love for hosting an important event on Dec 9, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing. (Hey- also!!!! Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter.)
Podcast 27 – We Fry on a Guitar with your Mother, Son.
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Episode 27 – We Fry on a Guitar with your Mother, Son. Cinnamon does a 180 on the subject of goth, we hire an intern, John incites revolution, and we reveal a smart new way to make money selling your music to the 1%. We have excellent music, too:
- Secret Shame with Revolution
- Car Parts with Replacements Song
- The Veins with Harrowing
- Holy Ghost Tent Revival with Who Knew
- Fleurs with Scuzz
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Dave Desmelik and the Army of Love for hosting an important event on Dec 9, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing. (Hey- also!!!! Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter.)
Podcast 26 – We Are In Bed
PodcastsJoin us under the covers as John plans his Duran Duran knuckle tattoo and talks about why men like to get naked and take art photographs of themselves. Rob Miller of Vacant Stare records reveals the next big thing in music: voice memos. Also, is Post Rock the same thing as yoga music? We find out. And we have excellent music:
- Avenade with Indulge Yourself
- Ugly with Redemption, On the Road to Damascus (Acoustic version)
- Blues Lawyer with Lost in Germany
- Hot Work with Honey
- Christine Hoberg with All that Hate (Dannecdote remix)
- Woy with View from Mars
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Rob Miller of Vacant Stare Records for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing. (Hey!!!! Please take a second to like us on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter.)
Podcast 25: Ugly
Podcastsohn reminisces about his days of being pretty, and also reveals some latent jealousy about men who can sew. Jenna and Ian Duvall of Sang Sarah talk about the creepy mannequin in their basement. Cinnamon’s EDM career takes a turn for the worse. We also have excellent music:
- Bronson Wisconsin with Goodbye Ventura
- The Styrofoam Turtles with Sunshine (album release on 10/31)
- Sang Sarah with Lantern
- SixToes with Nobody Inn
- The Ugly (the defunct one, from Temecula, CA) with Picasso
- Vienna Ditto with Dreamed Me a Riot
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Jenna Duvall and Ian Duvall of Sang Sarah for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Podcast 24 – Waves of Beautiful Gorgeousness
PodcastsThe race to sell out heats up as John thinks about investing in a white leather suit. Sean Bohrman of Burger Records talks about the unexpected virtues of cassette tapes. Cinnamon’s first beat hits the airwaves. And for the last half of the podcast, you will not look up from your shoes. (Hopefully you’re not driving.) We have excellent music:
- The Disposables with Revenge/Just Like Larry
- Half Stack with Dually
- CHAI with N.E.O.
- The Weakened Friends with Blue Again
- Helicon with The Bold Yin
- Un.Real with Blue Garden
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Sean Bohrman of Burger Records for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Podcast 23: The Race to Sell Out
PodcastsIn this episode John becomes a songwriter for the stars, gets peeping-tom’ed, uses the word ‘fuck’ a record-breaking nine times in one sentence, and is the most-fifth-excited he’s ever been in his life. Cinnamon makes a rock & roll mad-lib. Ed Madill of Wyla reveals that he chooses his band members based on how they smell. We also have excellent music:
Podcast 21: The Ultimate Compliment
PodcastsLet’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music
- Monkey Biscuit with I Just Wanna Lern
- Fisher with Amber Brown
- Forming the Void with Arrival
- Aesoterra with Smoke
- The Restoration with Constance
- The Launderettes with Marks on My Map
Podcast 22 – A Bag of Dix
PodcastsWhat a bag of dix looks like. Cinnamon’s list of lucky things. Theremin, as imported from Waconda. John exposes both anarchists and satanists as being “kind people.” Julie Shuchard of Tricycle Records offers a bunch of good advice that you should probably write down and hang on the fridge. We also have excellent music:
- Her Pilots with All I Can Ask
- Sandy’s with I and I
- Andrew St James with I’m Ready
- Gymshorts with Burrito
- Sleepy Poetry with Sorry I Threw Up
- Hard Rocket with Dash Dip Rock
Let’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music:
- Monkey Biscuit with I Just Wanna Lern
- Fisher with Amber Brown
- Forming the Void with Arrival
- Aesoterra with Smoke
- The Restoration with Constance
- The Launderettes with Marks on My Map
Podcast 20 -Hills Hoists
PodcastsFor our 20th episode we import Berliners Jim Kennedy and Bettina Morgenstern Kennedy to define ageism, hipness, upskirting, a bunch of German words, ethical giving, Picasso, David Lee Roth, and Hills Hoists. Pelvic Thrust has a reunion concert. Thomas Eugene and Meg An of Kitty Tsunami talk about their musical evolution from Infinite Boner to now. We also have excellent music:
- Dollar Signs with Tears/Beers/Fears
- Tonfabrik with Willst du was werden
- Kitty Tsunami with Tan Lines
- Gaffa Tape Sandy with Meat Head
- Arson Daily with Dos Muertos
- The Pretty Littles with Hills Hoist
Thank you to our public service announcement sponsor, The International Federation of the Red Cross (via Jim and Bettina). Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Thomas Eugene and Meg An of Kitty Tsunami for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.