Holy Crap Records Podcast

John gets his DNA touched, our new way of finding bands, and MORE about Johnson City. Also, what you need to know about gofundme (and those kinds of things). Also, obviously, great music. (Follow us on Facebook! Instagram! Twitter! Apologies that our site is temporarily being hacked...Again...)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Holy Crap Records may be changing our name! Find out why! And to what!!! Also, how to hear dead people, how to be attractive, Cinnamon’s #1 and #2 local drummers, and many thoughts about implied profanity. (Lots of stuff about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

So Bigtime: The Southby Band Migration. The cantaloop-calf biking men of Austin. Ugly-head Kennedy’s poncho fetish. Also, importantly, why Mark Zuckerberg has you by the balls, and what to do about that. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, and our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

On the road, fakely: John shows off his improvisational skills as we pretend to drive to SXSW. We also feature TWO songs from Wisconsin, math rock, Northern Ireland, and we break down what your band’s Facebook goals should be. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, and our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

We do a lot of work this week in figuring out the modern music economy, including offering an extremely helpful Star Wars metaphor, and John makes up a song about Audiotree, and we figure out what Sofar is, sort of. Also this week - really incredible bands from Japan, Australia and Costa Rica (and Nashville. And New York):

• Pinky Doodle Poodle with Get it On
• Fox Grin with Fall into You
• Satanic Togas with Obnoxious Gas
• Voodoo with Wales
• Megative with Can’t Do Drugs

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

Yacht party with Duran Duran. We plan our local tv access show, as well as our upcoming fake trip to SXSW. John analyzes various Finnish dialects. We add unnecessary umlats to metal bands of our acquaintance, and Bad Banker grows increasingly nervous about our upcoming performance. And of course the music is excellent:

• The Retinas with Back Alley Brats
• Gabriel Bernini with My Girl (Pass the Mic)
• Nuoruus with Päästäni Sekaisin
• Nova One with If You Were Mine
• Reese McHenry with If He Don’t

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

John’s stripping song. A lovin’ convocation. Rough toys. We unsuccessfully attempt to parse the Burger records business model. John invites challengers to beer-shotgunning contests. Roxy Music’s ultra-secret side project. More joy in marketing. And of course our music is excellent:

• Chris Bay with Bad Boys
• Valles with Trance de los Suburbios
• Thresher with Velcro
• Maxpain and the Groovies with Checkin’ Out Late
• This Electric Reptile with Bombay Sapphire

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

John has a looooooong neck. Cinnamon identifies a Glock in real life. We discuss sensitive artists, whether looking like a Victoria’s Secret model will be good or bad for your career, and offer a new segment about how to find joy in marketing. And of course our music is excellent:

• The 1895 with Intro/The Drifter
• Elliott Kage Jones (Schoolboy Cubemaster) with Dysphoria
• Scum Shots with Daydrinking/Beerpressure
• Frankiie with Dream Reader
• Your Idiot Brother with Hoochie Coochie

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

What John will do to you if you try to stage-dive on him. Cinnamon identifies a juul in real life. Dating advice, both bad and worse. And of course our music is excellent:

• Jeff Lipman with Ego
• Ben Farley with Let Me Live in Your House
• Matthew Santos with Under the Microscope
• Eerie Point with Artificial Things
• Lo Wolf with Kill No More

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, including artist interviews, is at www.hlycrp.com.)

John’s birthday! Lots of talk about songwriting. Cinnamon finally gets to talk about ancient aliens. Society’s deep-seeded desire for backup singers. And, of course, we have excellent music:

• Seagulls with Like U Do
• Echo of the Elms with I Just Can’t Say No
• Acid Carousel with Fuckin Spaceships (the sequel)
• Liz Cooper and the Stampede with Sleepyhead
• Lil Tone and the Unknowns with Black Rose
• [Bonus Content: The Egg Eaters with Trash Morning (unreleased Australian version)]

Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song. (Hey- also!!!! Please take a second to like Holy Crap Records on Facebook and friend us or whatever on Twitter. And our website, with lots of stuff on it about these and other bands, is at www.hlycrp.com.)