X becomes the first band inducted into the HHPP "Four Episode" club and for the occasion we return to our original two man structure with Mike & Rod as a duo and as with previous X shows they spend the bulk of the program proclaiming the greatness of the Los Angeles quartet with deep dives into all eleven tracks of their classic third LP.    huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   HHPP Amazon Affiliates Store https://huntsmanhill.com/2022/06/09/hhpp-store/   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c

Your attention please...   Recommended Listening: The Backbeat Band at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards https://youtu.be/oFzL0X9pLNA   huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c

With hundreds of great cover versions across dozens of genres, we pick our favorite Beatles songs as interpreted by other artists.  From Johnny Cash to Trouble, The Supremes to the Bad Brains we cover a lot of ground on this one with detours into Rod’s record organization,  a plea for a vinyl copy of “Extras” by The Jam and a very confusing calendar synch while attempting to determine when Echo & the Bunnymen are playing in Los Angeles this year.    LINK TO EPISODE IN BIO   Recommended Listening: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction of George Harrison   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRCooFKk3c   huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   HHPP Amazon Affiliates Store https://huntsmanhill.com/2022/06/09/hhpp-store/   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c

This is when The Afghan Whigs really became The Afghan Whigs.  Episode two of the solo pod series explores all twelve tracks from the defining opening statement “Her Against Me” to what is perhaps their finest ever moment in “Miles Iz Ded” with plenty of chill inducing moments in between.     huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c

Like Thanos, The Afghan Whigs were inevitable for the podcast and what better time than when Rod and Glenn are unavailable?  That’s right, SOLO POD!  The first in a series of episodes focused on the Cincinnati greats’ discography.  We begin with their official debut, 1990’s “Up In It.”      huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c

Ground zero for DC Punk Rock starts here with Dischord Records releases one, two and three.  Starting in 1980 with the Teen Idles debut, Minor Disturbance , this would be the sound that would define the label for decades to come and sustains it today.  Misers Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Henry Garfield (soon to be Rollins), Mike Hampton et la would go on to do incredible things in legendary bands and it all starts here.   It’s a walk through Hardcore’s past when it predicted its future with urgent bursts of teen rage delivered via an unprecedented DYI ethos.    huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg

 

Swiz is one of the great, lost DC Hardcore bands of the late 80’s/early 90’s.  While plenty of ink has been spilt about their neighbors, Soul Side, Shudder to Think, Scream and of course, Fugazi. Swiz seems largely forgotten to time save for singer Shawn Brown’s notoriety as Dag Nasty's pre Can I Say front man.  None of their output is currently available on the music streaming services so wanting to hear the band today takes some effort (thanks to those dedicated fans who have uploaded their records to YouTube).  All a shame really as even after all these years and hundreds of bands playing this same style later, the bands’s 1988 self-titled LP still packs a wallop.  Clocking in at just over twenty minutes, it’s a fierce, tight testament to what this music was always supposed to be, urgent, exciting and to the point.

There is an argument to be made that outside of the geographically named baseball bats, Slint's “Spiderland” is the greatest thing to ever come out of Louisville Kentucky.  The bands six song LP is not only their high-water mark but it has more than stood the test of time by remaining an incredibly compelling and emotional listen all these decades later as well as being a major influence on the likes of Shellac, Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.   We gush.   Recommended Listening:   Breadcrumb Trail Documentary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRpS6XGiOs   Fuel https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gHdyRkBHFJHc6CV4QY6Ix?si=_L3vokmoRxOS25H1fhYFzw   Seam  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AOyxXRa4odDG1PisHJtKx?si=UT3krtnsRACyEky4PWjjrQ   SPIN Alternative Record Guide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_Alternative_Record_Guide   huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg

An urban infant on a rodent killing spree, a pregnant woman with an opaque enhancement for fetus viewing and of course “frogs heads and midgets going oingo boingo” are all among the cretins that inhabit our topic for episode 171.   Are the lyrics on GBH’s second LP ridiculous?  Without question.  Does the album rule nonetheless? Absolutely.  Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, this banger has lost none of its impact.  We discuss our individual and collective journeys with these fourteen tracks (some more enthusiastically than others) and the Birmingham quartet overall.   RIP Mark Lanegan    huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg