The Haute Garbage Podcast

Pre-Cafe Drugs with HELENA RATS

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Rock 'n roll rippers Helena Rats are in the house this week! The band's May release "Plague City" embraces the rich possibilities of fast, heavy-tinged guitar music without pretension—though not without an accessible complexity that rewards the true heads. Diego and Jeff from the band pop in to talk about the new tunes, drink-to-performance ratios, the cocktail of ingredients that make up their sound (hint: the 70s play a role), the languages of rock shorthand, and the simpler times of their teenage fandom. 

Music this week: 

  • "Grab the Shovel" by Helena Rats (13:01)
  • "Time Out" by Stuck (36:05)
  • "Bombit Baby" by Helena Rats (52:04)
  • "Night Terrors" by Altar Girl (67:06)
  • "Somebody Put PCP in My Clam Chowder" by Xray Xeroxx (92:29)
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