Tag: hhbtm

Joe Jack Talcum at This is Book’s Music

You may know of Joseph Genaro as one of the members of The Dead Milkmen but he also recorded some material under the name Joe Jack Talcum, who you may be more familiar with. HHBTM Records has released a new compilation of his home recordings called Home Recordings 1993 – 1999, which were recordings between 1993… Continue reading Joe Jack Talcum at This is Book’s Music

Eureka California at Razorcake

Pleasant pop offerings from Happy Happy Birthday To Me are not unusual, and Eureka California (no comma, and from Athens, GA, not Eureka, CA) is no exception. This platter offers eleven fun scrappy pop songs with a punk bent from a two-piece on guitar, vocals, and drums. The songs range from happy, to smartass (see… Continue reading Eureka California at Razorcake

Crayon at Luna

20th anniversary reissue with download including 21 bonus songs. Crayon took the burgeoning sound of twee pop and added punk elements, sounding something like a cross between UK indiepop bands like the Pastels and more abrasive American bands like Unwound. [Link]

Crayon at Dublab

Sometime around 1992/93, after the rise of alternative rock and before the death of Kurt Cobain, there was a sweet spot in the pop-culture landscape for DIY punk, noise rock and the many permutations of lo-fi pop. There was Shimmy Disc, the documentary “The Year Punk Broke”, and the movie slackers. Zines and indie labels celebrated… Continue reading Crayon at Dublab

Eureka California and Skinny Girl Diet at Whisperin and Hollerin

Next on and in the middle of their current UK tour are Athens, Georgia’s EUREKA CALIFORNIA’S who are over to promote their recent album Crunch out on www.hhbtm.com. They are set up in these days classic indie boy/girl duo form of Jake Ward on Guitar and vocals and Marie A. Uhler on drums. Jake has… Continue reading Eureka California and Skinny Girl Diet at Whisperin and Hollerin

Skinny Girl Diet at Dirty World

Last night The Hope played host to a blistering show featuring emergent grunge-girl gang Skinny Girl Diet and Los Angeles duo Girlpool, supported by fellow Americans Eureka California and London pop/post-punks Witching Waves. Whilst all of the bands played impressive sets, the headliners undoubtedly stole the night. As the days get shorter and shorter and… Continue reading Skinny Girl Diet at Dirty World

Tunabunny at Flagpole

Eccentric and prolific local rock group Tunabunny is reportedly prepping yet another new LP, titled PCP Presents Alice in Wonderland Jr., the follow-up to March’s weird and lovely Kingdom Technology. But while they’re at it, they’re still churning out visual accompaniments to tracks from the last release. Today, we’re happy to premiere one such project, the video for Kingdom Technology‘s ethereal… Continue reading Tunabunny at Flagpole

Crayon at Clicky Clicky Music

 A dusty blue, early ’90s Toyota Corolla: we can picture it in our head, we can smell it, we can see the cassette tapes it contained. And when we think of riding in the great Pete Torgo’s car during our later college years, we think of Crayon‘s “The Snap-Tight Wars,” a tremendous, hook-laden indie-pop classic we… Continue reading Crayon at Clicky Clicky Music

Eureka California at Losing Today

Don’t know whether to laugh or laugh even more, do you reckon we could make the destruction of Julian Cope records a national sport. Of course we joke Jules. We say this because there’s a fair amount of pathological venting of anger being administered by hammers and baseball bats upon various Cope platters in the… Continue reading Eureka California at Losing Today