First Mix

Not even three weeks in and I'm already off my schedule of postings. Oh well, I'm busy, and the blog is still building anyway. The big news for this Friday is that Cars Can Be Blue have finished recording their follow up to "All the Stuff We Do". Now the new record "Doubly Unbeatable" just needs to be mixed and mastered. I'll post a track when the band gives me the ready for the pressing plant CD. The Lolligags recorded two new songs with Jason Nesmith of Casper & the Cookies last weekend. They will be going into the studio again with Jason in March to wrap up their next EP. While speaking of Casper & the Cookies, they are gearing up for a tour of Japan, and then coming back home to finish up their next record for a late 08 release. That is about it in recording news.

In singles club news James Husband, Patience Please, and the Velcro Stars have their songs in now. The All Girl Summer Fun Band, Tender Forever, New Sound of Numbers, Circulatory System, Cars Can Be Blue, and Of Montreal are working on their songs now.

Since I don't have any new tracks to put up this week, I figured I'd put up a few tracks from HHBTM past.

Loch Ness Mouse - Judy

Men In Fur - the Messenger (reprise)

Gwens - Actin' Funny

63 Crayons - Take a Vacation

Boyracer - How Many Cars Can You Fit in Yr Garage

Casper & the Cookies - My Heart is in My Head

the Faintest Ideas - Physically I was at My Lowest

One Mean Pansy

The early 90's as modern of a time as you would think, the indie scene was still pretty much a boys club. Girls were the ones that did zines, or just played bass in the band, or did vocals. The Riot Grrrl movement came along and flipped things around really quickly. The movement was a scene for the ladies, led by the ladies. Zines started to cover topics like cutting, rape, sexual abuse, sexism, media body image, and the music soon followed. The girls were playing guitar, bass, drums, and writing about all the things that were a bit taboo before. Huggy Bear were always my favorite of all those bands, as they gave the riot grrrl movement something new, the voice of both sexes. They were self described "Boy Girl Revolutionaires" if you might remember. I had been into the jangley british guitar pop, and american hardcore stuff, but Huggy Bear introduced me to a new world, one of silkscreen seven inch sleeves, with inserts, manifestos, and a DIY ethic. Most of the time when talking about Huggy Bear, people tend to either love them or hate them. They left us with just a handful of singles and one real full length, but I don't think I would want it any other way. What they wanted to say was said, and then they split. I hope you will enjoy this video for "Pansy Twist".