Lo-fi video at its lowest fidelity

I recently bought a really cheap digital video camera. The results have been fun, the quality mixed.

I hadn't heard of this band Evangelicals, though I guess they get a lot of love from the internet-indie industrial complex. I enjoyed them--it was gleefully over-the-top psychedelic Bowie rock. I had fun:



Nick introduced Headlights to me and about ten thousand others. Here's one song by them:



Finally, I can't remember if I posted this or not, but here's Bedford Academy playing at Bill Bar's for a ton of kids. I got about 20 minutes of their set, until the batteries on the thing died:

I'm all about New Beige. I'll admit it

I'm not sure how it happened exactly, but New Bedford's music scene is up to its ocean-viewing eyeballs in I don't give a damn talent.

At the Bedford Academy release show, a guy named Spanish Dancer opened. I'm not sure how I'd describe his music, and I'm not sure exactly what his relation to the NB area is, but I felt the urge to pass along this video anyway.



And if you haven't bought the Bedford album yet, there's no time like right right now.

HMR dominance of the mainstream media continues

Adam Arrigo---who somehow finds time to make really good music when he's not holding Boston's rock scene together with his bare hands---put together a feature about History Major Records for the magazine he edits, Northeast Performer.

























It's a great, content-heavy publication geared towards indie musician types. Plus, it's free, so you really have no rationale for not grabbing it every month.

Here's a slightly diagonal scan of the thing about us:



Thank to the good people at Performer Mag for including us.

Upcoming shows! Yeah!

ReCaaLL:
May 15: Bulfinch Yacht Club, Boston MA--with X-product and B.O.S., also featuring Twan Beautiful, J.D.O., Supreme 1, Shivaa, The Mandarin--Doors @ 830, 21+, $6
FLYER HERE.

Helms:
May 5: Middle East, Cambridge MA--with Viva Viva, Tulsa, Wonderful Spells
June 8: Milky Way, Jamaica Plain, MA--with Major Stars and UV Protection
Jun 16: A benefit for Mona Elliott at PA's Lounge, Somerville, MA--with Black Helicopter and Seana Carmody
July 13: A benefit for Callum Robbins at TT the Bear's, Cambridge, MA: with Neptune

Bedford Academy:
May 5: Club Aurora, Taunton, MA
May 18: Bridge Street Station, Fairhaven, MA

This Flood Covers the Earth:
May 27: Superhausen!, Albuquerque, NM
May 28: Absolute Zero, Clovis, NM
May 30: Blue Seven, Oklahoma City, OK
June 5: the Casbah, Ottumwa, IA
June 6: the Chatterbox, Lincoln, NE
June 7: Three Kings Tavern, Denver, CO
June 12: Ground Kontrol, Portland, OR
July 4: Casa De La Nueve, Tijuana, Baja California
July 5: the Che Cafe, San Diego, CA
July 7: Fest Fest!, Albuquerque, NM
July 9: Red Seven, Austin, TX
July 10: Super Happy Fun Land, Houston, TX
July 11: Green Project Art Space, New Orleans, LA
July 12: the Cell Block, Mobile, AL
July 14: Tampa Punk House, Tampa, FL
July 16: I Can Fly House, Atlanta, GA
July 17: the Spazzatorium, Greenville, NC
Aug 1: the Tree House, Auburn Hills, MI
Aug 19: The Che Cafe, San Diego, CA
(Make friends with the band... help Flood book the rest of this tour)

We love you all.

You so crazy

Behind the scenes with Bedford Academy:

I think they just want to see

Bedford Academy has a great new video for their song "The Creep":



Their debut CD "Home and Still Sick" is available for $8 (including U.S. shipping) at HMRstore.com!

Upcoming Bedford Academy shows:

Apr 5 2007 8:00P	University of Maine Film Festival!	Orono, Maine
Apr 12 2007 8:00P	Medium Studio	New Bedford, Massachusetts
Apr 13 2007 6:00P	Dighton VFW	North Dighton, Massachusetts
May 5 2007 7:00P	Club Aurora	Taunton, Massachusetts
May 18 2007 9:00P	Bridge Street Station	Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Bedford and ReCaaLL available now...

New albums from Bedford Academy and ReCaaLL are available now at HMRstore.com. Helms' "Secret Doors" LP is available on humanity-reassuring blue vinyl starting Thursday, March 22. The release show will be at Great Scott in Allston.

Soon we'll have the new videos of B.A. and ReCaaLL ready for your viewing pleasure.

Bedford Academy "Home and Still Sick" available today!

HMRstore.com!

Bedford Academy release tomorrow, Saturday!

Come to Freetown Massachusetts (the birthplace of my lovely girlfriend Courtney) for the Bedford Academy release show!

It looks amazing, it sounds amazing. We're really happy with how this release came out.

If the snow keeps you from the show, it'll be available starting tomorrow at HMRstore.com.

Thanks for all the support. pax--------jerry

PS--Thanks to everyone that came out to the Recaall/Kevin Devine show. It was packed! Pictures and video are coming soon.

In which HMR specifies which blocks we'll be taking over

Recaall--TOMORROW, March 14 at Emmanuel College. In the Adminstration Building's AMR room. With Kevin Devine. Free to EC students, $5 for everyone else. All ages, 6 p.m. REC's new CD, "A World Without Earth (HMR-004) will be available for $10.

Bedford Academy--RELEASE PARTY!



Bedford is also playing a free show April, 12 2007 at Medium Studio in New Bedford, and April, 13 2007 at Bridge Street Station W/ Procure in Fairhaven.

Bedford Academy release show!