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These Arms of Mine

2009-12-09T13:28:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we saw these guys and it was amazing. Anyone who hearts Otis is okay by us.

Animal: Party

2009-08-13T11:43:00.000-07:00

Come out for a good cause ya'll! Tons of shows coming up but this one makes you feel good inside.

x,
HH

Happy Independence Day.

2009-07-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

And happy birthday Holy Hail. It was five years ago on the 4th of July that this band was conceived by Kevin and Cat on a rooftop in Brooklyn.

NEW VIDEO FOR COUNTY FAIR PART 2...

2009-06-08T18:51:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone....

We are super stoked because after months of waiting, our newest video for County Fair Part 2 is finally complete and online.

Our very dear friends Nate Turner and Anna Arbuckle at MAKE PRETEND have conceived and directed this video for us. We heart them and can't thank them enough for all the love and hard work that went into making this happen.

Sexy Sadie

2009-06-04T11:11:00.000-07:00

I know we haven't posted in a while. Actually, Holy Hail has been busy busy getting our new lineup ready and tightening up all the new songs that we can't wait to play for you in the very near future. (Toronto in June, anyone?)

But in the meantime, you should check out some of the other stuff that we do on the side. For instance, Sadie Magazine is a feminist webzine that our new drummer Jesse started with a couple of her friends. Now on their fifth issue, Sadie is a really amazing culture and lifestyle publication geared towards young women in their teens.

Pass it on.

X,
HH

HH in LV.

2009-05-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

Louis Vuitton used a remix of "Born of a Star" in the middle of the Fall 2009/Winter 2009 show this year. We heart LV.
Look at those bitches WORK!

To hear the remix, you can catch it starting at 3:44.

x-
HH

Hyped + Totally Worth It

2009-05-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

Seriously. This motherfucker is crazy and amazing. Makes for good film.

Introducing....

2009-04-20T18:08:00.000-07:00

an old photo of the new Holy Hail. Change is gonna come.

Don't Mess With (us in) Texas

2009-03-09T13:07:00.000-07:00

We can't wait to go down and play this insane party with Brooklyn Vegan, No Age, and the one and only GZA (?!!!) judging 8 bands who made it to the finals.

So if you are into free stuff like bbq and beer and music and parties, come! Also, we need everyone we've ever known who finds themselves in Austin that week to show up and make as much noise as possible. Because, duh- who doesn't want an extra $10K to squander on recording a new album and going on tour or something? Right?

x-
HH

Obsession: Tehching Hsieh

2009-03-05T15:19:00.001-08:00

I don't even know where to begin withTehching Hsieh. His art career started with an inspirational boom with his five consecutive "One Year Performances" from 1978 to 1983. He followed that up with his "Thirteen Year Performance."

His work is shocking and anxiety inducing. A truly radical artist... Whoa.

My Girls.

2009-03-02T08:54:00.000-08:00

Holy Hail can't get enough of the new Animal Collective album. It's always on in one of our houses.

So if you haven't checked it, you really should. AND see this *amazing* video of the single "My Girls":

Heaven or Las Vegas?

2009-02-27T14:55:00.000-08:00

I would apologize for the lack of action on this here blog, but man have we been busy. Doing what?

Writing TONS of new music. We are really sad because we miss Michal (who I hope you have sent positive energy to- she needs it!) but getting a completely new set ready for South by Southwest has provided quite a challenge and distraction for us.

We have also been having a great time playing with our original drummer, Jesse.

The new songs are totally different than our older stuff. Inspiration?

Measuring Your Own Grave

2009-02-05T13:32:00.001-08:00

Marlene Dumas has an amazing exhibit, Measuring Your Own Grave, up at the MOMA until February 16.

Go see it before it leaves New York! We loved it so much that we went back for seconds. Her paintings are dark and haunting, sexual and morbid. In other words, a-mazing.

X,
HH

RIP Lux Interior

2009-02-04T18:19:00.000-08:00

QXBXRX: Happy Terrible Two's!!

2009-02-02T08:52:00.000-08:00

Our good friends who throw the monthly fiesta QXBXRX will be having a rather epic 2 year anniversary party this coming Saturday night. We are very excited to be part of the big night and even more stoked because we get to share a stage with our friends Love or Perish , Ruffian Arms, and Mkng Frndz.

This show will be particularly interesting for Holy Hail because we are in the midst of a transitional period and will have our friend and original drummer Jesse on stage with us. Also very tragically, Michally is dealing with a pretty severe arm injury right now and will not be able to play the show with us. Keep her in your thoughts... we want our girl to get better!

Come down if you can. And stay tuned... we have big plans for the month of March!

X-
HH

We Love Larry!!!

2009-01-31T13:11:00.000-08:00

SO, a little known Holy Hail secret... Cat loves football. Maybe it's her southern roots and the fact that her mom was a U of F Gators cheerleader? Who knows! Anyhow, our new obsession is Larry Fitzerald. We have been following the Cardinals all season, and this guy is a real star- he can catch ANYTHING. So for tomorrow's big Super Bowl game Holy Hail just wants to show some support... GO ARIZONA!!

The beginning of the rest of our lives.

2009-01-21T07:43:00.000-08:00

A new year. A new president. A new era.... we can't wait. We have some new tricks of our own in 09. Stay tuned.

x,
HH

Happy Holidays.

2008-12-23T07:58:00.000-08:00

heart, HH

Um.

2008-12-12T17:12:00.000-08:00

Yes please. Happy weekend times.

The Studio @ Webster Hall This Thursday- 12.11.

2008-12-07T09:00:00.000-08:00

It's always good to know that spontaneity is alive and well. When a last minute spot opened up for this Thursday's show at the Studio at Webster Hall, Holy Hail jumped at the chance to play with very good friends Bellmer Dolls and the excessively talented ladies of Effi Briest.

It should be a night of many sounds. Come. Bask in the music with us.

x-
HH

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-26T08:48:00.000-08:00

So in tradition of the holiday, and because we wanted to finally express our gratitude to everyone who helped us get our album out, Holy Hail would like to give thanks this year to the following friends and family. Thank you for being a friend.

The Cooke family, The Hartwell family, The Kaiyalethe family, Matt Cornell, Kay + Lio Cerezo at Kanine, Jesse Sposato, Matt Cuttler, Andrew Geller, Alex Posell, Stuart Goldfarb, Choaf + David + Will at ACTH, Rory Phillips, Erol Alkan, Charlie Anderson aka Dekker, Richard Hoare, Vito Roccoforte and The Rapture, The Gossip, New Young Pony Club, Bonde do Role, DJ Gorky, Shir Khan, Dave P + Adam Sparkles, Shadow Dancer, Nicholas Vernhes at Rare Book Room, Erik Emm at Brothers Studio, Mike Law, Chuck Brody, Ghost Note Ltd., Elliot Jokelson + Ghost Robot NYC, Kip Kouri + Tell All Your Friends, Rcrd Lbl, Sara Dunn, Winona Barton-Ballentine, Jen Long, Dan Tyte + the Kruger crew, Joseph + James and 14 Markham, Gordon Hull, Nate Turner + Anna Arbuckle, Ashley Kreamer, James Silverman, Geej, Lyz Olko, Ann Talley, Stu Pugh, everyone else who has helped us get this far and anyone who likes the music.

heart,
HH

viva la mexico.

2008-11-18T04:35:00.000-08:00

so i don't know if you noticed our little inclination to posting videos. some we think are funny. some we think are random. most of them aren't relevant. but. this one is!

this past june, HH got to do a little mexico mini tour. we played at cultural centro d'espana in mexico city which was really amazing. it reminded me of the ica in london- great art center in the heart of the city across from aztec ruins and a giant spanish cathedral (old and new literally on top of each other). cce as it is familiarly called is an amazing place to play, see some art, eat some food, and hear some music.

we then made our way to a town outside of puebla called cholula. cholula is best known for it's 365 churches (one for every day of the year!), but it also has a large university in the village so that was a pretty fun show too. though i believe we might have over done it in mexico city with our new friends and way too much mezcal!

our last stop on the tour was a gorgeous town in the mountains called monterrey - a town bursting at the seams with art and music right now. if you have a chance to go there, do! we made amazing friends, ate so much food (we even tried grasshoppers...) and played a really fun show, albeit sweltering hot at 98 degrees fahrenheit. the owners of el garage and all of their friends were some of the coolest/sweetest/most talented kids we have met on the road.

here is a video they put together for us. viva la mexico!!

Today is the day! Buy our album ya'll. Independent Pleasure Club out on Kanine Records.

2008-11-11T20:34:00.000-08:00

hey doggies-

after what feels like a lifetime and was actually not that long, our debut album
INDEPENDENT PLEASURE CLUB is out TODAY!!!!!!!!!

the vinyl looks and sounds amazing! if you would like to pick up a copy its available at online retailers like INSOUND or in person at places like OTHER MUSIC.
the record includes a download code for the digital files as well!

if you would prefer, its also available at ITUNES.

i finally got my copy and it made me smile smile smile, hope it does for you too!

one love
HH

allons a quebec.

2008-11-07T05:57:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who came to our record release party last night in Brooklyn. It was great to have so many friendly faces out there.

Now, we are off on a little HH road trip North... off to the land of free healthcare ya'll. (no, not Massachusetts). We are going to Canada!

For anyone in Montreal, or with buddies there, we will be playing with Lioness who also have a record coming out and this is their celebration. Yay!

Zoobizarre. Tonight.Oui.

Today we celebrate democracy. Tomorrow we get to celebrate our music.

2008-11-05T17:43:00.001-08:00

Record Release party in NYC!

We are so excited to finally have something to show for our years of music making together. Come and celebrate with us. Independent Pleasure Club, our first full length album is out next Tuesday, 11.11!!

In honor of this, we will be playing at Public Assembly this Thursday night. We go on sometime around 11pm.

Albums (as in real deal pieces of vinyl) will be for sale at the show. YAY!

heart,
HH

P.S.- anyone with friends in Montreal, we will be playing at Zoobizarre this Friday night with Lioness. Hot.

...dont't forget to vote.

2008-11-03T21:03:00.000-08:00

paradise city

2008-11-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

heart,

HH

Happy Halloween.

2008-10-31T15:44:00.000-07:00

One year ago today, HH was playing the Paradiso in Amsterdam and doing things our parents probably wouldn't be proud of. (dance parties! what?)

This year, Michally and Cat are going to be Slash and Axl (respectively) and Kevin? He's just gonna be Kevrock per usual.

Enjoy the Holiday. Get weird.

Where our heads at today.

2008-10-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

Pretty sweet video. Check it.

New Song out NOW on RCRD LBL.

2008-10-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

What? It's true! Just in time for CMJ, we are putting out an unreleased song, "Minute Man" that will be exclusively on RCRD LBL

Go. Listen. Now.

...and tell us what you think at our UNCMJ show tomorrow night at Public Assembly.

x

HH Hearts Halloween

2008-10-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

For the past three years, we have had a show on Halloween. It's fair to say that it is definitely one of the band's favorite holidays. Since we won't be playing a show this year, we decided to honor the day by coming up with a list of our favorite scary movies of all time. Tis the season...

Halloween

The Exorcist

The Omen

Susperia

Nightmare on Elm Street

Don't Look Now

The Innocents

The Shining

Race With The Devil

The Strangers

Friday the 13th

UNCMJ PARTY. THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

2008-10-23T05:03:00.000-07:00

So, yeah. As thousands of industry types descend upon our hometown this week and many bands scramble to play as many shows as they can, we felt lucky to score this one pretty awesome "UNCMJ" show. Lots of good bands. Not too early, not too late. Some kind of free beer is involved.

So come through. We are between Radio 4 + The Muslims sometime around 7pm.

If you haven't been yet, as we haven't, Public Assembly is what used to be Galapagos. It may become a sort of home away from home away from home since our record release will be there in two weeks (11.06).

Anyways, info for this Saturday's show is here:

Saturday, Oct 25 at Public Assembly

With live performances by:

Front Room
4:00pm-5:00pm Sky Larkin(Wichita)
5:00pm-6:00pm PRE(Deleted Art)
6:00pm-7:00pm Radio 4
7:00pm-8:00pm Holy Hail(Kanine Records)
8:00pm-9:00pm The Muslims
9:00pm-10:00pm Shock Cinema(Kanine Records)
11:00pm-12:00am The Mae Shi(Moshi Moshi)
12:00am-1:00am Cut Off Your Hands(Frenchkiss Records)
1:00am-2:00am Johnny Foreigner(Best Before Records)
2:00am-3:00am The Uglysuit(Touch & Go Records)
3:00am-4:00am Juvelen(Hybris)

Back Room
4:00pm-5:00pm Drink Up Butter Cup
5:00pm-6:00pm Jean on Jean(Kanine Records)
6:00pm-7:00pm Anni Rossi(4AD)
7:00pm-8:00pm Cale Parks(Polyvinyl Records)
8:00pm-9:00pm Frances(Gigantic Music)

Time: 3:00pm-4:00am
Cover: $10

with DJs: Dj Oil (Kanine Records), Bandana Joe(Rock Through The Ages), Rich Pack, and more TBA.

Sponsored by: Kanine Records, Polyvinyl Records, Crashin' In, Red Bull, Budweiser Beer, Budlight Beer, Thwak! Music Licensing, and more TBA.

Tired of not getting into official CMJ parties, because you don't have some over priced badge. Well so are so we. This year we decided not to do an official CMJ party. Instead we are just throwing one huge unofficial joint label party with friends. We'll have 14 live bands and djs playing between the bands all day/night long. Expect to see the best bands from Kanine Records, Polyiny Records and more.

Public Assembly (70 N6th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)

Holy Hail Enters the 21st Century and Gets a Website

2008-10-21T20:15:00.000-07:00

Wow... Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Kevin finally has email and learned the internet. Barack Obama is up for the presidency. And holy eff, Holy Hail has finally (sort of?) got its website up and running.

Goal:
We will try to keep up on this blog thing a couple times a week.

SO...

There is a lot going on with Team Hail these days. We are really excited about the debut of our first album, Independent Pleasure Club on 11.11.08. As you can see, we have leaked a track on this website as sort of a welcome wagon treat.

Also, we just were put up for Deli Magazine's "Artist of the Month". If you have a second, please vote for us here at Deli Magazine. The contest is up until Oct 31...

Stay tuned for more info... And please hit us up with emails. We love new (and old) friends.

In the mean time, we heart this:

x
HH