PODCAST: Episode 88: Hyro The Hero on the Quarantine, Gaming, and New Music


We caught up recently with Hyro The Hero from his home, on lockdown, keeping safe from the pandemic. Sadly, his spring tour plans opening for Asking Alexandria have been canceled. In the meantime, Hyro is keeping that PMA (positive mental attitude) and keeping his spirits up during trying time by staying busy, working on music, catching up on his gaming, and trying to eat right. He is also checking out all kinds of other musicians and rappers plying their game on Soundcloud and other mediums who are respect-worthy. He’s got a good message for fans too, as Hyro has new music coming soon, the follow up to his acclaimed album Flagged Channel, via his label Better Noise, that he is really excited about, and we are too! Follow Hyro and get ready for new sounds later this year.Continue reading


Mixtapes Releasing “These Are Us” Digital Rarities For Free Download


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Mixtapes is releasing a free digital rarities compilation via Paper + Plastick. A few words on the band:

“…..I was at Eric’s house the other day, who is the guy that recorded and engineered all of the Mixtapes records. We were going through stuff and joking around and realized we had quite a few songs no one had ever heard,including myself more than once or twice. A few of them I thought “why on earth didn’t we put this on a record?”. Then I remembered that Weezer also didn’t put Susanne on a record and we all make mistakes. At that point I decided we should put out a free download of all of our unreleased material, rare material, splits and just things in general that might not be so easy to get anymore. After clearing it with the suits and tracking down all of the songs, in part thanks to some listeners I did it. So here it is, sequenced with artwork and ending with something very special. We are really proud of the songs and there’s no reason they shouldn’t be available if you like our band so please download it, share it, post it etc etc. The last song on this record is something near and dear to me. One day while recording “Even on the worst nights” everyone went to breakfast. I stayed behind, clicked record in the studio and put myself in the mindset of a high school non conformist goth kid. What came out was 15 minutes of completely freestyled angst that I could never repeat or pull off again, so please while listening feel my pain. But really, we are excited to release this all on one record and thanks to Vinnie for putting it out and being the best, we love you!
<3
Mixtapes …..”

Tracklisting:
01 A million bad bands
02 Grenadine
03 Puzzle Part 2 (I don’t believe in ghosts)
04 Sleepless in St. Paul
05 Right where to find me
06 I Was a Teenage Poltergeist
07 My, You Look Ravishing Tonight!
08 Everyday Maybes.mp3
09 Road Maps, Ice Caps, Death Traps
10 P.E.T. S.O.U.N.D.S.
11 Coffee Party
12 All the Mistakes We Make (Are Gonna Lead to All the Important Things We’re Gonna Do)
13 Little Miami
14 Werewolf Shame
15 It Can’t Get You Everything
16 Cause I’m a Genius
17 Broken Hearted Christmas
18 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
19 Sleepless in St. Paul (Redux)
20 Doin’ Laundry
21 Hey Baby (damn this song)
22 Chicka Chicka Chicka Chicka
23 Silence, the last stand (completely freestyled while everyone was out getting breakfast)