Hymie's Basement is an American
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
duo. It consists of
Yoni Wolf
Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon.
From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred ...
and Andrew Broder of
Fog
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. They released one album, ''
Hymie's Basement
Hymie's Basement is an American indie rock duo. It consists of Yoni Wolf and Andrew Broder of Fog (band), Fog. They released one album, ''Hymie's Basement (album), Hymie's Basement'', on Lex Records in 2003. The name ''Hymies Basement'' came from ...
'', on
Lex Records
Lex Records is a British independent record label. Most releases on the label are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic music.Nicola Slade, "Life Blood: Lex Records," (Record Of The Day, 11 June 2009) Dazed described Lex as a lab ...
in 2003. The name ''Hymies Basement'' came from the album being recording in the basement of Hymies Record store in
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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which Broder's wife co-owned at the time.
They combine elements of
rap
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,
folk
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* Fo ...
and
indie rock
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. Songs range from the happy pop like chorus of "21st Century Pop Song" and the minimal sadness of "Lightning Bolts and Man Hands."
Discography
* ''
Hymie's Basement
Hymie's Basement is an American indie rock duo. It consists of Yoni Wolf and Andrew Broder of Fog (band), Fog. They released one album, ''Hymie's Basement (album), Hymie's Basement'', on Lex Records in 2003. The name ''Hymies Basement'' came from ...
'' (
Lex Records
Lex Records is a British independent record label. Most releases on the label are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic music.Nicola Slade, "Life Blood: Lex Records," (Record Of The Day, 11 June 2009) Dazed described Lex as a lab ...
, 2003)
References
External links
Hymie's Basementon
Myspace
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Anticon
Electronic music groups from Minnesota
American experimental musical groups
Lex Records artists