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The Hive Dwellers

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A biographical sketch: The streets of Olympia ring with that boot heels-on-cobblestone sound as the Hive Dwellers traverse the township east to west on way to their next musical adventure. Spawned in the late double-O decade by Calvin Johnson at the Dub Narcotic Studio, the Hive Dwellers is a band, a combo (as in combination) of disparate individuals who share a common love of rock’n’roll, library cards and railroad travel. When they emerge from the froth and frumble of their active bicycle-powered lives to make music, the Hive Dwellers emit a pelt of bright, shiny ((NOW)) with a love of pop music underground and it’s more vacuous mainstream distant cousins. Dance. Smile when you say that. Raw freedom dance. The assorted cacophony of membership slides around, currently the Hive Dwellers are Gabriel Will, Evan Hashi and Calvin Johnson. Past members include K.E. Sixx (The Vibrarians), Brian Weber (Dub Narcotic Sound System, Chain & the Gang), Faustine Hudson (The Curious Mystery), Spencer Kelley (Wallpaper, Basemint), Karl Blau, Brett Lyman, Fred Thomas (City Center, Saturday Looks Good to Me), and Michelle Mae (Make-Up). In 2009, the Hive Dwellers launched an expansive Pan-American tour seeing for themselves how it is to be a slave to the rhythm hive active; 2010 saw the release of “Get In” (KLP223), and 2011 brought out their Dub Narcotic Disco Plate, Lynch The Swan (DBN126). In 2012, the Hive Dwellers release a new LP, Hewn from the Wilderness [KLP241]. As the future unfo

top songs

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My Noise

2,293
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Get In

795
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Messed Up and Ramblin'

576
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sitting alone at the movies

551
5

A Woman Named Trudy

448
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The Dignity of Saint Judy

393
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Tell-Tale Heart

380
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Ride With Me

357
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Baby Be Mine

337
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Lynch the Swan

313

albums

Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers!

Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers!

Hewn From The Wilderness

Hewn From The Wilderness

Moanin'

Moanin'

Get In

Get In

Lynch the Swan b/w Selector Dub Narcotic - Dub the Swan

Lynch the Swan b/w Selector Dub Narcotic - Dub the Swan

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Score! 20 Years of Merge Records - The Covers!

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Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records The Covers!

A Kiss On Main Street

A Kiss On Main Street

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SCORE! Twenty Years of Merge Records - The Covers!

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"Get In" 12"

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GNARCOTICS UNANIMOUS

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Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers

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