2014 - I Heart Noise

Polls

2014 – Readers Favorites!

By Ilya S. 31st December 2014

Based on voting by members of IHRTN Facebook page and Damaged Goods group 1st place – Swans – To Be Kind / Young Widows – Easy Pain (7 […]

Album Streams

Record Label Profile – Umor Rex (Mexico)

By Ilya S. 26th December 2014

File under: ambient/experimental UR is a Mexico-based publishing house/record label that have about 50 releases under its belt- mostly tapes, but also LPs and CDrs […]

Music Reviews

Guest Review – Shadow Biosphere – Parallel Evolution (Grant Hobson)

By Ilya S. 11th December 2014

Oftentimes, the Press Release that arrives accompanying a new release can contain enough hyperbole and overwrought allusion as to make a reviewer want to gouge […]

Music Reviews

Review: Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita

By Ilya S. 25th November 2014

20 Years into a career that continues to be the musical equivalent of wandering through Willy Wonka’s factory, Deerhoof return after 2012’s “Breakup Songs” with […]

Music Reviews

Single Review – Pink Avalanche – In Empty Spaces (Past/Futures Records)

By Ilya S. 6th October 2014

Rating: 3/5 There’s nothing wrong with wearing your influences on the sleeve. Judging by “In Empty Spaces”, a single off of their debut album “The […]

Misc

Local Highlights – Muziclab/Cheap Seats

By Ilya S. 23rd August 2014

Today, we’re going to take a trip through two different corners of Boston – Somerville and Cambridge and take a look at two music incubators […]

Music Reviews

Submission Review – Killerkume – Trautzer Blaster

By Ilya S. 10th August 2014

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 First minute of this debut EP from Spanish noise-rockers Killkerkume sounds vaguely reminiscent of Helmet’s White City, but once the […]

Boston / New England Music Scene

Sound and Chaos Documentary – Screenings

By Ilya S. 25th July 2014

Sound and Chaos is a documentary about a studio that record producer Martin Bisi started in 1979. Check out the dates/times of screenings below: Saturday, […]

Interviews

Interview – Martin Bisi (Swans, Helmet, Sonic Youth)

By Ilya S. 15th July 2014

An online interview with legendary producer Martin Bisi, whose credits include John Zorn, Cop Shoot Cop and White Zombie, among many others. Sound and Chaos: […]