2014 – Readers Favorites!
Based on voting by members of IHRTN Facebook page and Damaged Goods group 1st place – Swans – To Be Kind / Young Widows – Easy Pain (7 votes for both) 2nd place …
Record Label Profile – Umor Rex (Mexico)
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 as well as some print …
Guest Review – Shadow Biosphere – Parallel Evolution (Grant Hobson)
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 out her/ his eyes with …
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Review: Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita
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 their new 10-song collection “La …
Single Review – Pink Avalanche – In Empty Spaces (Past/Futures Records)
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 Luminous Heart of Nowhere”, Pink …
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Local Highlights – Muziclab/Cheap Seats
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 spawned by both. Somerville …
Submission Review – Killerkume – Trautzer Blaster
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 instrumental section ends and vocals …
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Sound and Chaos Documentary – Screenings
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, July 26 at The Brattle Theater Screening with Q&A – 2pm, …
Interview – Martin Bisi (Swans, Helmet, Sonic Youth)
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: the Story of BC Studio …
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Interview with Con Tex
Con Tex is Boston-based musician and a member of Whitehaus Family Record. Check out Close to Home – his contribution to Boston Not LA Vol. 3 as well as his own …