Ziemba Interview
Photo credit: Dylan Titus Brooklyn-based songwriter and chanteuse Ziemba not only pens truly gorgeous, pillowy pop melodies, hooks and harmonies that you can still bite into, she is deeply involved …
Review Batch: Skyjelly, Cryostasium, Petridisch, Violet Nox
Skyjelly – You’re in a Chair in the Sky (Eggs in Aspic) Eight plus minutes of aural delights open with a mid ‘70’s Floyd feel (think One Of These …
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Interview – Chernaya Lentochka
Chernaya Lentochka (Black Ribbon) is a young trio from St Petersburg that creates music in a genre they dubbed “paintnoise”. A unique blend of old Soviet-era pop recordings and modern …
The Three Sides of Cyanide Valentine Turns 10
If there was anything I can say about Cyanide Valentine’s very first album Let it Rot, it was this: I wasn’t ready. Cyanide Valentine came at a time where I …
Premiere – Dark Sunny Land – Starr Lette
Much of the music created by Boston guitarist Steve Painter (aka Dark Sunny Land) can be described as intensely visual and “Star Lette” off of his upcoming LP “Quiet Fires” …
Review – B L A C K I E – Remains
B L A C K I E – Remains I don’t want what you want. I don’t feel what you feel. See, I’m stuck in a city, but I belong …
Review – Glacier – Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet…
Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet, They Shall Be White As Snow Opening with bruising reverb chords and a drum beat that sounds like a body being dragged slowly down …
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Your Guide to 2017 Music Festivals – Northside, Supersonic, Heart of Noise, Liverpool Psych Fest
IHN recently traveled to Durham, North Carolina in order to witness a spectacle of music and technology that is Moogfest. 4 days of workshops, performances, talks and demos got us craving …
Moogfest 2017: A Recap
Photo credits: Caleb Smallwood / Erez Avissar / Eric Waters This year’s Moogfest was the second in festival’s history to be held in Durham, NC (up from Asheville, NC where …
Review – The Parlour Trick – Blessed Unrest (Self Released, 2012)
The Parlour Trick are the Californian duo of neo-Victorian visionary Meredith Yayanos and Emmy-winning composer Dan Cantrell. Conceived as a solo Yayanos vehicle in the mid-aughts, 2009 saw the project …
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