Selected posts from the vaults of I Heart Noise Flashback – Melvins and Rush Share the Stage Show Review – Melvins / Le Butcherettes at the Paradise Flashback of the …
Read more “Crossposting – I Heart Noise > Boston Becomes Eclectic (Nov. 22)”
Along with artists birthdays (Neil Young and Bjork celebrating their 70s and 50s, respectively) this November also marked anniversaries of release for two records that became blueprints for generations of alternative/noise …
Read more “Bits o' News – Birthdays + Psychocandy/Loveless Anniversaries + Tributes!”
Hassle Fest stands out when compared to larger music festivals, such as Boston Calling, because of the proportion of Boston-based bands that get a chance to showcase their talent, according …
Read more “Hassle Fest Memories – Day 1: New England Patriots / Downtown Boys / Whip Appeal”
While he’s yet to produce a follow-up to 2012 Dusted Jazz Vol. 2, Jenova 7 (aka Michael J Sirois) remains as busy as ever. In addition to instrumentals that he …
Read more “Recent Arrivals – Jenova 7 Remixing DJ Shadow + Skyjelly – Live in Providence”
Words: Chris Bynes A week or so ago, I was talking to Ilya about what music meant to me. I had the realization that music is only separated into genres …
Stream + Review – Fat Shuggy – Espro Cru Oyni si Luo Sym – Residents/Renaldo & The Loaf-esque madness from the mind of Shuggy Sugarman Mixtape – Cosmic Vortex – psych/ambient/shoegaze from …
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Second volume exploring non-skronky/non-scuzzy sounds out of Boston / Mass – folk, blues, alternative, pop and more. Listen to volume 1 (featuring Transient Cities, Love Love, Andrew Geano, Valentin Prince and …
Artists usually confined to the world of underground house shows will be brought to the main stage this weekend for Hassle Fest 7. Hassle Fest, a three-day music festival organized …
Read more “Hassle Fest Memories – Day 1: JOSS / Urochromes / Black Beach”
as far as is known to me SKYJELLY is a one man band situation (sometimes), and a really amazing one (probably the the best since, [welp] Spentman and his MAINE …
The meaning of the word “punk,” in 2015, is something that can be debated endlessly by those with stakes in the underground, or in the rhetoric of music description. A …
Read more “Hassle Fest 7 Memories – Day 1: Gauche / World Cup / Listening Woman”