Swans Week – Circus Mort
These New Yorkers — led by future Swans founder/guitarist Michael Gira — sound like they want to back you into a corner and harangue you into a screaming fit. They’re …
Download – Grandfather – Why I'd Try
Grandfather is a New York trio that more recently recorded its debut album “Why I’d Try”. The record was engineered by Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) and mastered by …
Joe DeNardo / Growing Interview
What’s in a name? Why Growing? –when we named the band we had sort of a heavier, more vicious sound, and Growing seemed like a nice contrast to the other …
I Heart Noise – Mentions
Big thank you goes out to all of the following people who are putting much effort into spreading the word about IHRTN around – via blogrolls, shouts or by any …
Boston Not LA – Update
As you may or may not know, a digital compilation of music from Boston bands is being assembled right at this very moment! Fall is here and its time for …
Download + Review – Holoscene / Tunturia Split (Valkyrie, 2010)
A split between two Canadian bands, both of which play instrumental/post-rock in the vein of Mogwai / GSYBE / Explosions In The Sky etc. etc. Holoscene’s track (“Now She Is …
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More Thoughts On AmRep 25th Anniversary + More Videos
The A.V. Club Twin Cities | Crawdaddy! | Noise For Zeros | Odd Obsession See Also – Chunklet Interview w/ Tom Hazelmeyer | AmRep 25th – Bios of Participants | …
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AmRep Revisited – Helmet – Selected Discography + MP3 + Videos
While contemporaries were mucking about in swamps of feedback and messy sludge-rock power chords, this New York quartet formulated a metal-bore sound so clean, crisp and martial that some wags …
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Seeing Eye Dog – The Reviews Are In!
While there are some who would argue Helmet’s prime time was in the heady days from 92’s ‘Meantime’ to 97’s swan song ‘Aftertaste’, since guitar-toting frontman Page Hamilton dragged Helmet’s …
Stream – Today Is The Day – In The Eyes Of God (Reissue)
“In The Eyes Of God” was a fifth studio album from Nashville band Today Is The Day and a second LP that they recorded for Relapse Records. Resissued version of …
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