Amphetamine Reptile Revisited – Casus Belli
Casus Belli was a solo project of Anthony Martin, former member of Minneapolis band Bastards. Under that moniker, he recorded few singles as well as a full-length entitled “Tailgunnrangeles”. Built …
Review – Auternus – Changing Seasons EP (Cauldron Soundwerx, 2009)
Cauldron Soundwerx MySpace Page “Seasons” is a debut EP by Kansas quartet Auternus, which includes guitarist/vocalist Joshua Quint, guitarist Jeff Irvine, drummer Joshua Simcosky and bassist Steve Hittner. Their music …
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Review – X: The Human Condition – S/T (Hypnotical Entertainment / Nova Music Productions, Inc., 2010)
MySpace Page X: THC is a project of Michael Nova, a composer, filmmaker and producer, who, with this album, explores a wide range of human emotions. Its also supposed to …
Review – Nervous Sex / Drums Like Machine Guns Split (Abandon Ship, 2010)
Nervous Sex MySpace Page Drums Like Machine Guns MySpace Page This is a split between two bands out of Pennsylvania, both of which play noise but with a slight hint …
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Stuff You Might've Missed – Xiu Xiu
MySpace Page Oakland, CA based Xiu Xiu (pronounced “shoe-shoe”) is a brainchild of California native Jamie Stewart, who is exploring all kinds of morbid subjects such as AIDS and suicide …
Review – Andrew Weathers – A Great Southern City (Full Spectrum, 2010)
Personal Blog MySpace Page Full Spectrum Records Back in 1994, UK band A Small Good Thing produced what is now considered a minor classic in ambient genre – “Slim Westerns” …
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Family Curse
MySpace Page With their brand of fractured rock’n’roll, heavy reliance on digital effects and (supposedly) grotesque lyrics / indecipherable vocals (courtesy of vocalist Megan Tweed), this Seattle trio brings to …
Stuff You Might've Missed – Skullflower
Skullflower is a long-running band that include Matthew Bower – an extremely prolific musician from UK, who was also a member of such bands as Pure, Total and Hototogisu. Skullflower …
Review – Slow Six – Tomorrow Becomes You (Western Vinyl, 2010)
MySpace Page More ambient/drone/post rock / neoclassical goodness…this time from Western Vinyl label. “Tomorrow” is a third album for Slow Six, a band that is in no way related to …
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Introducing a new contributor – Pete Burn
Ladies and gentlemen…would you please give a round of applause to a newest IHRTN contributor – Pete Burn. He runs his own blog – Do You Compute? – which is …