October 2013 Releases from Silber Records
Note – Silber Records is a North Carolina label which is run by Brian John Mitchell (a.k.a. Remora), an old friend of I Heart Noise. October releases from …
Highlight/Review – Tree No Leaves – Blind Tigers
What they say: Cowboy/Indian Tree No Leaves is a psych/electro/rock band formed in 2008 in The Heart of It All, Ohio. The band got its start as a loop based duo and is …
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Highlight/Review – So Stressed – Attracted to Open Mouths
What they say: We’re from Sacramento, California. We play weird, noise rock/punk stuff using drums, guitar, keyboard/sampler, and voice. We’ve been doing that since 2010. We put out an album …
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Reading Room – Mark Yarm – Everybody Loves Our Town (Three Rivers Press, 2012)
Rating: 4 out of 5 As a kid, I largely equated grunge with one band – Nirvana. And, indeed, to most people they personify anything that grunge came to symbolize …
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Show Review – Public Image Limited at the Royale Boston (Oct. 15)
You are not worthy, we are. It is my firm belief that Public Image Limited, Gang Of Four and Wire deserve their own Hall Of Fame. While none of the …
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Show Review – Melvins Lite (w/ Tweak Bird) at the Paradise (01.10.12)
“Are you guys in line for a comedy?” Admittedly, I’m not the biggest fan of Freak Puke – Melvins most recent LP. While not a complete abomination a-la Load or …
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Review – Guano Padano – 2 (Ipecac Records)
The name Guano Padano is completely new to me, but one look at the list of GP’s past and present collaborators (Marc Ribot, Mike Patton, Gary Lucas) tells me that …
Metal Sunday – New Music Releases – Napalm Death / Converge Split
Its a clash of the titans, as grindcore/death metal overlords Napalm Death face hardcore road warriors Converge! Converge side of the split includes one new track (“No Light …
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Event / Movie Review – Color Me Obsessed (Brattle Theater)
Dedicated to the victims of shooting in Aurora, Colorado Ah! The Replacements. You were the embodiment of everything that is both right and wrong about rock’n’roll – from drunken fights …
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Review – Mike Patton – Luciano Berio Laborintus II
Mike’s love for all things Italian (as well as endless genre-hopping) continues. Speaking of genre-hopping… There’s seemingly no stone that Patton left unturned in his attempts to cover different …
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