If there's one thing we can't get enough of here at IHN its obscure Italian soundtracks. So you can imagine that we practically squealed with delight upon seeing the following in our inbox: Originally released in 1969, Giada Tarantini's "The Devil Smiles Back" is a fondly, albeit hazily, remembered cult classic, blending sex, violence, vampires…
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 all over New England (Landing, Magic Shoppe, Skyjelly, Ghost Box Orchestra, Caspian) Mixtape - Pazz & Jop - finest selection of less abrasive and more…
Fat Shuggy is nom de plume of David Sugarman (aka Shuggy Sugarman) - I had a chance to meet the man through many of Boston Hassle meetings (as well as recent Hassle Fest 7 which he was also a part of). I knew that he's also a musician, but I was in for a shock…
Dreamcrusher is playing in Boston on November 6th as part of Boston Hassle Hassle Fest. I’ll be honest. I love a nice bit of noise. From Incapacitants to Prurient, Kylie Minoise to She Spread Sorrow, it’s all good in my book. I wasn’t previously aware of Luwayne Glass’s work, which is a huge failing on…
Words: Grant Hobson (Psalm69) This split release from two Massachusetts bands poses a perennial hardcore/ grindcore / punk problem. How many words need be written about a project that clocks in with six songs (three apiece) at about sixteen minutes or so? The short answer, with a gnarly, exhilarating release like this, not many. The…
Brand new EP from Boston's finest purveyors of psych/space rock (and frequent contributors to Boston Not LA)! Sound of (Eternal Now) is GBO's first release since 2013 Vanished LP and it further expands on ideas set out by both its predecessor and the band's debut The Only Light On. There's somewhat poppy title track with its…
