Download Vault – The Fierce & The Dead, The Echelon Effect

Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

More instrumental/post-rock/ambient goodness for your pleasure. The Fierce & The Dead is a UK based band which offers a download of their track”Part 1″ off of an upcoming EP. Grab it here. The Echelon Effect also hails from UK and offer a download of their singles “Defying Gravity To Reach You” and “Migration”, as well [...]

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Events – The Big Chill Festival 2010

Posted on June 7, 2010 by admin

Official Site Formed in 1994, Big Chill is an “annual festival of alternative, dance and chill-out music and comedy” which is held every August in the ground of Eastnor Castle, UK.  This year’s edition of the festival is going to take place between August 5th and August 8th and partial line-up is listed below: Massive [...]

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Introducing…NoiseWiki

Posted on June 7, 2010 by admin

NoiseWiki is a Wiki-extension of ihrtn.com / I Heart Noise, which will eventually include hundreds and thousands of links to related blogs, artists bios/discographies, cover art and all sorts of interesting information. And, of course, anyone is free to register and contribute info/edit information on NW!

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Milestone – 100 Twitter Followers

Posted on June 6, 2010 by admin

Note: Please visit I Heart Noise Twitter page and feel free to follow!

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2nd Birthday For I Heart Noise !

Posted on June 6, 2010 by admin

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Mike Patton’s Week – Mr. Bungle

Posted on June 4, 2010 by admin

Bungle Fever Official Site Named after an educational film of the same name, Mr. Bungle was group of high school friends from California, whose idea of good time involved dressing up in weird costumes and play off-kilter versions of famous pop songs. Some of them would later go on to play with the likes of [...]

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Mike Patton’s Week – Tomahawk

Posted on June 3, 2010 by admin

MySpace Page Another Patton supergroup. Good god, this man is relentless, not to mention a complete and utter musical visionary and a mind-blowing and standard-warping genius. No review of Tomahawk can go without mentioning the personnel behind this project, which mostly speaks for itself: Mike Patton of uncountable amazing projects, Duane Denison of the Jesus [...]

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Artist Profile – Mike Patton

Posted on June 2, 2010 by admin

Born: January 27, 1968 Bands: Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Hemophiliac, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Lovage, Kaada / Patton,  Maldoror, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, House Of Discipline There’s a reason why Mike Patton is often referred to as “Luciano Pavarotti of rock world”, since the range of his vocal work is enormous – from [...]

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New Releases – Mike Patton – Mondo Cane

Posted on June 1, 2010 by admin

Label: Ipecac Format: CD An album of cover versions of Italian pop music from the 50s and 60s, performed by Mike Patton along with an orchestra that consists of 60+ members. The album was planned for release in 2008, but its release was delayed until May of 2010. Tracklist: Il Cielo in Una Stanza / [...]

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May ’10 – Revisited

Posted on June 1, 2010 by admin

Here’s a list of all articles that appeared on IHRTN during the month of May: 31: Download Vault – Aeon, PBK, Beequeen (0) 29: Events – Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 (0) 27: Melvins – The Water Glass (mp3 / streaming audio) (0) 27: Review Vault – Terraform, Female Demand (0) 26: An Interview With Matt [...]

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Download Vault – Aeon, PBK, Beequeen

Posted on May 31, 2010 by admin

Aeon – Solo project of Michael Lombardi, whose website Stellar Evolutions offers downloads of some of his material. Also, check out Aeon’s Bandcamp page in order to download two tracks from an upcoming “Equinox (Vernal)” EP as well as some of his other work. PBK – PBK is a solo project of Phillip B. Klingler, [...]

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Events – Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

Posted on May 29, 2010 by admin

Official Site Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual three-day event that takes place in Union Park, Chicago. This year’s lineup is listed below: Friday – Modest Mouse / Broken Social Scene / Robyn / Liars / El-P / The Tallest Man On Earth / Sharon Van Etten Saturday – LCD Soundsystem / Panda Bear / [...]

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Melvins – The Water Glass (mp3 / streaming audio)

Posted on May 27, 2010 by admin

“The Water Glass”, a track off of upcoming Melvins album “The Bride Screamed Murder” is now streaming on Noisecreep / Roadburn Festival websites. The Needle Drop blog also offers an MP3 download of the track – get it here. See more details about the album here.

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Review Vault – Terraform, Female Demand

Posted on May 27, 2010 by admin

Terraform – Temporal Junk (Karamazov Recordings) And more stuff from Oregon (see this review for an explanation)… Portland, OR Terraform occupy a territory that used to belong to bands like Mr. Bungle, Sun City Girls and Scissor Girls. That’s the sort of land in which only the most adventurous kind of listener will  survive, as [...]

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An Interview With Matt Finney (Finneyerkes)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by admin

Note – Matt Finney is one half of the duo Finneyerkes, which is about to release their 4th album.Visit their MySpace page or read reviews of their albums. 1. In which ways, do you think, your new material is different from earlier records? 2. Any non-musical influences to Finneyerkes work? Any movies or literature that [...]

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Download – Them Teeth – Night With Saw EP

Posted on May 25, 2010 by admin

Them Teeth are a Gothenburg, Sweden based duo of John Söder and Oscar Lundin,  who describe their music as a blend of noise, drones “often accompanied by a grimey beat or two in a mix that some might call noise-folk-tronica.” Their debut EP “Night With Saw” is available for download via the band’s blog.

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