’11 In Overview – Husker Du – Books, Song Covers and more!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

While chances of Husker Du reuniting are close to zero, IHRTN still likes to keeps tabs on all the activities of ex-Huskers – Bob, Greg and Grant. First up is a wonderful collection of live tracks/outtakes from the band – courtesy of Captains Dead blog. Up In The Air includes material from majority of band’s releases [...]

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Best/Worst Albums of 2011 – Other People’s Thoughts

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

While I Heart Noise Poll on Best/Worst Albums Of 2011 is still going, here’s what other blogs had to say on the matter… Best Clicky Clicky Music – Top 10 Of 2010: MP Edition / Jay Edition BOAWS Top 20 Records Of 2011 Oh, 2011 – Where Have You Gone? (Letters From A Tapehead) The [...]

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IHRTN Poll – Your Favorite / Least Favorite Albums Of 2011?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

Feel free to sound off in the comments below! To refresh your memory, you can use Brainwashed List of Albums Released in 2011.

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New Releases – December 2011

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

Alva Noto – Univrs (Raster Noton) Atlas Sound – Parallax (4AD) Byetone – Symeta (Raster Noton) Brian Eno / Rick Holland – Panic Of Looking (Warp) High Places – Original Colors (Thrill Jockey) Indignant Senility – Consecration Of The Whipstain (Type) Richard Knox / Frederic D. Oberland – The Rustle Of The Stars (Gizeh) Kammerflimmer [...]

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100 I Heart Noise Posts From 2011 – Pt. 1

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Sonic Guide To…US – Earth Pain Teens Special – Interview With Bliss Blood Sonic Guide To…Australia – Clann Zu + My Disco Download – Free Samplers From Utech Records, Room40 and Hydra Head Download/Stream – Hella – Untitled + Interview With Zach Hill New Releases – 31Knots – Trump Harm (Polyvinyl) Stream – Pink City [...]

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Download – Xela – Exorcism + Dunwich Dreams

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

And one more bit of Type-related news… Xela was a solo project of Type co-founder John Twells which he started in 1999. This year marked the end of the project. Learn With Xela is a blog run Twells and it currently offers Exorcism – final Xela album – for download (grab it here). As Twells [...]

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2011 In Overview + News – Type Records

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Historical Note – Type is a record label which was started by John Twells (a.k.a. John Xela) and Stefan Lewandowski in 2002 in UK. Since 2009, Twells  is running the label “from a small office-cum-studio in Massachusetts.” To find out more, visit label’s official site. Some of the releases that came out on Type this year… [...]

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Collective Review – Feersum Ennjin – S/T (Disassociated Press)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Today, our experts weigh in on debut album from Paul D’Amour’s (Lusk, Replicants, Tool) project Feersum Ennjin. Lob23 As a bass player myself, I am more fond of the early TOOL releases than the later ones. So, when asked to review the new release from original Tool founding bass player and song writer Paul D’Amour’s [...]

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Theory Of Everything – Final Version!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

“Theory Of Everything” is finally here! Grab it via IHRTN’s Bandcamp Page or check out track-by-track breakdown below (and see the videos by some of the artists from the compilation). 1. Phone Home – Meds (bio) 2. Telethon – OwNixGolly (bio) 3. Ted Bundy’s Volkswagon – Whorehopper (bio) 4. Old World Vulture – Benny (bio) 5. Hopewell – 10,000 Black Masses (pt. 1) (bio) 6. Glorie [...]

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Theory Of Everything – Bios – Steel Pole Bath Tub

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Note - “Theory Of Everything” is an upcoming digital compilation from IHRTN. You can preview it here Their contribution: Carbon Hardcore/noise trio out of Bozeman, MT that was formed in 1987. Bay Area threesome (two of whom originally hail from Bozeman, Montana) Steel Pole Bath Tub put a happy face (well, sorta) on industrial-strength grind rock, leavening [...]

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