Streaming/Download Vault – Tears Run Rings

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

TRR (not to be confused with Tears For Fears) features 3 of 4 members of the 90s band Autocollants. Their music brings to mind anyone from Spacemen 3 to Slowdive to Sundays to Mazzy Star with its combination of electronic effects/textures and male/female harmonies. The band’s latest record is “Distance”, which is scheduled for release [...]

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New Releases – Converge – On My Shield 7″ / EP

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

Self-released 7″ single / EP from Converge which includes a title track was recorded at Godcity Studios during the band’s 2010 “Axe To Fall” tour. More Info: Converge – Official Site / Toxicbreed Funhouse / Metal Storm / OMG Vinyl / Circling The Drain / Heavy Blog Is Heavy

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Review Vault – Tin Pan Alley, Kausal, Komondor

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

Tin Pan Alley – Palm Waves, Figures For Chants, Quotes And Noise Bursts If Pavement, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. would’ve made a record together, there’s a huge chance that it would’ve sounded something like this album. The only caveat is that the TPA hails from Poland, not US. One can find elements of all [...]

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Listomania – Blogs – Egg City Radio, Forest Gospel, Down Underground and more!

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

Because God Told Me To Do It Cows Are Just Food Double Cross Down Underground Ear-Conditioned Nightmare Egg City Radio Forest Gospel Heavy Planet Music For Perfect People Off The Dial The Days Of Lore

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“Gone In 60 Seconds” on Trotting Weasel

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

Trotting Weasel just published another column in its ongoing “Sound Sunday” series and “Gone In 60 Sec.” was mentioned among 10 free recommended downloads. As the author rightfully points out: I Heart Noise is a blog born out of the dream to create the ultimate rock  music encyclopedia. In July the blog launched the project [...]

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Milestones – 400 Twitter Followers / 300,000 Views

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

Note – Please visit I Heart Noise Facebook / Twitter pages.  There’s also a new blog called Pixel Deep, which is dedicated to video games/web design/motion graphics.

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IHRTN Time Machine – July of 2008

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

AmRep Story Amphetamine Reptile A-Z Boss Hog Bushpig Calvin Krime Casus Belli Chokebore Cosmic Psychos Cows Crows Feedtime Freedom Fighters Gaunt

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Deadhorse – Midwest Tour 2010

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Aug. 21 – The Future (Youngstown, OH) Aug. 24 – The No Fun House (Kalamazoo, MI) Aug. 25 – Espresso Yourself (Powell, OH) Aug. 27 – ELB (Rockford, IL) Aug. 28 – Station 4 (St. Paul, MN) Aug. 29 – The Ghost Parlor (Manhattan, KS) Aug. 30 – Vertical Violet (Wichita, KS) Aug. 31 – [...]

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Gone In 60 Seconds – A-Z – Deadhorse

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Download: Questions For Which There Are No Answers (from “We Can Create Our Own World”) Get The Entire Compilation – Bandcamp / I Heart Noise Bio Note – not to be confused with Deadhorse, a metal band from the early 90s. Deadhorse is a post-rock band from Erie, PA. Starting in the fall of 2009, [...]

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Download Vault – Strange Glue And The Post-Rock Underground Vol.1-3

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

Strange Glue website/blog offers plenty of free samplers, including 3 volumes of post-rock exploration: Vol.1 – w/ Gregor Samsa, Lampshade, Crippled Black Phoenix and more Vol.2 – w/ God Is An Astronaut, Lunar Node, Scraps Of Tape and more Vol.3 – w/ American Dollar, Collapse Under The Empire, Pelican and more

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Gone In 60 Seconds – A-Z – Collapse Under The Empire

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

Download -A Smell Of Boiled Greens (from “Find A Place To Be Safe”) Get The Entire Compilation – Bandcamp / I Heart Noise Bio Collapse Under The Empire is an instrumental/post-rock band from Hamburg, Germany. The lineup consists of Martin Grimm (Guitars&Drums) and Chris Burda (Keys/Synthesizer&Drums). They formed in 2007 and released their debut album [...]

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Gone In 60 Seconds – NFR Review

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

A big thank you / hug / round of applause goes to my UK colleagues / partners in crime Not For Resale. They just posted this wonderful review of “Gone In 60 Seconds” compilation, so check it out and say thank you to authors by commenting (they surely deserve it). Further Info: Twitter And as [...]

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Shellac – 2010 Tour + Posters

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

Shellac are going to embark on a short Fall tour this year with Helen Money serving as a supporting act.  Tour dates are below: September 1 – Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, OH) – with Helen Money September 2 – Babeville’s The Ninth Ward (Buffalo, NY) – with Helen Money September 4 – ATP New York September [...]

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Review Vault – Bipolar Bear/Turrks, VRSA, Morlocks

Posted on August 16, 2010 by admin

Bipolar Bear / Turrks – Bisbee (Deleted Art) A quick Google search reveals that there’s a hip-hop band called Bi-Polar Bear, but this particular Bipolar Bear have nothing to do with hip-hop (in fact, the band changed their name to Turrks more recently in order to avoid confusion and now they also joined the company [...]

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Listomania – Blogs

Posted on August 15, 2010 by admin

Anti-Gravity Bunny Avant Music News Bradley’s Almanac Built On A Weak Spot Cougar Microbes Swan Fungus The Decibel Tolls The Devil Has The Best Tuna The Sirens Sound The Thing On The Doorstep

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Deep Heaven Now + Somerville Yard Sale – Photos (Playground Boston) + Videos

Posted on August 15, 2010 by admin

Photo Credits: Tim Bugbee Video Credits: coordinatezero / ghostboxorchestra / eyephantom See More Photos: Playground Boston

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