Retro Review – Faith No More – Angel Dust

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

  “This is a joke, right?” Those there were some of the first words that were uttered by my high school buddy who sat down with me in order to check out “Angel Dust”. By the time that we got to “Midnight Cowboy” he was laughing hysterically and I was ready to bury my face [...]

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New/Upcoming Mixtape – June 2012 – MBV, Om and more!

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

  A Place To Bury Strangers – And I’m Up – taken from Worship, out now on Dead Oceans A Place To Bury Strangers – You Are The One - taken from Worship, out now on Dead Oceans Can – Milleonenspiel – from Lost Tapes – 3XCD box set out now on Mute Can – Deadly Doris - from [...]

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Upcoming – High & Outside: A Baseball Noir + Too Late

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

  Many people know David Yow, drunken poet extraordinaire behind Scratch Acid and Jesus Lizard, but how many people know David Yow the actor? According to his IMDB entry, Yow’s career includes a number of roles in independent movies – from 1994 Walls In The City (which featured a soundtrack by Denison-Kimball Trio) to shorts [...]

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Poll – Favorite MBV Album

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Favorite My Bloody Valentine Album

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My Bloody Valentine In The News – June 2012 – Remasters, Singles Collection and more!

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

  It sure is a busy season for shoegaze godfathers MBV…   Kevin Shields used to be completely opposed to the idea of the band’s reunion, but recent years resulted in a slew of appearances from the band and even a possibility of new album appearing on the horizon. According to Wiki,  Shields and the [...]

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Battle Of The Bands – Giraffes Eating Lions vs. Whores

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

  Welcome to the first IHRTN battle of the bands – ever!   In the left ring of the corner, we have Whores –  a trio out of Atlanta which channels spirit of bands like Helmet and RATM (minus the rapping) through their music. “Daddy’s Money”, the first track off of their debut EP Ruiner [...]

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Label News – Hydra Head (June 2012) – Old Man Gloom, Souvenirs From Botch, Tour Dates

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

  Historical Note Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It has two imprints; Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specialises inexperimental and noise music, and another entitled Tortuga Records.   Old Man Gloom (yes, that’s short for OMG, but whether that was intentional or not remains a mystery) is a supergroup [...]

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Songs I Like To Sing Preview – Pt. 2

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

  Another volume of digital covers-only comp. from IHRTN is almost here! In the meantime, here’s another preview of the compilation – grab it on Bandcamp page or check out track-by-track breakdown below:   1. (-_-)  - Squarehead plays Adebisi Shank 2. Wishlist – Ben Houge plays Pearl Jam 3.  True Love Will Find You In The End – Harvey [...]

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Archival Mixtape #4 – Cows

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

    Previous archival mixtapes: Karp | Coil | Brainiac   Longtime denizens of the Minneapolis rock scene, the Cows are one of America’s great degenerate punk rock bands. Starting off as near-total incompetents, they have become more technically polished musicians during the ’90s, but their white-hot noise rock has not been tamed one bit. In many [...]

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Album Highlight – Cows – Peacetika (1991)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

  What a bunch of sick and mean bastards. Come back Cows, all is forgiven.   How could they play such nonsense…blather such over-exaggerated lower-class rubbish. Girls fucked in the backseat, dirty drunks, complete and utter apathy. And chuggged is a repetitive wall of horrible tuning. Clanked guitars; riffs or rifts of melody then a [...]

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