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Greensboro, NC band Irata plays heavy rock with a lot of melody. On the band’s new album, Tower, there’s both guitar and vocal harmonies, plenty of clean singing and clean Continue reading Irata “Tower” review
The UK band Asian Dub Foundation has released a new track, “Youth Quake Pt. 1 (Greta Speaks),” in support of climate action. In a statement, the band said, “We’ve put Continue reading Asian Dub Foundation releases new environment-themed track
We’ve written before about Roger Waters advocating for Palestinian rights and pressuring mega-artists in the music industry (see Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Radiohead to name two) to cancel Continue reading Roger Waters comments on the music industry re: Israel-Palestine
Sulphur English is the new album, out now on various formats and streams, from Richmond, Virginia’s Inter Arma. What does it sound like? Well, Inter Arma is a doom band. Continue reading Inter Arma is back with “Sulphur English”
Merzbow (the act by noise artist Masami Akita) first released Venereology 25 years ago. It made quite a splash and was marketed by Relapse Records to metalheads and not just Continue reading Merzbow “Venereology” reissue out now
D.U. sometimes gets turned onto things we otherwise wouldn’t by following @Iheartnoise on Twitter. One example of that is seeing them promote something from the Twitter feed of @Hainbach101. Based Continue reading Helpful tips from Hainbach, an electronic musician
Executive producers John Varvatos and Iggy Pop have run the last episode of the four-parter TV documentary PUNK on Epix. As the show’s description says, “PUNK explores the music, the fashion, the art Continue reading “PUNK” documentary series concludes on Epix
Nen Daiko came into the city to play Taiko drums at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the annual Cherry Blossom festival. Seeing percussionists like these is always Continue reading Nen Daiko Japanese drummers rock D.C.
The last time we wrote anything connected to Noisem was back when the guys’ former band, Necropsy, had a demo in 2012. They’ve grown up a bit now, and sound Continue reading Noisem is back with “Cease To Exist”: interview and live video
The best music genre or band documentaries (think Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey or Some Kind Of Monster) work two angles: they appeal to the fans by packing the films with Continue reading “Slave To The Grind” documentary: review