I Heart Noise - Boston Not LA Vol. 3 (2014)

I Heart Noise

• No Wave
• College rock
• Experimental indie
• Electro-rock
• Jazz
• Leftfield
• Experimental rock
• Avant-rock
• Psych-rock
• Trip-hop
• Dada music
• Crossover
• Indietronica
• Hip-hop

Comment: recently I reviewed a Boston residing combo, The Mules`s two-track issue 7`` of combining punk rock with No Wave and experimental rock aesthetics. This compilation of 9 tracks is also about Boston, more profoundly, about Boston-based label I Heart Noise related artists. There are represented such artists as School For Robots, Skyjelly, Mary Casiello, Con-Tex, Andrew Geano, Twink, The Sound Down Cellar, Valentin Price, and Jenova 7. The base of the miscellany is mostly of how to splice rock music with electronic or noise music experiments and electro propulsions. Of course, there are some exceptions either – for instance, Mary Casiello`s I Can't Be Tamed (Songs I Hate) is more jazz and improvised music oriented composition. Jenova`s Heroin For Dilla is an insight into a sublime instrumental hip-hop/trip-hop rhythm world. The most challenging and uncanny track comes out from Con-Tex whose Somehow There You Are is composed of warped electronic and acoustic instruments layering which in turn is laced with crawling dada-near vocal manifestation. In the aggregate, it is a fabulous and varicoloured sum of spellbinding and charismatic compositions worth to be enjoyed and get appreciated.                

[Compilation] Gone In 60 Sec - Uncut (2011)

I Heart Noise
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9.2

/Experimental rock, Post-rock, Indie rock, Doom Metal, Alternative rock, Post-metal, Avant-rock, Shoegaze, Blues/

Comment: this is a lush compilation consisting of 8 tracks and artists (Female Demand; Shroud Eater, Drohnwerks; Dave Unger; Dead Leaf Echo; Deadhorse; Trunks; Nikki Louder). All you can take on it are lush perspectives regarding more or less experimental approaches veering from the bristled blues explorations and contained yet light-amplified ambient incantations to massive crust-covered guitar setups and aural post-rock/post-metal numbers. The favorite of mine is Trunks` Kniee which includes a shitloads of intriguing elements (droning, free jazz-induced whiffs) around its indie rock core. Special thanks must be delivered to I Heart Noise, a Boston, Massachussets-based recording, for selecting off and issuing this excellent miscellany.

[Compilation] Theory Of Everything (2011)

I Heart Noise
Bandcamp

8.5

/Post-rock, Electronic pop, Electro-indie, Hardcore, Art-pop, Experimental pop/

Comment: This is one of those numerous compilations issued under the I Heart Noise umbrella. However, there are represented 4 tracks by the same copious set of artists. Phone Home`s Meds starts out as a loosely tinkling, reggae-hued beats will evolve into resplendent harmonic patterns. Telethon`s OwNixGolly is the heart-throb of mine on it. Fantastic gear amongst the surrounding nettlesome sonic shit. Indeed, it should be one of the electro-rock templates for all of us. Ted Bundy`s Volkswagen`s (what the heck!) Whorehopper is a heavily moshing, riff-loaded hardcore/metal-reflected rock. Old World Vulture`s Benny is more inflected toward instrumental post-rock where silentfulness is variegated with galvanized post-rock riffs. A good yet uncomprehensive overview of the artists under IHN. Obviously you have already figured out what to do next.