New Noise catch up with In the Woods… to talk about the history of the long-running avant-garde/ black-metal troupe, getting arrested in their “safe space” (the woods), and the band’s most genre-pushing effort to date, the audaciously experimental Otra.
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In the Woods… Explain Why They Enjoy Playing Music in the… (You Guessed It)
Posted in Interviews with tags In the Woods... on 04/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck37 Houses Live With a Pooch That Weighs 17 Lb. and Is About to Turn 17
Posted in Interviews with tags 37 Houes, Pet Sounds on 04/07/2025 by Kurt OrzeckWe roped in 37 Houses for Pet Sounds and an even more amusing Newlywed Game video that we recently unveiled. Go to New Noise for the recent Pet Sounds edition surrounding 27 Horses.
Adrian Younge and Hyldon’ ‘Jazz Is Dead 023’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews with tags Adrian Younge, Hyldon, Jazz Is Dead on 04/06/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Adrian Younge has always had a penchant for psychedelic soul from the ‘60s and ‘70s, but in collaborating with Hyldon, he coats their songs with a hip-hop sheen that brings the 73-year-old singer/guitarist right up to the modern-day fore. Read my short review on Treble.
Dusk Sees Hope for Metal in Homeland of Saudi Arabia
Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny with tags Dusk on 04/04/2025 by Kurt Orzeck“Trading CDs is illegal. Metal music was illegal in (Saudi Arabia). Music in general (was outlawed) by what was called ‘the religious police.’ ” So says Dusk in New Noise‘s latest installment of On Tyranny, a series about artists making music under authoritarian regimes.
Tombstones in Their Eyes’ Frontman Talks About His 8 Pets
Posted in Interviews on 04/03/2025 by Kurt OrzeckWe’re not sure how many tombstones can fit into eyes, but when it comes to pets, it’s safe to say that John Treanor, frontman for Los Angeles psych-rock band Tombstones in Their Eyes, has his fill. Go to New Noise for my interview with him about his five dogs and three cats.
L.A. Witch Talk ‘DOGGOD’ Ahead of Today’s LP Listening Party
Posted in Interviews with tags L.A. Witch, Sade Sanchez on 04/02/2025 by Kurt Orzeck“We were just trying to work quickly and go with our instinct. There was not a lot of time to like second-guess ourselves. We had to just trust each other.” So says L.A. Witch’s frontwoman, Sade Sanchez, about her band’s latest LP, DOGGOD, which drops Friday. L.A. Witch will preview the record on Bandcamp later today. Go to New Noise‘s website for more info – and more of my chat with Sanchez.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‘Love’ Their Pets Pets Pets Pets
Posted in Interviews with tags Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‘Love’ Their Pets Pets Pets Pets on 03/31/2025 by Kurt OrzeckBritish stoner-metal band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, who have a combined five cats and two gerbils, hilariously participate in the 35th edition of New Noise‘s Pet Sounds series. Oink!
Ingrown Talk ‘Idaho,’ Trout Fishing and Believing in Yourself
Posted in Interviews with tags Ingrown on 03/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Hardcore band Ingrown began in Boise a decade ago and now stands as one of the few Idaho musical acts to ink a record deal with a national record label. Here is my recent Treble interview with them.
Blood Lemon Guitarist Puckers Up to Her Smoochable Cats
Posted in Features, Interviews, Pet Sounds with tags Blood Lemon, Lisa Simpson on 03/28/2025 by Kurt OrzeckLisa Simpson of Boise breakout band Blood Lemon discusses, for New Noise‘s Pet Sounds series, her two tabbies: Gabriel, who is about 8 years old; and Chicken, who is one-and-a-half years young.
Deafheaven Frontman Dives Deep Into Each Song on New LP
Posted in Interviews with tags Deafheaven, George Clarke on 03/28/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
In my latest check-in with Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke, he provides a remarkably transparent account of each song featured on the new album that the Bay Area’s best band released today, the brilliantly titled Lonely People in Power. Read the full account courtesy of FLOOD.
The Bad Penny (beta) 