New Noise was met with a breath of fresh air upon catching up with Eric Quach, the man behind the wildly experimental project known as thisquietarmy. In a very rare interview with the guitar-drone and electronic-music wizard, Quarch proves it’s still entirely possible to enjoy a healthy music career without overexposing one’s self on social media.
Ultra-Rare Interview with thisquietarmy Reveals Godspeed’s Major Influence
Posted in Interviews with tags Godspeed You! Black Emperor, thisquietarmy on 04/11/2025 by Kurt OrzeckTrans Hate Be Damned: Flummox Frontwoman Speaks Out
Posted in Interviews with tags Flummox on 04/10/2025 by Kurt OrzeckAlyson Blake Dellinger, leader of Nashville’s queer/transfemme experimental quintet Flummox, holds nothing back in this extensive feature that stands as one of the proudest with which I’ve had my name affiliated since Trump retook the White House.
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 OrzeckNew 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.
37 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.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs’ ‘Death Hilarious’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs on 04/06/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Take note, fans of sarcastic, heavy noise-rock: Pigs x7 got yer back. Read my short review on Treble.
Sleigh Bells’ ‘Bunky Becky Birthday Boy’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Sleigh Bells on 04/06/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
For at least the second time, if not the third, Sleigh Bells make it clear that they’ll always be able to out-party Andrew W.K. Read my short review on Treble.
Glare’s ‘Sunset Funeral’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Glare on 04/05/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Transfixing from start to finish, the debut full-length from South Texas shoegazers Glare is a dynamic, undulating audio portrait of the ups and downs of existence itself.
Go to FLOOD to read my full review.
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.
Anika’s ‘Abyss’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Anika on 04/04/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
On the latest album by Anika, the British chanteuse laments the fixation on social media and overstimulation that appeared trendy—and friendly—at first but now seems like an inescapable albatross. Read my quick review of the record for Treble.
The Bad Penny (beta) 