The Nature of the Beastie Vee
An album contains the power to put a pin in a specific time and place—but the twisted beauty of Beastie Vee’s self-titled…
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Nilserver – Kill for Christ
I’ve never fully listened to a full-on noise assault in my life. I attempted to listen to Merzbow’s Pulse Demon once and…
Check out the re-digitized version of the 2016 Hassle SPF420 compilation
Rescued (and re-digitized) from the dustbins of history. What the hell is re-digitizing? Literally: There was no digital record of this compilation…
Grace Ward – TEARS FOR THE TIME KEEPER
It’s a funny little trick to make the best 3 songs (imo) on your album the last 3 songs on your album. …
DEPARTMENT OF TELEPORTATION are a cacophonous oral history of sound and fury and so...
photo credit: Mark Lapriore The term “supergroup” gets tossed around a lot these days. So does salad but enough about me! Department…
Purple Toothpaste – We Bury Our Faces in Gravel and Schmonkityweedityweedityschmonk
the perfect album for all the music journalists with a word count
Tomtsu – the last tsupper
A perpetual fear I’ve had describing Tomtsu to friends and fellow music aficionados alike has been that their age might all…
Infrastructure Techno Festival Comes to Boston in July
Boston Calling may have been cancelled this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still attend a music festival in the city!…
MV & EE – ALPHA LYRAE
And a fun time was had by all.
Blue Ray – Explain This
Explain This by Blue Ray Joy is a complex emotion. Emotions are depictions of our relationships to the environments we dwell within…
Breaking Through “No Medium”: A Moment with Rosali
Philadelphia-based singer and songwriter Rosali released her much anticipated third LP, No Medium, last month, and Hassle had the opportunity to catch…
Omeed & The Natural Scene – Pickled Dawn
An old one that somehow found it's way from a local Trystero Agent to me after all this time.
