*And So I Watch You From Afar* (https://www.facebook.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar) are heading out on tour with *Russian Circles* (http://www.facebook.com/russiancirclesmusic) and then with *Zechs Marquise* (http://www.facebook.com/zechsmarquiseofficial). Dates are in the replies.

Russian Circles , Marriages ( Red Sparowes ), and Chelsea Wolfe are planning an August US tour. Dates are to be announced.

Thrice are currently on their Farewell Tour with Animals As Leaders and O’Brother, and PropertyOfZack was truly lucky to have drummer Riley Breckenridge make us one final Playlist to commemorate the tour. Check out Riley’s Playlist and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading his thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) Vacationer - Having It All My favorite “summer record” for 2012. I’m so happy for Kenny (ex-Starting Line). He’s really done something special here. Great songwriting,  great production, and super catchy hooks without being run-of-the-mill. This track is dangerously infectious. Black Clouds - Pantheons ...

Russian Circles have posted some North American tour dates for this June. The band will be touring with And So I Watch You From Afar.

With their Stateside reputation growing by the week, it’s been announced And So I Watch You From Afar will join [...]

Russian Circles and And So I Watch You From Afar will hit the road in June for a North American trek. Indian Handcrafts and Deafheaven will appear on select shows. Dates follow:

Dig, shun or merely tolerate it, modern instrumental rock has come a long way since the groundbreaking efforts of Cul [...]

The Money Store is a debut album from Death Grips –  Sacramento, CA experimental hip-hop trio of Stefan Burnett, Zach Hill and Andy Morin. The album is coming on April 24th, but in the meantime you can stream it in its entirety at Tiny Mix Tapes. Death Grips also hit the road starting May 5th [...] Related posts: News Roundup – March/April 2012 – Locrian Sign To Relapse, New LP from Shit And Shine & more! Stream – Russian Circles – Empros (Sargent House) Unsane In The News – May ’12 – Melvins Cover Alleged, Album Stream, Tour and more!

As usual, the latest EP from instrumental post-metal (whatever that means!) pros, Pelican, exhibits a vast harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary - making lyrics unnecessary. Anyone who knows me is aware that I love instrumental music. I'm always excited to hear what these guys put out. In the context of instrumental rock, I never really know what to expect from them, except for one thing, of course - a departure from the constricting pretentiousness of Shred. Needless to say, I was pleased to see that I had received the promo for Ataraxia/Taraxis (Southern Lord, TBR 4/10/2012). Immediately, the record ...

Can this be right? A gig by Jandek in Manchester this month? Indeed it is. An ultra-rare appearance by the ultra-elusive outsider folk-blues musician put on by a partnership of enterprising promoters Buried Bones and MIE Music . For all his shadowy elusiveness and absence of biographical information, Jandek has an extensive discography – 50 albums and counting . For this live show, ' The Representative of Corwood Industries' will be joined by drummer Alex Nielson (of Trembling Bells and numerous collaborations) and experimental guitarist Richard Youngs. Tickets here . In a cruel clash on the same Saturday is the 11th Carefully Planned All Dayer ...

Russian Circles and And So I Watch You From Afar are planning a summer North American trek.

New And Upcoming – March 2012 Archival Mixtape #3 – Brainiac Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II – Reviews + Interviews + Album Stream Boston/LA Mixtape – Speedy Ortiz, Jenova 7, Clown Archival Mixtape #2 – Coil Download – I Heart Noise Compilations Locrian Interview Interview With Pink City King Buzzo Sludges It Out [...] Related posts: IHRTN Posts Roundup – March 2012 Melvins Special – IHRTN Posts Roundup IHRTN Posts Roundup – Swans, Russian Circles and more!

[ Gordon's Tsunami Week ] Founded in 2001 by Sebastian Ziegler and Tobias Engler as an instrumental project, gordon’s tsunami week tries to unify soulful melodies and brute walls of sound. Influenced by bands like mono, explosions in the sky, envy, mogwai, 65daysofstatic, sigur rós, russian circles, deftones, dredg and aereogramme, we’re trying to catch [...]

Metal Sunday – 02.12.12 – A Look Back At 2011, News and more! Alternative Tentacles Mixtape #1 – M. Gira, The Ex, Jad Fair and more!  Upcoming Releases – Unsane – Wreck (Alternative Tentacles) Melvins In The News – Feb. 2012 – Unsane/Melvins Tour Dates / Collabo 7″ + Details on Sugar Daddy Splits Archival [...] Related posts: IHRTN Posts Roundup – Swans, Russian Circles and more! IHRTN Posts Roundup – Locrian, Melvins, Coil, Compilations and more! Melvins In The News – March 2012 – Free EP + Details On “Freak Puke” and More!

Newcastle Upon Tyne “UK”. [ 2010 till Present ] [ Our Blistered Horizon ] is the post-rock solo project of “Michael Holden”. Mainly influence by the likes [ Mogwai ] ~ [ Russian Circles ] and [ Explosions in the Sky ] “Artifice” has been a work in progress since early 2010 and digitally released [...]