Blood Makes Noise

The great white north (continues) to slap. 

So, I actually got to see HUTTCH live while they were working there way down the east coast. I believe it was Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ but…

Today Steven Donahue known by the moniker Young Legs returns with a brand new video and album. Why waste anymore time, here’s what Steven had to say about the album “Songs From Lost Valley” and we present to you the…

If it wasn’t for the damn, music-saturated internet, this record would have easily went down as a critically acclaimed, masterpiece, the way John Cale’s first solo record, received accolades. Mystical, spiritual, and sweet softness, covered…

I've always been fascinated by visual art. Being a terrible painter and sketcher, visual art has always seemed like literal magic to me. "How the hell does someone take an image from her head and manifest it into the world?!" 

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Regina pop-punkers Hiding From Humans have released their 6-song EP “Radio.” After hearing the title track a few weeks ago, I was stoked to see what these guys were going to pull out for this record. The EP starts with…

NJ’s indie rock veterans Fairmont return with their 11th album “Liminal Spaces”, a superb collection of 9 new songs that show the band’s continued growth and evolution in their 20th year of existence. The record starts off with the catchy…

So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week. The idea is every week I will present a playlist with some new Mint 400…

Keep on Banging

With their name taken from the character in Twin Peaks, Teresa Banks emerges from Helsinki with their sometimes political punk (pop punk?). There probably are tons of newer punk…

So I can’t lie, since I joined “Blood Makes Noise” it’s been nothing but bangers that have slid across my virtual desk.  So much so that I have quietly been waiting for the other shoe to drop. I assume at…

I was shocked with how good this was. I’ve never been a big club scenester or a big fan of techno, but Midnight 76 makes me crave strobe lights and the smell of fog machines. While listening at first, I…

Tetsuians from Australia reached out to Blood Makes Noise with their newest effort “Elephant Hexagon” and it’s a delightful brand of jangly indie pop. Track 1 starts off as a pretty straight forward garage indie rock song with your standard…

"Living in Fear," is songwriter Chris Gennone’s first as CR and The Nones. Though he’s altered his identity, the songs on Living In Fear represent not so much a full-scale reinvention, but…