2024
Westin’s Top Albums of 2024
Written by Westin 2024 has been a year. Dealt with an overwhelmingly strong identity crisis, a serious burnout from that crisis resulting in a scant handful of full reviews from me, and got a new […]
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2024
Kirk’s Top Releases of 2024
Written by Kirk What’s shakin’ loyal Noob Heavy reader! Guess what? We’ve crossed the halfway point of December, which means it’s officially LIST SEASON. And believe me when I tell you these are gonna be some killer lists; […]
2024
Nifty November
Written by Kep, Westin, and Kirk After a bit of a break from our usual monthly roundups, we’re back again for the last one of the year. November was packed to the gills with good […]
2024
August August
Written by Westin, Kirk, Ellis, and Kep Welcome back to your regularly scheduled monthly roundup from Noob Heavy. We covered some kickass music this month and we’re about to cover more kickass music. Buckle up; […]
2024
2024
Compilation Spotlight: “Love Songs”, a Compilation in Support of Gaza
Written by Kep Today we’re doing something we haven’t done before: featuring a charity compilation prior to its release. Organized by Ben Serna-Gray, Love Songs is an album whose proceeds will go to an extraordinarily worthy cause: assisting […]
2024
Album Review: Mothman and the Thunderbirds – “Portal Hopper” (Prog Metal/Dream Pop)
Written by Kirk Mothman and the Thunderbirds – Portal Hopper> Progressive metal/dream pop/hard rock> Pennsylvania, US> Releasing July 12> Independent/self-release Kinda hard to believe that it’s been a little over a year since Mothman and […]
2024
The Best of 2024…So Far
Written by Kep, Westin, Ellis, Kirk, and Espi Kvlt Welcome to the midpoint of 2024! This year we’re mixing it up, and instead of a June release roundup, we’re doing individual quick-hit best album lists. […]
2024
May Mindblowers
Written by Kep, Westin, and Kirk I’m gonna be honest with you all. May felt a little weak for me personally, musically speaking. I was busy as hell at the ol’ day job, but that […]
2024
Album Review: Whettman Chelmets – “A New Place” (Ambient/Drone)
Written by Kirk Whettman Chelmets – A New Place> Ambient/drone> Oklahoma, US> Released May 29> quiet details If you’re anything like me—and I both do and do not hope that to be the case—sometimes you […]