2023
FABruary Roundup
Written by Westin, Kep, Ellis, and Kirk Welcome back to another Noob Heavy roundup, where we give you the rundown on releases we loved that you might have missed. February continued the strong start to […]
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2022
Jangel’s 15 Fave Records of 2022
What up y’all, Jangel here with my AOTY list! If you don’t know me I write (not as much as I should) for Noob Heavy and run our Instagram account. I wrote this list and […]
2022
Fire to the Prisons’ Albums of the Year
Fire to the Prisons is a Brisbane-based leftist black metal project and its mastermind is a friend of the site. Check out their self-titled debut EP here and our review of it here, and follow […]
2022
Westin’s Top Albums of 2022
Hey, I’m Westin and this is my Albums of the Year list. If you don’t know me I am extremely annoying on Twitter. And when I’m not busy doing that, I’m listening to music and […]
2022
Barlovv’s Best of 2022
Written by Barlovv ‘Tis the season for “Best Of” lists, and no one likes a list more than this guy, so let’s fucking go. This year has been kind of buck-wild honestly, joining this absolutely […]
2022
Album Review: Mykki Blanco – “Stay Close to Music” (Rap/Pop)
Written by Melinda (Who deleted her Twitter account but is active in the Noob Discord) Mykki Blanco – Stay Close to Music> Rap/pop> California, US> Released October 14> Transgressive Records Your feminism is not my […]
2022
Album Review: Backxwash – “HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING” (Horrorcore)
Written by Barlovv Backwash – HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING> Horrorcore> Montreal, CA> Released October 31> Ugly Hag/self-release Let it be known if there’s ever death in these poemsI’m settling […]
2022
Roundup: August Abundance
Written by Kep, Melinda, Barlovv, and Jangel Well what do you know, we’ve made it through 2/3 of the year and the world is only simultaneously on fire and flooding and also ships are getting […]
2022
Album Review: Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems (Punk/Hardcore/Noise-Rap)
Written by Barlovv >Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems>Punk/Hardcore/Noise Rap>Released March 25, 2022>Bandcamp Link “Between torching PD’s and taking knees omg I choose the former.” It’s not often you get to say that the from the […]
2021
Album Review: Backxwash – “I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES” 10/10 (Rap/Industrial)
A powerful album from a powerful person. To summarise it as briefly as possible: it’s an assault on the establishment through a very current lens. On this new album I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES, Backxwash annihilates us with each track, taking on subject matter ranging from transphobia and ACAB to colonialism and anarchy. Moving away from religion which was the primary focus of her previous work God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It, although religion is certainly a part of systemic oppression and still gets it’s mentions. You’ve likely heard about this one even all over the online metal scene, and that’s because this album goes HARD. […]