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In Lieu "Hooligan" Review

April 23, 2026 by Matthew Spraungel in Album Review

In Lieu are practitioners of extremity, and on their latest full length offering Hooligan, sound as if they are out for blood. The band's home-base tends to be atonal riffing, voracious amounts of unruly effect pedal freak outs, stutter-stop rhythms, and atop the deluge, an almost inhuman sounding shriek serving as furious mouth piece.

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April 23, 2026 /Matthew Spraungel
In Lieu, Hooligan, Punk, noise
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ASMR U Kidding Me?! astrid hubbard flynn and aros e-v "all aflutter/soft gnaw" Album Review

October 30, 2025 by Justin Spenner in Album Review

With just some “simple” electronics, a plethora of household items, and sparse vocals, the two-track album presents a sprawling palette of sounds that explore the vast spectrum of nothing all the way over to delicate. With a healthy dose of industrial interruption to help mimic life in the modern world, of course.

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October 30, 2025 /Justin Spenner
minnesota music, noise, ambient, Experimental, box fan
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