New York – Sleeping Village https://blocks.chrisheckman.com A website for music you probably hate and pictures of the sweaty people who make the music you probably hate. Fri, 15 May 2026 17:08:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/wp-content/uploads/SV-Warp-Icon.svg New York – Sleeping Village https://blocks.chrisheckman.com 32 32 Bore – Bungled https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2026/bore/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2026/bore/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:18:39 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/bore/ This album absolutely rips. It’s great to finally have a full-length from these guys.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2026/bore/feed/ 0 Armand Hammer – Indian Summer https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/armand-hammer/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/armand-hammer/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:26:51 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/armand-hammer/ Billy Woods + Elucid + The Alchemist = Greatness.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/armand-hammer/feed/ 0 Jeff Rosenstock – Doubt https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/jeff-rosenstock-doubt/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/jeff-rosenstock-doubt/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:34:29 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/jeff-rosenstock-doubt/ This hit lately.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/jeff-rosenstock-doubt/feed/ 0 Billy Woods – Sauvage https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/billy-woods-sauvage/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/billy-woods-sauvage/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2022 21:49:01 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/billy-woods-sauvage/ Billy Woods released two quality albums in one year, Aethiopes in April and Church in September. Initially Aethiopes didn’t really grab me, I think I never gave it a fair listen. But I was very into Church when it came out, enough so that I went back and gave Aethiopes another chance. Man, did I make a mistake.

Aethiopes (and Church) is one of my favorite albums of 2022.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/billy-woods-sauvage/feed/ 0 Bore – Ashtray / Libido https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/bore-ashtray-libido/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/bore-ashtray-libido/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:03:25 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/bore-ashtray-libido/ Metallic hardcore.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/bore-ashtray-libido/feed/ 0 Big Ups – Goes Black https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/big-ups-goes-black/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/big-ups-goes-black/#respond Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:00:56 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/big-ups-goes-black/ This reminds me a lot of the early Single Mothers, which is not a bad thing.

Was this band big or notable? I found them a few years ago around the time their last full length came out, but know pretty much nothing about them.

Go listen to the whole album.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/big-ups-goes-black/feed/ 0 Diet Cig – Tummy Ache https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/diet-cig-tummy-ache/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/diet-cig-tummy-ache/#respond Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:29 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/diet-cig-tummy-ache/ Sugary sweet with enough edge. The album this song is from, I Swear I’m Good at This, ends up kind of running together, with a lot of stuff sounding too similar.  But there are a few tracks like this one and Sixteen that really stand out as great.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/diet-cig-tummy-ache/feed/ 0 Failures – Hope https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/failures-hope/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/failures-hope/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:28:10 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/failures-hope/ Ex Charles Bronson, Das Oath, Holy Molar, Ampere, Orchid, etc, etc. Released on Youth Attack. 

Buy it here.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/failures-hope/feed/ 0 Tender Defender – f.e.f.e. https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/tender-defender-f-e-f-e/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/tender-defender-f-e-f-e/#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/tender-defender-f-e-f-e/ Members of Latterman, Iron Chic and RVIVR (which are all basically just members of Latterman)? Hell yeah.

This ep is great.

Photo by Sofia Hicks.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/tender-defender-f-e-f-e/feed/ 0 Antarctica – Closetful of Churches https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2014/antarctica-closetful-of-churches/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2014/antarctica-closetful-of-churches/#respond Thu, 08 May 2014 02:57:00 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/antarctica-closetful-of-churches/ The ep was great, but the full length was garbage.

Antarctica, unbeknownst to me, was probably my introduction to post rock/pretty drone. So thanks I guess.

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