The Fire Note Blazing Top 50 Albums Of 2025
2025 proved to be another challenging year for music lovers, with so many standout releases that shaping this list pushed us in all the right … Read more
Pile: Sunshine And Balance Beams [Album Review]
PileSunshine And Balance BeamsSooper Records [2025] “Pile’s Sunshine and Balance Beams turns quiet tension into a slow-burn detonation you can’t turn away from.” Album Overview: … Read more
Pile – “Bouncing In Blue” [Video]
PILE DROP FINAL SINGLE + VIDEO AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM Boston’s noise-rock lifers Pile are back with “Bouncing in Blue,” the final preview of their … Read more
Pile – “Born At Night” [Video]
Boston DIY stalwarts Pile have announced Sunshine and Balance Beams, their ninth album and first release with Chicago’s esteemed Sooper Records, out August 15. Over the … Read more
Pile: All Fiction [Album Review]
PileAll FictionExploding In Sound Records [2023] Take a moment to remember everything that you know about Boston’s Pile. Ok, perfect, now forget all that. Pile … Read more
Pile – “Loops” [Video]
Pile have announced their new album, All Fiction, with a video for its eruptive lead single “Loops.” On their eighth record, the ambitious group assembles … Read more
Pile: Green And Gray [Album Review]
Pile Green and Gray Exploding in Sound Records [2019] Who: Boston-based Pile are back with a sprawling and epic-sounding 7th LP. Sound: Green and Gray, … Read more
Pile: Odds And Ends [Album Review]
Pile Odds And Ends Exploding In Sound Records [2018] Who: Boston-based Pile please their fans with an essential compilation of their twisted, genre-defying songs. Sound: … Read more
The Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2017
#50 Old 97’s Graveyard Whistling ATO Records [2017] Drinkin’, whiskey, cars, trouble, women, God and Texas – Dallas, Texas that is. That has been the … Read more
Pile: A Hairshirt Of Purpose [Album Review]
Pile A Hairshirt Of Purpose Exploding In Sound Records [2017] Fire Note Says: Pile’s A Hairshirt of Purpose is an iconic slab of indie noise … Read more
The Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2015
#50 Radioactivity Silent Kill Dirtnap Records [2015] Punk rock has been getting a bad rap over the last decade or so for not being creative, … Read more
Pile: You’re Better Than This [Album Review]
Pile You’re Better Than This Exploding In Sound Records [2015] Fire Note Says: Pile’s third LP continues their trend of incredible releases, and this time … Read more
Bandcamp Artists: Discover, Support, Share – Volume 11 (May 2014)
The Fire Note’s May Bandcamp feature finishes off the Spring with some great new artists. In this edition you can find some loud rock from … Read more
Pile: Dripping [Album Review]
Pile Dripping Exploding In Sound Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Pile’s Dripping rocks a page right out of the 90’s playbook-and that is a good … Read more