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Album Review: Honeyblood – ‘Babes Never Die’

Young girl in forest for Honeyblood 'Babes Never Die' album artwork

Honeyblood haven’t just survived second album syndrome – their triumphant sophomore record, ‘Babes Never Die’, proves they’ve thrived on the challenge. The follow up to the 2014 eponymous debut album…

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Reissue: Terry Allen – Lubbock (On Everything)

I’m not a huge fan of ‘country’ music. Sure, I can appreciate its narrative qualities, I have a well chosen Johnny Cash compilation in my album collection, I love the…

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Album Review: Kristin Hersh – Wyatt at the Coyote Palace

October 28th sees the release of the third book/album combination of Kristin Hersh’s career. The title, Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, is inpsired by her autistic son’s fascination with an…

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Album Review: Red Fang – Only Ghosts

I’ve been digging into the Red Fang discography for the last few days, ever since I picked up their newest album Only Ghosts on the always trusty Relapse Records. I…

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Album Review: Folk Devils – Beautiful Monsters; Singles and Demo Recordings 1984-86

Filed firmly under the criminally ignored banner during their lifetime, a brief flame that was snuffed out almost as soon as it has caught fire in the middle of the…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Mantra Music by Megaritual

One of the comments that I often make in this blog is something along the lines of “I can’t believe that only 2/3 people are making all this great noise”. With…

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Album Review: Xylaroo – Sweetooth

Harmony pop is a difficult art to master, but in Xylaroo we have an act who have seemingly leapt to the top of this difficult to ascend tree in a…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Confusion Moderne by DTCV

Every so often I like to take a breather from the dark distortion-filled basement of fuzz that I tend to occupy. I consider it to be good for my mental…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Body Cults by Narcosatanicos

If you rehearse your music in a still radioactive cellar that formerly held chemical weapons during WWII then chances are that you are gonna come up with some seriously fucked up…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Lee Van Cleef s/t

I have often found that some of the best music comes out of nowhere. From chance meetings, or unusual situations which present themselves to musician and inspire them. Great music,…

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