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Album Review: BIG|BRAVE – nature morte : a profound, powerful post-metal statement.

If nothing else the release of nature morte, the sixth album from the Montreal post metal unit BIG|BRAVE, is a testament to the band’s stamina and stoic dedication to their…

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Album Review: Steve Bates – All The Things That Happen: Elemental sounds for a wild world.

Some ‘ambient music’ can often come across as ambivalent, leaving the listener floating but uncommitted, relaxed but possibly underwhelmed. ‘All The Things That Happen’, the debut solo album from Canadian…

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Live Review: Tropical Fuck Storm / Deadletter – The Button Factory, Dublin 01.06.2022

Hit The Button Factory Dublin last night for what I knew was going to be a wall of loud experimental rock coming from Australian headliners Tropical Fuck Storm. Support came…

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PREMIERE: The Mortal Prophets make an instant impact with debut single ‘Stomp the Devil’

What do you get when you cross post-war blues with experimental rock and electronica before bringing in one-time Captain Beefheart member Gary Lucas on guitar and composition duties? Hell if…

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Live Review: Holy Hell the King Street Carnival ignites Newtown

Tropical Fuck Storm blows King Street Carnival Away

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Album Review: Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki

Think of those records inspired by plants…Stevie’s sprawling ‘Journey Through The Secret Life of’, Edgar Froese’s pondering on ‘Epsilon in Malaysian Pale’, Genesis hailing a ‘Return of the Giant Hogweed’…

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See: Richard Dawson/Circle reveal ‘Methuselah’, an epic rush of folk /metal story telling.

Ever tried keeping up with Richard Dawson? It’s a challenge that always pays off. Over the past couple of years we’ve been gifted his reflective and resonant song craft on…

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NEWS: Spirit of the Beehive announce debut Saddle Creek set; see the video for ‘There’s Nothing You Can’t Do’

PHILLY’S ever-evolving band Spirit of the Beehive have announced they’ve signed to Saddle Creek, for whom they’re coming in angular, fractured psych delirium a-blazin with an April album, Entertainment, Death;…

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Album Review: Deerhoof – Future Teenage Cave Artists

This four-piece, originating from San Francisco predominantly, punctuated the year with a string of singles from upcoming album “Future Teenage Cave Artists”. Previous singles had fans salivating and the album…

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EP: Sans release self-titled EP

Bristol’s noise merchants SANS are releasing their new self-titled EP via Breakfast Records on the 22nd May. Sans have emerged from Bristol’s more avant-garde scene as one of the more…

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