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Author: Lee Beamish

Various Artists ‘Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip’
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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip’

23rd November 202022nd December 2020 Lee Beamish Brown Acid, RidingEasy Records, The Eleventh Trip, Various Artists

The Brown Acid series, something which started as a way of showcasing some unique, and all together incredible musical rarities,

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Onsegén Ensemble 'Fear'
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Review: Onsegén Ensemble ‘Fear’

17th November 202018th December 2020 Lee Beamish Fear, Onsegén Ensemble, Prog Rock, Svart Records

Finland’s Onségen Ensemble are somewhat of an oddity. Formed in two thousand and four, they’re only now, in the last

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Dune Sea ‘Moons Of Uranus’
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Review: Dune Sea ‘Moons Of Uranus’

16th November 202018th December 2020 Lee Beamish All Good Clean Records, Dune Sea, Moons Of Uranus, Psych

Three, Two, One…..we have blast off!! Norway’s Dune Sea are about to jet us off on a space stoner adventure,

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Novarupta ‘Marine Snow’
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Review: Novarupta ‘Marine Snow’

10th November 202014th December 2020 Lee Beamish Alex Stjernfeldt, Marine Snow, Novarupta, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Suicide Records

Once upon a time, in nineteen twelve to be exact, in Alaska, there was a volcanic eruption, so gargantuan, that

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Hey Colossus 'Dances / Curses'
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Review: Hey Colossus ‘Dances / Curses’

30th October 20201st December 2020 Lee Beamish Alternative, Dances / Curses, Hey Colossus, Noise-Rock, Wrong Speed Records

Back when nu metal was just dying a timely death, back in the early two thousands, London spewed into the

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POHL 'Freakspeed'
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Review: POHL ‘Freakspeed’

19th October 202023rd November 2020 Lee Beamish Freakspeed, Noise-Rock, Pohl, Wrong Speed Records

Bristol has, for a very long time, been an epicenter for a wealth of different bands and musicians, from many

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Mr Bison 'Seaward'
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Review: Mr. Bison ‘Seaward’

7th October 20209th November 2020 Lee Beamish Mr Bison, Psych, Ripple Music, Seaward, Subsound Records

In the last two months I’ve been tasked with reviewing two bands from the same location of the globe, I

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The Pilgrim '…From The Earth To The Sky And Back'
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Review: The Pilgrim ‘…From The Earth To The Sky And Back’

1st October 202030th October 2020 Lee Beamish Country, Folk Rock, From The Earth To The Sky And Back, Heavy Psych Sounds, The Pilgrim

Upon first listen to the new album by duo The Pilgrim, it’s incredibly hard to believe that the homeland for

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All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’
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Review: All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’

30th September 202030th October 2020 Lee Beamish All Souls, Alternative, Heavy Rock, Independent, Songs For The End Of The World

Formed in Los Angeles in 2016, heavy alternative rock band All Souls are now triumphantly at a point where they’re

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Realize ‘Machine Violence’
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Review: Realize ‘Machine Violence’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Industrial, Machine Violence, Metal, Realize, Relapse Records

It’s been a long time since any industrial metal release has made any impact in my life, and I still

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Svalbard 'When I Die, Will I Get Better?'
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Review: Svalbard ‘When I Die, Will I Get Better?’

22nd September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Hardcore, Shoegaze, Svalbard, Tokyo Jupiter Records, Translation Loss Records

Picture the scene, its two thousand and eleven, and the music gods breathe their first breaths into Bristol quartet Svalbard.

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