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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Legal Fingers ‘No Time For Tenderness’ CD 2012

30th July 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Glam Rock, Legal Fingers, Maxed Out Recordz, No Time For Tenderness, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Sleaze Rock

Now, I’m going to blow my credibility totally here and come right out and say that I love a good

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Nightstalker ‘Dead Rock Commandos’ CD/DD 2012

23rd July 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Dead Rock Commandos, Digital, Fuzz, Nightstalker, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records

Greece may well be on the bones of its arse financially but it seems like they have some serious rock

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Pektop ‘The Antikythera Mechanism’ CD 2011

7th July 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Angel Dusted Music, Atmospheric, CD, Ollie Stygall, Pektop, Post-Rock, Review, The Antikythera Mechanism

Belgian rock and roll is something of an unknown quantity. We know the Belgians love chips and mayonnaise and make

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Abrahma ‘Through The Dusty Paths Of Our Lives’ CD/Digital 2012

5th July 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Abrahma, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Through The Dusty Paths Of Our Lives

Being of Gallic descent I will automatically jump on any band hailing from my partial homeland of France with great

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mighty High ‘Legalize Tre Bags’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

22nd June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Legalize Tre Bags, LP, Mighty High, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Retro, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll

Yeah I know I’m in a band on the same label as these guys but that doesn’t necessarily mean I

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hot Lunch ‘Killer Smile’ 7” 2012

16th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Fuzz, Garage Rock, Heavy Rock, Hot Lunch, Killer Smile, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Who Can You Trust Records

Whoa, without so much as a knock at the door these guys come stumbling into your home and take over

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Orange Goblin: Q & A With Ben

13th June 201215th September 2019 Ollie Stygall Ben Ward, Interview, Ollie Stygall, Orange Goblin

I’ve known Ben Ward and the guys in Orange Goblin for sixteen years and I’ve been writing for The Sleeping

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hawkwind ‘Onward’ CD/LP 2012

8th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Ambient, CD, Dave Brock, Eastworld Recordings, Hawkwind, LP, Ollie Stygall, Onward, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock

My relationship with the weird and wonderful world of Hawkwind started nearly 30 years ago when, as an impressionable young

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Doctor Cyclops ‘Borgofondo’ CD/LP 2012

24th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, Borgofondo, CD, Doctor Cyclops, Heavy Rock, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Retro Rock, Review, World In Sound Records

When I first heard Doctor Cyclops a couple of years ago it was clear that there was something very special

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cortez – S/T – 2xLP 2012

10th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Bilocation Records, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled

The name Cortez may not be hugely familiar within the stoner rock scene. I remember the debut EP, “Thunder In

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mellow Bravo – S/T – CD/DD 2012

31st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, Country, Digital Download, Hard Rock, Mellow Bravo, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records

Goddamn!!! Us music journos don’t like being confused!!! We don’t like it when bands make us think about what we’re

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