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Author: Ollie Stygall

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The Earls Of Mars – S/T – CD/DD 2013

17th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Candlelight Records, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Hard Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Self Titled, The Earls Of Mars

Experimental musical collaborations can often go horribly wrong. All too often musicians with an inflated sense of self worth and

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Blues Pills ‘Devil Man’ CD/10″/DD 2013

13th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 10", 2013, Blues Pills, Blues Rock, CD, Devil Man, Digital, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records, Ollie Stygall, Review

Guitarists always seem to be on a quest to find the perfect tone…spending hours trying out different guitars, amps, strings,

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Ancient Warlocks – S/T – LP 2013

26th November 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Ancient Warlocks, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lay Bare Recordings, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled

It’s a risky business to start a new label in this current musical climate when so many people want something

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Gonga ‘Concrescence’ CD/LP/DD 2013

11th November 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Concrescence, Digital, Gonga, Heavy, Instrumental, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Tonehenge Recordings

If ever a band deserves kudos for sheer dogged persistence and durability it has to be Bristol’s own stoner doom

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V/A ‘Sweet Times – Volume 1’ 4 Way Split 7″ 2013

20th October 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, 7", Classic Rock, Dirty Fences, Glitter Wizard, Heavy Rock, Hot Lunch, New 7" Details, Ollie Stygall, Ovvl, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Sweet Times, Various Artists, Volume 1, Who Can You Trust Records

So, one of my favourite underground labels, Who Can You Trust Records, is starting a series of 7” compilations entitled

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Mellow Bravo ‘RiPPER’ Digital EP 2013

19th October 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Blues, Classic Rock, Digital EP, Heavy Rock, Mellow Bravo, Ollie Stygall, Review, RiPPER, Self Released

When Mellow Bravo’s debut full length landed last year I was immediately hooked by the band’s schizophrenic take on classic

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Mos Generator ‘In Concert’ LP 2013

11th October 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, In Concert, Lay Bare Recordings, Live, LP, Mos Generator, Ollie Stygall, Review

Don’t you just hate some people? They seem to ooze awesomeness from every pore and win on every level in

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Wild Eyes S.F. ‘Get Into It’ LP/DD 2013

8th October 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Blues Rock, Digital, Get Into It!, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Who Can You Trust Records, Wild Eyes S.F.

Booze, weed, sweat, fringed buckskin jackets, cowboy boots, chicks in hot pants, bandanas, beards, bikinis, fuzz pedals, dirt, volume, sex,

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Zig Zags ‘Scavenger/Monster Wizard’ 7” 2013

29th September 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, 7", Acid Rock, Garage Rock, Monster Wizard, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Scavenger, Who Can You Trust Records, Zig Zags

Rock and roll should be raw, raucous, rowdy and righteous. If it ain’t any of these things it has no

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Pektop ‘Black Moonshine’ CDEP/DD 2013

26th September 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Black Moonshine, CD, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Pektop, Review, Self Released

Back in the 80’s hardcore punk heroes Discharge did a musical about face from grinding, lightning fast 3 chord hardcore

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Miss Lava ‘Red Supergiant’ CD/DD 2013

19th September 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Miss Lava, Ollie Stygall, Red Supergiant, Review, Small Stone Records

This is a good album… Now let’s break that sentence down a bit…this is a good album…what does that actually

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