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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Bacchus Baracus ‘Tales Of Worries, Woes And Whatever’ LP/DD 2013

30th April 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bacchus Baracus, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Tales Of Worries Woes And Whatever, Wasted State Records

Scotland is a pretty rock and roll kind of place. It’s not for no reason that Status Quo chose to

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Goat Leaf ‘A Lack Of Oxygen – Tales Of Crashing Satellites’ CD/DD 2013

29th April 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, A Lack Of Oxygen - Tales Of Crashing Satellites, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Goat Leaf, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sea Of Green Music

Sometimes being an ardent rock fan can be a suffocating experience. With so many genre tentacles of the beast twisting

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Katla ‘I Will Hunt You’ 7″ 2013

16th April 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, 7", Foaming Waters, Heavy Rock, I Will Hunt You, Katla, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Retro, Review, Who Can You Trust Records

In much the same way as the police use dogs to sniff out drugs, the folk at Who Can You

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Heavy Eyes ‘Maera’ LP/DD 2013

29th March 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bilocation Records, Blues Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Maera, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, The Heavy Eyes

Well, Kozmik Artifactz records from Germany have pulled off a significant one two punch of late in the retro rocking

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Dirty Streets ‘Movements’ LP/DD 2013

26th March 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bilocation Records, Blues Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Movements, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, The Dirty Streets

In its near 60 year history many “movements” have come along that have tried to derail rock and roll, and

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wo Fat ‘The Black Code’ CD/LP/DD 2012

15th March 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, Jam, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, The Black Code, Wo Fat

The word “thick” in the English language has a few uses. It can mean stupid, it can mean something that

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Deville ‘Hydra’ CD/DD 2013

13th March 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Alternative, CD, Deville, Digital, Heavy Rock, Hydra, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

Back in 2008 I reviewed Deville’s “Come Heavy Sleep” album released on Belgian label Buzzville. It was a decent enough

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Larman Clamor ‘Frogs’ CD/LP/DD 2012

3rd March 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alex von Wieding, Blues, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Frogs, Larman Clamor, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

Better late than never as the saying goes. This album actually came out in 2012 and somehow passed us by

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Smoke Pilot – Live Demo 2012

21st February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Demo, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Smoke Pilot

Some bands just have “it”. Whatever “it” is, that indefinable something that sets them apart as having something special. Now

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Supermachine – S/T – CD/DD 2013

19th February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled, Small Stone Records, Supermachine

Ok, let’s address the elephant in the room straight away. Scissorfight. There I said it. I’m sure messers Paul Jarvis

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blaak Heat Shujaa ‘The Storm Generation’ CD/LP/DD 2012

15th February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blaak Heat Shujaa, CD, Digital, Jam, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Tee Pee Records, The Storm Generation

Blaak Heat Shujaa is one of those names that you hear a lot but not one I’ve actively sought out

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