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Author: Paul Robertson

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Junior Bruce ‘The Headless King’ LP 2011

25th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, A389 Records, Heavy, Junior Bruce, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, The Headless King

If you’re one of those perplexing purist hessians who incessantly bemoans the lack of dirt and hair to be found

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Fashion Week – S/T – Digital EP 2011

24th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alternative, Coextinction Recordings, Digital EP, Fashion Week, Free Download, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled

New York trio Fashion Week keep it tight, sharp and nasty on this short but not-too-sweet download-only release from the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Book Of Sand ‘The Face Of The Waters’ CD 2011

10th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Antithetic Records, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Book Of Sand, CD, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Review

Minneapolis natives Book Of Sand are every bit as mysterious and perplexing as the Jose Luis Borges short story that

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Nooumena ‘Argument With Eagerness’ CD 2011

8th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Antithetic Records, Argument With Eagerness, CD, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, Nooumena, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Review

Somewhere on the cusp between sleeping and waking, reality and dreaming, sits the music of Nooumena. Beautifully slurred, haunting and

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Gauchiste – S/T – CD/LP 2012

2nd April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Drone, Experimental, Gauchiste, Little Black Cloud Records, Loincloth, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, Tannon Penland

Somewhere out there on the fringe, sonic explorers of the of the outer dark Gauchiste skirt the orbit of drone

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Aguirre / Bad Luck Rides On Wheels ‘Tubes Gave Us Wings’ Split 12″ 2010

22nd March 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Aguirre, Bad Luck Rides On Wheels, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Split 12", Tubes Gave Us Wings, W.I.F.A.G.E.N.A. Records

So soon after we covered their debut album, German bruisers Bad Luck Rides On Wheels have turned up again, like

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bad Luck Rides On Wheels – S/T – LP/CD 2009

19th March 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Bad Luck Rides On Wheels, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, W.I.F.A.G.E.N.A. Records

I don’t know about you, but when I first heard the name ‘Bad Luck Rides On Wheels’ I imagined a

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster ‘Exegesis’ CD 2011

12th March 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Exegesis, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster are clearly Dick-heads. Now, before you start getting all uppity, let me explain – fans of

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Pontiak ‘Echo Ono’ CD/LP 2012

28th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Echo Ono, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Pontiak, Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

The brothers Carney, otherwise known as Pontiak, make a welcome return with this, their first full-length recording since 2010’s Living,

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Year Of The Goat ‘Lucem Ferre’ MCD 2011

22nd February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Lucem Ferre, MCD, Paul Robertson, Review, Ván Records, Year Of The Goat

By now I think it must be obvious to all and sundry that there is something in the water in

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hazzard’s Cure – S/T – CD/Cassette 2011

20th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Cassette, CD, Hazzard's Cure, Heavy, Lummox Records, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled

If you open an album with a riff that instantly puts me in mind of ‘In The Grip Of Winter’

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