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Author: Rob Bryant

Cristina Vane 'The Magnolia Sessions'
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Review: Cristina Vane ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

18th December 202027th January 2021 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Blues, Cristina Vane, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

This is The Magnolia Sessions number four, and I’m back in the ring to take another swing. First up was

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Johno Leeroy 'The Magnolia Sessions'
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Review: Johno Leeroy ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

11th December 202014th January 2021 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Johno Leeroy, The Magnolia Sessions

This is the third instalment in Anti-Corporate’s superb The Magnolia Sessions series and it doesn’t disappoint. If you’ve heard the

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Witchskull 'A Driftwood Cross'
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Review: Witchskull ‘A Driftwood Cross’

24th November 202024th December 2020 Rob Bryant A Driftwood Cross, Doom, Metal, Rise Above Records, Witchskull

I feel a bit guilty about this review. Why guilty? Because I consider Witchskull’s 2016 debut The Vast Electric Dark

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Jason Dea West ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Jason Dea West ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

27th October 202026th November 2020 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Benjamin Tod, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Jason Dea West, The Magnolia Sessions

As a label, Anti-Corporate Music brings an abundance of volume and crusty intensity to the music world, but today I’m

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Ocean Gates 'Ocean Gates'
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Review: Ocean Gates ‘Ocean Gates’

9th October 202012th November 2020 Rob Bryant Boomland Records, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ocean Gates

Ocean Gates is a quintet from the north-west of Spain, and this is their self-titled debut album. It’s a new

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Review: Matt Heckler ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

29th September 202029th October 2020 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Matt Heckler, The Magnolia Sessions

As with previous reviews, I begin with a disclaimer; I listened to Old Rub Alcohol Blues from Matt Heckler’s album

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Kitchen Witch 'Earth And Ether'
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Review: Kitchen Witch ‘Earth And Ether’

14th September 202012th October 2020 Rob Bryant Earth And Ether, Kitchen Witch, Kozmik ArtIfactz

I love the image of a Kitchen Witch. I promise I’ll try not to overuse the metaphor, but kitchens, food,

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Sweet Williams 'That What You Hit'
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Review: Sweet Williams ‘That What You Hit’

11th September 202029th October 2020 Rob Bryant Noise-Rock, Sweet Williams, That What You Hit, Wrong Speed Records

Thomas House’s creative and musical endeavours are many and varied. The only one I was aware of before now was

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Dungeon Weed 'Mind Palace Of The Mushroom God'
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Review: Dungeon Weed ‘Mind Palace Of The Mushroom God’

1st September 202029th September 2020 Rob Bryant Doom, Dungeon Weed, Forbidden Place Records, Mind Palace Of The Mushroom God, Sludge

Delicate, ethereal, muted; these are the words that I think of when describing some other album by some other band.

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Brimstone Coven 'The Woes Of A Mortal Earth'
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Review: Brimstone Coven ‘The Woes Of A Mortal Earth’

11th August 202014th September 2020 Rob Bryant Brimstone Coven, Doom Rock, Ripple Music, The Woes Of The Mortal Earth

New Brimstone Coven album? Shut up and take my money! That’s what I wrote on the bandcamp page for The

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Dee Calhoun 'Godless'
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Review: Dee Calhoun ‘Godless’

13th July 202028th August 2020 Rob Bryant Acoustic, Argonauta Records, Country, Dee Calhoun, Godless

‘Screaming Mad’ Dee Calhoun is a rock’n’roll lifer, with a resume as long as your arm. Now the big bloke

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