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Author: Rob Walsh

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Review: Massive Hassle ‘Unreal Damage’

19th August 202419th August 2024 Rob Walsh Heavy Rock, Massive Hassle, Septaphonic Records

Our existence can certainly suck. Shit jobs. Traffic jams. Bills. Clueless politicians. Pigeons and seagulls using us as rectal target

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Review: we broke the weather ‘Restart Game’

11th July 202411th July 2024 Rob Walsh Argonauta Records, Jazz Fusion, Prog Rock, Psych, we broke the weather

I’m not quite the gamer I used to be, but one thing I’ve noticed is that I have a hidden

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Review: Bill Fisher ‘How To Think Like A Billionaire’

29th May 202429th May 2024 Rob Walsh Bill Fisher, Classic Rock, Pop Rock, Septaphonic Records

In a just world, Bill Fisher would be seen as a member of rock’s newest royalty. A wholly dynamic and

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Review: Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats ‘Nell’ Ora Blu’

24th May 202424th May 2024 Rob Walsh Prog, Psych, Rise Above Records, Soundtrack, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

When it comes to occult-tinged rock, there are perhaps few finer purveyors in the modern era than Uncle Acid And

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Review: Sundowner ‘Lysergic Ritual’

8th May 20248th May 2024 Rob Walsh Independent, Sludge, Sundowner

Surging out of ‘straya, Adelaide’s Sundowner describes their sound as ‘uneasy listening for troubled times’. That’s an apt description for

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Review: Melvins ‘Tarantula Heart’

30th April 202430th April 2024 Rob Walsh Alternative, Grunge, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock

The Melvins. The riffs. The drums. The snarkiness. The influence. The frizzy hair. The massive discography. From small town obscurity

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Review: Full Earth ‘Cloud Sculptors’

26th March 202426th March 2024 Rob Walsh Full Earth, Prog Rock, Psych, Stickman Records

From the frozen swaths of Norway emerges Full Earth’s Cloud Sculptors and their utterly dizzying barrage of synth and keyboard

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Review: Hijss ‘Stuck On Common Ground’

5th March 202419th December 2024 Rob Walsh Garage Rock, Grunge, Heavy Psych Sounds, Hijss, Kraut

‘Hijss’, interesting word eh? I suppose it could be an exclamation of sorts. How to pronounce it? Not sure. Hi

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Review: Monkey3 ‘Welcome To The Machine’

29th February 202429th February 2024 Rob Walsh Instrumental, Monkey3, Napalm Records, Post-Rock, Prog

Having put an impressive twenty years into soaring instrumental weaves and mountains, Switzerland’s Monkey3 have returned with their seventh full-length,

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Top Ten Of 2023: Rob Walsh

21st December 202327th December 2023 Rob Walsh Baroness, Church Of Misery, Danava, DeWolff, Hochen, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Sonic Moon, The Golden Grass, The Howling Eye, The Stone Eye, Top Ten 2023

2023 was admittedly a mostly difficult year for me. I got off to a great start but by the early

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Review: TodoMal ‘A Greater Good’

3rd December 20234th December 2023 Rob Walsh Ardua Music, Doom, TodoMal

Spanish duo TodoMal’s name translates to ‘all evil’ or ‘all bad’, yet their latest album is literally titled A Greater

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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