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Mope: Dave Bowes Interviews The Italian Doom Jazz Protagonists

16th June 201411th September 2019 Dave Bowes Dave Bowes, Fabio Cuomo, Interview, Jessica Rassi, Mope, Sara Twinn, Stefano Parodi, Taxi Driver Records

Doom and jazz have never seemed like the most obvious of bedfellows, but are they really that different? They’re arguably

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Sonance: Glen Westall Questions Guitarist Ben Chappell

12th June 201411th September 2019 Glen Westall Ben Chappell, Doognad Records, Glen Westall, Interview, Like Ghosts, Sonance

It seemed apt to talk with Sonance after their set at Temples Festival, one of the most memorable and certainly

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Boris: Genre Defying Japanese ‘Rockers’ Are Quizzed By Stephen B Murray

9th June 201411th September 2019 Stephen B Murray Boris, Interview, Noise, Sargent House, Stephen B Murray

It is a warm afternoon. Bright sunlight piles into the Lexington on Pentonville Road through large windows set in two

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Khuda: John Reppion Interviews The Heavy Instrumental Duo

3rd June 201411th September 2019 John Reppion Interview, John Reppion, Khuda, Molasses Constricts The Clinostat, Prügelprinz Records, Steve Myles, Tom Brooke

Steve Myles and Tom Brooke have been making music together as Khuda since summer 2009. Myles’ virtuoso drumming and Brooke’s

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Serpentine Path: Saúl Do Caixão Interrogates Vocalist Ryan Lipynsky

29th May 201411th September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão Emanations, Interview, Relapse Records, Ryan Lipynsky, Saúl Do Caixão, Serpentine Path

As sophomore albums go, the latest Serpentine Path record is about as good as it gets. It’s hard enough to

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A Storm Of Light: 15 Minutes With Josh Graham

22nd May 201411th September 2019 Dave Bowes A Storm Of Light, Dave Bowes, Interview, Josh Graham, Nations To Flames, Southern Lord

It seems like day two of Temples was all about Josh Graham. His old comrades in Neurosis were headlining, he’d

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Neurosis: Dave Bowes Interviews Steve Von Till & Scott Kelly Before They Devastated Temples Festival

20th May 201411th September 2019 Dave Bowes Dave Bowes, Interview, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till

It’s impossible to heap too much hyperbole on a band like Neurosis. They were game-changers when Through Silver In Blood

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Pilgrim: Sandy Williamson Questions Founding Member The Wizard

19th May 201411th September 2019 Sandy Williamson II: Void Worship, Interview, Metal Blade Records, Pilgrim, Sandy Williamson, The Wizard

Rhode Island’s Pilgrim are everything you could want in a doom band born in these modern times. Relentlessly heavy, but

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Eindhoven Psych Lab According To: Radar Men From The Moon And Fuzz Club Records

15th May 201411th September 2019 Lee Edwards Bob Dieleman, Casper Dee, Effenaar, Eindhoven Psych Lab, Fuzz Club Records, Glenn Peeters, Interview, Radar Men From The Moon

Eindhoven based neo-psych heads Radar Men From The Moon (RMFTM) play and curate the Fuzz Club stage on the Eindhoven

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The Skull: Jeremy Moore Interviews Jeff, Ron, Eric & Lothar About Their New Take On Classic Doom

12th May 201411th September 2019 Jeremy Moore Eric Wagner, Interview, Jeff “Oly” Olson, Jeremy Moore, Lothar Keller, Ron Holzner, Sometime Yesterday Mourning, Tee Pee Records, The Skull

Renewed, refreshed, and with a sound hell-bent on crushing every head in the underground, classic Trouble (makers) Eric Wagner, Jeff

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AMENRA: The Forefather Of The Church Of Ra Colin H Van Eeckhout Answers Glen Westall’s Intriguing Questions

9th May 201411th September 2019 Glen Westall Amenra, Church Of Ra, Colin H Van Eeckhout, Glen Westall, Interview

After a stunning performance at Temples Festival (I was there, it was stunning!) and with high billing at this weekends

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