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Josiah 'We Lay On Cold Stone'
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Review: Josiah ‘We Lay On Cold Stone’

6th July 20228th August 2022 Josh Schneider Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Josiah, PostWax, Psych

Blues Funeral Recordings has worked some magic these last few years. PostWax Volume I was an enormous hit and bringing

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James Romig & Mike Scheidt 'The Complexity Of Distance'
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Review: James Romig & Mike Scheidt ‘The Complexity Of Distance’

29th June 20225th August 2022 Josh Schneider Drone, James Romig, Mike Scheidt, New World Records

James Romig, for all that don’t know (like myself until recently), is a composer. That word… composer… makes my skin

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J. Zunz 'Del Aire'
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Review: J. Zunz ‘Del Aire’

23rd June 202227th July 2022 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, J. Zunz, Rocket Recordings

J. Zunz is Lorena Quintanilla from Guadalajara in Mexico whose day job sees her playing as one half of garage

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Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin 'Ghosted'
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Review: Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin ‘Ghosted’

10th May 202215th June 2022 George Green Andreas Werliin, Drag City, Experimental, Jazz, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi

Repetition in music can be a divisive thing. On one hand the riff, by definition, is a relentlessly repeated hook

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Jo Quail 'The Cartographer'
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Review: Jo Quail ‘The Cartographer’

5th May 202215th June 2022 Lee Beamish By Norse Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical

Once upon a time, there was a time. It was a time before Jo Quail. Back then, in early 2020,

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Jarboe 'Skin Blood Women Roses' Reissue
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Review: Jarboe ‘Skin Blood Women Roses’ Reissue

3rd May 20223rd June 2022 Reza Mills Consouling Sounds, Experimental, Jarboe

According to her Wikipedia page, Jarboe La Salle Devereaux was born in Mississippi, raised in New Orleans and Atlanta, and

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Jade Brodie 'The Magnolia Sessions'
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Review: Jade Brodie ‘The Magnolia Session’

23rd March 20224th May 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Jade Brodie, The Magnolia Sessions

The seventh instalment of Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering mastermind and sound engineer Dan Emery’s The Magnolia Sessions comes from the

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Joan Avant ‘Dies Irae’
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Review: Joan Avant ‘Dies Irae’

8th December 202111th January 2022 Lee Beamish Avant-Garde, Joan Avant, Red Masque Records

Okay, let’s start with a pop quiz. Who reading this has any knowledge of what ‘Victorian Gothic Symphonic Rock’ is?

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Jeffrey Alexander + Heavy Lidders ‘Elixor Of Life’
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Review: Jeffrey Alexander + Heavy Lidders ‘Elixor Of Life’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Tom Hanno Acid Rock, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Jeffrey Alexander

Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe) and Centripetal Force (North America) will be releasing a 300-copy vinyl run of Jeffrey Alexander + Heavy

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Joe Wunderle ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Joe Wunderle ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

19th November 202124th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Bluegrass, Country, Joe Wunderle, The Magnolia Sessions

November sees the next instalment in the latest series of The Magnolia Sessions from Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering’s Dan Emery;

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Jointhugger ‘Surrounded By Vultures’
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Review: Jointhugger ‘Surrounded By Vultures’

16th November 202124th December 2021 Emil Damgaard Andersen Blues, Doom, Jointhugger, Majestic Mountain Records

Norwegian doom outfit Jointhugger is a band full of surprises. Starting with the band name, I thought I was going

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