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Review: Moon Destroys ‘OMNI’

8th October 20268th October 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Alternative, Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Moon Destroys

Miami, Florida psych-heavy power trio Moon Destroys, founded by Juan Montoya (ex-Torche) and Evan Diprima (Gold Pyramid, ex-Royal Thunder), with

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Review: The Fierce And The Dead ‘Regional Theatre’

6th October 20266th October 2026 Lee Beamish Alternative, Post-Rock, Prog, Spencer Park Music, The Fierce And The Dead

Way back in May 2024, while attending the last of the annual Portals Festival, one of the bands I came

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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘These Killing Times’

2nd October 20262nd October 2026 Lee Beamish Alternative, Emma Ruth Rundle, Errant Child

It’s been five years since Engine Of Hell was released unto the world, and in that time, we have seen

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Review: King Sans ‘Sell The Cow’

23rd September 202623rd September 2026 Reza Mills Alternative, Dipterid Records, King Sans, Post-Punk

King Sans, a new outfit from Chicago, Illinois are Jake Steven James (guitars/synths/vocals) and Izabella Rose (drums/vocals). Leading up to

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Review: Pallida Cavtat ‘La Distanza Tra Noi E La Riva’

26th August 202626th August 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Alternative, NOS Records, Pallida Cavtat, Post-Punk

Amerigo Verardi, a leading figure in Italy’s independent underground rock scene, has reinvented himself over the years not only as

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Review: Dez Dare ‘These Days Are Wild & Blind’

23rd June 202623rd June 2026 Reza Mills Alternative, Dez Dare, Garage Rock, God Unknown Records

Dez Dare or Darren Smallman as he’s best known to his friends and family, is nothing if not prolific, putting

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Review: A.A. Williams ‘Solstice’

18th June 202618th June 2026 Lee Beamish A.A. Williams, Alternative, Dark, Reigning Phoenix Music

As a long-time fan of A.A. Williams, one thing that has always humbled me is the artist’s ability to take

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Review: Dreamwave ‘Drifter / Moon Dogs’

9th June 20269th June 2026 Rob Walsh Alternative, Dreamwave, Psych, Stolen Body Records

As Stolen Body Records brought Dreamwave’s new Drifter EP and April 2025’s Moon Dogs together onto one album, I’ll be

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Review: Haggard Cat ‘The Pain That Orbits Life’

28th May 202628th May 2026 Matthew Williams Alternative, Church Road Records, Haggard Cat

I’ve seen Nottingham’s Haggard Cat a few times live, most recently supporting Planet of Zeus, and two things always stand

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Review: Cult Of Dom Keller ‘Unholy Drum’

26th May 202626th May 2026 Martin Williams Alternative, Fuzz Club Records, Psych, The Cult Of Dom Keller

In what now feels like an eternity ago with the way I’m experiencing the passage of time, in May of

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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’

16th January 202616th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Pelagic Records, PREYRS

‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,

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