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Lathe 'Tongue Of Silver'
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Review: Lathe ‘Tongue Of Silver’

29th August 202230th September 2022 Rob Walsh Americana, Apt 66, Doom, Drone, Grimoire Records, Lathe

Hailing from Baltimore, Lathe are an instrumental post-rock three-piece with an utterly refreshing take on a subgenre that, like so

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Lathe - Photo by Daniel Regner
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Premiere: Lathe ‘Journey To The East’ – Taken From New Album ‘Tongue Of Silver’, Releases 29th July

6th July 20229th August 2022 Lee Edwards Americana, Apt 66, Doom, Drone, Grimoire Records, Lathe

Americana drone and doom is the order of the day. Think of an amalgamation of both early and latter-day Earth,

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The Body & Big | Brave ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
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Review: The Body And BIG|BRAVE ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’

20th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Beamish Americana, BIG|BRAVE, Folk, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

BIG|BRAVE is a band I’m relatively new to the table on. This last year they arrived on my radar, mostly

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Rose City Band 'Earth Trip'
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Review: Rose City Band ‘Earth Trip’

14th June 202121st July 2021 Dani Bandolier Americana, Country, Rose City Band, Thrill Jockey Records

Mates, Ima give it ya straight. My first love of doom and stoner rock wares fails to hold me in

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Angela Autumn ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Angela Autumn ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

7th April 202113th May 2021 Lee Beamish Americana, Angela Autumn, Anti-Corporate Music, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

Angela Autumn is a name, I imagine, a lot of the readership won’t have heard of, unless you checked out

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Premiere: Angela Autumn ‘Lonesome Traveler’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Releases Today

2nd April 20216th May 2021 Lee Edwards Americana, Angela Autumn, Anti-Corporate Music, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

It’s the first Friday of the month (yes already!), and that means its once again our pleasure to bring you

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Nick Hans ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Nick Hans ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

12th February 202115th March 2021 Rob Bryant Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Nick Hans, The Magnolia Sessions

‘A song could have a billion downloads on Spotify or it could live and die on a banjo on someone’s

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Nick Hans - Photo by Ericka Poore
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Premiere: Nick Hans ‘I Ride Junk’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Drops Today

8th January 202110th February 2021 Lee Edwards Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Nick Hans, Ride Junk, The Magnolia Sessions

What a start to 2021 we’ve had, but let’s not dwell on the world failing apart around us as to

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Red Mesa
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Premiere: New Red Mesa Track ‘Death I Am’

4th June 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Americana, Death I Am, Desert Records, Red Mesa, The Path To The Deathless

After Josuph’s review of the awesome Women In Doom album, Desert Records head honcho Brad Frye dropped us a line

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Lord Buffalo ‘Tohu Wa Bohu’
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Review: Lord Buffalo ‘Tohu Wa Bohu’

16th March 20209th April 2020 Josuph Price Americana, Blues Funeral Recordings, Folk, Lord Buffalo, Tohu Wa Bohu

Picture yourself up in Texas Hill Country. Where it’s all limestone, cacti, and wildflowers. The sky is a vast canopy,

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Kirk Windstein ‘Dream In Motion’
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Review: Kirk Windstein ‘Dream In Motion’

8th January 202030th January 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Americana, Crowbar, Dream In Motion, eOne Heavy, Kirk Windstein

Even as a Crowbar fan of over two decades standing, I was a little surprised when it was announced that

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