Review: Abrams ‘Loon’
I first became aware of Denver’s Abrams when I reviewed their last release, Blue City, two years ago for The
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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 2’
I made a passing remark in my review of Kal-El’s seventh album, the stunning Astral Voyager Vol. 1, that the
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Review: Temptress ‘hear’
One of the few regrets I have when I once worked in Texas was that I didn’t go to any
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Review: Blue Heron ‘Emulations’
Sometimes all you need in life is to kick back, put on some dirty scuzzy tunes, and forget about everything
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Review: Castle Rat ‘The Bestiary’
The dance of the beasts. Castle Rat‘s second full-length album, The Bestiary, is their most ambitious and realised work yet,
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Review: Lowrider ‘Ode To Io’ [25th Anniversary Reissue]
In all my time of loving heavy music, if ever there was a band I wished I had known about
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Review: Dozer ‘Rewind To Return: Rarities, Singles And B-Sides’
When a band is young and active, it is easy to get lost in the moment and not necessarily be
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Review: Goya ‘In The Dawn Of November’
As a band that I’d never heard much of until now, the gentle drum accompanied by this huge, unparalleled rumbling
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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 1’
I started a trend a while ago of only including albums that I had reviewed as part of my best-of-year
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Review: Greenleaf ‘Revolution Rock Deluxe’
Regular readers of this site should really need no introduction to Greenleaf. The once fledgling side band from Tommi Holappa
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Review: Elephant Tree & Lowrider ‘The Long Forever’
A thundering, pounding bass line kicks off the seven-song split album from Elephant Tree and Lowrider, and I must admit,
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