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Blues Rock

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Graveyard ‘Innocence & Decadence’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th September 20153rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2015, Alex Varley, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Graveyard, Heavy Rock, Innocence & Decadence, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Retro Rock, Review

Starting from very humble beginnings, Sweden’s bluesy rock quartet Graveyard have grown significantly in stature over the past few years,

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Golden Void ‘Berkana’ CD/LP/DD 2015

12th September 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Berkana, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Golden Void, Heavy Rock, LP, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Way way back in the deepest darkest depths of 2012, Oakland, California’s Golden Void released their Self-Titled debut album. It

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Goatsnake ‘Black Age Blues’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th July 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Age Blues, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Doom, Goatsnake, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Southern Lord

The gentle patter of rain on a tin roof, a harmonica chiming in the night, the imposing calm of a

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Royal Thunder ‘Crooked Doors’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th July 20153rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Crooked Doors, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jorge Miguel, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Royal Thunder

Three years ago, when they released their debut album, the critically acclaimed CVI, Royal Thunder were hailed as one of

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The Picturebooks ‘Imaginary Horse’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd December 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Imaginary Horse, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, RidingEasy Records, The Picturebooks

Bands like the White Stripes and The Black Keys have a lot to answer for. In their wake it seems

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Zodiac ‘Sonic Child’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th September 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Napalm Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sonic Child, Zodiac

Zodiac are here to rock! That’s what their bio tries to get across to you, pure rock with no mucking

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Saturn ‘Ascending (Live in Space)’ CD/LP/DD 2014

10th September 20143rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2014, Alex Varley, Ascending (Live in Space), Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Proto-Metal, Review, Rise Above Records, Saturn

The amount of rock bands in Sweden taking their influences from the olde and doing something great with it is

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Clan ‘Witchcraft’ DD 2014

4th September 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Blues Rock, Clan, Digital, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Witchcraft

Giving your first album the same title as a certain Swedish act who sit very much within the same style

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Joy ‘Under The Spell Of’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2014

2nd September 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, Cassette, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Joy, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psych, Review, Tee Pee Records, Under The Spell Of

Do you believe in magic? I don’t mean actual magic, summoning dead spirits or any of that bollocks and nor

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Lonely Kamel ‘Shit City’ CD/LP/DD 2014

21st August 20143rd September 2019 Jason Hough 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jason Hough, Lonely Kamel, LP, Napalm Records, Review, Shit City

It’s still unusual to find that one of Europe’s strongest exports of desert rock, especially with a name like Lonely

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Blues Pills – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

20th August 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Pills, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled

Blues Pills previous EP, Devil Man proved to be a tantalising glimpse of what this quite extraordinary band is capable

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