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Blues Rock

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Owl Oxidant ‘Secret Suburban Sun’ DD 2014

11th July 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Artan Records, Blues Rock, Caspian Yurisich, Digital, Heavy, Owl Oxidant, Psych Rock, Review, Secret Suburban Sun

The word escapes me, but you know people who claim to see colour, detect smell etc. when music gets played?

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Lecherous Gaze ‘Zeta Reticuli Blues’ CD/LP/DD 2014

7th July 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Lecherous Gaze, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Tee Pee Records, Zeta Reticuli Blues

100% RAW, UNCOMPROMISING, KICK-ASS ROCK AND ROLL!!! Really the above line could quite easily comprise the whole review for this

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Grifter ‘The Return Of The Bearded Brethren’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd July 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Grifter, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll, The Return Of The Bearded Brethren

Music gets a lot of baggage attached these days; but truly great, timeless music always has the weight of conviction

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Radio Moscow ‘Magical Dirt’ CD/LP/DD 2014

14th May 20143rd September 2019 Jason Fincher 2014, Alive Records, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jason Fincher, LP, Magical Dirt, Radio Moscow, Review

Rock and roll! Man, it is a beautiful thing! And rock and roll is what you will get on Radio

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Child – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

22nd March 20143rd September 2019 Drew Fulton 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Child, Digital, Drew Fulton, Heavy Rock, LP, Self Released, Self Titled

Stoner rock has always been about the heavy. Often times, the heavy can forget where it came from and, whether

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The Socks – S/T – CD/DD 2014

19th March 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records, The Socks

It can’t have escaped your notice that retro, 70’s flavoured rock is very much de rigueur right now and the

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Solar Halos – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

15th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Devouter Records, Digital, Heavy Rock, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Review, Self Titled, Solar Halos

So is Solar Halos from Chapel Hill, North Carolina a supergroup one can wonder. As they consists of guitarist/vocalist Nora

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Blues Pills ‘Devil Man’ CD/10″/DD 2013

13th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 10", 2013, Blues Pills, Blues Rock, CD, Devil Man, Digital, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records, Ollie Stygall, Review

Guitarists always seem to be on a quest to find the perfect tone…spending hours trying out different guitars, amps, strings,

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Ruby The Hatchet ‘Paralyzed’ Digital EP 2013

30th November 20133rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Blues Rock, Digital EP, Fuzz, Kevin Kentie, Paralyzed, Review, Ruby The Hatchet, Self Released

Well, here it goes. My first ever review for this fine internet temple of the riff called The Sleeping Shaman.

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Horisont ‘Time Warriors’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th November 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Horisont, LP, Metal Blade Records, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Time Warriors

Horisont are yet another shining example of just how good the modern music scene is in Sweden. Presumably Richie Blackmore

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wild Eyes S.F. ‘Get Into It’ LP/DD 2013

8th October 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Blues Rock, Digital, Get Into It!, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Who Can You Trust Records, Wild Eyes S.F.

Booze, weed, sweat, fringed buckskin jackets, cowboy boots, chicks in hot pants, bandanas, beards, bikinis, fuzz pedals, dirt, volume, sex,

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