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Dwellers ‘Good Morning Harakiri’ CD/DD 2012

11th February 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, DD, Digital Download, Dwellers, Fuzz, Good Morning Harakiri, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s not often I get a record to review that leaves me slightly stumped as to what to say about

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Wino & Conny Ochs ‘Heavy Kingdom’ CD/LP 2012

1st December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Acoustic, Americana, Blues, CD, Conny Ochs, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, Heavy Kingdom, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino, Wino & Conny Ochs

You have to wonder if Wino wakes up in the morning confused as to which hat he should be wearing

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Heavy Glow ‘Midnight Moan’ CD/DD 2011

4th November 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Glow, Midnight Moan, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Ok, I’ll admit the majority of recent music I get to listen to is as a result of this reviewing

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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘The Bleak’ CDEP 2010

23rd September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Acoustic, Blues, CDEP, Folk, Ollie Stygall, Review, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight, Unplugged, Witch Hunter Records

Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight…or Trippy Wicked as I prefer to call them to save rubbing

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Wino ‘Adrift’ CD/LP 2010

17th August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Acoustic, Adrift, Blues, CD, Country, Dark, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

Robert Scott “Wino” Weinrich has, over the past 30 years, through sheer grit, determination and above all outstanding talent forged

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Goatsnake ‘Flower Of Disease’ Reissue CD 2010

9th June 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Blues, CD, Doom, Flower Of Disease, Goatsnake, Man's Ruin Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Stoner Doom

Originally released on the now dearly departed Man’s Ruin Records and on vinyl by Southern Lord this long overdue (8

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Steve Von Till ‘A Grave Is A Grim Horse’ CD 2008

27th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Acoustic, Andrew Sloan, Blues, CD, Country, Dark, Folk, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

First we had Scott Kelly and now Steve Von Till, I’m guessing there was a break in the Neurosis schedule

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El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’
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El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’ CD 2004

2nd March 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2004, Blues, CD, El-Thule, Heavy Rock, Le Parc Music, Lee Edwards, No Guts No Glory, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released

They say looks can be deceiving and that’s certainly the case for El-Thule’s ‘No Guts, No Glory’ opus. When this

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