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Cortez

Mark Hunt-Bryden - 2024
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Top Ten Of 2024: Mark Hunt-Bryden

16th December 202418th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cortez, earthtone9, Harvestman, i Häxa, Mario Lalli & The Rubber Snake Charmers, Oh Hiroshima, Sergeant Thunderhoof, SoftSun, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Swamp Coffin, Top Ten 2024

2024 has been quite the year… I got the chance to attend three very different music festivals; finally popping my

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Cortez 'Thieves And Charlatans' Artwork
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Review: Cortez ‘Thieves And Charlatans’

30th October 202430th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cortez, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Having spent a lot of time this year dallying around with post-metal, dreamy, ethereal music and some serious bludgeon, my

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Cul De Sac Added As 5th Stage To Roadburn 2015: Fister, Moloch & Cortez Among Others Confirmed!

8th January 2015 Lee Edwards Cortez, Cul de Sac, Downfall Of Gaia, Fister, Goatwhore, Moloch, News, Roadburn, Roadburn 2015, Roadburn Festival 2015, Tilburg

Cul de Sac is an intimate music café located across from the 013 venue at 48 Heuvel, which is the

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BORRACHO Announce Split 7″ With CORTEZ + Eastern US Gig Dates

14th February 201423rd February 2024 Lee Edwards AM Records, Borracho, Cortez, New Split 7" Details, News, Stoner Rock, US Tour 2014

Monumental stoner riffers BORRACHO today announce the release of a new split 7″ single with the band’s old friends and

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Cortez – S/T – 2xLP 2012

10th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Bilocation Records, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled

The name Cortez may not be hugely familiar within the stoner rock scene. I remember the debut EP, “Thunder In

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CORTEZ: New Song Available For Streaming Via The Obelisk

14th March 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Bilocation Records, Cortez, Johnny, Kozmik ArtIfactz, New Album Details, News, Self Titled, The Obelisk

“Johnny“, a brand new song from Massachusetts stoner rockers CORTEZ, is now streaming at the Obelisk which you can listen

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Cortez ‘Thunder In A Forgotten Town’ CD 2007

20th December 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2007, Buzzville Records, CD, Classic Rock, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Thunder In A Forgotten Town

Ever since “Blues For the Red Sun” came riding out of the Californian desert in a dusty Cadillac in 1992

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

22nd October 202622nd October 2026 Lee Edwards

Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October
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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October
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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October

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