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Swans ‘The Seer’ CD/LP/DD 2012

21st September 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Country, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Michael Gira, Noise, Review, Swans, The Seer, Tom McKibbin, Young God Records

The return of Swans has to rank among the least cynical of comebacks/reunions/rebirths of any band in recent years –

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Scott Kelly And The Road Home ‘The Forgiven Ghost In Me’ CD/LP/DD 2012

16th August 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Acoustic, Americana, Blues, CD, Country, Digital, Folk, LP, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Review, Scott Kelly, Scott Kelly And The Road Home, The Forgiven Ghost In Me, Tom McKibbin

You could be forgiven for thinking of Scott Kelly as a solely acoustic artist these days. Apart from Shrinebuilder and

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Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till & Wino ‘Songs Of Townes Van Zandt’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

26th June 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Acoustic, Country, Digital, Folk, LP, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Songs Of Townes Van Zandt, Steve Von Till, Tom McKibbin, Townes Van Zandt, Townes Van Zandt Tribute, Wino

If you were going to ask for an album of Townes Van Zandt covers, you couldn’t ask for a trio

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Mellow Bravo – S/T – CD/DD 2012

31st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, Country, Digital Download, Hard Rock, Mellow Bravo, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records

Goddamn!!! Us music journos don’t like being confused!!! We don’t like it when bands make us think about what we’re

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Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned ’30 Weight’ CD/LP 2011

26th August 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, 30 Weight, Blues Rock, CD, Country, Gideon Smith, Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

Over the course of the past 10 years or so and with 2 EPs and 2 previous albums to his

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Across Tundras ‘Sage’ CD 2011

18th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Across Tundras, CD, Country, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Neurot Recordings, Paul Robertson, Review, Sage

I go way back with Across Tundras. I bought their first full-length, ‘Dark Songs Of The Prairie’, on a whim

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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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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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Scott Kelly ‘The Wake’ CD/LP 2008

23rd August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Acoustic, Andrew Sloan, CD, Country, Dark, Folk, LP, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Review, Scott Kelly

I’ve been sat here for twenty five minutes listening to Scott Kelly’s second solo album wondering how I can possibly

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