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Lowrider @ Desertfest London 2025 - Photo by Jessy Lotti

Desertfest London 2025 – Friday

2nd June 20252nd June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desertfest, Elder, Elephant Tree, Hippie Death Cult, London, Lowrider, Servo, Stoned Jesus, The Devil And The Almighty Blues

Ah, Deserfest London 2025… being the wily veteran of one whole previous visit, this year felt like the time to

Elder @ ArcTanGent 2023 - Photo by Derek Bremner

Featured Live Reviews

ArcTanGent Festival 2023 – Thursday

5th December 20236th December 2023 Nessie Spencer ArcTanGent Festival, Birds In Row, Cave In, Chalk Hands, Elder, Empire State Bastard, Sugar Horse, Svalbard, Wallowing

It was good to see fellow Brightonians Chalk Hands rocking the Yokhai Stage so early on a Thursday at this

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Top Ten Of 2022: Rob Walsh

28th December 20226th February 2023 Rob Walsh Big Scenic Nowhere, Cave In, Clutch, Elder, Faith In Jane, Famyne, Longheads, Nine Moons, Tau & The Drones Of Praise, The Swell Fellas, Top Ten 2022

For me personally, 2022 was a year where I could finally enjoy live music again. In addition to the constraints

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Review: Elder ‘Innate Passage’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Josh Schneider Armageddon Label, Elder, Heavy Rock, Prog, Stickman Records

There are A LOT of bands that I’m seriously excited for new releases. There are a few however that I

Elder @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer

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Elder / Pallbearer / Irist @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022

15th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Chalk, Doom, Elder, Heavy Rock, Irist, Pallbearer, Post-Metal

The bitterly windy cold weather did not dissuade me to go to Chalk because Elder playing in my town is

My Sleeping Karma @ Desertfest London 2022 - Photo by Simon Kallas

Live Reviews

Desertfest London 2022 – Saturday Review & Photos + Hundred Year Old Man

26th May 20221st July 2022 Ian M Desertfest, Earthless, Elder, Elephant Tree, Hundred Year Old Man, My Sleeping Karma, Orange Goblin, Part Chimp, Pissed Jeans, Shellac

It’s been a good few years since the soothing tones of My Sleeping Karma’s hypnotic instrumental stoner first graced my

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Review: Delving ‘Hirschbrunnen’

1st June 20217th July 2021 Josh Schneider delving, Elder, Nick DiSalvo, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

Nick DiSalvo begged his parents for a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder for Christmas at the age of 12… I got

Nick DiSalvo of Elder - Photo by Lee Edwards

G-Q Interviews

In Search Of Tone: Nick DiSalvo Of Elder

12th February 202115th March 2021 Josh Schneider Armageddon Label, Elder, Heavy Rock, In Search Of Tone, Nick DiSalvo, Omens

I was ecstatic when I learned Elder was going to play live only twenty minutes from where I live. I

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Top Ten Of 2020: Harry Holmes

29th December 202028th January 2021 Harry Holmes Adzes, Beggar, Black Helium, Elder, Moura, Pohl, Slift, Top Ten 2020, Turtle Skull, Vile Creature, Wren

What a wonderful year it’s been! Oh, sorry that’s the start of my ‘Top 10 of 2022’ intro template. Still, some

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Top Ten Of 2020: David J McLaren

28th December 202027th January 2021 David J McLaren Deftones, Elder, Emma Ruth Rundle, ILS, Kirk Windstein, Pallbearer, Sepultura, Sound Of Origin, Thin Lizzy, Thou, Top Ten 2020, Yatra

2020. Unprecedented times. Made us realise what’s really important. Our modern lives really do exist on a knife-edge. Bill Gates now controls

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Top Ten Of 2020: Ian M

25th December 202027th January 2021 Ian M Aerial Ruin, Bell Witch, Causa Sui, Elder, Insect Ark, King Buffalo, Leeched, Mountain Caller, Orsak:Oslo, Sumac, Top Ten 2020, Vile Creature

It’s obviously tricky to do a snappy write up of 2020 without sounding morose, so I’ll stick with some positives.

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