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Whalerider ‘Thanatos’ CD/DD 2014

21st December 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Thanatos, Whalerider

Whalerider is, first off, a BRILLIANT name for a band. How did no one come up with this one before?

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Mothership ‘Mothership II’ CD/LP/DD 2014

16th December 20143rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2014, Blues, Brian Burroughs, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Mothership, Mothership II, Review, Ripple Music

First off, man, I gotta say, I dig this mother, I really really dig this mother mother.  This Mothership II

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Slow Season ‘Mountains’ CD/LP/DD 2014

11th December 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Guido Segers, Heavy Rock, LP, Mountains, Psych, Review, RidingEasy Records, Slow Season

Volcom liked them so much, they put Slow Season in their new commercial. The band from California is pretty much

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Lo-Pan ‘Colossus’ CD/LP/DD 2014

6th December 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, CD, Colossus, Digital, Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, LP, Ollie Stygall, Small Stone Records

Grrrrr!!!! You hear that? That’s the sound of frustration that is, total frustration! So why are you frustrated I hear

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The Picturebooks ‘Imaginary Horse’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd December 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Imaginary Horse, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, RidingEasy Records, The Picturebooks

Bands like the White Stripes and The Black Keys have a lot to answer for. In their wake it seems

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Sun Rider ‘Fuzz Mountain’ LP/DD 2014

30th November 20143rd September 2019 Ashlinn Nash 2014, Ashlinn Nash, Digital, Fuzz, Fuzz Mountain, Heavy Rock, LP, Review, Self Released, Sun Rider

It’s hard to believe that Sun Rider, a band who have been together for fifteen years, have only just released

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Mansion ‘Uncreation’ 12″ 2014

18th November 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2014, Doom, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Self Released, Uncreation

Turku, Finland’s Mansion have been consistently impressing listeners with their highly polished, Kartanoism themed, doom rock since their début single

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Weed Is Weed ‘Blunt Force Trauma’ CD/DD 2014

3rd November 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Blunt Force Trauma, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jeremy Moore, Metal, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Weed Is Weed

A few years back I surprisingly ran into Dave Sherman outside a Gaithersburg, MD grocery store and suffice it to

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Black Moth ‘Condemned To Hope’ CD/LP/DD 2014

1st November 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Black Moth, CD, Condemned To Hope, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, New Heavy Sounds, Ollie Stygall, Review

Music journalists are always seeking to pigeonhole bands within certain scenes and genres, it makes their job a hell of

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White Dynomite – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

31st October 20143rd September 2019 Drew Fulton 2014, CD, Digital, Drew Fulton, Heavy Rock, LP, Punk, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, White Dynomite

A story. When I was eighteen, some friends and I road tripped from snowy-ass Pennsylvania to even snowier-ass Boston, Massachusetts.

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Orange Goblin ‘Back From The Abyss’ CD/LP/DD 2014

30th October 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Back From The Abyss, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Orange Goblin, Review

It’s not often an album leaves you struggling to find anything to write about it. Sometimes it happens when an

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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