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Opus ‘Autonomy’ CDEP 2010

19th February 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Autonomy, CDEP, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Opus, Review, Self Released

Honestly some days you can’t win as a band. No one wants to pay for music anymore, especially if your

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Suplecs ‘Mad Oak Redoux’ CD 2011

18th February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Mad Oak Redoux, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, Stoner Doom, Suplecs

It seems you can’t keep a good band down. 15 years into their career Suplecs have spent 5 years fighting

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Alunah ‘Call Of Avernus’ CD 2010

11th February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Aluna, Alunah, Call Of Avernus, Catacomb Records, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Space Rock

Alunah have always split opinion right down the middle. Like Marmite people either seem to love or hate these Midlands

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Poison Deluxe ‘The Dead Tree Blues’ CD 2010

10th February 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Go Down Records, Heavy Rock, Jazz Fusion, Paul Robertson, Poison Deluxe, Review, The Dead Tree Blues

Well, this is a nice change of pace and tone. Poison Deluxe play what I can best describe as psych-tinged

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Gandhi’s Gunn ‘Thirtyeahs’ CD 2010

2nd February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Fuzz, Gandhi's Gunn, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Taxi Driver Records, Thirtyeahs

Ok, so Gandhi, as far as I’m aware, was a pacifist so his need for a gun(n) would be minimal…or

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Lo-Pan ‘Sasquanaut’ CD 2011

26th January 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Blues Rock, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sasquanaut, Small Stone Records

Small Stone Records have always been a trusted partner. For so many years now the Small Stone logo has been,

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Thalamus ‘Sign Here For Nothing’ CDEP 2010

22nd January 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sign Here For Nothing, SOCJ Music, Thalamus

Now, if we were to judge a country by its musical output I would expect Sweden to be populated by

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Desert Storm ‘Forked Tongues’ CD 2010

21st January 201123rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Desert Rock, Desert Storm, Forked Tongues, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Stoner Rock

Sometimes you can watch a band live and they blow you away. They just have it…presence, a great sound, a

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The Bendal Interlude – ST – CDEP 2010

17th January 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2010, CDEP, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Stoner Thrash, The Bendal Interlude, Thrash Metal

“Stoner-thrash” is probably an over-used term. After all, how often is it that you actually hear the tumbleweed imagery and

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Torche ‘Songs For Singles’ CD/LP 2010

29th December 20103rd September 2019 Sean Parkin 2010, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, Review, Sean Parkin, Songs For Singles, Stoner Pop, Torche

Torche are a formidable sonic force, their previous album ‘Meanderthal’ is a masterful record, grabbing your senses musically and giving

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Wino ‘Live At Roadburn 2009’ CD/LP 2010

8th December 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Jon Blank, JP Gaster, Live At Roadburn 2009, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

That Scott “Wino” Weinrich is a legend is surely undisputable. What is more remarkable is that, approaching 50, his work

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