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Ipecac Recordings

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PALMS Post Album Trailer & Announce Pre-Order Bundles As Release Date Approaches

4th June 2013 Lee Edwards Aaron Harris, Chino Moreno, Clifford Meyer, Deftones, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, Jeff Caxide, New Album Details, News, Palms, Video Trailer

PALMS, the Los Angeles-based band featuring members of ISIS and DEFTONES , have posted an album trailer (below) featuring music

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Melvins ‘Everybody Loves Sausages’ CD/LP/DD 2013

2nd April 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão (the) Melvins, CD, Covers, Digital, Everybody Loves Sausages, Ipecac Recordings, LP, Melvins, Melvins Lite, Noise-Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Saúl Do Caixão

Ask several discerning Melvins fans which of the group’s two dozen (well, something like that, I’ve lost count!) albums they

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Isis ‘Temporal’ CD/DVD 2012

15th November 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, Atmospheric, CD, DVD, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, James Parker, Post-Rock, Review, Temporal, Unreleased

Ah Isis, suddenly you look up and they have seemingly been around for ever, for me ever since a Rock

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Melvins ‘Freak Puke’ CD/LP/DD 2012

31st May 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin (the) Melvins, 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Freak Puke, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, LP, Melvins, Melvins Lite, Noise-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin

The Mevlins, or Melvins-Lite as their press release is dubbing them, are back with their second record of 2012 (easy

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Musicians From Isis And Deftones Form New Band – Palms

26th April 2012 Lee Edwards Aaron Harris, Chino Moreno, Clifford Meyer, Deftones, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, Jeff Caxide, New Album Details, News, Palms

Meet PALMS, a newly formed Los Angeles based quartet featuring three former members of ISIS (Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer and

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Ipecac Set To Release New MELVINS Album ‘Freak Puke’ On 4th June 2012

1st March 2012 Lee Edwards (the) Melvins, Freak Puke, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Melvins Lite, New Album Details, Trevor Dunn

(THE) MELVINS will release a brand new studio album with the delightful title ‘Freak Puke‘ on June 4th 2012 via

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Mike Patton ‘The Solitude Of Prime Numbers’ OST CD 2011

29th October 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Film Score, Instrumental, Ipecac Recordings, Mike Patton, OST, Review, Soundtrack, The Solitude Of Prime Numbers, Tom McKibbin

Reviewing the soundtrack to a film that you’ve not seen presents a number of problems to the objective writer. Film

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The Book Of Knots ‘Garden Of Fainting Stars’ CD 2011

14th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Avant-Garde, CD, Experimental, Garden Of Fainting Stars, Ipecac Recordings, Paul Robertson, Review, The Book Of Knots

The bold quartet of aural explorers known as The Book Of Knots turn their gaze skywards for this, the third

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Retox ‘Ugly Animals’ CD 2011

9th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Grindcore, Hardcore, Ipecac Recordings, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Retox, Review, Ugly Animals, Ugly Animals by Retox

OW! My goddamn head! Jesus, Retox make one hell of an intense racket. Four dudes with a wealth of experience

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Melvins ‘Sugar Daddy Live’ CD 2011

17th August 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Alternative, Big Business, CD, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock, Sludge, Sugar Daddy Live

For nearly 30 years now The Melvins have existed in a bizarre little bubble of their own making. Perpetual outsiders

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Melvins ‘The Bride Screamed Murder’ CD 2010

28th June 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Big Business, CD, Doom, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, The Bride Screamed Murder

In 1994 some kind soul played me “Houdini”. In the time it took for that album to spin I had

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