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Noise-Rock

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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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Od Vratot Nadolu ‘Mercury’ CD/LP 2011

27th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Hardcore, Insulin Addicted Records, LP, Mercury, Noise-Rock, Od Vratot Nadolu, Pete Green, Punk, Review, SuperFi Records

I must admit, my knowledge of Macedonia is about as extensive as the number questions I can vaguely guess the

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Mark D. ‘The Value Of Decay’ CD 2011

13th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Experimental, Mark D, Mark Deutrom, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, The Value Of Decay

In case you haven’t figured it out Mark D is Mark Deutrom, ex-Melvins bassist and producer and ‘The Value Of

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Hey Colossus ‘RRR’ CD/LP 2011

25th June 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Doom, Electronic, Experimental, Heavy, Hey Colossus, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Post-Hardcore, Review, Riot Season, RRR

Purely by taking the time to even stumble across this webpage, you will most probably be aware that “heavy” can

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No Anchor ‘Real Pain Supernova’ 2xLP 2011

5th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Doom, LP, No Anchor, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Real Pain Supernova, Review, Self Released

You have to admire a band who can reference both Tom Waits AND Oasis with their album title but turn

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Sun Splitter / Bridesmaid – Spilt 7″ 2011

28th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, 7", Bastard Sloth Records, Bridesmaid, Doom, Experimental, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 7", Sun Splitter

A tasty wee split seven inch here from pals of Locrian, Sun Splitter and Bastard Sloth homeboys Bridesmaid. Both bands

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Diet Pills – S/T – LP 2011

20th May 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Diet Pills, Force Fed Records, Hardcore, Heavy, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Sludge

On a day in May there came a dark cloud of despair, a hot smouldering piece of vinyl, born from

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Undersmile ‘A Sea Of Dead Snakes’ CDEP 2010

14th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, A Sea Of Dead Snakes, Blindsight Records, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Review, Undersmile

Occasionally, once in a blue moon when the planets align and the stars shine at their brightest you get to

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Burger World – ST – CDEP 2011

19th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Burger World, CDEP, Fuzz, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock

There is a certain charm about truly underground music; Nothing captures the feel of rock and roll quite like watching

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Belong ‘Common Era’ CD/LP 2011

15th March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Belong, CD, Common Era, Experimental, Kranky Records, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review

I’m a great admirer of Belong’s first record, 2006’s beautifully woozy, out-of-focus ‘October Language’, so, having missed out on the

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Naisian ‘Mammalian’ CD 2010

12th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2010, CD, Mammalian, Naisian, Noise-Rock, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Post-Rock, Retro, Review, Self Released

It is unusual to have found such a well honed musically competent band as Naisian. Hailing from Sheffield this band

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