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Review: White Hills ‘Beyond This Fiction’

20th August 202420th August 2024 Martin Williams Heads On Fire Industries, Psych Rock, White Hills

When we last heard from White Hills, New York City’s long-running, uber-prolific, mind-warping, psychedelic rock duo, consisting of Dave W.

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Review: Les Big Byrd ‘Diamonds, Rhinestones And Hard Rain’

29th May 202429th May 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Chimp Limbs Recordings, Kraut, Les Big Byrd, Psych Rock

Think of the Pixies playing in a subway station on LSD opening for Enigma and you can start to make

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Review: Djiin ‘Mirrors’

22nd May 202422nd May 2024 Matthew Williams Djiin, Klonosphere Records, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Psych Rock

If you are a fan of psychedelic stoner rock that is mixed with a touch of 70’s prog and has

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Iota 'Pentasomnia' Artwork
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Review: Iota ‘Pentasomnia’

15th April 202415th April 2024 Harry Holmes Heavy Rock, Iota, Prog Rock, Psych Rock, Small Stone Records

News of a new Iota record provoked considerable excitement here – their 2008 one-and-apparently-done album Tales being both a nostalgia

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Ice 'The Ice Age'
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Review: Ice ‘The Ice Age’

15th June 20208th July 2020 Josuph Price Classic Rock, Ice, Psych Rock, RidingEasy Records, The Ice Age

The Ice Age was recorded by the Indianapolis band Ice in 1970. Sadly, the band broke up shortly after and

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Sex Swing ‘Type II’
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Review: Sex Swing ‘Type II’

12th May 202017th June 2020 Reza Mills Psych Rock, Rocket Recordings, Sex Swing, Type II

London band Sex Swing consists of Jason Stöll (Bass), vocalist Dan Chandler, drummer Stuart Bell, guitarist Jodie Cox, keyboard player

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Radar Men From The Moon ‘The Bestial Light’
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Review: Radar Men From The Moon ‘The Bestial Light’

8th May 20209th June 2020 Reza Mills Fuzz Club Records, Psych Rock, Radar Men From The Moon, The Bestial Light

My first encounter with Dutch experimentalists Radar Men From The Moon (named after the 1952 Sci-Fi series) has been through

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Spell ‘Opulent Decay’
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Review: Spell ‘Opulent Decay’

19th March 20201st May 2020 Reza Mills Bad Omen Records, Opulent Decay, Prog Rock, Psych Rock, Spell

Spell are an enigmatic power trio from Vancouver, Canada and they consist of Cam Mesmer (lead vocals/bass) Graham McVie (guitars/backing

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Gorilla ‘Maximum Riff Mania’
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Review: Gorilla ‘Maximum Riff Mania’ Reissue

21st February 202012th April 2020 Josuph Price Gorilla, Maximum Riff Mania, Psych Rock, Reissue, Self Released

Some 20 years ago, Gorilla released Maximum Riff Mania. One of those bands which formed in the 90s and stuck

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Dead Sea Apes ‘Night Lands’
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Review: Dead Sea Apes ‘Night Lands’

11th February 202020th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead Sea Apes, Drone, Feeding Tube Records, Night Lands, Nik Rayne, Psych Rock

Since forming in 2009, Manchester’s Dead Sea Apes have been steadily releasing music individually at an impressive rate or with

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Ryte ‘Ryte’
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Review: Ryte ‘Ryte’

10th February 20206th March 2020 Josuph Price Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych Rock, Ryte

Austrian band Ryte spent one-and-a-half-years writing their debut album which, according to the press release from Heavy Psych Sounds, “pushes

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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April
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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April

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Today at The Shaman, we’re beyond chuffed to be premiering Furthur, a heavy, head-warping dive into The Cosmic Dead’s expansive

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