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The Machine 'Wave Cannon'
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Review: The Machine ‘Wave Cannon’

6th June 20236th June 2023 Harry Holmes Majestic Mountain Records, Psych, The Machine

The Machine put in some solid years helping establish a European heavy psych sound that continues to flourish both with

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Kanaan 'Downpour'
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Review: Kanaan ‘Downpour’

1st June 20231st June 2023 Harry Holmes Instrumental, Jansen Records, Kanaan, Psych

I was lucky enough to spend some time writing up Kanaan’s 2021 release Earthbound, which proved to be an exhilarating

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Oreyeon & Lord Elephant 'Doom Sessions Vol. 8'
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Review: Oreyeon & Lord Elephant ‘Doom Sessions Vol. 8’

25th May 202325th May 2023 Rob Walsh Doom Sessions, Heavy Psych Sounds, Lord Elephant, Oreyeon, Psych

Italian label Heavy Psych Sounds is certainly one of the more prominent labels in stoner and psych these days. Their

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Mud Spencer
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Premiere: Mud Spencer ‘Kliwon’ – New Album Of Instrumental Psych Jams Drops This Friday

23rd May 202323rd May 2023 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Mud Spencer, Psych

If tripped-out heavy psychedelic instrumental jams with an air of Eastern promise is your dream ticket, then look no further

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JAAW 'Supercluster'
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Review: JAAW ‘Supercluster’

23rd May 202323rd May 2023 Reza Mills Industrial, JAAW, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Psych, Svart Records

I’d first learnt of the JAAW project from an off-air conversation I’d had with Jason Stöll on Ross Holloway’s 1984

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Apex Ten 'Aashray'
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Review: Apex Ten ‘Aashray’

16th May 202316th May 2023 Martin Williams Apex Ten, Independent, Psych

Heavy psych, and space rock as genres, aren’t always my first choice in ‘heavy’. Stoner rock, doom metal, punk, garage rock

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Smokey Mirror 'Smokey Mirror'
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Review: Smokey Mirror ‘Smokey Mirror’

15th May 202315th May 2023 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Psych, Rise Above Records, Smokey Mirror

If I didn’t know any better, and just threw on the debut album from Dallas Texas’s Smokey Mirror, it’s reasonable

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Pallbearer Industry 'Antarctica Rising'
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Review: Pallbearer Industry ‘Antarctica Rising’

15th May 202315th May 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Drone, Echodelick Records, Kraut, Pallbearer Industry, Psych, Up In Her Room, We Here And Now

Somewhere in the darkness on the edge of the deepest, unearthly and contorted underground of the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada,

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Sonic Moon - Photo by Anders Teibel
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Video Premiere: Sonic Moon ‘Give It Time’ – Debut Album Drops In August via Olde Magick Records

11th May 202311th May 2023 Lee Edwards Olde Magick Records, Psych, Sonic Moon

Denmark’s psych and stoner rock warlords Sonic Moon is possibly a new name to some, but guitarist Emil Damgaard Andersen

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Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow
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Review: Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow EP

10th May 202310th May 2023 Lee Beamish Folk Rock, Mars Red Sky, Mrs Red Sound, Psych, Queen Of The Meadow

Having formed in 2007, and now with almost half a dozen releases under their belt, you would have thought that

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Khan 'Creatures'
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Review: Khan ‘Creatures’

5th May 20235th May 2023 David J McLaren Full Contact Safari Records, Khan, Post-Rock, Prog, Psych

YouTube is a wonderful place. Granted, it is also a dangerous echo chamber which, based on the video recommendations it

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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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