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Review: Black Helium ‘The Animals Are Coming’

13th June 202513th June 2025 Matthew Williams Black Helium, Psych, Riot Season

Even back in my craziest party days during the hedonistic late ‘80s and early to mid ‘90s, I was never

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Review: Turtle Skull ‘Being Here’

12th June 202512th June 2025 El Jefe Art As Catharsis, Copper Feast Records, Psych, Turtle Skull

So, Turtle Skull, who hail from the East Coast of Australia in New South Wales, deal in some genuinely authentic-sounding

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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 1’

30th May 202530th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Doom, Kal-El, Majestic Mountain Records, Psych, Stoner

I started a trend a while ago of only including albums that I had reviewed as part of my best-of-year

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Review: Hooveriii ‘Manhunter’

28th May 202528th May 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Hooveriii, Psych, The Reverberation Appreciation Society

Although Bert Hoover‘s solo project Hooveriii, now a seven-piece band, has been around the Los Angeles music scene for over

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Review: Temple Fang ‘Lifted From The Wind’

27th May 202527th May 2025 Rob Walsh Prog, Psych, Stickman Records, Temple Fang

From the opening bit of The River from Dutch psych outfit Temple Fang, I knew things had gotten very interesting.

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Review: More Experience ‘Horizons Of Events’

23rd May 202523rd May 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo More Experience, Old Hippie, Prog, Psych, Sound Effect Records

More Experience. Although they may have taken their name from a Jimi Hendrix album, they’re not even one of the

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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

21st May 202528th August 2025 Lee Edwards Doom, Drone, Independent, Psych, The Long Hunt

Get ready to be consumed by the slow-burning inferno of Spine Of Dusk from Pittsburgh’s three-piece instrumental titans, The Long

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Review: Black Honey Cult ‘Black Honey Cult’

21st May 202521st May 2025 Martin Williams Black Honey Cult, Garage, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych

Black Honey Cult are not necessarily a ‘new’ band. In fact, they’ve been percolating in some form or another for

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Review: Neptunian Maximalism ‘Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu’

16th May 202516th May 2025 Rob Walsh Drone, I Voidhanger Records, Jazz, Neptunian Maximalism, Psych

Two things immediately struck me when I came across the Belgian collective Neptunian Maximalism’s 2021 record Solar Drone Ceremony. The

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Review: Doctors Of Space ‘Fusing Your Synapses’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Doctors Of Space, Electronic, Independent, Psych, Space Rock

Prepare to embark on a mind-bending cosmic journey as you immerse yourself in the unearthly soundscapes crafted by the intergalactic

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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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

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

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