Review: Oranssi Pazuzu ‘Muuntautuja’
Allow me to begin proceedings by offering a full disclosure; I am in no way a black metal aficionado. There
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Psych
The Utopia Strong & Konformer @ The Yard, Manchester, 6th September 2024
As I headed off to Manchester for my thirtieth gig of the year, never in my wildest dreams would I
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Review: Goat ‘Goat’
I’ve always been curious how a band decide what song starts an album and how they make their entrance as
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Review: Sex Swing ‘Golden Triangle’
Golden Triangle is, the not safe for work named, Sex Swing‘s long-awaited follow-up to 2020’s Type II. Although the intervening
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In Den Gärten Pharaos: A Conversation With Acid Folk Minstrel Alessio Ferrari aka Upupayāma
It has been almost four years since the fascinating opportunity first arose to converse with Alessio Ferrari, known by his
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Review: Upupayāma ‘Mount Elephant’
I’ve known Alessio Ferrari, the musical mastermind and multi-instrumentalist behind the captivating psych, acid and folk rock project Upupayāma, for
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Review: Smote ‘A Grand Stream’
Since I reviewed last year’s Genog, life has changed somewhat for Smote‘s main man Daniel Foggin who has relocated from
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Review: Kungens Män ‘För Samtida Djur 2’
When I usually want my fill of something relaxed and chilled to listen to, that has dreamy saxophones and hedonistic
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Review: delving ‘All Paths Diverge’
No one could ever fault Nick DiSalvo for not being busy. When the Elder frontman isn’t pushing as many complex
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Review: Øresund Space Collective ‘Orgone Unicorn’
Emerging from the connection between Denmark and Sweden forged by the iconic Øresund Bridge, the Danish experimental music collective known
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Review: Hail Darkness ‘Death Divine’
You can not only hear but also feel that sumptuous fuzzed-out guitar tone sound straight from the get-go as the
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