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Retro Rock

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Santa Cruz ‘Down On My’ 2xLP/DD 2012

20th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, 60's Garage, Digital, Down On My, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Motorwolf Records, Orange Sunshine, Psych, Retro Rock, Santa Cruz, Saúl Do Caixão

Once upon a time, in a land far away (Japan actually) there once lived a label called Leaf Hound. With

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Lord Fowl ‘Moon Queen’ CD/Digital 2012

9th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Hard Rock, Lord Fowl, Moon Queen, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Small Stone Records

Oh, so you have a band, that’s great. Wow, look how many notes you can play and how many times

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Hot Lunch ‘Killer Smile’ 7” 2012

16th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Fuzz, Garage Rock, Heavy Rock, Hot Lunch, Killer Smile, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Who Can You Trust Records

Whoa, without so much as a knock at the door these guys come stumbling into your home and take over

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Doctor Cyclops ‘Borgofondo’ CD/LP 2012

24th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, Borgofondo, CD, Doctor Cyclops, Heavy Rock, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Retro Rock, Review, World In Sound Records

When I first heard Doctor Cyclops a couple of years ago it was clear that there was something very special

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Fellwoods ‘Wulfram’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th February 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, At War With False Noise, Bear Trail Records, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Fellwoods, Heavy Rock, LP, Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Wulfram

In music as with cinema, there has been a resurgence over the last few years, of art that gets labeled

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Heavy Glow ‘Midnight Moan’ CD/DD 2011

4th November 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Glow, Midnight Moan, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Ok, I’ll admit the majority of recent music I get to listen to is as a result of this reviewing

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Domo – S/T – CD 2010

4th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2010, CD, Classic Rock, Domo, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Psych Rock, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Alicante’s Domo released this album in August of last year and yet The Shaman only recently had the opportunity to

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Great Falls – Demo 2009

6th March 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Demo, Great Falls, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Fuelled by the demise of seminal hardcore act Playing Enemy, Demian Johnston and Shane Mehling went on to do a

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Doctor Cyclops – Untitled & ‘The Flying Machines Burning’ CDEP’s 2008

1st October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Classic Rock, Doctor Cyclops, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released, Untitled

You have to admit, the Italians do retro pretty well and the 70’s do seem to be their halcyon period.

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