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Review: Ritual Earth & Kazak ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 9’

25th January 202425th January 2024 Liam Blanc Doom, Kazak, Ripple Music, Ritual Earth, Turned To Stone

Ripple Music’s flagship vinyl series rolls on – I can’t believe that we’re at instalment 9 already. Is it going

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Review: The Awesome Machine ‘…It’s Ugly Or Nothing – Beneath The Desert Floor: Chapter 1’

4th January 20244th January 2024 Liam Blanc Ripple Music, The Awesome Machine

I love the idea behind Beneath The Desert Floor, Ripple Music’s new series of vinyl releases, to: ‘uncover lost treasures

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Review: Sonny Vincent ‘Primitive 1969-1976’

7th December 20237th December 2023 Reza Mills Proto-Metal, Punk, Ripple Music, Sonny Vincent

Born in 1952 in New York, Sonny Vincent has an extensive music career which stretches right back to the late

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Review: Fire Down Below ‘Low Desert Surf Club’

20th November 202323rd February 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Desert Rock, Fire Down Below, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock

Start tossing some tomatoes at me. I was an idiot for not opening Low Desert Surf Club earlier. I tore

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Review: Ritual King ‘The Infinite Mirror’

14th November 202314th November 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Ritual King

Right after grunge broke, a slew of bands started topics and debates of experimental indifferences. This resulted in doorway after

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Review: Hermano ‘…Only A Suggestion’ [Reissue]

10th November 20234th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Hermano, Ripple Music

Whilst the scene rightly still mourns for the loss of the legendary Kyuss, the fallout of that breakup has given

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Premiere: Dead Feathers ‘Full Circle’ – New Album Releases Tomorrow via Ripple Music

21st September 202321st September 2023 Lee Edwards Dead Feathers, Heavy Rock, Psych, Ripple Music

Chicago’s Dead Feathers immediately struck a chord with their take on ‘60s trippy psych rock that once emanated from the

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Review: Yawning Man ‘Pot Head’ EP [Reissue]

20th September 202323rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man

Some bands are just destined to pass into mythical status. Many column inches, words and video reels have been committed

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Review: Dead Feathers ‘Full Circle’

18th September 202318th September 2023 El Jefe Dead Feathers, Heavy Rock, Psych, Ripple Music

So, let’s not fuck around with this and just dive straight in. Quintet Dead Feathers, hailing from Chicago, are peddling

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Premiere: KIND ‘Close Encounters’ – New Album Releases This Friday, 11th July, via Ripple Music

9th August 20239th August 2023 Lee Edwards Grunge, Heavy Rock, KIND, Ripple Music

Boston, MA based heavy rockers KIND are gearing up to release their new album Close Encounters, their third long-player (hence

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Review: Moon Coven ‘Sun King’

8th August 20238th August 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Moon Coven, Ripple Music

Another month and another release from the seemingly bottomless well of talent unearthed by Ripple Music as next up is

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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

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