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Backwoods Payback ‘Momantha’ CD 2011

22nd July 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Backwoods Payback, CD, Heavy Rock, Momantha, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Backwoods Payback! The name conjures images of some kind of Deliverance style, hillbilly redneck revenge killing…all plaid shirts, mountains of

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Lo-Pan ‘Salvador’ CD 2011

12th July 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Ollie Stygall, Review, Salvador, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Adapt or die that is very much the key to the continued existence of any musical subset and that is

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Boss 302 ‘Time To Motor’ CD 2010

23rd March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Boss 302, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Southern Rock, Time To Motor, Toil Records

Sometimes music does exactly what it says on the tin / CD / MySpace Blog: Boss 302, – you know

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Burger World – ST – CDEP 2011

19th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Burger World, CDEP, Fuzz, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock

There is a certain charm about truly underground music; Nothing captures the feel of rock and roll quite like watching

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The Might Could – S/T – CD 2011

13th March 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Alabama Thunderpussy, CD, Erik Larson, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, The Might Could

So, you’re in a pretty successful, kick ass band, you’ve released a bunch of awesome albums, toured the world then

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Roadsaw – ST – CD 2011

9th March 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Roadsaw, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

If there is such a thing as a bar in the smokey world of stoner rock then Roadsaw have grabbed

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Suplecs ‘Mad Oak Redoux’ CD 2011

18th February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Mad Oak Redoux, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, Stoner Doom, Suplecs

It seems you can’t keep a good band down. 15 years into their career Suplecs have spent 5 years fighting

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Sons Of Tonatiuh – ST – CD/LP 2010

28th January 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Doom, Heavy, Hydro-Phonic Records, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Southern Rock

Coming from the depths of Atlanta Georgia, a place known for it’s more multicultural take on Southern style it is

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Astrovan ‘You Said It Man’ CD 2010

1st October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Astrovan, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock, You Said It Man

For a start Astrovan have a big beardy tattooed singer called Deezer and a guitarist called Big Zeke. That alone

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Righteous Fool – S/T – 7″ 2010

20th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 7", COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Heavy Rock, Mike Dean, Ollie Stygall, Reed Mullin, Review, Righteous Fool, Southern Lord, Southern Rock

So we wait for years for any C.O.C related activity (barring Pepper Keenan’s continuing infatuation with Down) and like the

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Album & EP Reviews K 

King Giant ‘Southern Darkness’ CD 2010

14th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Heavy Rock, King Giant, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Southern Darkness, Southern Rock

King Giant are a new one on me and their claim to play “southern doom” is a bold one so

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