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Taxi Driver Records

Sonic Wolves ‘He Said’
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Sonic Wolves ‘He Said’ 7″/DD 2016

13th May 201611th September 2019 Jon Weatherill 2016, 7", Digital, Doom, He Said, Jon Weatherill, Psych, Review, Sonic Wolves, Taxi Driver Records

The sun-drenched vineyards and sleepy villages of Northern Italy’s Piedmont region are hardly renowned for producing quality heavy music, but

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EREMITE To Release New Album All Things Merge Into One Via Taxi Driver Records; Video Now Streaming

17th September 2014 Lee Edwards All Things Merge Into One, Awareness, Eremite, Fabio Cuomo, New Album Details, New Video, News, Taxi Driver Records

EREMITE began at the end of 2012 as the creation of Fabio Cuomo. His need for a compositional independence brought

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Mope: Dave Bowes Interviews The Italian Doom Jazz Protagonists

16th June 201411th September 2019 Dave Bowes Dave Bowes, Fabio Cuomo, Interview, Jessica Rassi, Mope, Sara Twinn, Stefano Parodi, Taxi Driver Records

Doom and jazz have never seemed like the most obvious of bedfellows, but are they really that different? They’re arguably

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Mope – S/T – CD/DD 2014

25th March 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Guido Segers, Heavy, Jazz, Mope, Review, Self Titled, Taxi Driver Records

The band Mope is from the right country for the romantic concept they strive for with the jazz infused sound

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MOPE To Release Debut Via Taxi Driver Records; Video For The Track ‘Old Grey Street’ Available To Stream

10th February 2014 Lee Edwards Mope, New Album Details, New Video, News, Old Grey Street, Taxi Driver Records

MOPE is an instrumental doom metal band formed in Genova (Italy) in 2011 by Fabio Cuomo (Drums // Eremite), Stefano

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GANDHI’S GUNN Announce New Album ‘The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound’

21st March 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Gandhi's Gunn, New Album Details, News, Taxi Driver Records, The Longer The Beard The Harder The Sound, Under Siege

GANDHI’S GUNN finally reveal the new album’s title “The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound” that will be released

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Gandhi’s Gunn new live video & ‘Thirtyeahs’ cassette release

27th August 2011 Lee Edwards Cassette, Gandhi's Gunn, News, Overhanging Rock, Taxi Driver Records, Video

Here is the new Gandhi’s Gunn live videoclip of ‘Overhanging Rock’ recorded in multi-angle with professional audio. This clip was

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Gandhi’s Gunn ‘Thirtyeahs’ CD 2010

2nd February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Fuzz, Gandhi's Gunn, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Taxi Driver Records, Thirtyeahs

Ok, so Gandhi, as far as I’m aware, was a pacifist so his need for a gun(n) would be minimal…or

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

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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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 – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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