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Keiji Haino & SUMAC 'Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never'
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Review: Keiji Haino & SUMAC ‘Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never’

17th October 202217th December 2022 James Bullock Experimental, Keiji Haino, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

Like all good ideas, it’s surprising that the combination of free music monolith Kenji Haino and experimental heavyweights SUMAC hadn’t

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Brian Cook / Russian Circles - Photo by Lee Edwards
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In Search Of Tone: Brian Cook Of Russian Circles & SUMAC

8th October 202111th November 2021 Josh Schneider Brian Cook, In Search Of Tone, Post-Metal, Russian Circles, Sargent House, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

I first heard of Russian Circles a few years back and although I wasn’t a fan of instrumental music, they

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Bummer ‘Dead Horse’
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Review: Bummer ‘Dead Horse’

21st September 202128th October 2021 Jamie Grimes Bummer, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Thrill Jockey Records

Even if you don’t take the time to check out a note of the music on Bummer‘s gloriously ugly new

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The Body & Big | Brave ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
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Review: The Body And BIG|BRAVE ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’

20th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Beamish Americana, BIG|BRAVE, Folk, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

BIG|BRAVE is a band I’m relatively new to the table on. This last year they arrived on my radar, mostly

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Rose City Band 'Earth Trip'
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Review: Rose City Band ‘Earth Trip’

14th June 202121st July 2021 Dani Bandolier Americana, Country, Rose City Band, Thrill Jockey Records

Mates, Ima give it ya straight. My first love of doom and stoner rock wares fails to hold me in

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In Search Of Tone: Aaron Turner Of SUMAC, Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer & ISIS

29th March 20216th May 2021 Josh Schneider In Search Of Tone, Mamiffer, Old Man Gloom, Profound Lore Records, Sige Records, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

Aaron Turner is responsible for a FEW of my favorite bands. SUMAC, Old Man Gloom, ISIS and Mamiffer are amazing

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Manslaughter 777 'World Vision Perfect Harmony'
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Review: Manslaughter 777 ‘World Vision Perfect Harmony’

15th March 202118th April 2021 Jamie Grimes Dub, Manslaughter 777, Thrill Jockey Records, Trip-Hop, World Vision Perfect Harmony

Hearing that two drummers from two heavy bands have teamed up to make a record – in this case the

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The Body 'I've Seen All I Need To See'
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Review: The Body ‘I’ve Seen All I Need To See’

28th January 20211st March 2021 Reza Mills I've Seen All I Need To See, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Providence, Rhode Island is to 2nd generation noise-rock what Seattle is to grunge and features the likes of Hella, Lightning

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Helen Money ‘Atomic’
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Review: Helen Money ‘Atomic’

30th March 20201st May 2020 Dave Bowes Experimental, Helen Money, Instrumental, Thrill Jockey Records

The use of classical instrumentation within metal is no longer what it used to be. Once, it was either the

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Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’
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Review: Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’

23rd March 20201st May 2020 Chris Wood Eye Flys, Noise-Rock, Thrill Jockey Records, Tub Of Lard

Feedback, when a guitar and amplifier are feeding each other so as to create noise spontaneously is a weird beast.

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Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘We Love To Look At The Carnage’
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Review: Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘We Love To Look At The Carnage’

10th March 20209th April 2020 Jeremy Moore Experimental, Pastoral Doom, Thrill Jockey Records, We Love To Look At The Carnage, Wrekmeister Harmonies

For some, great music is just a series of notes and beats, anonymously filling the background as an alternative to

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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