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Ape Machine ‘Live At Freak Valley’ LP/DVD/DD 2015
15th June 2015 at 6:48 pm

I’m a big fan of the Ripple Music family. They have been quietly (or loudly depending on your take on it) assembling a catalogue of artists who all share a love of retro sounding, ass kicking, bootie shaking rock and roll. Of course there…
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APE MACHINE Prepare For A Fall US Tour Starting 16th October
2nd October 2014 at 8:38 pm

Portland, Oregon stoner-rockers APE MACHINE have announced fall US tour dates in support of their latest record, the Ripple Music released Mangled By The Machine, which Ollie praised about in his review stating “From the start though it is apparent that you are listening…
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APE MACHINE Announce Summer US Tour With WITCH BURN & WILD THRONE
13th June 2014 at 11:55 am

Portland, Oregon stoner-rockers APE MACHINE have announced summer US tour dates with fellow PDX-dwellers WITCH BURN and WILD THRONE, in support of their latest record, Mangled By The Machine (review here) which is out now via Ripple Music, the dates are as follows: 6/27…
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Ollie Stygall Reflects On The Year That Was 2013
20th December 2013 at 12:26 pm

2013 has certainly been a bit of a blur. It doesn’t seem like any time at all since I was compiling my list of albums for 2012 and my lines get a little blurry as to what album was released when if truth be…
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APE MACHINE Gearing Up For US West Coast Tour Dates
3rd October 2013 at 10:26 am

Portland, Oregon’s APE MACHINE is sowing their seeds by continuing an onslaught of regional touring of the urban wastelands of the U.S. West Coast! The quartet that admittedly is “out to melt faces and pound the apathy out of otherwise jaded listeners” is eager…
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Soggy Bog 131 – New Tracks From Autopsy, Seamout, Goatess, Cauchemar, Shroud Eater + Much More!
27th June 2013 at 10:55 am

The latest Soggy Bog Podcast, episode 131, is now available and this week features new tracks from Autopsy, Seamout, Goatess, Cauchemar, Shroud Eater and Scorpion Child plus the usual mix of older and newer tracks from Hour Of 13, Age Of Taurus, Castle, Miss Lava,…
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Ape Machine ‘Mangled By The Machine’ CD/LP/DD 2013
18th June 2013 at 9:11 am

“There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” Sorry for hitting you with some Shakespeare in a rock review but this quote from King Duncan in Macbeth pretty well sums up the Ape Machine experience. On the face of it…
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APE MACHINE Gearing Up For European Tour; New Album Now Available Via Ripple Music
24th May 2013 at 10:08 am

Portland, Oregon heavy rockers APE MACHINE are set to kick a 13-date trek across Europe next week in support of their newest release, Mangled by the Machine. The tour, which begins on Friday, May 31st in Münster and includes an appearance at the Freak…
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