These hot Septembers are just ripe for psychedelic festivals. Cool nights and bright and close afternoons match droning wig-outs and folk-inflected dalliances perfectly. Checking into Hatters Hostel and the Victorian brilliance of the lavishly tiled foyer, reminded me once again how this unique city…
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The build up to this year’s Liverpool Psych Fest has just increased in temperature with the final swathe of head-spinning artists announced for the bill…. ALLAH-LAS, THE BESNARD LAKES, CHRISTIAN BLAND & THE REVELATORS and GRUMBLING FUR will join GOAT to headline the 2014…
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Caveman Battle Doomers CONAN will be hitting the fragile streets of the UK for a 10 date tour which kicks off at Stuck On A Name Studios in Nottingham tomorrow night, before stretching the length and breadth of the country. Support on all dates will…
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It’s been a long time coming for Kingston-based black metal/doom band Bast, but this year finally marks the arrival of their long overdue debut album ‘Spectres‘. Originally formed as a two-piece back in 2008, Bast have been a sporadic but always welcome presence in…
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The UK’s blackened doomers BAST prepare to unleash their debut album ‘Spectres’ which is a co-release between Burning World Records and Black Bow Records, the new label founded by Jon Davis of Conan and more recently the man behind SkyHammer Studio. ‘Spectres’, which was…
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The UK’s blackened doomers BAST prepare to unleash their debut album ‘Spectres’ which is a co-release between Burning World Records and Black Bow Records, the new label founded by Jon Davis of Conan and more recently the man behind SkyHammer Studio. ‘Spectres’, which was…
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