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Review: Temple Fang ‘Lifted From The Wind’

27th May 202527th May 2025 Rob Walsh Prog, Psych, Stickman Records, Temple Fang

From the opening bit of The River from Dutch psych outfit Temple Fang, I knew things had gotten very interesting.

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Review: Neptunian Maximalism ‘Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu’

16th May 202516th May 2025 Rob Walsh Drone, I Voidhanger Records, Jazz, Neptunian Maximalism, Psych

Two things immediately struck me when I came across the Belgian collective Neptunian Maximalism’s 2021 record Solar Drone Ceremony. The

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Review: Mamuthones ‘From Word To Flesh’

1st May 20251st May 2025 Rob Walsh Mamuthones, Neo Folk, Psych, Rocket Recordings

I’ve always found the genre term ‘neo folk’ a bit confusing. ‘Neo’ implies new, recent or revived, and as far

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Review: Granicus ‘Granicus’ [Reissue]

10th April 202510th April 2025 Rob Walsh Granicus, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

YouTube might not be the site it was twenty years ago, but if there is one silver lining aspect, it

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Review: Dead Meadow ‘Voyager To Voyager’

25th March 202525th March 2025 Rob Walsh Dead Meadow, Heavy Psych Sounds

Back in June of 2022 I went to the 1720 Club in East Los Angeles to review Heavy Psych Sounds

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Review: Yawning Balch ‘Volume Three’

17th February 202520th February 2025 Rob Walsh Bob Balch, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mario Lalli, Psych, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

This January, Southern California – the region that both I and many stoner and desert rock artists call home –

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Top Ten Of 2024: Rob Walsh

20th December 202420th December 2024 Rob Walsh Abrams, Blood Incantation, delving, Dirtwire, Fu Manchu, Glass Beams, Hijss, Massive Hassle, Melvins, Sonolith, Top Ten 2024

Speaking only for myself, 2024 was a noticeable improvement over its predecessor. I got into better shape, got a lot

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Review: Gotho ‘Gothron Versus Fartark’

4th December 20244th December 2024 Rob Walsh Gotho, Supernatural Cat

Admit, you chuckled like the silly inner juvenile that you are at the name ‘Fartark’. The aforementioned name belongs to

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Review: Tidal Shock ‘Riffs Of Ha’

28th November 202428th November 2024 Rob Walsh Independent, Instrumental, Stoner, Tidal Shock

Based on the Greek island of Crete before relocating to Luxembourg during the pandemic, Tidal Shock are a rip-roaring instrumental

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Review: Yaryu ‘For Damage’

27th November 202427th November 2024 Rob Walsh Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Jazz, Kraut, Ramble Records, Yaryu

The Land of the Rising Sun has no shortage of great jazz-related acts. Some of the best jazz I’ve heard

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All Them Witches & Emily Wolfe @ The Glass House, Pomona, 13th October 2024
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All Them Witches & Emily Wolfe @ The Glass House, Pomona, 13th October 2024

1st November 20241st November 2024 Rob Walsh All Them Witches, Emily Wolfe, Pomona, The Glass House

Tonight’s excursion takes us roughly an hour east of Los Angeles to the agricultural town of Pomona. It’s a fairly

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