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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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Russian Circles @ Desertfest New York 2024 – Photo by Tim Bugbee
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Desertfest New York 2024 – Saturday

29th October 202429th October 2024 Ben Brackin Acid King, Beinn, Desertfest, Eagle Twin, Gozu, Green Lung, Kadabra, New York, Russian Circles, Spaceslug, The Infinity Ring, Trace Amount

It’s now Saturday at Desertfest New York, Kadabra was the first band to play The Ruins, the outdoor stage and

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High On Fire @ Desertfest New York 2024 – Photo by Tim Bugbee
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Desertfest New York 2024 – Friday

28th October 202428th October 2024 Ben Brackin Amenra, Belzebong, Blackwater Holylight, Deathchant, Desertfest, Domkraft, Guhts, High On Fire, New York, Primitive Man, Spirit Mother

The time to fly into New York City for Desertfest from Asheville had finally arrived. After a relatively short flight,

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The Utopia Strong @ The Yard, Manchester, 6th September 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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The Utopia Strong & Konformer @ The Yard, Manchester, 6th September 2024

25th October 202425th October 2024 Matthew Williams Electronic, Konformer, Kraut, Manchester, Psych, Rocket Recordings, Sprechen, The Utopia Strong, The Yard

As I headed off to Manchester for my thirtieth gig of the year, never in my wildest dreams would I

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Emma Ruth Rundle at Bush Hall, London, 1st September 2024
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Emma Ruth Rundle & Jon Samuel Ardron @ Bush Hall, London, 1st September 2024

18th October 202418th October 2024 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Bush Hall, Emma Ruth Rundle, Jon Samuel Ardron, London

In all my years of attending live music, I have had the opportunity to catch probably 90% of my dream

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Melt-Banana @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Melt-Banana / Bleach Brain / The Sewer Cats @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024

16th October 202416th October 2024 Matthew Williams Bleach Brain, Electronic, Grind, Manchester, Melt-Banana, Moving North, Punk, Rebellion, The Sewer Cats

It was another visit to Rebellion in Manchester which is rapidly becoming like my second home, albeit an hour away

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The Body & Dis Fig @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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The Body & Dis Fig / She The Throne @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024

25th September 202425th September 2024 Matthew Williams Dis Fig, Electronic, Experimental, Grey Lantern, Salford, She The Throne, The Beauty Witch, The Body, The White Hotel

Another evening out and a chance to visit another new venue, to watch two bands that were relatively new to

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Blind Monarch @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 21st August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Blind Monarch / Cestode @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 21st August 2024

24th September 202424th September 2024 Matthew Williams Blind Monarch, Cestode, Funeral Doom, Manchester, Sleeping Eye, The Peer Hat

If you take a quick look at how Blind Monarch are described on their Spotify account, it says they ‘weave

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Torpor @ ArcTanGent 2024 - Photo by Joe Singh
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ArcTanGent Festival 2024 – Saturday

13th September 202413th September 2024 Tim C ArcTanGent Festival, Briqueville, KEN mode, Love Sex Machine, Mogwai, Pijn, Silver Moth, Slift, Torpor

Fernhill Farm is set in a landscape that has hosted assemblies for time immemorial. In nearby Cheddar Gorge archaeologists have

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Year Of No Light @ ArcTanGent 2024 - Photo by Carl Battams
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ArcTanGent Festival 2024 – Friday

13th September 202413th September 2024 Tim C ArcTanGent Festival, Blackshape, Blood Command, Fange, Frail Body, Glassing, Night Verses, Shy Low, Year Of No Light

Down the road from Fernhill Farm stands the village of Compton Martin, the birthplace of Wulfric of Haselbury. Wulfric was

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Amenra @ ArcTanGent 2024 - Photo by Joe Singh
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ArcTanGent Festival 2024 – Thursday

11th September 202411th September 2024 Tim C Amenra, ArcTanGent Festival, Baroness, Conan, Explosions In The Sky, Hundred Year Old Man, Julie Christmas, Pleiades, Red Fang, Wyatt E

The Mendip Hills, where Fernhill Farm is located, are ancient geological limestone formations. Created by sedimentation during the carboniferous period,

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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June
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