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Review: Nest Egg ‘Dislocation’

6th July 20206th July 2020 Rob Bryant Dislocation, Krautrock, Little Cloud Records, Nest Egg, Psych, The Acid Test Recordings

North Carolina trio Nest Egg are Harvey Leisure (guitar/vocals), Ross Gentry (bass/keyboards) and Thom Nguyen (drums). They’re in the business

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Review: Naujawanan Baidar ‘Volume 1&2’

23rd June 202023rd June 2020 Reza Mills Cardinal Fuzz Records, Experimental, Feeding Tube Records, Naujawanan Baidar, Psych

Naujawanan Baidar (Farsi for Enlightened Youth) is a project of N.R. Safi of psych outfit The Myrrors. The tracks were

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Review & Interview: No Gigs Does Not Have To Mean No Music

25th May 202023rd June 2020 Rob Bryant Desert Highways, No Gigs Does Not Have To Mean No Music, Various Artists

I’ve seen some dire predictions in my social media feed about the future of the arts in the post-pandemic world:

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Review: Night Goat ‘Burning Bridges To Light The Way’

28th April 202022nd May 2020 Rob Bryant Burning Bridges To Light The Way, Doom, Lint Music, Night Goat

‘Is Sad Reverb Doom a sub-genre?’ This is the kind of self-deprecation that grabs my attention, and it’s written all

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Review: Nous ‘Nous II’

11th December 201913th January 2020 Josuph Price Ambient, Experimental, Nous, Nous II, Our Silent Canvas

Going through a band’s history, describing their artistic goals, or picking apart the press release can usually do a lot

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Review: Nightstalker ‘Great Hallucinations’

21st October 201929th October 2019 Liam Blanc Great Hallucinations, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Nightstalker, Review, Stoner Rock

I’m not sure if it’s because I hadn’t been paying attention, but Heavy Psych Sounds seems to have suddenly gotten

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Necro Deathmort ‘The Capsule’ 2016

17th April 201716th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Dark, Electronic, Industrial, John Reppion, Necro Deathmort, Review, Rocket Recordings, The Capsule

Necro Deathmort said it themselves; they don’t give a single fuck. “We’ve stopped caring that each new release might alienate

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Nothing ‘Tired Of Tomorrow’ 2016

17th April 20173rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Grunge, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Nothing, Relapse Records, Review, Shoegaze, Tired Of Tomorrow

Philadelphia’s NOTHING are an intriguing prospect. Signed to Relapse who is usually associated with more abrasive types of music, this

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Nadja ‘Sv’ CD/DD 2016

24th April 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Aidan Baker, Ambient, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Essence Music, Guido Segers, Leah Buckareff, Nadja, Review, Sv

Reviewing a record by Nadja is not an easy task. If you just look at their back catalogue its frightening

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Night Viper – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

21st November 20154th November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Night Viper, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records, Thrash Metal

In my book, if you’re going to call your band something as naughty as Night Viper, then you’d better show

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Nomad / Wort – Split – CD/DD 2015

28th July 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Nomad, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Split, Wort

A split release from Manchester’s own Nomad and Huddersfield’s Wort out on Red Valley Records. Seven songs in praise of

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