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Review: The River ‘Harrows On The Down’ EP

13th May 202413th May 2024 Reza Mills Acoustic, The River, Underlin Music

Harrows On The Down is not the first time The River have ventured down an acoustic path, as the Violet

Review: Beware Wolves ‘Volume 2’

22nd January 202422nd January 2024 Reza Mills Acoustic, Aqualamb Records, Beware Wolves, Country

Hailing from the amazing city of Austin, Texas (I’ve been there, it really is that great) comes the mysterious singer-songwriter

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Review: Wooden Tape ‘Music From Another Place’

26th July 202326th July 2023 Reza Mills Acoustic, Ambient, Folk, God Unknown Records, Wooden Tape

Merseyside based Tim Maycox (aka Wooden Tape) as well as being both a writer and musician is also a high

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Review: Dee Calhoun ‘Old Scratch Comes To Appalachia’

12th July 202312th July 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Acoustic, Americana, Argonauta Records, Dee Calhoun

There’s no doubt about Screaming Mad Dee Calhoun having creativity, and that he has what it takes mentally to produce

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Review: Shallow Black ‘MALADROIT [MATTER]’

2nd December 20226th January 2023 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Independent, Industrial, Shallow Black

Never one to sit still, and fresh off the back of THE SECOND MANUSCRIPt, Shallow Black are back before you

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Review: Michael Rudolph Cummings ‘You Know How I Get’

21st October 202217th December 2022 Josh Schneider Acoustic, Blood And Strings, Michael Rudolph Cummings, Ripple Music

I didn’t know what to expect seeing Boozewa live earlier this year when they supported Amigo The Devil. I hadn’t

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Review: Aerial Ruin ‘Loss Seeking Flame’

4th April 202226th May 2022 Martin Williams Acoustic, Aerial Ruin, Erik Moggridge, Independent

While I wouldn’t consider myself any sort of aficionado, I like acoustic music, mellow, introspective, or ‘doom folk’ as it’s

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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Orpheus Looking Back’ EP

25th March 20224th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

It seems strange, in this digital era, to continue to think of music as albums, EPs, and singles. Even when

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Review: 40 Watt Sun ‘Perfect Light’

19th January 20222nd March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden 40 Watt Sun, Acoustic, Cappio Records, Doom, Svart Records

Sometimes the process of writing about music is as complex and difficult to pin down as the idea of writing

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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

I often like to start these reviews with a little preamble, something to set the scene for what is coming.

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Review: Melvins ‘Five Legged Dog’

11th October 202112th November 2021 Martin Williams Acoustic, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins

Chances are if you’re reading this review on The Sleeping Shaman, Melvins need no introduction. I could make a pretty