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Kawabata Makoto

Mainliner 'Dual Myths'
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Review: Mainliner ‘Dual Myths’

8th March 20219th April 2021 Sandy Williamson Dual Myths, Kawabata Makoto, Mainliner, Psych, Riot Season

Now, if you read most of my reviews I generally spend time at the more brutal end of the spectrum.

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Kawabata Makoto @ Nice ‘N’ Sleazy, Glasgow 15/07/2014
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Kawabata Makoto / Golden Teacher / Squish Kabosh @ Nice ‘N’ Sleazy, Glasgow 15/07/2014

18th July 201413th September 2019 Dave Bowes Dave Bowes, Glasgow, Golden Teacher, Kawabata Makoto, Live Review, Nice & Sleazy, Squish Kabosh

Tuesday nights are rarely the most exciting of evenings, and usually the only highlight is finding something worthwhile on the

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Kawabata Makoto’s Mainliner UK & Ireland Tour Rolls Into Action Next Week

10th September 2013 Lee Edwards Kawabata Makoto, Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner, Koji Shimura, Mainliner, News, Revelation Space, Riot Season, Taigen Kawabe, UK & Ire Tour 2013

Reformed Japanese noise-rock legends Mainliner, (now dubbed Kawabata Makoto’s Mainliner) tour the UK & Ireland this month. Led by surviving

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno ‘Doobie Wonderland’ CD/DD 2013

4th September 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acid Mothers Temple, Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Doobie Wonderland, Improv, Kawabata Makoto, Kraut, Parallax Sounds, Psych, Review, Space Rock

Acid Mothers Temple and its many, many offshoots have being challenging underground psychedelia for some years now. Formed in 1995

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Kawabata Makoto’s Mainliner ‘Revelation Space’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

30th July 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Acid Rock, Cassette, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Improv, Kawabata Makoto, Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner, Kawabe Taigen, Koji Shimura, LP, Mainliner, Psych, Riot Season

To those who’d forgotten, Mainliner were one of the countless Acid Mothers Temple splinter groups who aimed to out-fuzz, out-rock

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. UK Tour

25th August 2011 Lee Edwards Acid Mothers Temple, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Kawabata Makoto, News, Riot Season, UK Tour, UK Tour 2011

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. have announced an extensive UK tour this November which with a little

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Pikacyu*Makoto ‘OM Sweet Home: We Are Shining Stars From Darkside’ CD 2011

5th August 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Acid Mothers Temple, Afrirampo, CD, Experimental, Kawabata Makoto, OM Sweet Home: We Are Shining Stars From Darkside, Pikacyhu, Pikacyu*Makoto, Psychedelic, Review, Riot Season, Tom McKibbin

We’re not sure where to begin with this one so let’s start from the outside and work our way in

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