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Spider Kitten

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Americana, APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Noise-Rock, Spider Kitten

‘Mental illness? Check. Addiction? Check. Despair? Oh yeah, it’s there. They don’t sing about hope. They sing about what happens

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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘The Spoiler’ – ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’ Releases 27th June

30th April 202530th April 2025 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Noise-Rock, Sludge, Spider Kitten

Emerging from the depths of sonic despair, Spider Kitten return with The Spoiler, a short, bludgeoning burst of doomy, sludge

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Top Ten Of 2023: Mark Hunt-Bryden

18th December 202322nd December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Storm, Dozer, Fires In The Distance, Godflesh, Herod, Mutoid Man, Spider Kitten, The Devil’s Trade, The Ocean, Top Ten 2023, Yawning Man

I usually start this feature with some preamble to contextualise my path against the backdrop of the past year, like

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘A Pound For The Peacebringer’

15th August 202315th August 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Country, Doom, Sludge, Spider Kitten

If anyone out there is a regular reader of my ‘waffle’ (thanks as ever Shaman Lee!) over the years, you’ll

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘A Pound For The Peacebringer’ – New Album Drops 1st September

13th July 202313th July 2023 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Psych, Sludge, Spider Kitten

The eclectic Spider Kitten, who are long-standing fan favourites on these hallowed pages, recently signed to Salford’s very own APF

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Top Ten Of 2021: Mark Hunt-Bryden

13th December 20218th February 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Deafheaven, Indica Blues, Kal-El, King Buffalo, King Woman, Lost Dog Street Band, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Spider Kitten, The Hyena Kill, Top Ten 2021, Yawning Sons

Last year I was extolling the amount of new music that had burst forth during this time of global uncertainty,

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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘The Art Of Sleeping’ – New Album ‘Major Label Debut’ Is Out Now

19th November 202124th December 2021 Lee Edwards Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

Just one week after the release of the new independent Spider Kitten album, the eight-track Major Label Debut, which Mark

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Chi Lameo / Spider Kitten
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Spider Kitten: Interview With Guitarist & Vocalist Chi Lameo

9th November 202124th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Chi Lameo, Grunge, Sludge, Spider Kitten

With the release of the long-awaited new Spider Kitten album, Major Label Debut nearly upon us, I caught up with

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Spider Kitten ‘Major Label Debut’
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Review: Spider Kitten ‘Major Label Debut’

8th November 202115th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

Chi Lameo and the sonically ever shifting sludge, stoner, doom band Spider Kitten of Chris West and Jesus (Steve) Jones

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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘A Problematic Favourite’ – New Album ‘Major Label Debut’ Drops 12th November

13th October 202125th November 2021 Lee Edwards Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

With a discography spanning near on 20 years, Spider Kitten, the Welsh chameleons of doom, stoner, sludge and grunge, return

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘Acidgoatweedwitchbongspacewizardwhore’

27th April 202022nd May 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Acidgoatweedwitchbongspacewizardwhore, Punk, Self Released, Sludge, Spider Kitten

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of enigmatic Welsh musical anomaly Spider Kitten. I’ve reviewed them several

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday

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Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July
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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

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

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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May
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