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Yawning Balch
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Premiere: Yawning Balch ‘Volume Three’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 21st February

20th February 202521st February 2025 Lee Edwards Bob Balch, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mario Lalli, Psych, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

Get ready to sink into the hypnotic grooves of Volume Three, the latest sonic journey from Yawning Balch, a collaboration

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Review: Yawning Balch ‘Volume Three’

17th February 202520th February 2025 Rob Walsh Bob Balch, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mario Lalli, Psych, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

This January, Southern California – the region that both I and many stoner and desert rock artists call home –

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Mark Hunt Bryden - 2023
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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: Yawning Balch ‘Volume Two’

6th November 202317th February 2025 Martin Williams Bob Balch, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Stoner Rock, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

Here, we have Volume Two of Yawning Balch, the heralded collaboration between Fu Manchu’s lead guitarist Bob Balch and desert

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Review: Yawning Man ‘Pot Head’ EP [Reissue]

20th September 202323rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man

Some bands are just destined to pass into mythical status. Many column inches, words and video reels have been committed

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Brant Bjork Trio / Yawning Balch @ Knitting Factory, North Hollywood, 8th September 2023
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Brant Bjork Trio / Yawning Balch @ Knitting Factory, North Hollywood, 8th September 2023

18th September 202323rd February 2024 Rob Walsh Bob Balch, Brant Bjork, Desert Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Knitting Factory, North Hollywood, Psych, Stoner Rock, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

Originally established in New York in 1987, the Knitting Factory is something of a venue franchise here in the States.

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Review: Yawning Balch ‘Volume One’

14th July 202323rd February 2024 Martin Williams Bob Balch, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Stoner Rock, Yawning Balch, Yawning Man

Bob Balch, the lead guitarist in stoner/desert rock originators Fu Manchu is a busy man. Outside of his duties as

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Review: Yawning Man ‘Long Walk Of The Navajo’

15th June 202323rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Instrumental, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man

Yawning Man has the distinction of being one of the coolest acts around to those in the know. Many bands

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Yawning Man 'Rock Formations'
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Review: Yawning Man ‘Rock Formations’

30th July 202123rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man

Fun fact; As a vinyl collector of some thirty years (since I was 11 before you age shame me), when

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Yawning Sons
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Yawning Sons: Interview With Bassist Nick Hannon

8th July 202113th August 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Yawning Man, Yawning Sons

In March of this year Yawning Sons, the collaboration between British Instrumental band Sons Of Alpha Centauri and Californian desert

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Yawning Sons 'Sky Island'
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Review: Yawning Sons ‘Sky Island’

23rd March 202123rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Sky Island, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man, Yawning Sons

My personal history with Yawning Sons and The Sleeping Shaman has been documented elsewhere, but for the uninitiated, exceptionally talented

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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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Get ready to be consumed by the slow-burning inferno of Spine Of Dusk from Pittsburgh’s three-piece instrumental titans, The Long

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

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

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