Dethscalator ‘Racial Golf Course No Bitches’ LP/DD 2013
The recent furore at Muirfield Golf Club opened much debate over whether it was acceptable to have a ‘no women’ policy in the 21st century. Surely, this would be as good a time as any to weigh up what...
View ArticleReview: Clyde Von Klaus ‘Moonbeams’
I was immediately intrigued when presented with the opportunity to review one-man ‘band’ Clyde Von Klaus’s latest release Moonbeams. The music described in the press release hinted at garage, doom,...
View ArticleReview: Angered Wrecks ‘Bennies, Booze And R&R 1981’
Hailing from Fredericton, the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick we have the frankly terribly named Angered Wrecks who comprised of Mark Carmody – guitar, Danny Silk – bass, Rick...
View ArticleReview: Witches Broom ‘Witches Broom’
Having ‘witch’ in your band name (ala Witch, Witchfinder General, Witchcraft, etc) often tends to bring with it a certain presumption that the listener will be met by retro 70s hard-rock/doom and...
View ArticleReview: Kaleidobolt ‘This One Simple Trick’
It’s been cool to watch the expansion of stoner, doom, and heavy rock & roll over the course of the last twenty years. The genre has expanded and contracted, absorbing so many sounds and styles...
View ArticleReview: Gunslingers ‘Supreme Asphalt Doser’
Of the myriad of cool bands and labels I’ve been exposed to since joining The Sleeping Shaman, one that has stood out for me is UK label Cardinal Fuzz. First, what a cool name for a label, second, the...
View ArticleReview: Suckling ‘Suckling’
As someone who’s lived next door to Texas for most of his life, I can unequivocally say there’s not a whole lot my neighbors to the east offer or represent that I can get behind. However, a few things...
View ArticleReview: Black Magic Six ‘Black Cloud Descending’
Let’s pretend for a second that Dick Dale is on a soul-searching vision quest in the middle of Death Valley. He picks up a desert drifter and when he spins off into the horizon, he realizes it’s Tom...
View ArticleReview: Massive Hassle ‘Number One’
The opening bars of the opening track called Lane, are so soft and smooth, they are like a fine single malt being poured over a piece of freshly picked ice from the tip of an iceberg, lulling you into...
View ArticleReview: Choke City / Wenches – Split EP
Well, you know what they say, it’s always the cool kids that are late to the party, and by fuck, are we late. On July 31st of 2023, my favourite good-time hard-edge punk rock band Wenches released a...
View ArticleReview: Hazehound ‘Macrodose’
When was the last time you encountered something that made you seriously question your life choices? I had one listening to this record along the lines of: ‘At times the guitar is kind of trebly’....
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