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Elephant Stone – ‘Hollow’ (Fuzz Club Records)

A sitarist came up with a psych-pop concept album might sound like the intro to a music-based joke, but this is no laughing matter as Rishi Dhir and friends imagined a post-apocalyptic place, following mankind’s destruction of the world, and created this masterpiece of psychedelia. Six albums in and this is definitely a contender for their strongest release to date, with the concept being hit home in a rather glorious manner. We join the evacuees as they depart Earth in search of their new home…

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Lebrock/The Super Late Night/Aeronexus – Manchester, Satan’s Hollow – 8 February 2020

Lebrock are one of the ÜK’s more well-known synthwave band’s right now, recreating the sound of the ’80s that accented most of the popular films of that era. It’s not just the sound that they’re reproducing but a lot of the aesthetic of the time also, often sporting varsity jackets with neon colours and the like.

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Sabaton/Apocalyptica/Amaranthe – London, SSE Arena – 8 February 2020

For some unknown reason, we allowed Jonny B out of the relative safety of the north of England to head all the way down to the capital to head to this little place called the Wembley Arena to catch what is possibly one of the biggest bands in power metal at the moment. Naturally, like many of the fans, he made a brief visit to the Imperial War Museum in the afternoon in the lead up to this gig to really get in that historical mindset for a night of historical themed metal from the mighty Sabaton!

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The Wildhearts/Backyard Babies/CKY – Glasgow, QMU – 30 January 2020

When this co-headlining billing was first announced, the Über Kingdom of Rock ‘n’ Roll nearly sank into the amount of saliva generated, with major flood warnings sounded in the cities which this titanic tour would be visiting. It certainly was a dream ticket, and it was no wonder they were flying out the doors of the various venues within days of the shows being put on sale…

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