Long-lost Tennessee hard rockers Roxy Blue have re-emerged into the rock ‘n’ roll spotlight with their first new material in 27 years, in the shape of their self-titled second album, due to be released via Frontiers on 9 August.
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If the band name and album title didn’t give it away, let us clue you in – this album is about riffs, riffs, riffs. The latest newcomers to a burgeoning brand of 70s worship under the ‘stoner rock’ banner, Salem’s Bend have the prerequisite Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and – to a lesser extent – Monster Magnet influences in check to produce the kind of music designed to scratch a very specific itch. You can practically see the poorly obscured Sabbath record stashed away in this band’s collection, the vinyl worn thin from constant play. And that’s by no means a bad thing.
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A limited amount of day tickets from this year’s Bloodstock festival will go on sale this Thursday.
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One of the true characters of the Northern Ireland glunk scene, Paul Rowan, has died, following a short battle with cancer.
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Even by stoner metal standards, the latest album by Morass Of Molasses is a laidback affair. Sure, over the course of the 39 minutes that make up ‘The Ties That Bind,’ there’s plenty of hard riffage and fuzzed up anthems to enjoy. But there’s also a surprisingly large amount of tripped out, melodic sprawls. Fortunately, Morass Of Molasses are capable enough to manage both the brutal and the pleasant equally well.
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