FESTIVAL NEWS: Damnation Adds More Names
With prog metal maestros Opeth already heading the bill for this year’s Damnation Festival, things have just gotten even heavier with the release of four more names to the line-up.
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ALBUM NEWS: New compilation to highlight Rory Gallagher’s love of the blues
In what would have been the 50th year of Rory Gallagher’s recording career, UMC will release a new compilation, entitled ‘Blues’, on 31 May.
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FESTIVAL NEWS: Monster Magnet to ride the groove at Ramblin’ Man
Retro-rock visionaries Monster Magnet have been confirmed to headline the Grooverider Stage at this year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair.
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ALBUM NEWS: Thee Oh Sees to let loose ‘Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion’ again
San Francisco psyched-out garage punks Thee Oh Sees are to re-issue their 2008 soundtrack album ‘Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion’ on 7 June via Castle Face Records. The release will be preceded by a string of half a dozen appearances in the UK and Ireland, including a slot at the Bearded Theory Spring Gathering.
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Raketkanon – ‘RKTKN#3’ (Alcopop!)
If a song has a vocalist but no lyrics, is it an instrumental? This is the question you may ask upon hearing ‘RKTKN#3,’ the latest album from Belgian weirdos Raketkanon. Singer Pieter-Paul Devos performs every track in a made-up language, any real words that find their way into the mix are purely by accident. His voice accompanies a barrage of bizarre noise-rock comprising crushing synths, off-kilter guitar riffs and FX-heavy passages. They’re the spiritual successors to bands like The Melvins or Gang Of Four and this is probably the weirdest album you’ll hear in 2019.
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