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Tag: rock music

02/03/2019 nausika

Growers of Mushroom: a long underrated album claims its place among the champignons

Leaf Hound, Growers of Mushroom, Italy, Akarma Records, vinyl AK256 (reissued 2003) If not for an unstable line-up with band

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01/03/2019 nausika

Pluto (self-titled): hard rock pop album in search of an identity

Pluto, self-titled, United Kingdom, See For Miles, CD SEE 265 (reissued 1989) Formed in North London in 1970, Pluto was

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24/02/2019 nausika

Zarathustra (self-titled): short-lived German ’70s rock band delivers a staid and stodgy effort

Zarathustra, self-titled, Germany, Second Battle, CD SB029 (remastered, reissued 1995) Originally released in 1972, this debut album is the only

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05/10/2018 nausika

Queen II: a rich and powerful album of duelling polarities

Queen, Queen II, UK, EMI Records / US, Elektra Records (1974) Ahead of the worldwide release of the Freddie Mercury

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09/06/2018 Ed Pinsent

Dark Matters (1 of 2)

Intense ritualistic cold gloom from Common Eider, King Eider on their album Shrines for the Unwanted, Respite for the Cast

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04/04/2018 Ed Pinsent

Zodiac Killers

Ufomammut are an Italian rock band who’ve been at it since 1999 – ashamed to say they haven’t shown up

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19/10/2017 Steve Pescott

Round Outsides, High Middle

Scarcity of Tanks Ringleader Lies U.S.A. TOTAL LIFE SOCIETY TLS 007 CD (2016) A little off course I know but

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18/06/2017 Ed Pinsent

Grenadine Blood

The CD Stars Vomit Coffee Shop (OSR TAPES OSR72) by Frank Kogan is a 2016 reissue of a compilation that

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08/06/2017 nausika

David Bowie (self-titled, 1967): 50 years ago today, a star man came out to play

David Bowie, self-titled, Deram Records (1967) June 1st, 1967, was a significant day in the history of British rock and

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06/04/2017 Steve Pescott

Machine Heads

Dip Apple Made In Japan APARTMENT RECORDS aparec029 / END OF HUM-15 / SYNESTHETIC RECORDINGS SYRE 024 CD (2016) Neatly

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