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September 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 19 – Album-Length ‘Songs’

It’s been a while – and since the big news for a lot of people this week was the announcement that Sleep will be playing NZ shows next year (for the first time ever) I thought, in honour of the album Dopesmoker we could look at four single-track albums; album-length songs. So here goes…
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 19, A Passion Play, Album-Length ‘Songs’, Albums, Black Unity, Brian Eno, Dopesmoker, Drive By, Five Song, Five Songs, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: 19, Five Songs For Friday: 19 – Album-Length ‘Songs’, Jethro Tull, Neroli, Pharoah Sanders, Reflection, Single Track Albums, Sleep, Songs, The Necks, Thick As A Brick ·

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September 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Sleep to Play First NZ Shows (Jan, 2018)

Pioneering stoner-doom group Sleep has announced their first ever shows on New Zealand soil. The trio emerged from Northern California in the early nineties, and quickly tucked two records under their belts. The group’s sophomore album, 1992’s Sleep’s Holy Mountain, has held its place as one of the most influential records in the canon of stoner metal. Due to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Auckland, Dopesmoker, Gig, Gig Announcement, Januray, LIFE IS NOISE, Live Gig, Post-Rock, Sleep, Sleep to Play First NZ Shows, Sleep's Holy Mountain, Stoner-Rock, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Sleep to Play First NZ Shows (Jan, Under The Radar, Wellington ·

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Dope Smoker: Marijuana

Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alice In Chains, Bandcamp, Black Sabbath, Bleach, Crack The Skye, Dope Smoker, Dopesmoker, Marijuana, Mastodon, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Post-Rock, Rock, Sabbath, Sleep, Sludge Metal, Smashing Pumpkins, Stoner, Stoner-Rock, Swervedriver, Wales, Welch ·

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