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September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 638
Orb, Migration [Single] (2015) I loved seeing King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on a recent trip to Australia and a big part of the treat of that was seeing another Victorian band, Orb – not The Orb – and nor do they sound at all like that other (great) band, The Orb. Instead this […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Unida and Beastwars (May 4, Wgtn)
Unida and Beastwars Bodega Saturday, May 4 The band Kyuss has offered the world many splinter-groups and the popularisation of the genre stoner-rock, its many offshoots coming to embody this bluesy-metal derrived slow-churning grind perfect for slow-motion head-banging. Kyuss lead singer John Garcia left that group to form Slo Burn and then Unida. The constant […]Archive
April 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Beastwars: Blood Becomes Fire
Beastwars Blood Becomes Fire Destroy Records The fearsome sound of the mighty Beastwars was built from all the right parts of stoner rock and sludge metal and through word-of-mouth, great shows and that silly-but-perfect tagline: Obey The Riff they had a following. The old fashioned way, essentially. Hard fought, deserved. Good on them. The self-titled […]Archive
March 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman