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July 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

There’s Nothing Funny About Post-Rock And That’s Probably Why I Like It

I have no idea when I first heard about post-rock, or even heard it. But I feel like the band Tortoise was the obvious starting point for me. I’d always called them a jazz-rock band, but also knew that wasn’t quite right, so even if post-rock sounds a bit snooty, a bit academic, it was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Blog, Explosions In The Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Guitars, Instrumental, Into Orbit, Isis, Jakob, metal, Post-Rock, Rock, Russian Circles, Simon Reynolds, Sounds Good, Stoner-Rock, Substack, There’s Nothing Funny About Post-Rock And That’s Probably Why I Like It, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Tortoise, Tristeza, Yawning Man ·

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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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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2015, Australia, EP, Heavy Metal, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, LP, Migration, Migration 2, Mikey Young, ORB, Power Trio, Record, Single, Stoner-Rock, Sydney, The Orb, The Vinyl Countdown # 638, Victoria, Vinyl ·

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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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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Arthur Seay, Beastwars, Bodega, Gig Review, Heavy Metal, John Garcia, Kyuss, Kyuss Lives!, Live, Rock, Stoner-Rock, Unida ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Beastwars, Blood Becomes Fire, Faith No More, Melvins, Sludge Metal, Soundgarden, Stoner-Rock ·

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March 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1591

  Beastwars, Beastwars (2011) The LP was necessary – because everything about this band suggests time and care taken to develop the sound, image and feel. The artwork and the sound feels right for vinyl. And it is also about that idea of respect and reward – from the fans to the band (buying the […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2011, Beastwars, Blog On The Tracks, Damn The Sky, LP, metal, Stoner-Rock, Vinyl, Wellington ·

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