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April 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

MIEN: MIEN

MIEN MIEN Rocket Recordings/Southbound MIEN is a modern psych-rock supergroup and the band’s debut, self-titled album lives up to and surpasses any hype. The members are Alex Maas (The Black Angels), Tom Furse (The Horrors), John-Mark Lapham (The Earlies) and Rishi Dhir (Elephant Stone) and through traces of those bands we arrive at a new […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alex Maas, Elephant Stone, John-Mark Lapham, Mien, MIEN: MIEN, Psych, Rishi Dhir, Self-Titled, Supergroup, The Black Angels, The Earlies, The Horrors, Tom Furse, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Brownout: Brown Sabbath

Brownout Brownout presents Brown Sabbath Ubiquity Records/Essex Music International The strange world of the sincere – but playful – pastiche, the cover-album dressed up in novelty, the transporting of one musical world to a whole new genre or feel, it’ll always hook in the fans. But can it keep them? Here we have Brownout performing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alex Maas, Brown Sabbath, Brownout, Brownout presents Brown Sabbath, Covers, Novelty, Parody, Pastiche, The Black Angels, Tribute ·

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June 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Black Angels (June 19; Wgtn)

The Black Angels Bodega Wednesday, June 19 The way The Black Angels stand on stage and the songs just continue to tumble, no real duds, no dry spots, just a series of mini-revelations, well, it’s a bit like seeing The Brian Jonestown Massacre when on form, but with The Angels you get the feeling – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bodega, Duane Eddy, Garage Rock, Gig Review, Indigo Meadow, Live, Psychedelic, surf-rock, The Black Angels ·

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June 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Black Angels: Indigo Meadow

The Black Angels Indigo Meadow Blue Horizon Ventures It’s album number four for the Texan psychedelic-rock/indie outfit, reduced now to a quartet with frontman Alex Maas handling the bass duties (or doubling on organ) and it’s a strong build from 2008’s Directions To See A Ghost and particularly 2010’s Phosphene Dream. In fact I’d almost […]
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