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Earthless Announce East Coast Dates with The Shrine; Jam with Heavy Blanket...
Well, my summer is pretty much fucking made. When I first saw the tour dates last night for Earthless‘ upcoming East Coast stopover with Tee Pee Records labelmates The Shrine, I was all bummed out...
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Old Man Wizard West Coast Tour Begins Next Week
Call them the highwaymen. Inventive, progressive Southern California trio Old Man Wizard have announced a two-week West Coast run in support of their impressive late-2013 debut LP, Unfavorable (review...
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Joy Premiere “Miles Away” from Under the Spell of…
The gnarly flows like wine all through Joy‘s Tee Pee Records debut, Under the Spell Of…, and the trio rip into an assortment of classic heavy rock jams comprised of tripped out explorations,...
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Heavy Glow Headlining Tour Starts Sept. 18
I have no argument with Heavy Glow. Dudes clearly have their shit together, believe in what they’re doing and are working hard to get their music in as many ears as possible. Their 2014 album, Pearls...
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Heavy Glow on Tour Now
San Diego three-piece Heavy Glow have been on tour for the better part of a week now, supporting their new album, Pearls and Swine and Everything Fine. That is, of course, unless you count their...
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Chiefs to Release Tomorrow’s Over in February
Tomorrow may be over, as the title of Chiefs‘ forthcoming debut full-length posits, but rest assured, yesterday yet arrived. When will then be now? Soon. The Southern California/formerly Phoenix,...
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Colour Haze and Radio Moscow Kickoff Up in Smoke V Tour on Feb. 27
Colour Haze and Radio Moscow on the bill. Given enough time, I’m quite sure I could come up 100,000 things I’d want to see less than that. Start with “anything” and work your way back from there. It...
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Leather Nun America Release New Album Buddha Knievel on March 9
While I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to see an owl on the cover of a heavy album and not think of Rush‘s Fly by Night immediately, I’m also not sure that’s not the intent of San Diego three-piece...
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Desert Suns to Release Self-Titled Vinyl on HeviSike Records
San Diego four-piece Desert Suns recently inked a deal for a new release through Ripple Music, but before they get there, they’ll oversee a vinyl issue of their self-titled debut. Originally put out...
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Joy and Death Alley Announce Sept. European Tour
West Coast psychedelic exports JOY and Amsterdam proto-punk riffers Death Alley will pair up for a run through Europe in September. Labelmates on Tee Pee, Death Alley will be supporting their 2015...
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Harsh Toke and Sunder Announce European Tour Dates
Rules. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been quietly hoping for news of Harsh Toke putting together a follow-up to their 2013 Tee Pee Records debut Light up and Live, but if that’s not forthcoming, word that...
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Night of the Shred Set for Oct. 31; The Shrine, Windhand, Bang!, Elder,...
Day of the Shred is dead. Long live Night of the Shred. Well, I don’t know about “dead,” but at very least not happening this year. Thief Presents, the promoter for the Night/Day fest who also put on...
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Radio Moscow to Record New Double-Live Album Next Month in L.A.
There are few spectacles I’ve witnessed in rock and roll capable of producing as much raw joy as watching Radio Moscow live. That sounds like hyperbole, but I mean it. Given the opportunity last year...
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Desert Suns Self-Titled to be Reissued in Jan.
San Diego four-piece Desert Suns made a considerable impression this year (also last year) with their self-titled debut, which was out on limited vinyl through HeviSike Records. The band, now teamed...
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Radio Moscow, Kings Destroy and Holy Serpent Announce Aus/NZ Tour Dates
I’ve been invited on this tour. The way I look at it, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Australia being about as far away from where I live as you can get and still be on the same planet, it’s always...
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Radio Moscow Announce South American Tour
You know what sucks about Radio Moscow going back to South America for a third time on a tour presented by Abraxas Events? Nah, I’m pulling your leg. Nothing sucks about it. The news is all good these...
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Earthless Post New Track “End to End” from Scion AV EP
There’s like this little switch in my brain that goes off when new Earthless comes around. It’s like the...
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Joy to Release Ride Along April 29
San Diego heavy psych rockers Joy made their debut on Tee Pee Records in 2014 with Under the Spell of… (review here), a bristling collection of private-press-style jams that seemed to epitomize the...
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Tomorrow’s Dream: 135+ of 2016’s Most Anticipated Releases
If 135-plus releases sounds like a lot, you’re right, it is. I must be out of my god damn mind. To put it to scale though, last year, I did a feature every couple of months called the Quarterly Review...
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Red Wizard to Release Cosmosis April 8; “Tides of War” Streaming Now
STB Records has had this one listed for a minute or so, but it’s good to get some confirmation from the PR wire for the release of San Diego heavy rockers Red Wizard‘s debut album, Cosmosis. It’ll be...
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