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Radio Moscow Announce New Beginnings Due Sept. 9; Euro Tour Sept./Oct.
I’ll say this as clearly as I possibly can: If you’re not looking forward to the new Radio Moscow, you’re fucking up. The San Diego bringers-of-heavy-rock-tornadoes will release their fifth album, New...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Astra, The Weirding
Astra, The Weirding (2009) In hindsight, Astra were at least as much ahead of their time as they were behind it. I won’t speak for everyone, but I know that when in 2009 the San Diego heavy...
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Astra Set to Begin Work on Third Album
Wasn’t it just at the end of last week that I was wishing Astra would get together again and put out a third album? Why, yes. Yes it was. I’m not by any means about to take credit for the coming of...
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Birth Post Demo Track “Descending Us”
Timing is everything. Wasn’t it just the end of last week that I was calling humanity poorer for the apparent dissolution of San Diego progressive heavy psych rockers Astra? Yes, it was. And wasn’t it...
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Radio Moscow Stream New Beginnings Title-Track; Announce More US and UK Touring
Keep your eye on late September. I have the feeling there’s going to be a lot going on and not the least of it will be the release of Radio Moscow‘s first album for Century Media, the suitably-titled...
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The Obelisk Radio Adds: Boris, Sólstafir, Desert Suns & Chiefs, Elara, Fungus...
Some bigger releases going up to the playlist for The Obelisk Radio this time around, and that’s just fine by me. It’s five albums listed here, but there are a few others included as well that you can...
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Old Man Wizard Premiere “Innocent Hands” Video; New Single out Aug. 25
To be sure, the progressive metal stylings of Old Man Wizard make them an outlier among San Diego’s crowded heavy underground, which is overflowing with sunny Californian heavy psychedelia and even at...
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Earthless Sign to Nuclear Blast; October West Coast Tour Announced
This one comes right out of the day’s ‘Holy Shit!’ file. San Diego heavy psych forerunners Earthless have signed to Nuclear Blast for the early-2018 release of their fourth album, recorded by Dave...
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Astra Set to Begin Work on Third Album
Wasn’t it just at the end of last week that I was wishing Astra would get together again and put out a third album? Why, yes. Yes it was. I’m not by any means about to take credit for the coming of...
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Birth Post Demo Track “Descending Us”
Timing is everything. Wasn’t it just the end of last week that I was calling humanity poorer for the apparent dissolution of San Diego progressive heavy psych rockers Astra? Yes, it was. And wasn’t it...
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Radio Moscow Stream New Beginnings Title-Track; Announce More US and UK Touring
Keep your eye on late September. I have the feeling there’s going to be a lot going on and not the least of it will be the release of Radio Moscow‘s first album for Century Media, the suitably-titled...
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The Obelisk Radio Adds: Boris, Sólstafir, Desert Suns & Chiefs, Elara, Fungus...
Some bigger releases going up to the playlist for The Obelisk Radio this time around, and that’s just fine by me. It’s five albums listed here, but there are a few others included as well that you can...
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Old Man Wizard Premiere “Innocent Hands” Video; New Single out Aug. 25
To be sure, the progressive metal stylings of Old Man Wizard make them an outlier among San Diego’s crowded heavy underground, which is overflowing with sunny Californian heavy psychedelia and even at...
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Earthless Sign to Nuclear Blast; October West Coast Tour Announced
This one comes right out of the day’s ‘Holy Shit!’ file. San Diego heavy psych forerunners Earthless have signed to Nuclear Blast for the early-2018 release of their fourth album, recorded by Dave...
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Radio Moscow Post Video for “Pacing”; New Beginnings out Sept. 29
Frankly, if the aim is to promote a new Radio Moscow release — and it is; New Beginnings hits Sept. 29 as their first full-length for Century Media — I’d be hard pressed to think of a better way to do...
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Radio Moscow, New Beginnings: Burn the Ground, Torch the Cosmos
If you don’t already know Radio Moscow are one of the best and most vital bands currently boogieing their way around the planet, you’ve probably never seen them live. It’s cool — sometimes it’s hard...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Harsh Toke, Light up and Live
Harsh Toke, Light up and Live (2013) Two vinyl sides. 38 minutes. That’s it. Then you’re done. It seems so simple, and yet, in that time, San Diego’s Harsh Toke stand tall in representing damn near...
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Great Electric Quest Stream New Split with Lords of Beacon House; Announce...
On Halloween, San Diego’s Great Electric Quest will release a new split via Glory or Death Records with L.A. compatriots Lords of Beacon House. It’s been in the works for a while — you might recall...
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Six Dumb Questions with Great Electric Quest
With their 2016 debut full-length, Chapter I, San Diego-based four-piece Great Electric Quest set out to immediately distinguish themselves from their surroundings. While much of San Diego’s heavy...
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Earthless Announce US and European 2018 Touring
Pretty rad to find out that Earthless‘ recently announced position as artists-in-residence for Roadburn 2018 will come at the end of a full round of European touring alongside Comet Control — fingers...
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