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Great Electric Quest Sign with Totem Cat Records; Premiere Thin Lizzy Cover;...
Great Electric Quest are not a band who do things small. Some bands, they nibble. These dudes are more about chomp. When they hit the road, they hit it. When they take the stage, they bring a flag to...
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Earthless, Black Heaven: Gifts of the Wind
There will be those who decry the stylistic changes that San Diego — and really, the West Coast as a whole — heavy psych forerunners Earthless make on their fourth album, Black Heaven, which, with its...
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Earthless Post “Volt Rush” Video
Just how West Coast is it? Well, it’s West Coast enough to feature a professional skateboarder jumping over garbage cans dressed as a pizza-themed superhero, if that answers your question. Which it...
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Earthless Announce More US Touring for May/June
Earthless — who are currently embroiled in a European run alongside Comet Control that should be called the ‘Fucking A, This Pairing is Awesome and Everyone Should Go See It’ Tour and will land the...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Volcano, 10,000 Screaming Souls
I bought this track this morning. According to Bandcamp, the time had come to open my heart/wallet, so for a buck, I figured it was easily worth it. This is Volcano‘s late-2017 debut single, and as...
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Earthless Announce Even More Touring in Support of Black Heaven
Having just wrapped one European tour alongside Comet Control by playing as artists-in-residence at this year’s Roadburn festival — three sets of their own and guest spots with other bands — Earthless...
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Great Electric Quest Set July 6 Release for Chapter II; New Song Streaming
In discussion for over a year and preceded by the band’s first full US tour and their signing to Totem Cat Records, Great Electric Quest‘s Chapter II will be released on July 6. To herald its arrival,...
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Great Electric Quest, Chapter II: Of Earth: Molten Rock
Should you happen to be the banner-raising type, you’ll want to get your hoisting arm ready for Great Electric Quest‘s second album. Dubbed Chapter II: Of Earth and released as their first offering in...
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Worshipper and Old Man Wizard West Coast Tour Starts July 19
In just over a week’s time, Boston heavy rockers Worshipper will head west to join San Diego progressive weirdos Old Man Wizard on a tour of the West Coast. The stint begins July 19 and goes till Aug....
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Gorm Premiere New Single “Beyond Black Rainbow”
The in medias res Blackmore gallop and blend of steady organ lines and vocal harmonies on Gorm‘s debut single, Beyond Black Rainbow, mark the band as immediately progressive. And impressively, there’s...
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Hey, It’s Been a Couple Weeks, so Here’s Another Earthless Tour
It’s been, you know, a little bit since the last time Earthless announced a tour in support of this year’s most righteous Black Heaven (review here), so yeah, they’re due. The West Coast kingpin...
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Old Man Wizard Post “The Blind Prince” Video; On Tour Now
The story goes like this: Four years ago, San Diego weirdo-fantasy-proggers put out a video from their first album, Unfavorable (review here), for the track “The Bearded Fool.” Their second album, the...
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Earthless Post Full Set Live Video from Belgium
A full set, professionally filmed, of Earthless playing live in Belgium earlier this year on their European tour supporting their Nuclear Blast debut, Black Heaven (review here)? It seems to me that...
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Earthless to Release From the West Live Album
Presenting the biggest no-brainer of your day. On Sept. 28, Silver Current Records will issue the vinyl edition of a new live album from Earthless titled From the West. Nuclear Blast will follow-up...
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Great Electric Quest Announce “Red White ‘n’ Brew” Tour
Next month, San Diego NWOBHM-infused heavy rockers Great Alcoholic Electric Quest will make appearances in Indianapolis at Doomed and Stoned Fest and in Arlington, TX, at the Obelisk-presented Heavy...
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Earthless Announce Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates
Well, it looks like after a busy 2018, Earthless will keep their momentum rolling into the New Year by heading to Australia and New Zealand for what if I’m not mistaken will be the tail end of summer....
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Quarterly Review: Earthless, Satan’s Satyrs, Mantar, Child, T.G. Olson,...
There isn’t enough coffee in the universe, but I’ve got mine and I’m ready to burn the living crap out of my tongue if that’s what it takes to get through. We’ve arrived at Day 4 of the Quarterly...
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Volcano Premiere “Naked Prey” Video; The Island Due Feb. 15
The first real inkling of what Volcano are all about came last year when the San Diego unit released a single track on their Bandcamp page. Already an album was said to be in the works, and soon after...
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Red Wizard Premiere Videos for “Ogami” and “Crossroad to Hell”
San Diego heavy rockers Red Wizard went relatively quiet after aligning with Ripple Music and STB Records for the bicoastal CD and LP release of their debut album, Cosmosis (review here), and the...
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Nebula Drag Post “We All Want to Know” Video; New Album Ready for Release
I don’t know anything about anything — pretty much ever — but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that part of the delay in Nebula Drag releasing their next album despite it being done and all...
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