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Pentagram Announce 50th Anniversary Shows
I’m not going to attempt to invalidate anyone’s feelings about Pentagram or their founding frontman Bobby Liebling. Not gonna do it. Although it seemed to be the reports of his having punched his...
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Dirty Streets Sign to Blue Élan Records; Announce New LP Who’s Gonna Love You
New song new song new song. Memphis blues rockers Dirty Streets got a new label — hi there, Blue Élan Records — a tour coming up, and a new record on the way. All of that’s great, but today they’ve...
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: JP of Bog Body
The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short...
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Into the Valley of Death Premiere “100 Feet Tall” Video
Los Angeles-based solo outfit Into the Valley of Death self-released its debut EP, Space Age, last Fall, and the five-songer has been newly picked up for release through Atlanta’s Doomsayer Records....
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Album Review: Naxatras, IV
At some point, there must have been a conversation. I don’t know Thessaloniki, Greece’s Naxatras personally — though they’ve always been very polite in my dealings with them, which counts for a lot in...
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Basson Laubscher & the Violent Free Peace Post “Shoot Me Down” Video
Based in Cape Town, South Africa, blues rockers Basson Laubscher & the Violent Free Peace have set a goal of going to Europe in 2022, and they seem largely unconcerned about where they play once...
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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 83
This isn’t the first time I’ve done this — an all-request show — but I’m especially happy to have put word out for people to pick tunes in this instance, because look at that middle block of songs!...
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All Them Witches Post “Slow City” from Baker’s Dozen Monthly Singles Project
It’s the last Friday of the month, and in 2022 that means new All Them Witches. Following up on March’s “Silver to Rust” (posted here), February’s “Fall Into Place” (posted here) and January’s...
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Godzilla in the Kitchen Sign to Argonauta Records
Yes, it was the name that got my attention, but it was the song that held it. Based in Leipzig, Germany, the instrumentalist trio Godzilla in the Kitchen — which I feel like I can relate to on a number...
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Friday Full-Length: Andromeda Space Ritual, All Shades of Perception
Though admittedly the paradigm has shifted somewhat in the era of social media word-of-mouth, manipulable algorithms and so on, Polish heavy, like that of Greece, Ukraine and to a lesser extent...
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