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The Period Piece…
Man, there's a million ways to say it- but bottom line, I'm so freaking disappointed.
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
For Whom The Bells Droll…
Erik Skodvin has been responsible for releasing and creating some of the best ambient, noize, atmospheric music that Norway has seen for the past...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
APE CLUB…
Naming a song after my current favorite alcoholic beverage is a good start.
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
Smelting the ore, keeping the core…
It is always a challenge to review music that you feel like you might have outgrown. My interest in metal started out in high...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Songs to Bury in a Dark Cellar…
Sometimes you sit in a bar, a song by Papa Roach or 3 Doors Down comes on the radio, you automatically begin to puke...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Moon Relay…
I am rarely (read: never) this excited about a new band from Oslo. Moon Relay feature veteran guitarist Daniel Meyer Grønvold (Jessica Sligter, Now...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Occulthura…
Unfortunately Bad Sounds can’t give the Dridmachine label a good review every time....
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 14)
Torkelsen…
Some kind of cratedigging electro wizkid from the small town of Fredrikstad. Huh; who knew? Torkelsen is Kristian Torkelsen (Munn Til Munn Metoden) here...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 13)
Kråkesølv…
This band does really remind me of listening to a Jade Tree sampler ca. the year 2000. Musically like a less interesting Lukestar or...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 12)
Light on opiates, heavy on the sugar…
In the wake of a surprising breakthrough of a Norwegian band, you are bound to see a handful of copycat bands following in their...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 12)
El Doom & The Born Electric…
Partitioned from some of Oslo's oldest (whoops), I mean mature, cowboy-boot clad rockers, comes yet another re-fetishization of jazz and Seventies hard rock. Sometimes...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 11)
Santa Sangre…
Norway, nation famed for Black Metal and mountains, has struggled greatly in the past to produce decent psychedelic bands. Some bands have tweaked the...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 11)
No business like Alpine business…
Yr Royal Jetlag Gospel, the debut album from Alpine Those Myriads, is one of the true gems in my record collection. When it was...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 10)
BLACK HOLES AND BLACK STARS…
Being well trained at watching live formations of Okkultokrati over the years, their shows have varied between the truly mesmerizing to the slightly repetitive....
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 10)
Dorks Rule…
I remember seeing Pilemil many, many years ago. In Drammen of all places. A bit shambly, endearing for maybe a second, but easily write-offable....
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 10)
Oslo Noise-duo…
Beginning with a bass-drum-duo aplomb almost identical to Lightning Bolt's immortalized intro on Ride the Skies, our first encounter with Burning Motherfuckers' debut EP is a strange...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 10)