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Craang to Release To the Estimated Size of the Universe on Vinyl
Thick groove, big riffs, full sound and long-form songs — there’s a lot to like about Craang‘s 2014 outing, To the Estimated Size the Universe, four cohesive, righteously jammed slabs of heavy...
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Libido Fuzz Post New Video for “Redemption of the Bison”
Sometimes a laid-back fuzz jam feels just right, and that’s where Libido Fuzz‘s “Redemption of the Bison” finds me this afternoon. The Bordeaux trio are on the road now having just played the Blizzard...
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Craang, To the Estimated Size of the Universe: Looking Outward
Greek heavy psych trio Craang seem to tip their hat to improvisation early into their four-track debut full-length, To the Estimated Size of the Universe (to be released on vinyl early next year by...
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Quarterly Review: Bubonic Bear, The F.T.W., Seremonia, JPT Scare Band, Libido...
Here we are, the final day of The Obelisk’s Quarterly Review. I won’t lie and say it’s been easy this whole time, but the challenge has been worth it. Will I do another one? I guess that depends on...
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Stonebirds Premiere “Burned Flesh” from Into the Fog… and the Filthy Air
Emanating sonic largesse from their home in the west of France, three-piece outfit Stonebirds will make their full-length debut on Pink Tank Records in July with Into the Fog… and the Filthy Air, a...
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Moewn Stream Debut Album Acqua Alta Ahead of Vinyl Release
Hamburg-based trio Moewn got their start about two years ago and have signed with Pink Tank Records to release their debut album, Acqua Alta, on vinyl. The LP is set to land on Oct. 29, but I guess...
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Quarterly Review: Horisont, Blackwolfgoat & Larman Clamor, Matushka, Tuna de...
Cruising right along with the Fall 2015 Quarterly Review. I hope you’ve been digging it so far. There’s still much more to come, and I’ve spaced things out so that it’s not like all the really killer...
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Weedpecker, II: Reality Fading
Heavy psychedelic rockers Weedpecker hit their stride with their second offering, II. The seven-track/42-minute release is out on vinyl through Pink Tank Records and independently-pressed CD (DL...
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Quarterly Review: Saviours, Dave Heumann, The Dead Nobodies, Old Man Lizard,...
This, I suppose, is where things get interesting. As I normally would’ve been putting these reviews together, my laptop decided it had apparently had too much of riffs and decided to unceremoniously...
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Laserdrift Release Self-Titled Debut April 29
Clearly, Tampere, Finland-based heavy rockers Laserdrift wanted the circumstances to be just right before they did an official launch for their self-titled debut album. Probably in much the same way...
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Kaleidobolt, The Zenith Cracks: The Spoils (Plus Track Premiere)
Helsinki trio Kaleidobolt will release their second album, The Zenith Cracks, on July 1 via Pink Tank Records, and as any follow-up worthy of the name should, it builds off its predecessor in...
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Kaleidobolt Post “Steal My Thunder” Video
Tempo-blasting Finnish boogie rockers Kaleidobolt will release their second album, The Zenith Cracks (review here), July 1 via Pink Tank Records. Now veterans of Desertfest Berlin, the...
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Quarterly Review: Atomikylä, Sunnata, White Dynomite, Horehound, Sulfur...
This one’s for all the marbles. Or at very least tiddlywinks. The last day of The Obelisk’s Summer 2016 Quarterly Review begins. I’ll admit that when I was planning this out — started soon after the...
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Kaleidobolt Announce Tour Dates with Radio Moscow
Finnish heavy psych rockers Kaleidobolt have announced that they’ll tour early next month in Europe alongside Radio Moscow. Significant company to keep. Kaleidobolt go supporting their second album,...
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ZQKMGDZ to Release Orbit Dualkraut in Aug.
German outfit ZQKMGDZ have signed to Pink Tank Records and made their second album, Orbit Dualkraut, available now to preorder. The band lists their full-name as 10.000 km² Gegen Die Zeit, of which I’m...
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Burn Pilot to Release The Taurus Triangle Sept. 30
By the time German trio Burn Pilot — also stylized as Burnpilot — release their new album, The Taurus Triangle, on Sept. 30, they will no doubt be ready to embark on their latest European tour to...
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Burn Pilot, The Taurus Triangle: Levitate and Transform (Plus Track Premiere)
The Taurus Triangle doesn’t necessarily sound like a band’s seventh album. That is to say, after putting out seven records in the span of 11 years, one might expect that German trio Burn Pilot — or...
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Libido Fuzz, A Guide into Synesthesia: Sparks Ignite the Blues (Plus Track...
[Click play above to hear the premiere of ‘At the Beginning’ from Libido Fuzz’s A Guide into Synesthesia. Album is out next month on Pink Tank Records.] Bordeaux-based three-piece Libido Fuzz return...
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Quarterly Review: Enslaved, Hour of 13, Operators, MaidaVale, Audion, Bone...
I don’t know about you, but I could do this all day. Listening to records, writing reviews, getting things done that I’ve been trying to get done in some cases for actual months of my life — suffice...
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Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree, Medicine: Walking Trails
Primarily, Medicine feels like an exploration of depth. Not just in the sense of asking how low they can go in terms of tone, but what kind of distance can they set up between those lows and highs,...
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