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The Brought Low – Third Record (Small Stone)
6 March 2010There are a lot of retro-minded guitar bands who plunder the pre-punk 70s for nuggets of gold, but few quite as deft and inspired as the BROUGHT LOW are on Third Record.
All Time High – Friends in High Places (Small Stone)
22 January 2010Not as pop-minded as NIRVANA, as psychedelic as SCREAMING TREES or as weird as SOUNDGARDEN, ATH nonetheless bears echoes of all three.
Priestess – Prior To the Fire (Tee Pee)
19 January 2010On Prior To the Fire, the follow-up to its debut album Hello Master, Priestess worships the almighty riff.
Love – Love Lost (Sundazed)
5 December 2009It may not be Forever Changes, but it’s still great rock & roll.
Firebird – Grand Union (Rise Above/Metal Blade)
29 November 2009Bluesy classic rock, no muss, no fuss and straight from the 70s.
Subarachnoid Space – Eight Bells (Crucial Blast)
22 September 2009Another day, another band that sets the controls for the heart of the sun.
The Datsuns with Future of the Left and Turbo Fruits - TT The Bears (Cambridge, MA) - Friday, July 17, 2009
24 July 2009Australian and Welsh guitar power collide and create energy.
Devin Townsend Project – Ki (InsideOut/SPV)
29 May 2009Now that DEVIN TOWNSEND has laid his many projects to rest, he can worry less about which tune fits which sobriquet and just thrown everything he likes onto one album.
Quest For Fire – s/t (Tee Pee)
25 May 2009The quartet sounds little like either of its forebears, instead traversing the mysterious terrain between late 60s psychedelia and early 70s hard rock.
Pontiak – Maker (Thrill Jockey)
11 April 2009Virginia’s PONTIAK could slot comfortably on the shelf next to envelope-pushing stoner rock bands.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)