The Master Musicians of Bukkake are a sort of supergroup of various underground Pacific northwest  bands so hip my trousers are not fashionable enough to allow me to mention them. Oh, alright, there are probably members of Sun City Girls, Earth and Burning Witch involved, amongst others,...

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Italian trio Guano Padano, Alessandro Stafana on guitar, Danilo Gallo on bass and Zeno de Rossi on drums, released their “Guano Padano” debut album in 2009. It featured a shimmering display of Ennio Morricone infused soundtracks to exotic landscapes and sultry, mysterious characters. That album...

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Metallica – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 20:45 – 22:45 A huge roar erupts from the crowd as the video screens kick into life and the first few notes of Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Ecstasy of Gold’ ring out, signalling the imminent arrival of...

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When I heard that Red Sparowes members Emma Ruth Rundle, Greg Burns, and Dave Clifford were releasing a new album under the name Marriages, I was pretty stoked. I kind of warmed up to the whole post-rock thing late, so I missed ISIS, and I’m still...

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John Toolan was very impressed with “Oro: Opus Primum”, by Italian psychedelic doom/postcore outfit Ufomammut. Reason enough to have a friendly chat with all three members, namely Urlo, Poia and Vira. They all answered John’s questions on the latest album, Supernatural Cat, working with Neurot...

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Ronin, essentially the brainchild of Bruno Dorella, formed in 1999 with the idea of fusing Balkan and Mediterranean folk, whilst at the same time being infused with the essence of Ennio Morricone soundtrack composition and guitar isolationism. Since then their music has been used to...

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Well-known as Porcupine Tree’s mastermind, one half of Blackfield, Opeth producer, King Crimson and Jethro Tull remixer, Steven Wilson has become one of the central figures of today’s progressive rock. His second solo album “Grace For Drowning”, announced as his “biggest project to date” with...

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