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Desertfest Belgium 2019 Adds Pelican, Steak, Ungraven & Swan Valley Heights...

It’s stuff like Desertfest Belgium’s intimate Basement Sessions that goes so far to distinguish it from among the other Fall fests in Europe. Ungraven, the solo-project of Conan‘s Jon Davis has been...

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Quarterly Review: Pelican, Swan Valley Heights, Mark Deutrom, Greenbeard,...

More computer bullshit this morning. I lost about 45 minutes because my graphics driver and Windows 10 apparently hate each other and before I could disable the former, the machine decided the best it...

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Freak Valley 2020 Adds Witchcraft, Pelican, Camera, The Neptune Power...

Long-since sold out, Freak Valley 2020 has made its second lineup announcement, and I know it pretty well because I wrote it. I like putting these things together. I’ve done various other fest...

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Finding Comfort in Live Music When There Isn’t Any

Bands and festivals have begun to announce 2021 dates and all that, but let’s be realistic: it’s going to be years before live music is what it once was. Especially in the United States, which is the...

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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 41

I guess the last couple episodes I’ve been trying to mix up the approach a little, pull back from starting off with rock tracks, then getting heavy, then tripping out. It was feeling a little...

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Freak Valley 2022 Adds Red Fang, Black Mountain, Pelican, Elder, Green Lung,...

I’m not asking for much here, just let me go. I just want to go. It’s only a few days, and it’ll be June so whatever wave of whatever variant we’ll be in of this endless fucking pandemic shouldn’t be...

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Pelican to Reissue Australasia, The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw...

Holy trinity? Maybe it would be if the rest of Pelican‘s discography wasn’t also so good. Still, you won’t hear a bad word from me about Australasia (discussed here), and I still remember the first...

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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 86

Today’s episode of The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal is a tribute to and a look at the lineup for this year’s Freak Valley Festival, taking place next week in Siegen, Germany. Freak Valley has been...

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Notes From Freak Valley 2022 – Day 2

Freak Valley Festival 2022 – Day 2 Thu. – 12:47PM – In a tent A lot going on as the festival and its many volunteers — designated by crew shirts from various years — get ready for the first full day....

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Pelican to Reissue Australasia Aug. 19

For my money, which I just might spend on this reissue, Pelican‘s Australasia (discussed here) is one of the best heavy records of all time. If you narrow those parameters to instrumental releases, it...

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