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Episode 34 – No More False Transparency: The Works of Anacrusis
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25 Jun 2019
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Episode 6: Band in the Trees — Among the Ruins of Die Kreuzen
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29 May 2018
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Episode 25 – Pytten’s Chamber Music: Black Metal in Grieghallen
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12 Feb 2019
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Episode 39 – In The Woods… Family Tree
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Episode 38 – Fathom by Fathom by Fathom: Kayo Dot’s Blasphemy
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Episode 26 – It’s Weird Being a Bob: NoMeansNo FTW
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26 Feb 2019
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Episode 13 – Make No Mistake: The Rick Rubin A/B
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4 Sep 2018
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Episode 32 – In the Morphine Fields: The Works of Thought Industry
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28 May 2019
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Episode 24 – This is the Ritual of Divination: Nasty Savage ’87/’88
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29 Jan 2019
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Episode 36 – Melvins is Cult, Part 1: Hostile Ambient Takeover
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23 Jul 2019
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Episode 5.5: Calling Dr. Morpheus – The Kiss/Nuclear Death Convergence
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Episode 29 – Walking Shadows: Mekong Delta 1987-1994
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9 Apr 2019
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Episode 44 – 44th & Magical: Xysma 1989 – 1998
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12 Nov 2019
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Episode 31 – An Abrupt Egress from the ’60s: Van Der Graaf Generator
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Crawling out of Manchester to work strange machinations on the English psych-pop era of the late 1960s, Peter Hammill an... Read more
14 May 2019
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Episode 23 – What the Hell is Art Rock?
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Episode 14 – Northwest of Babylon: Candlemass 1998-1999
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18 Sep 2018
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Episode 37 – Listen With the Lights Off: Devil Doll 1989-1996
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Episode 5: Ten Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations
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Episode 7 – Wishful Dreaming: A Study of My Dying Bride’s Urban Detour
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