Rocket Probes – November 2019 playlist

Gum Takes Tooth – No Air, No Walls (Broken English Club Remix)
(Great post punk rework by Oliver Ho)
Gum Takes Tooth

Shit & Shine – No No No No / Doing Drugs, Selling Drugs 
(Yes Yes Yes Yes)
No No No No
Doing Drugs, Selling Drugs 

Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox
(Immerse)
Jon Hassell

Thomas Mera Gartz – Morgonens Sång, Del. 1 & 2
(Our friend from Centrum introduced us to another Swedish psych classic) 
Thomas Mera Gartz

Midori Takada - Crossing
(Lock in)
Midori Takada

Psychic Lemon – Freak Mammal
(Some good guitar abuse)
Psychic Lemon

Ekoplekz – Do the Meinhof
(Moody groove from Brizzle)
Ekoplekz

Camberwell Now – Green Lantern
(Great avant pop from Charles Hayward)
Camberwell Now 

Vox Low - It's Rejuvenation
(Krauty postpunk dance moves)
Vox Low 

Faust – C Plus
(Jazz modes)
Faust

BNNT – Middle West
(New BNNT album of repetitious experiments on the always reliable Instant Classic)
BNNT

10,000 Russos – Kompromat
(Some nice repetitive psychouts)
10,000 Russos

Gong - Love is how Y make it
(Repetitive prog-pop)
Gong

Booze – Prayer for Rabbit
(Psyched electro sounds)
Booze

Brian Eno - Third Uncle
(Massive killer Post Punk monster from ENO)
Brian Eno

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Banking, The Old American Art / Hell Hath No Fury
(Two full mission music tracks from Red Dead Redemption 2, long drawn out psych which last even longer if you play the game)
Banking, The Old American Art
Hell Hath No Fury

Acid Arab – Électrique Yarghol
(Banger)
Acid Arab

Kevin Ayers – Decadence
(Velvety)
Kevin Ayers

Prana Crafter & Tarotplane – Symbiose
(Exploratory psych...one for Achim Reichal fans)
Prana Crafter & Tarotplane

Sordid Sound System – Pneumonia Gulch
(Tribal repetitions and tripped out sonics)
Sordid Sound System

Schizofrenia - Taste of Blues
(Late 60s psych from Sweden, not all great but has its moments)
Schizofrenia

WaqWaq Kingdom – Circle of life
(North African electronic grooves from Japan)
WaqWaq Kingdom

Syd Barret – Golden Hair
(Haunting vocals from Syd)
Syd Barret

Mica Levi – MONOS Soundtrack
(Another great soundtrack from Mica Levi for one of the films of the year)
Mica Levi

David Earle Johnson – Time is Free
(Proggy drums n' synths)
David Earle Johnson

Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance
(Bit of a slayer vibe to the guitar sounds which is no bad thing!)
Tomb Mold

Model/Actriz - Matador
(Repetitive post punk noise...thanks Zoo for the tip)
Model/Actriz

Jack Bruce - To Isengard
(Members of Nucleus feature of this Jack Bruce epic track that starts of a little Bowie & moves into full on jazz freak rock)
Jack Bruce

UKAEA – Dead Paths
(New disorientating sounds)
UKAEA

Gunslingers  - Live Lighter Slinger Festival
(Yes Dave,..face is melted, thanks!)
Gunslingers


Listen to our updated monthly Rocket Probes Spotify Playlist here:




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Three LPs in Buzzsaw Albums Of The Year

Great to see:

Julie's Haircut – In the Silence Electric
The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong
Gnoomes – MU!

In Buzzsaw Records Top 20 Albums Of The Year.

Find out more here: Buzzsaw Records

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Collective Zine reviews PETBRICK - I

They say:

A strange and savage pairing here, which pits Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura, Mixhell) against Wayne Adams (Big Lad, Death Pedals). While the pair might seem like an odd match on paper the results are mind-flayingly cogent, combining huge, subhuman beats with white-hot blasts of electronic mayhem. Heavy metal, industrial, noise, techno and Warp-damaged electronica are all thrown into the mix, along with vocal contributions from the likes of Dylan Walker (Full Of Hell), Laima Leyton (Mixhell) and Dwid (Integ, obviously, but perhaps more tellingly in this instance Psywarfare). While the ensuing chaos could easily have sounded haphazard there's a strong and convincing throughline to be found, the record hanging together brilliantly whether the duo are peeling skin from your face, smothering you with fizzling ambience or goading you to dance until you sweat your last drop of miserable life blissfully away....

See the full piece here: Collective Zine

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Two Rocket albums in Piccadilly Records Albums Of The Year

Massive thanks to Piccadilly Records for including:

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Sacred Dreams
The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong

...in their prestigious Albums Of The Year list.

See the full rundown here: Piccadilly Records

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Bristol and London The Utopia Strong shows have sold out

Bristol and London The Utopia Strong shows have sold out and the other dates on the tour are running low apparently, so be quick if you wanna come and see the three-piece in their full live experience:

12 Dec / Hare & Hounds (v2) / Birmingham
13 Dec / The Cube / Bristol SOLD OUT
17 Dec / The Cluny / Newcastle
18 Dec / The Crescent / York
19 Dec / Deaf Institute / Manchester
20 Dec / Cafe Oto / London SOLD OUT
21 Dec / Ramsgate Music Hall / Ramsgate
03 Jan / Whelan’s / Dublin
04 Jan / Ulster Sports Club / Belfast

You can still pick-up one of the last couple of copies of their S/T debut album on LP/CD in holographic mirror board from here: Bandcamp

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Members of Teeth of the Sea to play ay special The Quietus fundraiser event

The Quietus say:

2019 has been another hectic and strange year for The Quietus, with our ability to celebrate new music hampered by ongoing struggles with social media eating all the ad revenue. Many of you have donated to keep us going, and for that we thank you. We're also now announcing our Christmas party fundraising do, which takes place on 4th December (yes that's next week) at The Social in London. We've put together a ridiculous one-off supergroup for the event called... drum roll... Sly and The 77 Snapped HARRGA Teeth Of The UKAEA!

Featuring...

Paddy Austin (Snapped Ankles)
Dali de St Paul (HARRGA)
Matt Cargill (Sly And The Family Drone)
Mike Bourne (Teeth Of The Sea)
Sam Barton (Teeth Of The Sea)
James Allsopp (Nostalgia 77)
Dan Jones (UKAEA)

Find out more about the night here: The Quietus

Buy a ticket from here: Dice

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Mamuthones December UK tour

This great Italian four piece are returning to the UK this weekend for some rare shows. 

It's Mamuthones first visit to these shores since they played a stunning set at Rocket 20 in 2018. We were also lucky enough to see them play an amazing set at this years Gnoomes Fest in Russia, and we can safely say they are a band not to be missed – as in true Rocket fashion, they sound like no one else!

The dates are:

06 Dec / Manchester / Big Hands
07 Dec / Chelmsford / Hot Box Live
08 Dec / London / Shacklewell Arms (Free show)

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Listen to the second of three The Utopia Strong Spotify playlists

Listen to the second of three The Utopia Strong Spotify playlists:

The three members of The Utopia Strong are each creating a special Spotify playlist of music they would like to share with you.

The second one to listen to is the playlist curated by Kavus Torabi which you can listen to now via Spotify 

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NARC reviews Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs live at Brave Exhibitions

They say:

...Tonight however was always going to belong to Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and this is a suitably assured and confident homecoming in front of a sold out Cluny crowd: they may be an unlikely success story, but their amalgamation of doom metal bona fides with a rare melodic sensibility (plus some outstanding showmanship from frontman Matthew Baty) could be a world conquering combination....

Read the rest here: NARC

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Three Rocket releases in Resident albums of the Year

Massive thanks to the great Resident in Brighton for including three Rocket releases in their End Of Year round-up:

The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong
Julie's Haircut – In The Silence Electric
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Sacred Dreams

See the full rundown here: Resident Records