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Roadburn 2014: Mühr, Ortega, Death Alley and More Added to Lineup
What I like about these latest adds to the Roadburn 2014 lineup is that since the fest is long since sold out (though if I’m not mistaken there are still tickets for the Afterburner available), it’s...
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On Wax: Death Alley, Over Under b/w Dead Man’s Bones 7″
The label in the center of both sides of Death Alley‘s debut 7″, Over Under b/w Dead Man’s Bones, is grooved. It looks like if you were to put the needle there, past the songs themselves, something...
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Roadburn 2014, Pt. 3: Hard Rock Hideout at Cul de Sac
04.09.14 — 23:25 — Wednesday night — Hotel Mercure, Tilburg The Cul de Sac filled up nicely for the annual Roadburn pre-party, the Hard Rock Hideout — a sort of easing of the consciousness into the...
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DesertFest Belgium 2014: Colour Haze, 1000mods, Death Alley and More Added to...
You know, the thing about DesertFest Belgium 2014 is that, if you look at the poster, it’s like every logo on the damn thing should be huge. Colour Haze, Blues Pills, YOB, Toner Low, Brant Bjork,...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 Singles, EPs, Splits and Demos of 2014
Please note: These are not the results of the Readers Poll. That’s still going on. Please feel free to submit your list. I did this last year mostly as a result of not having somewhere to put Elder‘s...
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Death Alley to Release Black Magick Boogieland May 19 on Tee Pee Records
Kudos to Amsterdam-based proto-punkers Death Alley, who will make their full-length debut in May on Tee Pee Records with the righteously titled Black Magick Boogieland. The four-piece got themselves...
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Death Alley Reveal Black Magick Boogieland Album Details
As previously announced, Amsterdam proto-whathaveyou rockers Death Alley will release their debut album, the righteously-titled Black Magick Boogieland, May 19 on Tee Pee Records. The thrash/punk...
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Death Alley Interview & Track Premiere: Into the Heart of Black Magick...
[Please note: Click play above to hear “Black Magick Boogieland.” Death Alley release Black Magick Boogieland May 19 on Tee Pee Records. Preorders are available through Tee Pee, on iTunes or on...
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Death Alley, Black Magick Boogieland: Study in Kinetics
By its nature, you can’t have an alley without something on one side and something else on another, so if we apply the same logic to Amsterdam four-piece Death Alley and their Tee Pee Records debut...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 15 of 2015 So Far
If 2015 ended tomorrow, I think you’d still have to say it was a pretty good year for heavy rock. Doom veered into a swath extremes — its own subgenres emerging almost one by one in a growing splinter...
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Joy and Death Alley Announce Sept. European Tour
West Coast psychedelic exports JOY and Amsterdam proto-punk riffers Death Alley will pair up for a run through Europe in September. Labelmates on Tee Pee, Death Alley will be supporting their 2015...
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Desertfest Berlin 2016: Monolord, Monomyth and Death Alley Added
There’s an odd symmetry to the three bands who are the latest additions to the lineup of Desertfest Berlin 2016. Monolord, from Sweden, have a similar moniker to Monomyth, who, like Death Alley, are...
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Roadburn 2016: With the Dead and Death Alley Added to Lineup
I was hoping I’d get around to posting my interview with Lee Dorrian before With the Dead were announced for Roadburn 2016. He didn’t come right out and say that his new, post-Cathedral project would...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 10 Songs of 2015
Please note: This list is not culled in any way from the Readers Poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t yet contributed your favorites of 2015 to that, please do. — Last year, I did a Song of the Year...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 Debut Albums of 2015
Please note: This list is not culled in any way from the Readers Poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t yet contributed your favorites of 2015 to that, please do. — I’ll note right away that this list...
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The Obelisk Presents: THE TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2015
Please note: This list is not culled in any way from the Readers Poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t yet contributed your favorites of 2015 to that, please do. — It’s damn near impossible to start...
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Death Alley Premiere “Motorhead” Lemmy Tribute
Amsterdam heavy rock jackhammers Death Alley pay homage to the recent passing of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister of Motörhead by covering the original song from whence that band took its name. “Motorhead” —...
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Death Alley Chronicle Recent Triumphs in “Black Magick Blitzkrieg” Video
Last time we heard from Amsterdam heavy rock mischief-specialists Death Alley, they were kosmiche-ing out with a cover of Hawkwind‘s “Motorhead” in homage to Lemmy Kilmister. That was a week ago. Yup,...
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Roadburn 2016 Goes Apeshit and Adds Like 30 More Bands to Complete its Lineup
Every year, without fail, there comes a point at which one is forced to wonder if Roadburn has lost its damn mind. So it is today as the news hits the inbox of Roadburn 2016 “rounding out its lineup”...
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Psycho Las Vegas Announces New Lineup Additions
Goodness gracious. Here I was minding my business on a Sunday night and Psycho Las Vegas went and more than doubled the size of its lineup, adding Uncle Acid, Elder, Converge, Wovenhand, Boris, The...
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