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Album Review: Papir, IX
First, a note about math. Copenhagen mellowpsych instrumentalists Papir were last heard from with 2022’s 7 (review here), which, intuitively, was put forth as their seventh album. Three years later,...
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Album Review: Edena Gardens, Dispossessed
The fourth installment in a trilogy? When Edena Gardens came along, the instrumentalist jam-psych trio comprised of Causa Sui drummer Jakob Skøtt, Papir guitarist Nicklas Sørensen, and Martin Rude of...
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Papir to Release New LP IX This Fall
Did I miss something? Specifically a Papir album? I can’t find anything about a VIII — or just an 8, since the album before was early 2022’s 7 (review here). Before that, they had the 2LP collection...
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Edena Gardens: New Album Dispossessed Available to Preorder
So, the good news here is that in late-2023 when Edena Gardens completed what was then purported to be a trilogy with their third LP, Dens (review here), that wasn’t actually their last studio record....
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Album Review: Edena Gardens, Dens
nasa helps with homework community service essay for highschool students report writing services danksagung dissertation beispiel When it was announced by El Paraiso Records earlier this Fall, it was...
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Edena Gardens to Release Maybe-Final LP Dens Dec. 1
I like that Edena Gardens basically go, “Yeah, maybe this’ll be the last record or maybe not.” If I’d already put out a self-titled debut (review here) and the follow-up, Agar (review here) and put...
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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 76
Yeah, this is a good one. A lot of this comes from stuff that’s been and is being covered around here over the last couple weeks, and suffice it to say I’ve got no regrets about choosing any of these...
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Album Premiere & Review: Papir, 7
[Click play above to stream Papir’s 7 in full. Album is out Friday on Stickman Records.] What if, instead of psychedelia being thought of as a means toward escapism, it could be a way to be present in...
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Esbjerg Fuzztival 2022 Adds Dopelord, Papir, Purple Hill Witch, Ritual King...
By my count there are still eight more acts to be announced for Esbjerg Fuzztival 2022, among them two headliners. That count also doesn’t include the potential three more who would/will join the...
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Papir
The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short...
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Papir to Release New Album 7 on Jan. 14
I’ve been having tech issues all day with the site’s back end and that’s infuriating, so I haven’t even had the chance to check it the new Papir song yet. Surely, if I had, I’d be in a much less...
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Quarterly Review: Papir, Kosmodemonic, Steve Von Till, Sex Blender, Déhà,...
Day two already, huh? It’s a holiday week here in the States, which means people are on vacation or have at least enjoyed a long weekend hopefully without blowing any body parts off with fireworks or...
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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 58
I’m trying to break my own rules a little bit. Every now and again, it’s a decent exercise to try to change things up. I kind of did the same last ep, by starting out with a bunch of classic doom....
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Papir to Release Jams 2LP April 9
If the thought of Copenhagen’s Papir releasing a double-vinyl collection of jams called simply Jams doesn’t immediately pique your interest, well, I’m sorry. Sincerely. Because it should. I...
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The Obelisk Presents: THE BEST OF 2019
[PLEASE NOTE: These are not the results of the year-end poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t contributed your list to the cause yet, please do so here.] — Make no mistake, my friends. 2019 was the...
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Live Review: HØSTSABBAT 2019 Night Two in Oslo, Norway, 10.05.19
Before the Show Festival mode. One day bleeds into the next, sometimes into the one after. You lose time to the timetable. Basic needs become a big deal. Water. Coffee. Advil. Comfy socks. Earplugs in...
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The Obelisk Presents: THE BEST OF 2019
[PLEASE NOTE: These are not the results of the year-end poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t contributed your list to the cause yet, please do so here.] — Make no mistake, my friends. 2019 was the...
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Live Review: HØSTSABBAT 2019 Night Two in Oslo, Norway, 10.05.19
Before the Show Festival mode. One day bleeds into the next, sometimes into the one after. You lose time to the timetable. Basic needs become a big deal. Water. Coffee. Advil. Comfy socks. Earplugs in...
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Desertfest Berlin 2020: First Lineup Announcement: Masters of Reality, Brant...
I admit, I’m going to miss seeing the poster art for Desertfest Berlin 2019 around thee social medias, but if there’s one thing that eases that loss, it’s the poster art for Desertfest Berlin 2020....
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Jonas Munk & Nicklas Sørensen to Release Always Already Here in August
Alright, now you listen to me because I’m probably only going to say this seven or eight more times. You set some silly little alert on your phone or you sign up for an email list from El Paraiso...
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