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Quarterly Review: Sumac, Cortez & Wasted Theory, Thunder Horse, The Howling...
As we land on what would otherwise be the end of a Quarterly Review — day 5, hitting the standard 50 records across the span of a week that this time we’re doubling with another 50 next week — it...
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New England Stoner and Doom Fest II: More Lineup Announcements; Pre-Party Added
It’s time to talk about the real potential of the New England Stoner and Doom Fest. No, I don’t mean the lineup. That’s awesome. You know it and I know it. I’m talking about the acronym. That’s always...
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Cortez Enter Studio to Record New Album
I’m not trying to be a smartass or anything here, but three years between Cortez releases would be pretty good. The Boston heavy rockers issued The Depths Below (review here), in 2017, some five years...
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Days of Rona: Scott O’Dowd of Cortez
The statistics of COVID-19 change with every news cycle, and with growing numbers, stay-at-home isolation and a near-universal disruption to society on a global scale, it is ever more important to...
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Days of Rona: Matthew Harrington of Cortez
The statistics of COVID-19 change with every news cycle, and with growing numbers, stay-at-home isolation and a near-universal disruption to society on a global scale, it is ever more important to...
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Cortez Premiere “Look at You” Video; Sell the Future out Oct. 22
Boston heavy rockers Cortez release their new album, Sell the Future, on Oct. 22 through Ripple Music. Preorders are up at the link below, and the long-player — their third — follows three years...
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Friday Full-Length: Cortez, Thunder in a Forgotten Town
Proof positive that Cortez didn’t just end up a kickass heavy rock band, but in fact they started that way. Of course, the Boston five-piece were a much different band 13 years ago when they made...
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Ripple Music and Vegas Rock Revolution Release The Revolution Lives! Benefit...
I don’t know how much cash a name-your-price comp is bringing in ultimately, but the not-cynical part of me wants to think supporting bands is still something humans are interested in doing, so here’s...
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The Obelisk Presents: THE BEST OF 2020
[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.] — Invariably, the ultimate measure of 2020...
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Scott O’Dowd from Cortez
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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