There are records that don’t aim to define an era, set a direction, or meet any current expectations. They simply happen. Fandango is exactly that kind of record. After Ridge split up — shortly after the release of A Countrydelic And Fuzzed Experience In A Colombian Supremo — Andreas Bergström and…

For quite some time now I’ve been circling around the music of Portland’s LáGoon. They’ve carved out a modest yet unmistakable cult status in the underground, but even after all these years I still struggle to place them neatly on my personal musical map. Punk, skate, doom, psych — all of these…

These days, there’s not much real stoner rock coming out. I’m not saying there aren’t enough new releases, but there’s very little that feels raw and unpolished — the kind of stoner rock without unnecessary frills. But honestly, why do we always need to chase the new when there are so many great…

As a young adult, I was searching for my place in the musical world, which in the mid-to-late '90s could easily feel overwhelming. Grunge was fading, metal was exploring new directions, while Korn, Deftones, Sepultura's Roots, and successive Kyuss releases were shaking up the scene. On the…

In the previous parts, we followed Fu Manchu from their beginnings all the way to Clone of the Universe, where the band showed that even after thirty years, they can still surprise. Now it’s time to see what happened next – because the story didn’t stop there. Around 2019–2020, Fu Manchu took their…