Mastodawn

The ScareBears will be down The Chelsea Inn tomorrow night (Friday) for the single launch party - for a taste of what to expect checkout my review! (hope you like it 🔥🔥🔥!)

FFO: Petrol Girls Illuminati Hotties; Gang of Four; My Ruin; The Workhorse Movement; Tool

#punk #music #newmusic #postpunk #bristol #newmusicfriday #newmusicthursday

https://npryan.com/2026/01/15/scarebears-scapegoat/

Scarebears’ ‘Scapegoat’: the scorching debut single reviewed

Scarebears debut single ‘Scapegoat’ opens with stern spoken word that acts as launch pad for an audio OOF! factor ten take-off, each note from there unleashing like a tightly coiled spr…

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N. P. Ryan Dec 14

N P Ryan vs. Poetry: Sock Drawer - the sort of poetry that happens when you have a bad cold or variant of covid or even a subdued flu thanks to having the shot. Who knows? - either way this is the feeling-sorry-for-self result!
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#poetry #poem #selfpity #death #socks #mortality

https://npryan.com/2025/12/14/sock-drawer/

Sock Drawer

My sock drawer Isn’t so important As I think Soon won’t matter What will happen— emptied forever or refilled in the name of another— I don’t know Except to be certain The day will come When my sock…

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N. P. Ryan Dec 12

An utterly incredible night @ Cafe Kino, Bristol, featuring Hermeticus & Rites of Hadda. Plus a review of the latter's latest album! ⬇️
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#anarcho #pagan #gothic #bristol #empwaves #environment #food #foodie #hawkwind #livemusic, #lolita #london #music #MusicReview #NHS #noiseattack #notforprofit #punk #psychedelic #queerpunk #witchpunk #RobertCalvert #roxymusic #Saxndragnrocknroll #seaquarium #thrash #vegan #whitehills #xrayspex #newmusic #newmusicfriday
https://npryan.com/2025/12/12/rites-of-hadda-hermeticus-cafe-kino/

Rites of Hadda / Hermeticus live @ Café Kino, Bristol: plus Inevitable Machete album review

I first caught Rites of Hadda at the Easton Punk Festival, 2024. During the set singer Wasperella jumped into the crowd to embrace members of the audience; in the process, I was lucky enough to be …

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N. P. Ryan Dec 3

FFO Strawberry Switchblade / Mobiles / Tubeway Army /Cats
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#vengacats #cats #meow #music #newmusic #newmusicalert #punk #electro #garynuman #musicreview #pink #strawberryswitchblade #synth #TheMobiles #tubewayarmy #vengacats

https://npryan.com/2025/12/03/vengacats-bosscat/

vengacats: bosscat – an electro punk cat’s whiskers

vengacats’ bosscat makes for compelling listening across its six tracks. Always punk, the album can be Strawberry Switchblade poppy to having a dark sinister, yet playful, edge similar to that of t…

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N. P. Ryan Dec 2

BelzebonG's upcoming EP is going to be MAMMOTH! My review ⬇️
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HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS #music #musicreview #musicrelease #rock #metal #stoner #doom #sludge #psychedelic #tour #TourDates

https://npryan.com/2025/12/02/belzebong-the-end-is-high/

BELZEBONG: The End Is High EP Incoming

The 20th February, 2026, will see the release of BELZEBONG’s The End Is High EP; in the meantime track ‘420 Horseman’ is available for a listen and to download for pre-orders.

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N. P. Ryan Nov 30

vs. poetry
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#poem #poetry #bliss #CannonFodder #capitalism #consumption #degradation #How #life #sunday #sudayreading #sundayreads

https://npryan.com/2025/11/30/poem-637/

N. P. Ryan Sep 14

Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part two: considering things done in the name of connection ⬇️
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#poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity #connection

https://npryan.com/2025/09/14/thats-interesting-hand-in-hand/

That’s Interesting (hand-in-hand)

Let us go Hand in hand Around halls Warm in winter Sheltered in summer While calling the things

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N. P. Ryan Sep 14

Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part one: asking what really might be going on ⬇️
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#poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #behindthedisguise #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity

https://npryan.com/2025/09/14/its-possible-if/

It’s Possible If

It’s possible that: there’s a lovely day behind those grey clouds; a shy snout is stifled by the bravado of snarling;

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N. P. Ryan Sep 12

The latest release from Weedian come from England and features 157 tracks of stoner and doom from new/indie/unsigned bands (including some from the recent One For Sorrow fest) that can be downloaded for whatever you can afford to pay, which includes free if you need it to be.

Start the weekend the way you mean it to go on!

#music #newmusic #rock #metal #stoner #doom #newmusicfriday

https://weedian420.bandcamp.com/album/trip-to-england-150-bands

Trip to England (+150 Bands), by WEEDIAN

157 track album

WEEDIAN

N. P. Ryan Aug 28

My review of an incredible debut album from Igarka. Think Kayo Dot meets The Crest - yep, that good!
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#music #musicreview #newmusic #avantgarde #baroness #darkwell #deftones #depechemode #duranduran #dynamic #folk #garynuman #goth #gothic #grunge #igarka #italy #jamesbond #kayodot #lacrimosal #LeavesEyes #mathcore #metal #posthardcore #shoegaze #silvery #sinsofthybeloved #society #thecrest #TheatreOfTragedy

https://npryan.com/2025/08/28/igarka-dopamine-ocean/

Igarka’s Dopamine Ocean is a debut E.P. drenched in excellence

‘Hider’ entices the listener along a path leading towards an enchanted forest; the opening vocals and guitar the deep green vines that intertwine all across the way. The trees can be seen, but are …

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