The blog “Clean and Sober Stoner” is transitioning to focus more on headphones while maintaining its musical essence. The author shares personal experiences with audio obsession, recovery, and the need to appreciate music over gear. The mission now includes highlighting high-quality recordings in the stoner doom and heavy rock genres.
Read More My Pivot to Headphones: The “Stonerphile” VisionThis Top 12 Heavy Rock albums is the hardest list I’ve ever written. Doom. Post Rock. Heavy Metal. Sludge. I believe each of these albums could become iconic, and ranking them just seems wrong on so many levels.
Read More The Top 12 Heavy Rock Albums of September ’25Faetooth: A Sign of the Times It’s been an absolute crap show of a year, hasn’t it? With political turmoil and a general sense of unease hanging in the air, it’s easy to feel like we’re all spiraling. After the political (or more precisely: cultural) assassination, I’ve seen people I love and respect giving in […]
Read More Faetooth: Labyrinthine Is the Perfect Soundtrack for a ‘Soul-Crushing’ TimeBut what I’ve learned to accept is that Black Sabbath is intensely personal. It’s a lived experience, and that experience forms the definition of what Black Sabbath is.
Read More Why I Skipped Black Sabbath: Back to the BeginningThe worst part of Whitehovse’s The Mighty One is that it’s incredible. Frustratingly, agonizingly great. Not good, but great.
Read More Whitehovse: The Mighty One (The most frustrating Stoner Album in years)