Where: Shotkickers
Thornbury
3071
Australia
Melbourne
What: Bear the Mammoth @ Shotkickers
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Get lost in heavy, instrumental soundscapes, this combination of bands offers a perfect blend of spacey, psychedelic explorations, complex, shifting, post-rock structures, and raw, fuzzy, stoner aggression. A a loud and atmospheric journey through the Australian & New Zealand sonic desert!
Atmospheric stoner prog rock reigns supreme! This trio of bands—Spider Goat Canyon, Bear The Mammoth, and Stigg—delivers a mind-bending, heavy-riffing, and atmospheric journey perfect for fans of space-rock, instrumental prog, and fuzzy psych.
Spider Goat Canyon (Instrumental Psych/Space Rock): Straight out of Melbourne, this trio (often featuring collaborations) creates improvised, sonic soundscapes packed with gargantuan riffs, 70s space-rock vibes, and an intense, “always the heavy” mentality. Their 2025 album Vozvrat Kirpicha continues their tradition of long-form, psychedelic, and heavy improvisations.
Bear The Mammoth (Progressive Post-Rock): Known for their intricate songwriting, this Melbourne/Bendigo band crafts instrumental post-rock that blends math-rock complexities with heavy, fuzzed-out distortion. Their 2023 alkbum, Purple Haus, is a “synth-heavy” and emotional journey, featuring lush soundscapes that range from “weightless as a cloud” to “grounded as an earthquake”.
Stigg (Sludge/Math Stoner Rock): A Melbourne-based, high-energy force that brings a mix of sludgy, angular, and sometimes mathy, fuzzed-out rock to the stage. They are known for providing a raw, intense, and atmospheric experience. Forthcoming EP coming soon.
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Bear The Mammoth is a Progressive Post-Rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Delivering music that has been said to be “Moody, atmospheric, and sublime. The music pitches and lulls, ebbs and flows like an ocean of melody and mood. Lovers of post-rock will not be disappointed.” spiralspiral, jjj SuperUser In 2012, Bear the Mammoth released their debut E.P “In Absence” Which was produced by Nao Anzai. It has attracted attention locally and from all over the globe. In Absence was reviewed by indie music reviewer ech(((o)))es & dust “It’s powerful music live and even on the record, Bear the Mammoth’s songs have that feeling of living and breathing. What you get with ‘In Absence’ is just a taste of what this young band are writing and playing.” Gilbert Potts In 2013, Bear The Mammoth released a split E.P with two instrumental bands from Melbourne, Kettlespider and Xenograft. This E.P contained one song from each band and as a review by “This Is Not A Scene” said “It’s a great snapshot of just three of the bands creating progressive instrumental energy in Melbourne right now and presents it like they were always meant to be together on the same record.” While playing many gigs and a great amount of improvised jams, Bear the Mammoth had also been working on new material for their album. In 2014, Bear the Mammoth hit the studio again with Nao Anzai at Soundpark Studio’s in Northcote to record their debut album. The debut album, “Yamadori” was released on June 28th at The Evelyn Hotel Having played with the likes of We Lost The Sea, Jakob, Closure In Moscow, Sleepmakeswaves, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Solkyri, Eleventh He Reaches London, Jericco, Ne Obliviscaris, The Red Paintings, and many more acts, Bear the Mammoth have made their mark in the Australian progressive music scene. Bear The Mammoth’s Album, Yamadori, is available online through BandCamp and iTunes.