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Author: Lee Beamish

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Review: Spirit Mother ‘Trails’

13th September 202413th September 2024 Lee Beamish Desert Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Spirit Mother

A couple of years back I had the privilege of reviewing one of the Live In The Mojave Desert, for

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Review: New Ghost ‘A Dagger In Every Tide’

5th September 20245th September 2024 Lee Beamish Independent, New Ghost, Shoegaze

One of the most interesting bands I came across during my most recent visit to the Portals Festival back in

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Review: Cold Gawd ‘I’ll Drown On This Earth’

29th August 202429th August 2024 Lee Beamish Cold Gawd, Dais Records, Shoegaze

Recent years has seen a big-time resurgence for a genre of music which was once feared a distant memory. It’s

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Review: The Bridge City Sinners ‘In The Age Of Doubt’

31st July 202431st July 2024 Lee Beamish Americana, Flail Records, The Bridge City Sinners

Having been a fan since around 2019, it’s been quite the ride following the little-known punk rock/dark folk outfit The

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Midas Fall @ Portals Festival 2024 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2024 – Sunday

30th July 202410th September 2024 Lee Beamish BIG|BRAVE, EartH Hackney, Jaguar Throne, London, Lost In Kiev, Midas Fall, Overhead The Albatross, Portals Festival, Wang Wen, Year Of No Light

As day two of Portals Festival 2024 starts, I am filled with equal amounts of joy and scepticism. Joy, as

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Årabrot @ Portals Festival 2024 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2024 – Saturday

29th July 202430th July 2024 Lee Beamish Årabrot, Din Of Celestial Birds, EartH Hackney, Enemies, Hidden Mothers, London, MØL, New Ghost, Portals Festival, Slow Crush, This Will Destroy You

Welcome welcome, it’s great to have you here, joining me for another ride as I tell you all about Portals

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Review: Outlander ‘Acts Of Harm’

25th July 202425th July 2024 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Doomgaze, Outlander, Shoegaze

If ever there were a ‘next favourite band’ in need of exposure, then it would be these guys, Outlander. You

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Review: Louise Patricia Crane ‘Netherworld’

23rd July 202426th July 2024 Lee Beamish Folk, Louise Patricia Crane, Peculiar Doll Records, Prog

For all the albums I’ve covered since writing for The Sleeping Shaman, there have only really been a couple of

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Review: Pia Isa ‘Dissolve’

15th July 202415th July 2024 Lee Beamish Argonauta Records, Doomgaze, Drone, Pia Isa

Way back in March of 2022, I was tasked with reviewing the debut solo album for Pia Isaksen, who back

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Review: Mono ‘Oath’

3rd July 20243rd July 2024 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Mono, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Life, it’s a journey we all face, and for some of us, we will be lucky enough to fill it

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Review: Aythis ‘Celestial Exile’ & ‘Lost Lighthouse’

26th June 202426th June 2024 Lee Beamish Aythis, Darkwave, Independent, Neo Classical

Having been performing solo for pretty much twenty years, outside of being involved with other musical projects, you would have

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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