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Review: Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders ‘Synchronous Orbit’

24th June 202524th June 2025 Renzo Cardinal Fuzz Records, Jeffrey Alexander, The Heavy Lidders

From the first notes of Synchronous Orbit, it’s impossible not to recognise the flavour of the Grateful Dead – especially

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Review: Water Damage ‘2 Songs’

7th March 20257th March 2025 George Green 12XU, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Drone, Kraut, Psych, Water Damage

I unfailingly enjoy the thrill of the Shaman’s latest list of delectables for review dropping into my inbox, rummaging through

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Review: Plastic Crimewave Syndicate ‘Tales Of The Golden Skull’

7th January 20257th January 2025 Martin Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Kraut, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Psych

It goes without saying that one of the many cool aspects of writing for The Sleeping Shaman is the exposure

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Review: Yaryu ‘For Damage’

27th November 202427th November 2024 Rob Walsh Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Jazz, Kraut, Ramble Records, Yaryu

The Land of the Rising Sun has no shortage of great jazz-related acts. Some of the best jazz I’ve heard

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Review: The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol ‘Verdun’

28th March 202428th March 2024 Martin Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Kraut, Psych, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol

When I saw The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol show up in my review vortex my first reaction was

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Review: Firefriend ‘Rcknrll’

5th March 20245th March 2024 Matthew Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Firefriend, Little Cloud Records, Psych, Space Rock

When you listen to the opening tracks of albums, they should take your mind away from the usual mundane crap

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Review: Bhajan Bhoy ‘Shanti Shanti Shanti’

26th January 202426th January 2024 Reza Mills Bhajan Bhoy, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dub, Feeding Tube Records, Kraut, Psych

Ajay Saggar has been performing music since the mid-1980s starting with Preston’s Dandelion Adventure (fans including My Bloody Valentine, John

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Review: Dead Sea Apes ‘Rewilding’

10th July 202318th August 2023 Dave Bowes Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead Sea Apes, Feeding Tube Records, Psych

When it comes to psychedelia, there’s often a focus on lightness. Maybe it’s the influence of hippie throwbacks, or just

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Review: Dead Sea Apes / The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol ‘Pantheon Of Fuckery’

6th February 202316th March 2023 James Bullock Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead Sea Apes, Drone, Feeding Tube Records, Kraut, Psych, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol

To get the main point covered: this is a really nice spacey, psychy split, with a slightly odd album title.

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Human Hand 'Tremor'
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Review: Human Hand ‘Tremor’

20th January 20238th March 2023 Martin Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Human Hand, Psych

UK label Cardinal Fuzz has been responsible for some of the cooler, under the radar releases I’ve encountered in my

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Gunslingers 'Supreme Asphalt Doser'
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Review: Gunslingers ‘Supreme Asphalt Doser’

18th January 20238th March 2023 Martin Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Garage, GRegory Raimo, Gunslingers, Opaque Dynamo, Psych

Of the myriad of cool bands and labels I’ve been exposed to since joining The Sleeping Shaman, one that has

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