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Frankie And The Witch Fingers 'Trash Classic' Artwork
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Review: Frankie And The Witch Fingers ‘Trash Classic’

27th August 202527th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Garage, Greenway Records, Psych, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, The Reverberation Appreciation Society

If you look up the word ‘frenetic’ in the dictionary, there is probably a picture of the LA based quintet

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Black Honey Cult 'Black Honey Cult' Artwork
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Review: Black Honey Cult ‘Black Honey Cult’

21st May 202521st May 2025 Martin Williams Black Honey Cult, Garage, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych

Black Honey Cult are not necessarily a ‘new’ band. In fact, they’ve been percolating in some form or another for

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Review: Prison ‘Downstate’

3rd February 20253rd February 2025 Reza Mills Drag City, Garage, Prison, Psych

New York’s Prison started in 2017 and their line-up consists of Paul Major (Endless Boogie) – guitar/vocals, Matt Leibowitz –

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Hazehound 'Macrodose' Artwork
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Review: Hazehound ‘Macrodose’

28th February 202428th February 2024 Liam Blanc From The Urn Records, Garage, Hazehound, Psych, Rock 'n' Roll

When was the last time you encountered something that made you seriously question your life choices? I had one listening

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Review: Choke City / Wenches – Split EP

1st December 20231st December 2023 Lee Beamish Choke City, Garage, Master Kontrol Audio, Punk, Tokyo Fist Records, Wenches

Well, you know what they say, it’s always the cool kids that are late to the party, and by fuck,

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Review: Massive Hassle ‘Number One’

3rd November 20233rd November 2023 Matthew Williams Blues Rock, Garage, Heavy Rock, Massive Hassle, Septaphonic Records

The opening bars of the opening track called Lane, are so soft and smooth, they are like a fine single

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Review: Black Magic Six ‘Black Cloud Descending’

25th August 202325th August 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Black Magic Six, Garage, Punk, Surf Rock, Svart Records

Let’s pretend for a second that Dick Dale is on a soul-searching vision quest in the middle of Death Valley.

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Suckling 'Suckling'
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Review: Suckling ‘Suckling’

23rd February 202329th March 2023 Martin Williams Alternative, Garage, Independent, Psych, Suckling

As someone who’s lived next door to Texas for most of his life, I can unequivocally say there’s not a

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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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Kaleidobolt 'This One Simple Trick'
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Review: Kaleidobolt ‘This One Simple Trick’

12th May 202217th June 2022 Martin Williams Garage, Kaleidobolt, Prog, Psych, Svart Records

It’s been cool to watch the expansion of stoner, doom, and heavy rock & roll over the course of the

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Witches Broom ‘Witches Broom’
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Review: Witches Broom ‘Witches Broom’

21st January 20222nd March 2022 Reza Mills Cardinal Fuzz Records, Flower Room Records, Garage, Psych, Witches Broom

Having ‘witch’ in your band name (ala Witch, Witchfinder General, Witchcraft, etc) often tends to bring with it a certain

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

23rd April 202623rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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