Review: Holy Scum ‘All We Have Is Never’
Just as I found myself wondering when, or if, I’d hear another record from Holy Scum, the Manchester-area collective spearheaded
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Rocket Recordings
Review: Mamuthones ‘From Word To Flesh’
I’ve always found the genre term ‘neo folk’ a bit confusing. ‘Neo’ implies new, recent or revived, and as far
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Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‘Death Hilarious’
In 2023 I saw Pigs x7 with my long-term friend Jonah at The Ritz in Manchester, with support from the
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Review: Thee Alcoholics ‘Bear Bites Horse Sessions’
There’s something of a tradition with garage rock bands utilising ‘Thee’ rather than ‘The’ in their names. Think Thee Headcoats,
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The Utopia Strong & Konformer @ The Yard, Manchester, 6th September 2024
As I headed off to Manchester for my thirtieth gig of the year, never in my wildest dreams would I
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Review: Goat ‘Goat’
I’ve always been curious how a band decide what song starts an album and how they make their entrance as
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Review: Smote ‘A Grand Stream’
Since I reviewed last year’s Genog, life has changed somewhat for Smote‘s main man Daniel Foggin who has relocated from
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Review: GNOD ‘Spot Land’
GNOD have been a Salford (Manchester) musical staple since their formation back in 2006 with founding member Paddy Shine a
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Review: Ex-Easter Island Head ‘Norther’
With eight releases under their belt, the UK’s minimalist experimentalist Ex-Easter Island Head are back with their latest full-length Norther.
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Review: Alison Cotton ‘Engelchen’
It’s like a thunderstorm slowly rolling in, the way Alison Cotton’s Engelchen begins. A rush of wind, then the droning
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Review: The Janitors ‘An Error Has Occurred’
Despite some coverage right here in The Sleeping Shaman’s hallowed pages, I had somehow missed The Janitors, a prolific, psychedelic, garage
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