Desertfest London 2022 – Sunday Review & Photos
Suffering somewhat on Sunday, I dragged my weary body and head up to The Devonshire Arms in time for a
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Author: Ian M
Desertfest London 2022 – Saturday Review & Photos + Hundred Year Old Man
It’s been a good few years since the soothing tones of My Sleeping Karma’s hypnotic instrumental stoner first graced my
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Desertfest London 2022 – Friday Review & Photos
Fresh from a triumphant weekend as Roadburn house band, French mega psych purveyors Slift kicked off The Electric Ballroom on
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Review: Naxatras ‘IV’
I’ve kept a close eye on Thessaloniki based psych rock band Naxatras since their debut LP dropped in 2015. An
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Review: Still ‘{ }’
After two EPs Still, a claustrophobic post-hardcore and blackened sludge outfit return with their first full-length, the confusingly titled {
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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Consolamentum’
Bordeaux’s post-metal giants Year Of No Light have returned with their fourth full length, Consolamentum. A sprawling and unruly album,
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Review: Amenra ‘De Doorn’
Few bands in our genre garner the level of excitement that an Amenra release creates. The combination of their emotive
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Book Review: Freedom Run – From Kyuss Lives To Vista Chino
Readers of The Shaman are probably well-acquainted with the core subject matter of this beautifully produced photobook – Kyuss, the
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Review: Gangrened ‘Deadly Algorithm’
Gangrened produce a varied and excellent debut album, confounding expectations with an open-minded take on the sludge genre. I found
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Review: Sarin ‘You Can’t Go Back’
You Can’t Go Back is the third album release from Toronto’s Sarin. Primarily focussed on the more immediate end of
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Top Ten Of 2020: Ian M
It’s obviously tricky to do a snappy write up of 2020 without sounding morose, so I’ll stick with some positives.
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