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Author: Rob Bryant

Garden Of Worm 'Endless Garden'
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Review: Garden Of Worm ‘Endless Garden’

26th August 202230th September 2022 Rob Bryant Doom, Folk, Garden Of Worm, Nasoni Records, Pariah Child Records, Prog

Garden Of Worm is a Finnish trio, apparently named after a King Crimson song. Endless Garden is their album number

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Gu Vo 'Gu Vo'
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Review: Gu Vo ‘Gu Vo’

24th May 20221st July 2022 Rob Bryant Gu Vo, Krautrock, Psych, Sentencia Records

Gu Vo is a trio from Seville, Spain, made up of Edu Escobar (drums), Raúl Burrueco (bass), and Alejandro Ruiz

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The Janitors
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The Janitors: Interview With Founding Member Henric

18th April 202214th July 2022 Rob Bryant Bad Afro Records, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Little Cloud Records, Psych, The Janitors

With many of the albums I review for The Sleeping Shaman, I come to the band as a newbie, even

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Review: The Janitors ‘Noisolation Volume 2’

15th March 202214th July 2022 Rob Bryant Bad Afro Records, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Little Cloud Records, Psych, The Janitors

As David Lynch’s much-maligned version of Dune reminds me, words have power: ‘I can kill with a word.’ Similarly, band

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The Gluts ‘Ungrateful Heart’
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Review: The Gluts ‘Ungrateful Heart’

13th October 202116th November 2021 Rob Bryant Fuzz Club Records, Post-Punk, Psych, The Gluts

A reference to Fugazi in a band’s press release or reviews gets my attention. Maybe that makes me predictable or

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Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

12th July 202113th August 2021 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Ivan Macleod, The Magnolia Sessions

Last September, I embarked on a most enlightening journey when I reviewed the first in a planned series of releases

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Greenleaf 'Echoes From A Mass'
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Review: Greenleaf ‘Echoes From A Mass’

10th May 202111th June 2021 Rob Bryant Echoes From A Mass, Greenleaf, Napalm Records

Many of you will already be aware, but Greenleaf was initially conceived as a side project. Twenty-plus years, eight albums,

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Sacred Shrines 'Enter The Woods'
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Review: Sacred Shrines ‘Enter The Woods’

13th April 202124th May 2021 Rob Bryant Enter The Woods, Pop Rock, Psych, Rebel Waves Records, Sacred Shrines

I jumped at the chance to review an album by a Brisbane band: “Hey, I wonder what’s going on in

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Nick Hans ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Nick Hans ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

12th February 202115th March 2021 Rob Bryant Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Nick Hans, The Magnolia Sessions

‘A song could have a billion downloads on Spotify or it could live and die on a banjo on someone’s

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Grayceon ‘Mothers Weavers Vultures’
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Review: Grayceon ‘Mothers Weavers Vultures’

14th January 202117th February 2021 Rob Bryant Grayceon, Mothers Weavers Vultures, Prog Metal, Translation Loss Records

A typical power trio? No, an atypical power trio – that’s what Grayceon’s Bandcamp page tells me, and the reason

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Rob Bryant
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Top Ten Of 2020: Rob Bryant

18th December 202027th January 2021 Rob Bryant Brimstone Coven, Jason Dea West, Landowner, Narla, Nest Egg, River Of Snakes, Shepparton Airplane, The Ditch And The Delta, Top Ten 2020, Wailin Storms, Witchskull

2020. I’d made my career change. I’d switched the steel-capped boots for the ESL classroom, but I was faced with

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