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Review: Lathe ‘Tongue Of Silver’

29th August 202230th September 2022 Rob Walsh Americana, Apt 66, Doom, Drone, Grimoire Records, Lathe

Hailing from Baltimore, Lathe are an instrumental post-rock three-piece with an utterly refreshing take on a subgenre that, like so

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Review: Pretty Lightning ‘Dust Moves’

29th July 20222nd September 2022 Martin Williams Blues, Fuzz Club Records, Pretty Lightning, Psych

As I’ve undoubtedly mentioned, one of the many cool things about having the opportunity to write about music for The

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Review: Land Of Wolves ‘Conditions For Survival’

21st July 202228th August 2022 Martin Williams Hardcore, Independent, Land Of Wolves

Seattle, Washington, while famous for grunge, has long been a hotbed for all sorts of music, and many forms of

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Review: Lord Elephant ‘Cosmic Awakening’

8th July 20229th August 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Lord Elephant, Psych, Stoner

By now, any fan of underground heavy rock, and any regular reader of The Sleeping Shaman, will surely have noticed

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Review: Lotus Thrones ‘Vernal’ EP

1st July 20225th August 2022 Reza Mills Disorder Recordings, Lotus Thrones, Post-Punk, Synth

Another season brings with it another related seasonal Lotus Thrones EP, this time it’s Vernal or Spring, relating to Springtime.

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Review: Liquid Shit ‘Untold Horrors’ EP

1st June 20226th July 2022 Harry Holmes Dry Cough Records, Liquid Shit, Sludge

Grebe… was squatting in his armchair, the dun decanter already aloft. ‘Shit “huuu”?’ The philosopher enquired. ‘I won’t, thanks,’ Busner

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Review: Las Cruces ‘Cosmic Tears’

30th May 20221st July 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Las Cruces, Ripple Music

Way back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, I was living in Seattle when I was just getting into

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Review: Llyn Y Cwn ‘Du Y Moroedd’

18th April 202226th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Llyn Y Cwn, Soundscapes

If you want to draw my attention to your album of ambient field recordings, then you can do worse than

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Review: Lili Refrain ‘Mana’

8th April 202226th May 2022 Dave Bowes Experimental, Lili Refrain, Subsound Records

It’s been almost a decade since Lili Refrain last put out a full-length, the criminally underrated Kawax. A tangled, ritualistic

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Review: Lustmord ‘The Others [Lustmord Deconstructed]’

1st April 202226th May 2022 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Lustmord, Pelagic Records, Remix

Lustmord aka Brian Williams was born in North Wales and was a former member of Australian/noise group SPK. He has

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Review: Lotus Thrones ‘Hibernal’ EP

18th March 20224th May 2022 Reza Mills Disorder Recordings, Gothic, Lotus Thrones, Post-Punk

Having reviewed Lotus Thrones‘ prior releases and interviewed mastermind Heath Rave there isn’t a need to repeat the project’s history,

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