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Review: Ruben Romano ‘The Imaginary Soundtrack To The Imaginary Western – Twenty Graves Per Mile’

9th February 202410th February 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Garage Rock, Independent, Psych, Ruben Romano, Surf Rock

In my opinion, it takes a lot of graves that Ruben Romano has passed to steer up emotion that can

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Review: Dome La Muerte E.X.P. ‘El Santo’

21st September 202321st September 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Dome La Muerte E.X.P., Go Down Records, Surf Rock

‘I was given the nickname Dome La Muerte (Dome The Death) by my friends when I was young, because I

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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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# Album & EP Reviews 

Review: 23 And Beyond The Infinite ‘Lumen Del Mundo’

25th July 202228th August 2022 Reza Mills 23 And Beyond The Infinite, Aumega Project, Dirty Beach Records, Psych, Surf Rock

Benevento’s many attractions include The Arch of Trajan, The Church of Santa Sofia, Rocca dei Rettori Castle, The gothic church

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Review: Betty Benedeadly ‘The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter’ EP

8th February 202228th March 2022 Reza Mills Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, Surf Rock

Hot on the heels of From The Mesa comes The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter, Betty Benedeadly’s sophomore release. The

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Streams 

Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘The Voice Of The Fire’ – From New EP That Releases 18th February

28th January 202228th March 2022 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, Sheverb, Surf Rock

When Sheverb guitarist Betty Benedeadly’s solo debut EP From The Mesa landed at Shaman HQ twelve months ago, we were

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Review: Straytones ‘Magic Green River Swimmin’ & Stunning Tarzanka Experience’

26th August 202127th September 2021 Dani Bandolier Garage Rock, Robustfellow, Straytones, Surf Rock

When I think of rock bands from Ukraine a couple of excellent bands loom large in the Dani Bandolier stoner-doom-psychrawk

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Streams 

Video Premiere: Sheverb ‘Rattle Can Thrash’

9th April 202124th May 2021 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Instrumental, Once Upon A Time In Bombay Beach, Rattle Can Thrash, Sheverb, Surf Rock

Introducing Sheverb, a band I became aware of through Brad at Desert Records when we recently premiered Mescaline Prayer Song

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Review: Pekka Laine ‘The Enchanted Guitar Of Pekka Laine’

15th March 202118th April 2021 Reza Mills Pekka Laine, Surf Rock, Svart Records, The Enchanted Guitar Of Pekka Laine

‘It’s like DJ Shadow suddenly went surf’, there’s a tagline guaranteed to grab one’s attention. The album this is referring

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Review: Betty Benedeadly ‘From The Mesa’ EP

9th March 202113th April 2021 Reza Mills Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, From The Mesa, Surf Rock

Betty Benedeadly hails originally from Austin, Texas and is the co-founder of Sheverb, a psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll collective who

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Streams 

Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘Mescaline Prayer Song’ – Debut EP Releases 12th March

23rd February 202124th March 2021 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, From The Mesa, Mescaline Prayer Song, Surf Rock

At Shaman HQ, we have a real soft spot for solo singer songwriters, so when Brad Frye, head honcho over

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