The Sleeping Shaman

Here at The Sleeping Shaman nerve center, we collectively have been longtime fans and supporters of Dan Emery, the head man at Anti-Corp Music, and his prolific, ongoing series The Magnolia Sessions.

Initially spawned way back in 2014, this undiscovered classic got shelved for well over a decade. At the time, I believe it was only available digitally, and subsequently its audience just wasn’t there yet. Jump forward to 2026, and the powers that be at Master Kontrol Audio have rectified that injustice.

They have now committed the recording to a p...

Since their much-demanded reunion in the late 2000s, California stoner rock stalwarts Sleep have had quite a few surprises up their sleepy sleeve. The first being 2018’s The Sciences, their not-so-quiet first full-length album since their reformation that was quietly released to the public seemingly out of the blue.

So, here’s the thing… For all my years, all the acts I’ve discovered, and all the output I’ve consumed along the way, I thought, in one way or another, I had gotten a fairly comprehensive overview of pretty much every musical genre and subgenre of alternative music out there.

As I spent my childhood with a wide spectrum of styles at my disposal, you would have thoug...

When I saw Nine Pound Hammer’s latest release, Too Outlaw For Outlaw Country, in The Shaman’s promo portal, I was immediately immersed in a flashback to the early and mid-nineties. The band was a prominent name in the noise-rock scene back then, having multiple albums released through the legendary garage rock label Crypt Rec...