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Wallet Emptier – 29/9/15
Nad Sylvan – Courting the Widow Better known recently as the voice behind Steve Hackett’s ‘Genesis Revisited’ live show, Nad has had a varied career as a solo musician and as part of the musical projects Unifaun and Agents Of Mercy. ‘Courting the Widow’ is his first solo effort since 2005 and was quite a…
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Review – John Storey – Euphonium
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Review – The Bob Lazar Story – Self-Loathing Joe
Does humour have a place in music? I don’t mean wry, observational humour but slapstick silliness and side splitting fun. Sarcasm and self-deprecation abound around The Bob Lazar Story. I haven’t heard anything as ‘out-there’ as this musical project since I listened to Cheeto’s Magazine’s bonkers and brilliant ‘Boiling Foils’. Let’s face, who doesn’t need…
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Review – Karda Estra – The Seas And The Stars
I wonder where you stand on soundtracks, you know, the incidental music written specifically for movies and TV shows? Can it really stand separate from the film or TV show it was intended to accompany? And what about music that is not intentionally written for film or TV, music with a cinematic scope that feels…
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Kinetic Element – Travelog – Review
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The Wallet Emptier – 16th September 2015
Working for a living means it has been a while since the last Wallet Emptier so the ‘weekly’ moniker has had to go for this edition. Twice Bitten – Late Cut ‘Late Cut’ is the CD album celebrating the 30th anniversary of legendary heavy wood duo Twice Bitten’s ‘No Third Man’ album. Using only stringed…
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Review – Amadeus Awad – Death Is Just A Feeling
WARNING – LANGUAGE THAT MAY OFFEND (well, you have to put that don’t you….?) I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.? Don’t fucking think it’s not cool…
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Not so Weekly Wallet Emptier – 2nd September 2015