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Vinyl Review – Tess Of The Circle – Amplify – Anniversary Edition – by Progradar
“Any obsession is dangerous…” Christina Ricci And she’s not wrong Miss Ricci, 2017 has become a year of two all encompassing obsessions for me and, unfortunately for you, if you follow me on social media you will know all about them! The first one was running. Even though I have been a frequent visitor to…
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Review – Big Big Train – Grimspound – by Progradar
No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.? – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore. Imagine, if you will, a deserted beach and a man in studious concentration, digging up the sand and…
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Beatrix Players – Magnified Tour – Hoxton Hall , London, 12th May 2017 – by Rob Fisher
You would never know it was there. The automatic sliding doors give no hint of the majestic secret hidden within. Originally built in 1863, Hoxton Hall is a wonderful example of a good old fashioned saloon-style music hall, the modest central stage fronting a spacious ground floor, with impressive cast iron columns supporting two levels…
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The Fierce And The Dead’s Matt Stevens Talks RoSFest
The legend that is Matt Stevens took time this Sunday morning to talk to me about The Fierce And The Dead’s appearance at the recent RoSFest, North America’s premier progressive rock festival. Among other things, we talk about the tedious process of getting an artist visa, what it’s like playing in a different country, American…
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Review – Bj?rn Riis – Forever Comes To An End – by Leo Trimming
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NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THE PINEAPPLE THIEF, FEATURING GAVIN HARRISON
The Pineapple Thief have announced the second leg of their European tour in support of the critically-acclaimed album Your Wilderness. The new dates will see the band venture into Poland and Switzerland along with shows in Germany, Czech Republic, The Netherlands and UK. See a full list below. The band will again be joined by…
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Gandalf’s Fist announce Fistival? – One-Off Headline Performance in Workington, Cumbria.
UK Progressive Rock act, Gandalf’s Fist, have announced a special one-off headlining performance which they have coined simply as Fistival. Commandeering the Carnegie Theatre in Workington, Cumbria, the 4th August show marks a homecoming for the band, capping off a hugely successful 12 months which has heralded the release of their acclaimed triple album, ‘The…
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Review – Syncage – Unlike Here – by James R Turner
Many years ago, there was TV show that featured a catchphrase, and now for something completely different, and it got so overused that it became a clich. However, after having been playing this debut album by Italian quartet Syncage for a week or so and wondering the best way to introduce it in review, that…
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An Interview With Rikard Sj?blom – by Progradar
On the early May Bank Holiday Monday Rikard Sj?blom of Gungfly, Big Big Train and (formerly) Beardfish took the time to have a chat with me about the new Gungfly album ‘On Her Journey To The Sun’ and we also discussed ‘Grimspound’, the new Big Big Train release, the demise of Beardfish and lorry driving.…
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Steven Wilson – New album August 18th 2017? massive global 2018 tour announced?
Steven Wilson has announced details of To The Bone – his expansive, brilliant fifth album – and a major 2018 UK tour including a return to one of the country’s most iconic venues, the Royal Albert Hall. Pre-order the album here. A gloriously dynamic modernist pop record as imagined by the UK’s biggest underground artist,…