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Review – Year of the Kite – With Sparks Flying – by Jez Denton
It is this reviewer’s belief that the only worthwhile type of music is miserable music. Indeed I believe I can make a case for almost any song being miserable; ‘Happy Birthday’ for example, a song that heralds a descent into the void of encroaching years, bodies failing and falling apart before eventual and unavoidable death.…
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Review – Tangerine Dream – Quantum Gate & Quantum Key – by Jez Denton
In 2015 German Electronica visionary and leader of the band Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, died, two years before the band celebrated its 50th anniversary. However, Froese had elected as his successor as leader of the band Thorsten Quaseschning who, along with Frose’s wife, Bianca Acquaye and other members Hoshiko Yamane and Ulrich Schnauss, have continued…
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Review – Talitha Rise – An Abandoned Orchid House – by Progradar
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Review – The Slyde – Awakening – by Progradar
There’s some powerhouse artists that have come out of Canada, Rush and Bryan Adams immediately come to mind, but it’s not known as a hotbed of emerging talent on the whole. Last year I reviewed an EP full of intelligent and complex ‘heavy-prog’ songs that showed a huge amount of promise from four piece Canadian…
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Review – Sanctuary III – Robert Reed – by James R Turner
Since Robert took some time out of the day job to release his first homage to Mike Oldfield back in 2014, his own little sub-genre has grown, with two full length sequels (‘Sanctuary II’ in 2016) as well as numerous EPs including variations on David Bedford and his own alternative take on the Doctor Who…
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Review – Midas Fall – Evaporate – by Douglas Streatfield
Beautiful an overused word in record reviews. But I think I’m going to start off with that one word. Beautiful. Their website tells you that Midas Fall; Combine elements of electronica, post-rock and alternative rock with progressive and gothic undertones and also that; Scottish duo Midas Fall have carved a distinctive and captivating sound, creating…
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Paul Draper Set to perform songs from Mansun’s SIX album at Festival Number 6 & Trades Club warm up show
Following on from his hugely successful UK tour earlier this year where he performed songs from Mansun’s Attack Of The Grey Lantern, Paul Draper has confirmed that in September 2018 he will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the release of Mansun’s second album SIX, by performing tracks from the iconic album at this year’s…
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starfish64 – New Album coming soon, Video out now!
The new starfish64 album TheFuture In Reverse will be released digitally on 2018-05-18. It will be available through Bandcamp, iTunes and several other download services.? For physical formats the band have just started a crowdfunding campaign to realize a proper release on CD and, if possible, also on Vinyl. The Future In Reverse is the…
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Review – Spock’s Beard – Noise Floor – by Jez Denton
Progressive Rock music is a funny thing. Often pretentious, up its own arse, quite frankly snobby and elitist. Almost like you have to be super clever to get it, the musical equivalent of Jeremy Paxman asking a contestant from an old Polytechnic a question about thermo-nuclear physics on University Challenge, with an obvious sneer because…
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Review – The Aaron Clift Experiment – If All Goes Wrong – by Progradar
Intricate and subtle yet with raw passion at its heart, The Aaron Clift Experiment is one of the most exciting and interesting bands currently writing and playing music today. Now, I said those words about The Aaron Clift Experiment’s debut album from 2012, ‘Lonely Hills’ and the band went from strength to strength with their…