Progradar

Month: April 2018

  • Magnum – Lost On The Road To Eternity – New Tour Dates Added

    Magnum – Lost On The Road To Eternity – New Tour Dates Added

    Legendary British rock band Magnum celebrated the release of their 20th Studio album ‘Lost On The Road To Eternity’ with a multi-date European tour and they have announced a further seven dates in November 2018. Magnum Tour Dates November 2018 22/11/18 – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Ticket link 23/11/18 – Winterstorm, Troon, Festival website link 24/11/18…

  • Review – Plenty – It Could Be Home – By James R. Turner

    Review – Plenty – It Could Be Home – By James R. Turner

    I think Mabel Greer’s Toyshop probably have the record for the longest space between being formed and releasing their debut album, however Plenty are running them a close second, originally being formed back in 1986, and with this, their old material rediscovered, reworked and released here for the first time, it’s an album that’s only…

  • Live Review – Marillion at York Barbican 22nd April 2018 – by Progradar

    Live Review – Marillion at York Barbican 22nd April 2018 – by Progradar

    “Play Seasons End, play Seasons End, please.play.Seasons.End…Fuck, they’re playing Seasons End!!” And that, my friends, made what was already an incredible, emotive and stunning gig by one of my all time favourite bands the best gig I’ve ever been to. Yes, it was that bloody good! Now I know I’m a lucky sod, I get…

  • Review – Colin Edwin & Robert J?rjendal – Another World – By James R. Turner

    Review – Colin Edwin & Robert J?rjendal – Another World – By James R. Turner

    I’ve been doing this for over 20 years now in one form or another, this getting new albums to listen to, review and share my thoughts with whoever’s reading. To think when I first started back in 1994, I’d been handed a package in a brown envelope in a local hostelry, disappeared home to listen…

  • Review – Richard Wileman – Veil – by James R. Turner

    Review – Richard Wileman – Veil – by James R. Turner

    Many years ago, I had a column in a well-known North of England organization for the promotion of classic and progressive rock. I was a contrary individual, and part of my work was to listen to classic prog and rock albums with a fresh pair of ears, without the baggage of the genre. I quickly…

  • Review – TRYO – Antolog a El?ctrica – by Jez Denton

    Review – TRYO – Antolog a El?ctrica – by Jez Denton

    I know very little about the country of Chile other than to say, geographically, that it is a country of huge contrasts, bordered as it is by mountains to one side, the sea to the other and stretching from rain forest in the north, through the most arid desert to the southernmost tip where South…

  • MIDAS FALL SHARE ANIMATED VIDEO FOR GLUE’

    MIDAS FALL SHARE ANIMATED VIDEO FOR GLUE’

    Scottish post-rock duo Midas Fall, who release their new album ‘Evaporate on 27th April, have shared a stunning animated video for Glue. Directed and produced by Stefano Bertelli, with the set design by Riccardo Orlandi, the band describe the track as,?a song that exists in 4 parts and goes on a journey. Over the years…

  • Reviews – Esoteric Reissue Round Up – Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster & Curved Air – By James R Turner

    Reviews – Esoteric Reissue Round Up – Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster & Curved Air – By James R Turner

    There have been plenty of reissue of classic rock and progressive albums hitting the desk here at the Bristol branch of Progradar recently, so, without further ado (and in the sense of catching up after having moved house and had no wi-fi for over a month) let me draw your attention to a few that…

  • Review – Riversea – The Tide – by Progradar

    Review – Riversea – The Tide – by Progradar

    Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.? – Alphonse de Lamartine What a wonderful quote and it fits perfectly how I feel after listening to the long awaited second album from Riversea, the on/off musical project of my good friends Marc Atkinson and Brendan Eyre. The music and lyrics that…

  • HAKEN – announce first ever live album – ?L-1VE and work on next studio album

    HAKEN – announce first ever live album – ?L-1VE and work on next studio album

    HAKEN are extremely pleased to announce the release of their first ever live album, titled ?L-1VE and scheduled for release on June 22nd, 2018. Following the release of the bands much-acclaimed fourth studio album Affinity, they embarked upon their 10th anniversary tour across Europe & North America. Recorded and filmed on April 13th, 2017, at…