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Review – Evenflow – Old Town – by Jez Denton
In the last couple of months I’ve had the good fortune to have reviewed a number of works by collaborations between very talented musicians who have come together, often after working on other projects and finding lots of musical common ground, to make music that primarily, it seems, enthuses them, which is an enthusiasm that…
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Review – The Kentish Spires – The Last Harvest – by James R. Turner
The Gentlemen behind the Summers End Festival, Huw Lloyd-Jones and Stephen Lambe, have branched out into a record label as well, Sonicbond, truly covering all progressive bases and, following on the release of the excellent Talitha Rise album, they now unleash this album, described as a spiritual successor to the classic Canterbury Scene. With a…
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Gandalf’s Fist Tease Road to Darkness Special Edition
Gandalf’s Fist have announced, and begun pre-orders on a special, deluxe re-issue of their 2011 offering ‘Road to Darkness’. In line with 2017’s special edition release of their ‘Universal Wanderer’ album, ‘Road to Darkness’ has been fully remixed and remastered from the ground up, utilizing new performance takes and bringing the release firmly in line…
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VOIVOD – The Wake album details and release date announced!
Celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are pleased to announce a release date of September 21st, 2018 for their upcoming new studio album The Wake via Century Media Records worldwide. The Wake, the highly anticipated successor to 2013’s Target Earth album as well as the 2016 mini-album Post Society,…
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Review – Chris Squire – Fish Out of Water (2CD / 2DVD / 1LP / 2 X 7? SINGLES LIMITED EDITION BOXSET) – by James R. Turner
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YES – FLY FROM HERE – RETURN TRIP – IN STOCK AND OUT NOW
Prog icons YES have released a brand-new mix of their album Fly From Here – Return Trip, featuring the Drama line-up and new lead vocals by Trevor Horn, to coincide with their 50th?Anniversary celebrations. All the vinyl editions and the special postcard book, which were previously only available to pre-order, are IN STOCK AND OUT…
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Review – Southern Empire – Civilisation – by Progradar
“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen!” Sage words of bombast and pomposity and the sort of thing you’d hear at the Last Night of the Proms. To be honest, if we had an equivalent thing for progressive…
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NOSOUND ANNOUNCE ALLOW YOURSELF? THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM AND NEW DIRECTION COMING 21st SEPT 2018 – NOSOUND PREMIERE VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE “DON’T YOU DARE?
Nosound’s 2018 studio album Allow Yourself finds the band in a new space once more having grown alongside their evolving and borderless label Kscope. The new material is a stripping back of what has come before, and its inspirations are in a different field altogether, based on founder and songwriter Giancarlo Erra’s own shifting interests.…
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Review – Pingvinorkestern – Look, No Hands – by Progradar
After listening to ‘Look, No Hands’ from the Swedish progressive rock ensemble Pingvinorkestern (Penguin Orchestra) I’m still at a loss for words. At times quite gloriously mad and at times utterly magnificent progressive rock born from imagination and intuition, this album is a wonderful collection of tracks that enthralls, amazes and amuses all at the…
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Review – Loebe & Napier – Filthy Jokes E.P. – by Progradar
Rebecca Loebe and Findlay Napier met on an EFDSS songwriting retreat in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. “Sometimes when you get thrown into a co-write sessions things just click.” Says Napier, “This was one of those times.” Over the last 18 months they have written together down the line from Loebe’s base in Austin, Texas and in Findlay’s…