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Review – no-man – Love You To Bits
It’s not often that I am gobsmacked by a new release but the new album from no-man, the Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness project, left me quite a bit dumb-founded on first listen. Like some strange symbiosis of 80’s pop, 90’s dance music and noughties prog, Love You To Bits wasn’t what I was expecting…
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Review – The Room – Caught By The Machine
“The expansive soundscape driven into their third offering blows the gates wide open with a wealth of captivating melodic prog rock tracks, delivered with a quintessentially British level of class and sincerity despite the very serious and thought-provoking undertones etched into the music.” You’ve got to love a bit of PR blurb (well I do,…
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YES Announces UK Tour The Album Series 2020
YES, one of the most innovative of all prog-rock bands, and true legends of the genre, have announced a 8-date UK tour for May and June of 2020. The Album Series 2020 Tour will feature their 1974 Relayer album in its entirety together with a selection of other classic YES favourites. An extensive European tour…
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Review – Nova Cascade – A Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows – by Leo Trimming
What exactly is ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? According to Wikipedia (and who could doubt that source of information!) ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? is a website created by John Koenig that defines neologisms (that’s new words and phrases to you and me) which are designed to define emotions for which we do not yet…
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Review – Afenginn – Klingra – by Progradar
Afenginn, which means intoxication and strength in old norse, is Danish composer and musician, Kim Rafael Nyberg, one of the leading neo-folk, post-classical voices in Scandinavia. Having toured all over Europe, Australia and the US and performed at numerous festivals, concert halls and venues, Nyberg’s deeply ambitious, orchestrated compositions are based on his seemingly mercurial…