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Weekly Wallet Emptier – 7th July 2015 (A tad late)
Camelias Garden – Kite Something of a hidden gem, Italian band Camelias Garden deliver a beauteous blend of folk rock and progressive rock to warm the soul and lift the heart. The delicate vocals and ethereal musicianship is a wonder to behold and in ‘Kite’, the E.P. follow up to the equally impressive ‘You Have…
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Review – Geof Whitely Project – Supernatural Casualty and more……
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity…” – Charles Mingus Just take a minute to read that quote a couple of times and let it sink in………… Right, are we ready now? Those words can be used to apply the meaning in many walks of life and, also,…
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Weekly Wallet Emptier – 27/6/15
Gekko Project – Reya of Titan Gekko Project are a California based five piece Progressive Rock band, with duel vocals, symphonic keyboards, progressive guitars, driving bass and adventurous drums. Their latest album ‘Reya of Titan’ has all the ingredients of a classic progressive album with an intricate storyline given substance by some rather good musicians.…
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Interview – Fedor Kivokurtsev of Echoes and Signals
I like a bit of instrumental progressive rock and it was my pleasure to review Russian trio Echoes and Signals November 2014 release ‘V’ earlier this year. Further to this excellent album the band have announced that they will be opening for their heroes Pain of Salvation on the two Russian dates that they are…
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Weekly Wallet Emptier – 12th June 2015
Well, after last weekend’s shenanigans we are back. This week’s Wallet Emptier features 5 new albums and a glorious blast from the past (and a new empty wallet…). So, without any further ado, let’s crack on….. Breznev Fun Club – il misantropo felice Incredibly intense progressive rock with a mad side to it. Not to…
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Review – Progoctopus – Transcendence
What’s in a name? Do the emotions that a band’s name evoke influence your likelihood to like or dislike that particular artist’s music? And why am I even asking this question in the first place? Progoctopus, that’s why. This new progressive band from Birmingham have just released their debut E.P. ‘Transcendence’ and, so far, it…
