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Review – Tonochrome – A Map In Fragments – by Emma Roebuck
Tonochrome are a London based art rock quintet whose grunge aesthetic is peppered with jazz harmony, contemporary classical influences, Andean sounds and pop hooks. A coming together of opposites, of texture and colour, of the acoustic and the synthetic, Tonochrome are a joyful reminder of what music can be when you just don’t give a…
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Review – Arcaeon – Balance – by Emma Roebuck
A band so new they have not reached their first birthday release their first EP and stamp a clear identity on the music they create. Based in Reading, self defined Prog Metalcore band Arcaeon give us 4 songs and try to show the variation and style they are writing and performing. The album opens with…
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Review – Tom Slatter’s Murder and Parliament – Murder and Parliament – by Emma Roebuck
Secret Project **** released, and I have to admit my personal prejudices got the better of me when the worst kept secret at Evil Pachyderm Central Lab 558 was actually announced ready for release. My bigotry being I see Tom Slatter as a wordsmith turned musician rather than a musician who can do words too!…
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Review – Jess And The Ancient Ones – The Horse And Other Weird Tales – by Emma Roebuck
From the opening chords to first sentences from the opening titles of the Twilight Zone dropping into the rhythms I remember hearing on the 60s teen movies where the kids moved in strange gyrations to the psychedelic sounds of the club scene. That is just the first track, Death is the Doors, from this Finnish…
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Review – Wobbler – From Silence To Somewhere – by Emma Roebuck
Wobbler, a Norwegian band formed in 1999 near H?nefoss; no, I had no idea until I looked either; release their fourth album. Who are Wobbler Lars Fredrik Fr?islie – keyboards, backing vocals, Kristian Karl Hultgren – bass, bass clarinet, bass recorder, Martin Nordrum Kneppen – drums, percussion, recorder, Andreas Wettergreen Str mman Prestmo – vocals,…
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Review – Playgrounded – In Time With Gravity – by Emma Roebuck
Playgrounded is a Greek band born and forged in the heart of the financial crash post 2007 and whose first album ‘Athens’ is a narrative of Greece and a Greek youth in crisis and ultimately the European Project. They moved to Rotterdam to explore their music more, in their own words “Heavy Rock meets Electronic”,…
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Review – Charlie Cawood – The Divine Abstract – by Emma Roebuck
This landed in my inbox and I will admit to anticipating this with a huge amount of glee. Knifeworld are a personal favourite (hint new album please), Mediaeval Baebes and the wonderful My Tricksy Spirit album released not long ago appeal to my love of the leftfield of music. The publicity from Pachyderm Central (a…
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Review – Constructs – Shapes – by Emma Roebuck
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Review – Johannes Luley – Qitara – by Emma Roebuck
The guitarist from Moth Vellum and, more recently, Perfect Beings comes out with his second solo album ‘Qitara’ after 2013’s ‘Tales From Sheepfather’s Grove’ which, if I am honest, I have not yet heard but, after hearing, ‘Qitara’ I shall be it hunting out. Johannes says this is a collection of music he has created…
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Live DVD Review – The Pineapple Thief – Where We Stood – by Emma Roebuck
Darran Charles, Steve Kitch, Jon Sykes, Gavin Harrison and, of course, Bruce Soord are the current touring version of The Pineapple Thief. On the 11th February 2017 they played the Islington Assembly Rooms, touring in support of their ‘Your Wilderness’ album. It was a packed audience and was a much anticipated tour and album. The…