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  • Review – Whitewater – Universal Medium – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Whitewater – Universal Medium – by Emma Roebuck

    We move into the autumn and the new releases are starting to roll in for the new season after a fairly quiet summer.? The Naughty Pachyderm is no exception to this seasonal pattern. I expect a whole raft of new and exciting music from all corners in the coming weeks. The first on my list…

  • Review – My Tricksy Spirit – My Tricksy Spirit – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – My Tricksy Spirit – My Tricksy Spirit – by Emma Roebuck

    ‘Balinese gender wayang’, three words that don’t spring to mind, even to the most ardent musicologist let alone this enthusiastic amateur reviewer, but that is the instrument of choice of Nick Gray,the main driver of this project, along with Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld, Mediaeval Baebes) and Rob Shipster (MatchMusic), latterly joined by Roxanne Aisthorpe as a…

  • Review – Damanek – On Track – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Damanek – On Track – by Emma Roebuck

    Damanek is DAn Mash, Guy MANing and MarEK Arnold (with Sean Timms coming to the party just a after the band name was decided, Guy tells me.) ?A fairly stellar cast is joined by other heavenly bodies to guest on this, the debut album of this project. Brody Thomas Green (‘Southern Empire’) – drums. Tim…

  • Review – Jet Black Sea – Absorption Lines – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Jet Black Sea – Absorption Lines – by Emma Roebuck

    Jet Black Sea: when I got this through my inbox I admit as to being blind to who they were or what to expect, apart from a brief listen to the demos on the band’s Facebook page which was enough to pique my interest. Adrian Jones’ name popped up and then the penny dropped and…

  • Review – Gentle Knife – Clock Unwound – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Gentle Knife – Clock Unwound – by Emma Roebuck

    Gentle Knife is a Norwegian Ensemble of 11 members: Astraea Antal – flutes, woodwinds and visuals P?l Bj?rseth – keyboards, vocals, trumpet Odd Gr?nvold – basses Thomas Hylland Eriksen – sax and woodwinds Veronika H?rven Jensen – vocals H?kon Kavli – vocals, guitars Eivind Lorentzen – guitars and synths Charlotte Valstad Nielsen – sax Ove…

  • Review of ‘Black Science’ by Machines Dream – by Emma Roebuck

    Review of ‘Black Science’ by Machines Dream – by Emma Roebuck

    Not having the time pressures of a proper music journalist means that I have the opportunity to mull and digest an album I am given for review as I’m not on a specific dead line most times. Occasionally I am asked to get one done quickly but thankfully I am not on this album. I…

  • Review – Schnauser – Irritant – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Schnauser – Irritant – by Emma Roebuck

    Schnauser are: Alan Strawbridge – guitars, vocals, Dino Christodoulou – tenor and soprano saxophones, vocals, Duncan Gammon – keyboards, vocals, Holly Mcintosh – bass guitar, vocals and Jasper Williams – drums, vocals. I decided to take a break from reviewing after a bit of a rough time life wise. I needed the break and wanted…

  • Review – White Willow – Future Hopes – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – White Willow – Future Hopes – by Emma Roebuck

    I shall be brutally honest: I had forgotten that White Willow was still running as a functioning band. Maybe The Hedvig Mollestad project has made me think that way? The lack of any profile in the last few years or output had put them well in the back of my musical memory. I was at…

  • Review – Firmam3nt – Firmament – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Firmam3nt – Firmament – by Emma Roebuck

    A four piece Instrumental band from Madrid who mix genres like Postmetal, Progressive, Sludge, Doom, Experimental… Our debut homonymous album is out now via Nooirax Producciones. Music for fans of Intronaut, Mastodon, Russian Circles, Opeth… I am an eclectic soul musically, maybe even a hoarder of music. I still have the original copy of the…

  • Review – IT – We’re All In This Together – review by Emma Roebuck

    Review – IT – We’re All In This Together – review by Emma Roebuck

    You know when you listen to an album and then look the band up and realise you have missed out a fair few albums and some cracking music? Well that’s how I feel about IT and the album ‘W.A.I.T.T.’ (We’re All In This Together) after just a couple of plays. It is definitely an album…