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Review – Orange Clocks – Tope’s Sphere 2 – by Emma Roebuck
Originally devised in 1973 by eccentric producer Tomska R Huntley and destined for German TV, Tope’s Sphere was set to be a ground-breaking animation featuring a live soundtrack by 1970’s UK/Germany supergroup, Klementine Uhren. The series followed Tope, the knitted monkey protagonist, with his sidekick Chode on their outer-space adventures accompanied by lush layers of…
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Review – Napier’s Bones – Alpha-Omega Man – by Emma Roebuck
Welcome to Napier’s Bones’ fourth outing and they have decided to create their own mythology for this new album, ‘Alpha-Omega Man’. A rare thing for me to quote biblical/religious texts but it’s appropriate “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the…
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Review – Van Der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb – by Emma Roebuck
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Review – Pain Of Salvation – In The Passing Light Of Day – By Emma Roebuck
Another reason to thank the late great Geoff Banks is for his recommendation of Pain Of Salvation, ‘Remedy Lane‘ was my first introduction to them. When I was given the opportunity to review the new release, I bit Martin’s?hands off. On the first play through I was unsure, to be truthful it felt like Daniel…
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Progradar Best of 2016 – Emma Roebuck’s Top 10
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Review – The Fierce And The Dead – If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe – by Emma Roebuck
Well, this came out of nowhere. I was expecting that The Fierce And The Dead’s next outing would be the third album current being recorded in seclusion with an as yet undisclosed name or release date. Suddenly the Bad Elephant Music promo number 36, ‘If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe’,…
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Review – Maschine – Naturalis – by Emma Roebuck
Maschine – ‘a progressive rock band without boundaries’ is the bands tagline and ‘Naturalis’, the second album from Luke Machin, Daniel Mash, Marie-Eve De Gaultier, Elliot Fuller and James Stewart, definitely pushes the envelope beyond ‘Rubidium’ which was a cracking album in itself and one that showed much promise for the future. This album is…
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Review – FVNERALS – Wounds – by Emma Roebuck
Glasgow Based FVNERALS’ Tiffany, Syd and Chris sit in that dark world of Doom, Ambient, post rock, shoe Gazing alternative music. There is nothing, and I mean nothing, upbeat about the music this trio produce. No, that’s not insulting, it’s just a fact about the music they produce. This is their fourth release and they…
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Review – Kyros – Vox Humana – By Emma Roebuck
Kyros (Nee Synaethesia) is Adam Warne (vocals, keyboards), Joey Frevola (guitars), Peter Episcopo (bass, vocals), Robin Johnson (drums, percussion)?& Sam Higgins (guitars, vocals). They have been tipped and praised in the media and rock press in their original guise growing out of Adam’s solo project into a fully fledged band. I am not one to…
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Review – Sphelm – These Roots Know No Boundaries – by Emma Roebuck
