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Review – Fractal Mirror – Beyond Borders – by John Wenlock-Smith
This album is the fifth, and latest one, from the internet based & curated band, Fractal Mirror, which is comprised of a couple of Dutch and US members, amongst others including British local Boy Gareth Cole on guitars. Brett Kull of Echolyn acts as both a backing vocalist and as a creative muse or foil…
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Review – Fractal Mirror – Close to Vapour – by Jez Denton
Pop music often gets a bad press; often because it is thought of as being bland, uninspiring and repetitive, and often with good cause. However, pop music can be anything but those criticisms with brilliant melodies, lush production and funny and quirky lyrics. Right from the moment Brian Wilson created ‘Pet Sounds’ in 1967, through…
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Review – Fractal Mirror – Slow Burn 1 – by James R. Turner
James R. Turner’s first review for Progradar! It’s a strange half life you have as a reviewer, you’re at one step the conduit between the bands and the audience, hoping that what you write influences others to investigate some of the exciting new music out there, on the other hand you end up meeting musicians,…
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Review – Mike Kershaw – What Lies Beneath – by Gary Morley
Mike Kershaw is a Passenger, or fan of Big Big Train, and we’ve met (in cyberspace) and our lives have been connected through their Facebook page. I was invited to review this, Mike’s latest solo recording, by Martin Hutchinson, another Passenger whose life is a little more connected to mine in that we have had…