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Review – Fish on Friday – Quiet Life – by James R Turner
This is the fourth release from Belgian born prog band Fish on Friday, and see’s them stretching their musical wings even further, having coalesced around the founding members William Beckers & Frank Van Boagaert, the line up now includes one of prog’s hardest working bassists Nick Beggs, Californian guitarist Marty Townsend and Marcus Weymaere. Following…
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Review – Cast – Power And Outcome – by James R Turner
Apparently there are two bands called Cast, I wasn’t aware of this, and like so many bands that have the same namesake (think English Nirvana and American Nirvana – about as far removed as is possible to be) the Mexican progressive band Cast are both sonically and geographically removed from their jaunty Britpop counterparts. Formed…
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Review – Robert Ramsay – Confound and Disturb – by James R. Turner
There follows a transcript smuggled out from under the noses of our Chicken overlords, we have been unable to verify the authenticity of the document, or indeed what happened to the brave rebel who made this recording but we can only hope he is safe, Mubla praise him. Is this on..can you hear me? Can…
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Review – Syncage – Unlike Here – by James R Turner
Many years ago, there was TV show that featured a catchphrase, and now for something completely different, and it got so overused that it became a clich. However, after having been playing this debut album by Italian quartet Syncage for a week or so and wondering the best way to introduce it in review, that…
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Review – Heresy – Prufrock – by James R Turner
American prog band Heresy have been inactive since the late 1980’s, and now they return with their 3rd album ‘Prufrock’, an adaptation of the T S Eliot poem, now, I’ll be honest here I am unfamiliar with both Heresy and Eliot’s work, whilst I know he also wrote The Wasteland, and he’s influenced a variety…
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Review – Golden Caves – Collision – by James R Turner
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Review – The Mute Gods – Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth – by James R. Turner
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Review – Rog Patterson – Flightless – by James R. Turner
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Review – The Brackish – Liquid Of Choice – By James R. Turner
(Featured image credit Simon Holliday) I have no idea at all how Bristol instrumental band, The Brackish have slipped through my radar considering I live in Bristol and have been to a fair few alternative and prog gigs here, considering they’ve been plying their trade since 2013, and I’ve been back since 2014 you’d have…
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Review – John Wesley – a way you’ll never be – By James R Turner
Those familiar with the work of Steven Wilson or Fish will know the name John Wesley, a prolific and talented American guitarist and songwriter whose been on the road supporting artists like Marillion and Steven Wilson, whilst also touring as part of Porcupine Tree, and has built up a solid reputation as a go to…