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Review – Guy Andrews – T?ke – by Kevin Thompson
Guy Andrews says he was drawn to write his latest album ‘T?ke’ (Norwegian for mist/fog), when his return flight from Norway was cancelled due to fog, leaving him with time to explore Bergen, the city where he was staying. He walked up a small mountain to the top revealing a stunning view of Norway’s fjords,…
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Review – Amarok – Hunt – by Kevin Thompson
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Review – Only Echoes Remain – The Exigent – by Kevin Thompson
Space, the final frontier… the vast overwhelming mind blowing epic that fascinates us all. As a boy I sat transfixed every time there was a space-flight, marvelling at the monochromatic achievements on screen with a head full of wonder. The feeling has never left me and as I grew fuelled my interests in Science Fiction,…
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Review – Anathema – The Optimist – by Kevin Thompson
Music is a very personal thing both for the artist and the listener, motivational, inspirational, a catharsis on which a musician can bare their soul and the darkest secrets within. It has always been about emotions, happy or sad, a conduit through which a musician can come to terms with the past and look forward…
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Review – Riverside – Lost ‘n’ Found: Live In Tilburg – by Kevin Thompson
So let’s face the elephant in the room straight away. This is always going to be emotional on so many levels and affecting people to different degrees. The album was recorded in Dutch Club 013, Tilburg, in the autumn of 2015 and features Piotr Grudzinski who is sadly no longer with us. Not a subject…
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Review – Valerian Swing – Nights – by Kevin Thompson
A shift of late has seen many bands classed under ‘heavy’ and ‘post/math rock’, expand their horizons and feel the need to spread their musical wings of experimentation. I have mentioned in previous reviews how easy it is to get lost in the masses and the difficulty facing up and coming bands in finding their…
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Review – Rikard Sj?blom’s Gungfly – On Her Journey To The Sun – by Kevin Thompson
Right! Listen up class! Roll call before we start, David Elliott, Martin Hutchinson, David Rickinson, Emma Roebuck, Tony Honour, Leo Trimming, James R Turner and Rob Fisher, all present and correct. As announced in assembly this morning we have a very special guest in our music lesson today. Martin Hutchinson, down the front please, I…
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Review – The Fierce And The Dead – Field Recordings (Live) – by Kevin Thompson
Despite saying they would be easing off a little after last year’s hectic release schedule, Bad Elephant Music (BEM) are showing no noticeable signs of slowing down in unleashing new music to our ears for 2017. Soon to be released and highly anticipated is the ‘Field Recordings’ EP from one of BEM’s rising bands The…
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Interview With Teddy-James Driscoll of Telepathy – Kevin Thompson
Recently I had the privilege of talking to TEDDY – JAMES DRISCOLL from TELEPATHY, a band who are generating a fair bit of interest from the Press, with new album ‘Tempest’ (which I also had the opportunity to review for Progradar) and the single from it, Celebration of Decay. Hi Ted. Hi Kev, great to…
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Review – Alan Reed – Honey On The Razor’s Edge – by Kevin Thompson
Meteorological Spring is in the air and there is a buzz around the Progressive music scene which is currently a veritable hive of activity. Music in general has seen an influx of singer/songwriters, some more of the worker bee type, scattered like pollen among the genres and trying to stick to a secure career, whilst…