Firstly, an apology: back in November last year Stefano Giannotti, leader of Italian band OTEME sent me this CD, and since the 24th of that month it has sat, still in its shrinkwrap, in my never diminishing “to do” pile.…
View More OTEME – L’Agguato, L’Abbandono, Il MutamentoMonth: March 2016
Purson
The Cavern Club, Exeter Thursday, 24th March 2016 White Room, enveloped in the swirling lighting of the Cavern Club, provided good solid support, a blend of psychedelia and rock reminiscent of early Pink Floyd. Great bass player, and the others…
View More PursonSlivovitz – All You Can Eat
The first time I tried slivovitz I was not sure if I had picked up a bottle of paint-thinner by mistake, but after a four year wait it is good to see a new album from the band of the…
View More Slivovitz – All You Can EatA Different Aspect #1 – March 2016
In this update we feature:- Reptiel – Hobbitozz… A Land That Never Was The Dead Astronaut – The Dead Astronaut Devin Townsend Project – Devin Townsend Project Presents: Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall EPN Trio – 1Covers–Vol 1–Instantáneas…
View More A Different Aspect #1 – March 2016Headspace – All That You Fear Is Gone
The phrase “super group” gets bandied about quite a lot these days, and they give rise to different types of beasts. Headspace is a group of talented musicians who appear to have come together with a common aim, to create…
View More Headspace – All That You Fear Is GoneJeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Dominion Theatre, London Saturday 5th March 2016 The burden of expectation weighs heavily on Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, to give it its full and proper title. Released thirty eight years ago in 1978 with…
View More Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the WorldsMegacone – Fondle Fantasy [EP]
Released at the very end of January 2015 Ireland’s Megacone have made a strong opening statement with this, their bizarrely titled debut, Fondle Fantasy. Just four tracks, clocking in at a little over twenty minutes, that say much but never…
View More Megacone – Fondle Fantasy [EP]AppleSmell Colour – Unscrupulousness
Once again bands looking for names seem to be running out of ideas and they’re having to rely on random word combinations – have all the good ones really been taken? This time from Tarragona in Spain we get AppleSmell…
View More AppleSmell Colour – UnscrupulousnessDream Theater
The Astonishing – Live The Palladium, London Saturday, 18th February 2016 There is a heightened sense of expectation and anticipation as a high spirited crowd gather on a chilly night outside the doors of the London Palladium for the opening…
View More Dream TheaterDream Theater – The Astonishing
What can I say? I am surely not the first (nor the last) to admit that I am indeed astonished by Dream Theater’s latest oeuvre, but the effects of this album go well past the shock factor that the band…
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