It is with sadness, that once again in 2016, we say farewell to one of music’s endearing legends. No introductions necessary here, just the sad news that Greg Stuart Lake passed away yesterday, Wednesday 7th December 2016. Speaking of his…
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Hawkwind – The RCA Active Years 1981-1982
Following on from the recent release of the Hawkwind Charisma Years box set we are now presented with the RCA Active Years set, this one covering the three albums that the band released on the RCA label in 1981 and…
View More Hawkwind – The RCA Active Years 1981-1982Hawkwind – The Charisma Years 1976-1979
Hawkwind continue to have a long and interesting career, recently releasing their latest The Machine Stops album that proves their ability to provide consistent song writing. Here we have a box set re-release of four of their albums which were…
View More Hawkwind – The Charisma Years 1976-1979Stian Westerhus – Amputation
Stian Westerhus is a Norwegian guitarist and sound manipulator with a long and varied CV in esoteric avant jazz and electronica circles, and amongst many others has worked with Jaga Jazzist, Supersilent, and Motorpsycho. Stian has released many critically acclaimed…
View More Stian Westerhus – AmputationMarillion
The Tramshed, Cardiff 3rd December 2016 It is a truly wonderful thing to see a band more than 30 years after you first saw them, a band that never split up and then reformed for the inevitable nostalgia trail but…
View More MarillionOld Fire – Songs From The Haunted South
Old Fire is the project of Texas based musician and programmer John Mark Lapham, once of The Earlies and 4AD band The Late Cord. Admittedly, neither name mean anything to me so I approach this album with no preconceptions. I…
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