Tope poked his head above the parapet of the Rushden of Iniquity and spied a hole in space…you know, one of those left by Fohat. This being East Northants, a place where they still practice the Olde Religion, Tope saw…
View More Orange Clocks – Tope’s Sphere 2Month: February 2017
Tail Feather
The Louisiana, Bristol 19th October 2016 From Reading, Tail Feather are a progressive psychedelic rock band with harmony vocals. They are rather good. The ticket for this show at the Louisiana came bundled with a download of their Mother Nature…
View More Tail FeatherFairport Convention – 50:50@50
If there was any justice – and music taste – in the world, Fairport Convention would be treated in the U.K. with the same reverence as, say, The Band in the U.S. After all, they have been with us for…
View More Fairport Convention – 50:50@50Blackfield – Blackfield V
If you are reading this then Blackfield, the well-known collaborative project between Steven Wilson and Israeli artist Aviv Geffen, probably need little or no introduction. There have been four albums previously, the last two, Welcome to my DNA and IV…
View More Blackfield – Blackfield VEclection – Eclection
This album is a real throwback to the late 1960s. Eclection made their first public appearance supporting Tom Paxton at the Royal Festival Hall in 1967. Their debut album was originally released on the Elektra Records label in 1968, amidst…
View More Eclection – EclectionThe Mute Gods – Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth
The Dance of Death (Saltatio Mortis) casts an ominous, foreboding shadow over the future of the human race. Roger King’s menacing funeral march for humanity is a ghastly premonition which sets an urgent and anxious tone for what follows on…
View More The Mute Gods – Tardigrades Will Inherit the EarthFlashback Caruso – The Flashback Caruso Memorial Barbecue
Any band headed by Anders Bjermeland, the man behind the fabulous Mollmaskin album of 2015, so named after a jewel of a Faust song buried within The Faust Tapes – one of my all-time top ten LPs – has to…
View More Flashback Caruso – The Flashback Caruso Memorial BarbecueKarda Estra – Infernal Spheres
From the fanfares of brass that open the new – and unexpected – album from Richard Wileman’s wonderful Karda Estra, there is a portentous foreboding in the air. The musical spheres are not at rest. The album’s full title, ‘Where…
View More Karda Estra – Infernal SpheresEdenbridge – The Great Momentum
After 2013’s The Bonding it was hard to imagine how Edenbridge could further improve on their sound and majestic power as a band. That album is definitely one of my favorites of this decade, if not of all-time. From the…
View More Edenbridge – The Great MomentumThe Pineapple Thief / Godsticks
Islington Assembly Hall, London 11th February 2017 On a night when The Pineapple Thief played to an enthusiastic sold out Islington Assembly Hall at the end of triumphant European tour, it seems appropriate to note that pineapples used to be…
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