A week or two before Christmas, TPA’s Roger Trenwith sat down with Carollyn Eden and Stuart Clark, a.k.a Storm Deva, and they had a good old natter, discussing their backgrounds, how the band formed, their influences and the recently released…
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Storm Deva – Storm Deva
Storm Deva are a new band to me, and probably to a lot of you too. I saw them fairly recently when they stepped in as last minute substitutes at the annual charity bash, Prog the Forest in early December.…
View More Storm Deva – Storm DevaDavid Cross Band – Ice Blue, Silver Sky
If you know your lyrics, then the title of this record gives a clue as to its heritage, although opener Nurse Insane charges out of the traps with its prog metal armour shining in the half-light, to throw you off…
View More David Cross Band – Ice Blue, Silver SkyJack O’the Clock – The Warm, Dark Circus
“Eclectic” is a word beloved of music writers, but sometimes, like the superlative adjectives, it manages to escape the prison of overuse and actually apply to something in a totally appropriate and valid way. The Vermont collective Jack O’the Clock,…
View More Jack O’the Clock – The Warm, Dark CircusRascal Reporters – The Strainge Case of Steve
With a career covering four decades, this highly listenable outfit, formed in Michigan but now Washington based, is currently a duo featuring returning founder member Steve Kretzmer and James Strain, who joined in 2019. Over the years they have given…
View More Rascal Reporters – The Strainge Case of SteveChlöe Herington – V Ä L V Ē
Chlöe Herington is a woman with a long history on the prog-adjacent fringes of this weird scene we inhabit. TPA’s Roger Trenwith had a chance to chat with her about her project V Ä L V Ē, their imminent new…
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V Ä L V Ē are one of those bands that arrive out of left field to provide a fascinating glimpse into a self-contained universe, removed from the humdrum everyday. A uniquely charming and somehow very English creation, V Ä…
View More V Ä L V Ē – Tiny PilotsOne Sided Horse – My Favourite City at Night in the Rain
You may have come across my fellow reviewer Martin Hutchinson. We have both been doing this scribbling thing for a long time now, but suffice to say, our musical Venn diagrams seem to have a rather small crossover section. The…
View More One Sided Horse – My Favourite City at Night in the RainMoebius – Aspirin
This album is a treat for any fan of Kosmiche Musik, for previously unheard music by Dieter Moebius, who sadly left this orbit in 2015, is something to be treasured. Hugely influential on experimental electronic music, Moebius and his partner…
View More Moebius – AspirinThe Fierce And The Dead / in violet
The Black Heart, Camden, London Saturday, 14th October 2023 The Black Heart in Camden – always too hot, always overloaded sound, but tonight it didn’t matter. Rushden’s finest, The Fierce And The Dead, are here to officially launch their new…
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