With his third release for Moonjune Records under his own name, Indonesian guitar virtuoso Tohpati dispenses with the bluesy feel of last year’s Riot album, and with Tribal Dance melds ethnic melodies to an advanced form of jazz rock, the…
View More Tohpati – Tribal DanceMonth: July 2014
Heylel – Nebulae
This is the debut offering from a Portuguese four-piece described in their publicity material as an alternative prog rock band with a Gothic twist and is one of the most mystifying albums I’ve heard for a long time. It appears…
View More Heylel – NebulaePanama Limited – Indian Summer
Panama Limited, having dropped the “Jug Band” from their name, and having seemingly psychedelicised themselves while listening to Captain Beefheart, no doubt taking a tip from label mates The Edgar Broughton Band in the process, are an entirely different proposition…
View More Panama Limited – Indian SummerPanama Limited Jug Band – Panama Limited Jug Band
Panama Limited Jug Band formed in the latter months of 1968 and were part of the UK country blues scene, an esoteric (no pun intended!) offshoot of the R&B favoured by the more commercial end of the British Blues Boom.…
View More Panama Limited Jug Band – Panama Limited Jug BandAbel Ganz – Abel Ganz
I doubt many readers of this blog will need an introduction to Scots based Abel Ganz, but just in case. Formed in the early 80s the band toured their native Scotland earning a healthy following and went on to release…
View More Abel Ganz – Abel GanzUt Gret – Ancestors’ Tale
From the opening bars of this charming little artefact it is obvious that I am in for a bit of a treat, and I am relieved that this album happened to be next in the “to do” list after a…
View More Ut Gret – Ancestors’ TaleJosh Kirsch – Fright Pig
A mysterious entity in Prog The project called “Fright Pig” is a fellowship of anonymity. The brilliant debut album “Out of Barnyard” was produced in 2013 under funny nicknames such as “Pig Maillion”, “Makon Baykon” etc. This nice digipack has…
View More Josh Kirsch – Fright PigPlastic Noose – Fractured Despondency
Fractured Despondency is the second release from Edinburgh based multi-instrumentalist Alan Emslie, recording here under the pseudonym – Snow King. He is joined on several tracks by guitarist John Irvine and trumpeter Mark Geelen appears on Strontian. Cards on the table that…
View More Plastic Noose – Fractured DespondencyKnifeworld – The Unravelling
Knifeworld are a band that leapt out of the shadows fully formed and blew me away at the Summer’s End Festival in 2012. Like many others who there that day the band were a revelation and one of the highlights…
View More Knifeworld – The UnravellingMats/Morgan – [Schack Tati]
Schack Tati, a play on words around the Swedish for chess and French film maker Jacques Tati has all the implied impish humour the title suggests, which will be nothing new to fans of this long running Swedish musical partnership.…
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