Many thanks to Martin Reijman for the use of his photos. [You can view more of his images at www.martinreijmanimages.com ] The Palmer Centre, Chepstow (26th Sept. 2014) Chepstow School, Chepstow (27th & 28th Sept. 2014) It’s that time again!…
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Moe Tar – Entropy Of The Century
San Francisco band Moe Tar up the ante considerably on their abundantly confident and assured second album Entropy Of The Century. Not to say that their debut From These Small Seeds was anything short of a great introduction to the…
View More Moe Tar – Entropy Of The CenturySanguine Hum – Live In America
Prior to their ROSfest performance in 2012, Sanguine Hum had recently signed to the Esoteric Antenna label, (a division of Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records), for the release of the Diving Bell (12) album and it therefore seems appropriate that the…
View More Sanguine Hum – Live In AmericaDC Sound Collective – Rotation
I certainly didn’t make things easy for myself when I chose this album to review at random from the list of those submitted to the Progressive Aspect. The name of the artists was immediately intriguing, as to me it conjured…
View More DC Sound Collective – RotationDavid Sancious (& Tone) – Forest Of Feelings & Transformation (The Speed Of Love)
David Sancious seems to be one of those musicians that you’ve heard of, but perhaps not explored in any great depth. His early career saw him as the keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and he appeared on…
View More David Sancious (& Tone) – Forest Of Feelings & Transformation (The Speed Of Love)PoiL – Brossaklitt
With their third album Brossaklitt Lyon-based French trio PoiL have dropped a sonic bomb on my preconceptions. Whatever you may have considered to be avant-garde rock music in the past is taken somewhere very different with this strange mix of…
View More PoiL – BrossaklittNorth Atlantic Oscillation – The Third Day
Having got the “difficult second album” out of their systems it is often the case that third albums are with hindsight, a turning point, and in some cases the apogee of a band’s career. Think Electric Ladyland, London Calling, The…
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