TPA would like to join in with all the tributes afforded to Daevid Allen, a unique and immensely gifted musician, who sadly passed away today… Daevid passed away peacefully in Australia today, Friday 13th at 1.05pm, surrounded by his boys.…
View More Daevid Allen – RIPMonth: March 2015
Public Service Broadcasting – The Race For Space
On October 4th, 1957, Sputnik was launched, and the Space Race commenced. This was a technological and ideological battle between the USA and the USSR at the height of the Cold War, and Public Service Broadcasting have skilfully utilised archive…
View More Public Service Broadcasting – The Race For SpaceNorth Atlantic Oscillation – Glare
Released on Monday 16th March to coincide with their short UK tour starting the day after, Sam Healy’s band of shimmering shapeshifters have come up with the goods again. Opening with the title track, this fine hors d’oeuvres is a…
View More North Atlantic Oscillation – GlareThe Afro Circus – Journey To The Center Of The Ear
Firstly, who are the Afro Circus? Well they are a Boston (Massachusetts, USA) based guy called Josh Goldberg (with a little help from his friends). Josh is a guitarist but mainly a Chapman Stick player (or Stickist)… you know, that…
View More The Afro Circus – Journey To The Center Of The EarsimakDialog – Live At Orion
Ah, that’s more like it… after a bit of a diversion in my reviews, covering books, singer-songwriters, DIY punks and cover version albums over on my blog this marvellous album is like returning home after a long trip away. We…
View More simakDialog – Live At OrionVezhlivy Otkaz – Go to it!..
My second foray into the weird and wonderful world of Vezhlivy Otkaz, which translates as “Polite Refusal” comes with this 1992 album re-released last year by distributors AltrOck. If Geranium, my first encounter with The Polites is anything to go…
View More Vezhlivy Otkaz – Go to it!..Anathema – Acoustic
Exeter Cathedral 5th March 2015 There has been a sacred building on the site of Exeter Cathedral since at least Roman times and this beautiful medieval cathedral was a perfect venue for the spiritually uplifting and emotionally drenched music of…
View More Anathema – AcousticBakerloo – Bakerloo
Deep under London there are 40 underground railway stations that are no longer in use for various reasons, presumably with lines that used to have some purpose historically but no longer go anywhere. They remain a historical curiosity and reminder…
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