And so once again the Prog Band Random Name Generator gets a healthy spin and these five words come together for surely the first (only?) time in human history. For successfully achieving a kind of ‘Prog Googlewhack‘ I guess congratulations…
View More I Am The Manic Whale – Everything Beautiful in TimeMonth: February 2016
Matthew Parmenter – All Our Yesterdays
During the now infamous fire alarm incident at Summers End 2015, Matthew Parmenter, who was there to play with Discipline, became acquainted with the chaps from Bad Elephant Music. A deal was struck and Matthew was added to their already…
View More Matthew Parmenter – All Our YesterdaysO.R.k. / Thumpermonkey / Landskap / The Earls Of Mars / KoMaRa
[…with the usual Crappy SnapsTM also by Jez Rowden with apologies to all concerned! Video with many thanks to Niek van Driel] The Underworld, Camden, London Sunday 21st February 2016 Five bands for ten quid? Good value indeed and Well…
View More O.R.k. / Thumpermonkey / Landskap / The Earls Of Mars / KoMaRaAccordo dei Contrari – AdC
Accordo dei Contrari are Italy’s latest way of showing the rest of the world they are still at the top of their game in prog. AdC is their third opus – released on the ever-brilliant AltrOck label – after 2007’s…
View More Accordo dei Contrari – AdCJaga Jazzist – Starfire
20 years on from their beginnings the (literally) huge Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist have released Starfire. With eight members, Jaga are possibly more of a 21st Century orchestra than rock ‘band’, enabling a total sound palette that can achieve virtually…
View More Jaga Jazzist – StarfirePavlov3 – Curvature-Induced Symmetry…Breaking EP
I may be in danger of becoming The Progressive Aspect’s default Chapman Stick Artist Reviewer. Personally I think that is possibly one of the coolest titles out there and that’s good because here’s another review of a “tapper”, and there’s…
View More Pavlov3 – Curvature-Induced Symmetry…Breaking EPDiatessaron – Sunshine
An unusual name. Meaning? The harmonisation of the four gospels into one single coherent narrative. Oh dear. Oh well, if we are all sitting comfortably let us begin.  I started this review months ago, but this time I will…
View More Diatessaron – SunshineThe Gift / Tom Slatter / We Are Kin / jh – An Evening with Bad Elephant Music
The Boston Music Room, Tufnell Park, London Saturday 13th February 2016 Four acts, over three and a half hours of progressive sounds proudly presented by Bad Elephant Music. Their signed acts jh, We Are Kin (performing an acoustic set with…
View More The Gift / Tom Slatter / We Are Kin / jh – An Evening with Bad Elephant MusicTesseracT
O2 Academy, Oxford Wednesday 10th February 2016 Reunited with front man Daniel Tompkins and promoting their new album Polaris, TesseracT are coming to the end of the U.K. leg of an extensive tour which has already traversed North America before…
View More TesseracTTaylor’s Universe – Across The Universe: An Introduction To Taylor’s Universe
There are some folk who will run many a mile as soon as they espy the word “jazz”, and you would be right to surmise that obviously I am about to make reference to it. “Jazz”, when it comes down…
View More Taylor’s Universe – Across The Universe: An Introduction To Taylor’s Universe