2016 is becoming increasingly difficult, at year end my editor will say “what are your top ten for the year?” and I’m up to five already. No, make that six. I loved the last Drifting Sun album, Trip The Life…
View More Drifting Sun – Safe AsylumMonth: July 2016
Frost* – Falling Satellites
Sound. Big, big sound. Glorious walls of sizzling, throbbing, energetic sound which sweep you along and enthusiastically caress you with a fizzing sense of vibrancy and effervescence. Eight years on from the highly regarded Experiments in Mass Appeal (mark that…
View More Frost* – Falling SatellitesCirca – Valley of the Windmill
Circa return after a five year hiatus with a new studio album, Valley of the Windmill. Since And So On (2011) the band has updated their sound and once again changed the line-up with the ever present Billy Sherwood (lead…
View More Circa – Valley of the WindmillEyes Of Blue – Crossroads of Time / In Fields of Ardath
Esoteric certainly know where to look when choosing content to reissue. These two releases from Welsh outfit Eyes of Blue come from 1969 – the dawn of the progressive era – and show the band pioneering the infantile genre. The…
View More Eyes Of Blue – Crossroads of Time / In Fields of ArdathThe Enid – Dust
Many bands claim to be Symphonic Rock, the blending of classical style with modern instruments to create an orchestral experience. Of all these, only The Enid create something that is unique and powerful, although that is not to deny the…
View More The Enid – DustFreedom to Glide – Fall
Fall is Freedom to Glide’s follow up to 2013’s excellent album Rain and the second of their intended “war themed trilogy”. Where Rain mainly featured references to World War One, here they continue to use it as a backdrop but…
View More Freedom to Glide – FallEppyFest 5
Lansdown Hall, Stroud, Gloucestershire 16th July 2016 It takes a person of determination, enthusiasm and drive to set up their own festival. To keep it going for five years also requires resilience to repeatedly overcome the unforeseen and continue to…
View More EppyFest 5Unit Wail – Pangaea Proxima
Towards the end of last year I reviewed the gloriously tumultuous album Beyond Space Edges by heavy avant-prog band Unit Wail, and sometime early in the new year I was sent a file containing the 2016 remaster of their first…
View More Unit Wail – Pangaea ProximaZosia Jagodzinska – Eros & Thanatos [EP]
By way of an introduction to the creative world of cellist, pianist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and poet, Zosia Jagodzinska, was the arrival of the all too brief Eros and Thantos EP. Zosia is a gifted, classically trained musician, who has expanded…
View More Zosia Jagodzinska – Eros & Thanatos [EP]We Are Kin – …and I know…
Manchester progressive rock quartet We Are Kin’s second album – entitled …and I know… – was released on 8th July. I’ve taken a special interest in We Are Kin since becoming aware of them and their 2015 debut album, Pandora,…
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