Discontinuance is the debut album of a project put together by Georgia based guitarist Jared Leach, a name I had not come across before. Jared began playing guitar at the age of seven and has performed for the Kennesaw State…
View More Ghost Medicine – DiscontinuanceMonth: October 2016
ESP – Invisible Din
Tony Lowe and Mark Brzezicki’s collaborative project, ESP, may have finally captured the spirit and sound of the music that I, and many others of my generation, grew up with. Their new album Invisible Din, set for release in November,…
View More ESP – Invisible DinThe Gift – Why the Sea is Salt
This is The Gift in their third incarnation on their third album. Why the Sea is Salt is both exhilarating and challenging as the band, and audience to a degree, step out of their respective comfort zones. The writing team…
View More The Gift – Why the Sea is SaltGermán Vergara – Aisles
From Chile, Aisles released their latest album, Hawaii, a few months ago and are about to tour Europe during the next two weeks, including a show in the U.K.. TPA’s Tony Colvill had a chance to speak with the band’s…
View More Germán Vergara – AislesThank You Scientist – Stranger Heads Prevail
Boston band Bent Knee are the current rising stars of the new progressive scene in the USA and are lauded, rightly so it must be said, for bringing a much needed blast of energy and youthful enthusiasm to the alternative…
View More Thank You Scientist – Stranger Heads PrevailHaken / Thank You Scientist
The Complex, Glendale, California, U.S.A. Saturday, 17th September 2016 One of the drawbacks to being a progressive rock fan that lives in the United States is how few bands get the opportunity to tour here. Since most of the bands…
View More Haken / Thank You ScientistDec Burke – Book of Secrets
The seemingly innocuous appearance of Barack Obama’s voice at the start of Another Hope is a pivotal and profoundly brilliant seminal moment for this exceptional third solo album from Dec Burke. Taken from his New Hampshire primary speech in 2008,…
View More Dec Burke – Book of SecretsVan der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb
After Van der Graaf Generator split up following the release of Pawn Hearts, and while Peter Hammill was off pursuing his solo career, the other three in the band formed an occasional instrumental side project by the name of The…
View More Van der Graaf Generator – Do Not DisturbMarbin – Goatman & The House Of The Dead
When we last left our intrepid instrumental road warriors, Marbin was stranded in the rural Tennessee compound of some seriously Aggressive Hippies. Now the finale of that nail-biting cliffhanger has been scored with the album-closing track Escape From Hippie Mountain.…
View More Marbin – Goatman & The House Of The DeadRobert Reed ~ Sanctuary
Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire Saturday 8th October 2016 Music can express so much without words and such was the spirit and magic produced on October 8th in the musical shrine that is the Real World Studios it will be…
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