In relatively dark times it is hardly surprising that art and music reflects some of that angst and uncertainty and Dark Tide Rising from new band Midnight Sun is awash with feelings of loss and anxiety. Midnight Sun is the…
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This is the new and long-awaited third album from U.S. Progressive Rock supergroup Flying Colors, coming some five years after 2014’s Second Nature. This new album continues in a similar manner with a mixture of shorter and longer songs, some…
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Level 3, Swindon Saturday, 30th September 2019 This is as much a review of this fantastic little sticky-floored venue with its inexpensive bar, as it is the bands I saw. Apparently, Level 3 closed because another Swindon venue was getting…
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Let’s kick off my first review for The Progressive Aspect off with a disclaimer: I know Pat Sanders, the prime mover in Drifting Sun, and get a name check on the album. Make of that what you will and read…
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The Courtyard Theatre, London Tuesday, 1st October 2019 To describe Tuesday 1st October’s weather as inclement would be the height of understatement. On the day when Iamthemorning graced the U.K. for their sole show here, touring The Bell, I arrived…
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With two studio albums under their belt, I Am the Manic Whale released a live album earlier this year, a record of an acclaimed series of shows that have raised the band’s profile considerably. TPA’s John Wenlock-Smith spoke to main…
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Islington Assembly Hall, London Friday 4th October 2019 It’s three years since Magma last swooped over la Manche to enthral and delight with their otherworldly sounds, and the faithful are out in force to catch an event that can only…
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In which the six-headed Hydra of creativity, born out of that hotbed of musical derring-do Berklee College of Music some 10 years ago, rises above adversity, and by a collision of the Fates and Muses produces a mesmerising melting pot…
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I’m not sure if it’s just me, or do you sometimes hanker after some classic sounding prog from new bands? I’m after a classic, long piece that offers room for improvisation, uses strong reoccurring melodies and has some emotional value…
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Sometime in 2011, just before each of Fruupp’s albums reached their respective 40th birthdays, I happened upon two interesting looking CDs in an independent music shop in Leeds. They were the middle two albums from Fruupp’s sadly short-lived career, Seven…
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