When someone describes a band as a power trio, I’m sometimes reluctant to listen. It’s not that power trios don’t exist, but quite often this term seems to be bandied about whenever a band has only three members. They might…
View More Kilter – AxiomMonth: May 2020
Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – Nostalgia For Infinity
* Gush Warning * Gush Warning * Gush Warning * This album is stunning. If you have been dipping in to the Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (HOGIA) broadcasts from lockdown, there are hints, but this album is absolutely stunning.…
View More Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – Nostalgia For InfinityPsychoYogi – Dangerous Devices
I first came across the excellent PsychoYogi some years ago in 2004, when I saw them in concert in London. They happened to be supported by a band I used to be in myself (that’s a whole other story). I…
View More PsychoYogi – Dangerous DevicesDesert Session Home Edition – Phase 1
Under lockdown and in isolation, it might have seemed that the world could turn in on itself, become insular and individualistic. Somewhat paradoxically, communities unable to meet with each other, and many of whom have never interacted, have come together…
View More Desert Session Home Edition – Phase 1City of Souls – Synæsthesia
For twenty years now, the month of May has been a celebration in New Zealand of its musical past and present, and the first day of NZ Music Month this year saw the long-awaited release of City of Soul’s debut…
View More City of Souls – SynæsthesiaSubsignal – A Song for the Homeless
Few live recordings successfully rise to the challenge of capturing the spellbinding spirit and excitement of the musical magic created and experienced at a concert. There is absolutely nothing quite like the infectious thrill, the vibrancy, the energy and exhilaration…
View More Subsignal – A Song for the HomelessA Different Aspect #39
In this update we feature: • Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province • The Thank Yous – Good Times Killing Us • Josh Feinberg – Time Does Not Exist For Light • Max Bianco and the BlueHearts – Harlot…
View More A Different Aspect #39Japonica – Into the Kaleidoscope
Japonica’s debut album Into the Kaleidoscope is one that is easy to review, and yet at the same time impossible to review. That is to say, I could review it in the way most album reviews are written, and as…
View More Japonica – Into the KaleidoscopeVirgil Donati – Ruination
The short review: Ruination is progressive-rock-fusion at its very finest. The not so short review: I’ll backtrack a little to my first encounter with Virgil Donati and Bunny Brunel’s L.A. Zoo (Revisited) released in 2004. It’s the revisited part that…
View More Virgil Donati – RuinationPostvorta – Porrima
The Northern Italian city of Ravenna seems to be a hot bed of talent, which is presently crashing down on me in waves. This year alone has seen new albums from Nero di Marte, Postvorta, and Void of Sleep, with…
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