Dennis DeYoung was the voice on much of the talked about Styx back catalogue, which always hinted at progressive rockiness with albums like Pieces of Eight, Equinox, and the all conquering The Grand Illusion where The Angry Young Man sailed…
View More Dennis DeYoung – 26 East, Volume 1Month: July 2020
Mandoki Soulmates – Living in the Gap + Hungarian Pictures
Leslie Mándoki is one of those musicians who would occasionally crop up in conversation, without anyone really knowing a great deal about him, me included. I’d certainly seen YouTube footage of him and he always seemed to be surrounded by…
View More Mandoki Soulmates – Living in the Gap + Hungarian PicturesLong Distance Calling – How Do We Want to Live?
Some genres are quite narrow in scope, while some are so wide as to almost be boundless. Post rock veers more towards the latter, with a huge variation of sounds and styles being ascribed the tag. And yet, take almost…
View More Long Distance Calling – How Do We Want to Live?sleepmakeswaves – These Are Not Your Dreams
Has anything gone to plan this year for sleepmakeswaves? What was meant to be an EP trilogy released in February, April and May is now three EPs being released together in mid-July – with the first two parts available to…
View More sleepmakeswaves – These Are Not Your DreamsTrey Gunn – Punkt / Firma
Trey Gunn should be a very familiar name in Progressive Rock circles, mainly because of his involvement with King Crimson during the ‘double-trio’ years. Since then he has been involved in various projects (including the Security Project, a re-imagining of…
View More Trey Gunn – Punkt / FirmaArabs in Aspic – Madness and Magic
What do you get if you cross the albums Wish You Were Here and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? I’d be hard pressed to give a better answer than Madness and Magic. Heck, even the title could be considered an allusion to…
View More Arabs in Aspic – Madness and MagicJohn Mitchell – Lonely Robot
In Part One of Dave Cookson’s interview with John Mitchell, he talks about his new Lonely Robot release, Feelings Are Good, songwriting, collaborating, being the robot and putting it all out there. Congratulations on the new album! Thank you. I…
View More John Mitchell – Lonely RobotLonely Robot – Feelings Are Good
Feelings Are Good, huh? The phrase comes out differently depending on how you say it to yourself, it makes a clever album title and, as you will read below, is appropriate for this new collection of eleven songs, written and…
View More Lonely Robot – Feelings Are GoodA Different Aspect #40
In this update we feature: • Echo Rain – Western Skies [EP] • Kaprekar’s Constant – Meanwhile… [EP] • Vivienne Mort – Aocbia (Досвід) • Raoul Björkenheim – Solar Winds • Nick Marsh – Waltzing Bones • Sophie Tassignon –…
View More A Different Aspect #40Long Earth – Once Around the Sun
When trying to talk about a piece of music it can be frustrating knowing how, or even where, to start. Occasionally, having spent time with a particular release, you realise it’s perhaps not as good as the initial cursory listen…
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