July 2020 – Page 3

Turtle Skull – Monoliths

I’m old enough to remember a time when cover art was incredibly important. A time before the Interweb, where walking into a record store, the first thing you might know about an artist would be the impression received from the…

Gary Husband & Markus Reuter – Music Of Our Times

Stellar pianist Gary Husband was on tour as a guest player with Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, and Markus Reuter) in Japan, when, due to the sudden lockdown as a result of Covid-19, the tour was abruptly cancelled. Temporarily…

Coridian – Eldur

New Zealand band Coridian released their third EP this year, from a series of four – each loosely conceptually based on one of the four classical elements. Each EP has been longer than the previous, so the final one (hopefully…

Surrender To The Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies

“The songs were all from very different backgrounds, but because they were played in pubs, it got called ‘pub rock’ by the music press. It wasn’t a specific music, other than that there were no lengthy, tedious solos. It was…

Professor Tip Top – Tomorrow Is Delayed

Tomorrow is Delayed. Could there be any more appropriate album title this year? The world is on hiatus. Parts of it are coming, cautiously, out of lockdown. Postponements of events are the norm. Even this review was delayed. I received…

Guru Guru – Live In China

The long-running Deutschrock originals celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018, and on the last day of this merry year, band leader and drummer extraordinaire Mani Neumeier will be a mere 80 years young. In between those two anniversaries, on 19th…

Triptykon with the Metropole Orkest – Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)

One of the more unique and rewarding releases of 2020, Tom Warrior’s long-gestating Requiem finally comes to fruition on this beautifully rendered live recording from Roadburn 2019. Thanks to the sponsorship of Walter Hoeijmakers (founder of the Roadburn festival) and…

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Month: July 2020