In this update we have the second of a two part Spanish ADA Special featuring: • Turdetans – Suite of Dreams • Qamar – Todo Empieza Aquí • Viva Belgrado – Bella Vista • Jardin de la Croix – Letargo…
View More Un Aspecto Diferente #42Month: August 2020
French TV – #13 Stories Without Fingerprints
Louisville, Kentucky is probably not the first place you would think of as a hotbed of prog rock, and to be fair, you would be completely justified. However, this place is called home by one Mike Sary and his veteran…
View More French TV – #13 Stories Without FingerprintsKyros – Celexa Dreams
There was a period in the 1980s when new technology became an integral part of popular music and it was an exciting time. Bands like Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Scritti Politti, and clever chaps like Nik Kershaw became…
View More Kyros – Celexa DreamsAcute Mind – Under The Empty Sky
It’s been a decade since Polish band Acute Mind last released an album. This year’s release, Under the Empty Sky, is surely proof that good things take time. This second album from the band is absolutely incredible, and blows away…
View More Acute Mind – Under The Empty SkyTim Bowness – Late Night Laments
Tim Bowness has over recent years released an excellent quartet of solo albums. He is also known for his vocal and co-writing contributions with no-man in collaboration with Steve Wilson, but here the focus must be on his solo work.…
View More Tim Bowness – Late Night LamentsOttone Pesante
With the third album from these Italian purveyors of “Brassmetal”, DoomooD due for release in September, TPA’s Nick Hudson spoke to Ottone Pesante about their history, outlook, music… featuring a line-up consisting of trumpet, trombone and drums… To get things…
View More Ottone PesanteOttone Pesante – DoomooD
It’s been a particularly strong year for music from the Italian province of Ravenna. Nero di Marte’s Immoto, was released in January this year. The following month saw the release of Postvorta’s Porrima. The month after, Void of Sleep’s Metaphora.…
View More Ottone Pesante – DoomooDRikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Alone Together
Alone Together might sound an appropriate title for an album in these weird times, but the themes that make up this latest Gungfly effort have little to do with the global situation. According to Rikard Sjöblom, the inspiration comes from…
View More Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Alone TogetherRuby Solly – Pōneke
August is Te Marama Pūoru Waiata Māori, or Māori Music Month. And, serendipitously, the one album from a New Zealand artist I’ve listened to more than any other this month is from a multi-talented Maori artist, Ruby Solly. In fact,…
View More Ruby Solly – PōnekeAksak Maboul – Figures
This may well be my album of the year. Figures was released back in May, so I have given it a while before scribbling about it, to let its gorgeous and beguiling wonkiness thoroughly infuse itself into my weary cranium.…
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