Robert Reed is a musical marvel, moving from project to project with consummate ease and skill, seemingly able to adapt his skills to a range of styles and influences with imagination and aplomb. 2020 has certainly been a productive year…
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Marhold – A Homemade World
Swiss band Marhold have apparently been active for a decade or so, putting out four EPs before releasing their debut album this year. I’ve not heard of the band before, but based upon the strength of A Homemade World, I’ll…
View More Marhold – A Homemade WorldA Different Aspect #45
In this update we feature: • de tian – Transriptome • Sloth Metropolis – Humanise • THIBAULT – Or Not Thibault • Mallory Chipman & The Mystics – Aquarian • GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! – Rites Of Summer • Harold Nono –…
View More A Different Aspect #45Kaskadeur – Uncanny Valley
After having recently reviewed New Zealand’s Cut Off Your Hands, I moved on to Germany’s Kaskadeur. Their recent release, Uncanny Valley, is an absolute delight. Both bands play a brand of funky and dubby art rock with powerful pop hooks…
View More Kaskadeur – Uncanny ValleyTasmin Archer – Sweet Little Truths (The EMI Years 1992-96)
In the early nineties there were a number of singer songwriters, a hit or two then disappear, including Tanita Tikaram, and Tasmin Archer. Tasmin managed four years with EMI before fading and having a crisis of confidence, and that’s an…
View More Tasmin Archer – Sweet Little Truths (The EMI Years 1992-96)Erik Brudvik – Brudini
With Brudini‘s new album, From Darkness, Light, released on Apollon Records, TPA’s Nick Hudson spoke to Brudini, (aka Erik Brudvik)… Hi Erik, having just finished my review of from Darkness, Light, in all honesty, it’s a very strong contender for…
View More Erik Brudvik – BrudiniBrudini – From Darkness, Light
Brudini’s debut album, From Darkness, Light, has blown me away, and come from nowhere to being a contender for my favourite album of the year. Brudini (aka Erik Brudvik) has created an absolutely magical and melodramatic album of poetry and…
View More Brudini – From Darkness, LightNick D’Virgilio
With his second solo album, Invisible, released earlier this year, TPA’s Tony Colvill talks to Nick D’Virgilio, drummer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire with Spock’s Beard, Genesis (briefly), Big Big Train, and many more… Nick, having released a solo album, Karma,…
View More Nick D’VirgilioNick D’Virgilio – Invisible
With this second solo album from Nick D’Virgilio, his first being 2001’s Karma, Nick (or NDV, as he is known) has been part of the prog framework for a very long time, first appearing with Spock’s Beard in 1995. Invisible…
View More Nick D’Virgilio – InvisibleThe Erkonauts – I Want It To End
I was introduced to Swiss band The Erkonauts in 2017, when their second album I Shall Forgive was recommended to me. Despite my initial confusion as to what the hell I was listening to, I was already in love. That…
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