May 2021 – T P A

Antony Kalugin – Marshmallow Moondust

The dark lockdown days of 2020 needed some musical light to shine on our lives and many of the highlights from that time came from unexpected sources. One such album came from Antony Kalugin, the symphonic prog multi-instrumentalist from Ukraine,…

GUEVNNA – Burning Skyline

Japanese band GUEVNNA have been around for a decade or so. They’ve been releasing EPs and singles since 2012, and their first full length came out in 2016. However, I knew none of that when I came upon their second…

Kayak – Out Of This World

Few artists put as much variety in their music as Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Over the course of a 48-year career, numerous personnel changes and eighteen studio albums, the band has truly established itself as one of Europe’s most…

Edenya – Silence

As is often the case, several weeks can elapse between first hearing an album and finally getting around to giving it a ‘proper listen’. A caveat to this revisiting is – do I still remember the music? Happy to say…

Kurushimi – Chaos Remains

I came to Australian band Kurushimi via label-mates, Instrumental (adj.) and their rather wonderful EP A Series of Disagreements which sounded just like that – a series of disagreements. Simon Dawes (guitar) and Chris Allison (drums) are members of both…

A Different Aspect #58

In this update we feature: • Cult Of Luna – The Raging River • Sturle Dagsland – Sturle Dagsland • Timo Kämäräinen – Blink And You Miss It • Bending Shapes – Uncomfortable Songs About life • Need – Norchestrion:…

Gerald Gradwohl Group – Episode 6

He looks like Lemmy Kilmister’s unwanted bastard son on the cover of his new album, Episode 6: the resemblance is striking. The album’s first track makes me unsure whether I have entrusted the right disc to my stereo set. His…

Aphexia – Interdependence

Ophelia Sullivan has been making riveting and engaging electronic music for years under the names Aphexia and Ecstasphere, with the two projects overlapping at points, releasing albums jointly, and Ophelia performing live as both. I will admit, I had never…

Jordsjø – Pastoralia

Jordsjø return with their third album Pastoralia, a release which I have looked forward too since I reviewed their last album, Nattfiolen. I have had the privilege to review their first two albums plus the compilation CD of their cassette…

The Lion’s Daughter – Skin Show

Not too long ago, The Lion’s Daughter were recommended to me as something weird enough that I might like them. I guess I’m known for liking weird things, but I gave their album Future Cult a listen, and was quite…