Featured artists: Chassm | Nate Collins | Kinkajous | Kælan Mikla | Lustmord & Karin Park ||: In this Halloween ADA (shorter reviews) update Nick Hudson takes a look at recent releases from: • Chassm – Falling Forever • Nate…
View More A Different Aspect #68Month: October 2021
Drifting Sun – Forsaken Innocence
Every now and then you come across a band that have somehow passed you by over the years, and then you hear an album by them which frankly stops you dead in your tracks and overwhelms you with its musical…
View More Drifting Sun – Forsaken InnocenceTon Scherpenzeel
With the recent release of Ton Scherpenzeel‘s latest album, TPA’s Sue Smith spoke to the founder of Dutch prog band Kayak and long-term Camel contributor about this fifth instalment in his solo career, Velvet Armour, which takes the music of…
View More Ton ScherpenzeelThe Pineapple Thief – Nothing But the Truth
The Pineapple Thief have just released Nothing But the Truth, their latest live recording of the show they had been planning to play to accompany the release of their 2020 album Versions of the Truth, but which for obvious reasons…
View More The Pineapple Thief – Nothing But the TruthSEIMS – FOUR
My introduction to SEIMS was their incredible third album, 3, which had the most intriguing premise for a concept album I may have ever encountered – setting out to capture the CMYK colour model (Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow) in sound.…
View More SEIMS – FOURFranck Carducci
Finding it tricky to find time either prior to the HRH Prog X at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire, as sustenance and makeup duties filled the morning, or after the gig as merchandise needed to be promoted and fans attended to…
View More Franck CarducciGlacier – Island In The Sky
North-East progressive rock group Glacier release their third album, Island in the Sky, and it’s their most impressive so far. They have successfully built upon their 2001 debut, Monument and 2015’s Ashes for the Monarch to produce a diverse and…
View More Glacier – Island In The SkyThe Watch
Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Friday, 15th October 2021 The fact that a band plans a tour relatively shortly after the release of a new album is not an exception, more the rule. But if the same band only plays…
View More The WatchThis Winter Machine – Kites
Kites is the long-awaited third album from Yorkshire’s melodic progressive rock band This Winter Machine. Delayed by both the extended COVID lockdown period and significant line-up changes, arising from the frustrations of not being able to build upon the momentum…
View More This Winter Machine – KitesSteve Hackett
The Joy Of Being Back On The Road Again For several years, now, Steve Hackett has been alone in flying the flag for the early material of prog legends Genesis. His annual Genesis Revisited shows have highlighted what, for many…
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