O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London Wednesday, 27th July 2022 I felt a bit Transatlantic myself this time: flying via Schiphol airport in Amsterdam to the United Kingdom over the North Sea, a tributary of the Atlantic Ocean. I took the…
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Schnauser – Altra Seccatura
This is Schnauser’s first release since their highly praised Irritant album, which I reviewed for TPA in 2017. The band first came to my attention when I saw them supporting Knifeworld in a Bristol pub and I was impressed with…
View More Schnauser – Altra SeccaturaCKRAFT – Epic Discordant Vision
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Frenchman walk into a pub… Englishers are famously a reserved lot. Some learn to play musical instruments but hide themselves away, worried that someone might hear them before they become competent and smash their…
View More CKRAFT – Epic Discordant VisionNight of the Prog XV, Loreley, Germany – “As it Happens” Photo Blog
Loreley Amphitheatre, St. Goarshausen, Germany 22nd to 24th July 2022 After a three year hiatus, Night of the Prog, number 15, returns at Loreley. FRIDAY After the traditional stop for dinner at the Maxi Grill, we also traditionally missed the…
View More Night of the Prog XV, Loreley, Germany – “As it Happens” Photo BlogDio – Holy Diver: Remixed Super Deluxe Edition
Now then… the observant amongst you might notice that it would be something of a stretch to regard Dio’s 1983 debut album Holy Diver as a thing of progression. Fair enough, but I think I would be right in saying…
View More Dio – Holy Diver: Remixed Super Deluxe EditionI Like to Sleep – Sleeping Beauty
One of the wonderful bonuses, for me, of doing the review thing is you can so often find music that throws something different into a particular musical style. It is probably due to this fact that most of us reviewers…
View More I Like to Sleep – Sleeping BeautySteve Hackett
TPA’s David Edwards recently had the great pleasure to be able to talk to one of his prog rock heroes, Steve Hackett, during one of those rare moments over recent months when he and his wife, Jo, have had some…
View More Steve HackettKaprekar’s Constant
Little Mill Oast, Marden, Kent Friday, 1st July 2022 My phone pinged. Message alert. Nick Jefferson… “We are doing a private, warm-up gig on July 1st in an old oast house in Marden. We’d like to invite you. Free food…
View More Kaprekar’s ConstantDaymoon – Erosion
Erosion is the third release in a triptych from Fred Lessing. Except it isn’t. Or maybe it is? Honestly, I don’t know if it were intended to be, but regardless of intentions, I believe Fred has created that triptych, as…
View More Daymoon – ErosionYang – Designed for Disaster
Fréderic L’Épée, the sole composer for Yang, seems like an interesting chap. He has an interest in minimalism, Chinese language and culture, the guitar (Robert Fripp is his guru) and his favourite composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. Stick those influences…
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