The Decade in Review – Basil Francis
8th December 2019 | by Basil Francis
Arabs in Aspic Strange Frame of Mind – 2010 Continuing the theme of prog bands who don’t take themselves too... Read More →
About Basil Francis
Basil Francis Despite being TPA’s youngest member, Basil is ironically more fond of the old stuff and has a hankering for reissues and boxsets...
Author Archives: Basil Francis
Fruupp – Wise As Wisdom: The Dawn Albums 1973-1975
3rd October 2019 | by Basil Francis
Sometime in 2011, just before each of Fruupp’s albums reached their respective 40th birthdays, I happened upon two interesting looking... Read More →
IQ – Resistance
30th September 2019 | by Basil Francis
IQ, a band both loved and reviled by the prog community: loved for their part in relaunching the progressive rock... Read More →
U.K. – Danger Money
6th September 2019 | by Basil Francis
At E.G. Records offices in 1979… Record Executive: So, I hear you have a new prog-rock album for me? Band... Read More →
Magma – Zëss
14th August 2019 | by Basil Francis
Since the dawning of the new millennium, Christian Vander has been quite content to rest on his laurels, only re-entering... Read More →
The Beatles – The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Box Set
12th June 2019 | by Basil Francis
For a little over a year, I was fortunate enough to live in a flat at the edge of St.... Read More →
Edge of Reality – In Static
27th May 2019 | by Basil Francis
In a stunning coincidence, I just threw out some mouldy banana bread during the writing of this review… Joey Frevola... Read More →
Dream Theater – Distance Over Time
26th March 2019 | by Basil Francis
Let me start by quoting the last couple of sentences from my review of 2016’s The Astonishing: “While it’s definitely... Read More →
Reale Accademia di Musica – Reale Accademia di Musica
25th February 2019 | by Basil Francis
Oh boy, I just did some band research to become a little more informed about this group before I put... Read More →
Joey Frevola – Gone
1st February 2019 | by Basil Francis
Choosing January 1st as your release date has always seemed a peculiar artistic choice to me (if it is indeed... Read More →
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