The dissolution of the Beatles in 1970 left a vast chasm in the contemporary music scene that other bands were only too eager to fill. One of the first to arrive, picking up right where the Fab Four left off,…
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Author: 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...
Various Artists – Meddle Reimagined
We’ve finally made it to the present day, where our motley crew of prog A-listers take a few steps back in time to revisit Meddle, an album that – let’s face it – you probably only listen to for the…
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Various Artists – Animals Reimagined
Released some six months after Still Wish You Were Here, Animals Reimagined follows Pink Floyd’s own chronology; in the mid-’70s it was a miracle that the band managed to find an invigorating new turn after releasing such a landmark album.…
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Various Artists – Still Wish You Were Here
It’s funny, I’d never have deemed myself a massive fan of Pink Floyd, but this past week has shown me just how much I care for these songs. It started when I decided to review the upcoming Meddle Reimagined, a…
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Gentle Giant – Interview [Steven Wilson Remix]
Every self-respecting progressive rock fan ought to own at least a handful of Gentle Giant albums. After all, they’re the band who stayed truest to the spirit of the genre during its early days with their famous proclamation on the…
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Voyager – Fearless in Love
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have no doubt heard about Voyager representing Australia at Eurovision this year, the very first prog metal band to do so, and arguably the first progressive band ever to grace the Eurovision…
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Simone Dow & Scott Kay – Voyager
Nearly a quarter of a century after their inception in 1999, Voyager are finally receiving the acclaim they deserve after representing Australia at the ever-popular Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, placing first in the second Semi-Final and ninth in the…
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Furio Chirico’s The Trip – Equinox
Look up any list of “best drummers of all time” and there’s always a glaring omission: Furio Chirico. Never heard of him? Listen to this: What Chirico lacks in subtlety, he makes up for in pure speed and dexterity. Elsewhere…
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Holocaust – Heavy Metal Mania: Complete Recordings, Vol.1 1980-1984
“I’ve got heavy metal music in my blood,” goes the anthemic chorus in the title track for this six-disc compilation, “and I’d like to get it to you if I could.” The clause is so politely put that I can’t…
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Centipede – Septober Energy [Remastered]
There could hardly be a more enticing prospect to a prog rock fan than Centipede, the fifty-piece group that contained a veritable who’s who of distinguished early figures of the prog scene. Led by pianist Keith Tippett, whose previous albums…
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