The Wring is the brainchild of guitarist and composer Don Dewulf from Ontario, and this album is the second release, as one might guess from the title! Don works at the metal end of the prog spectrum, and seems to…
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This lot are new to me, a Swiss band who were formed in 2019 by multi-instrumentalist Can Yildirim, and Without Notice is their second album, I believe. Bend The Future are an interesting blend of progressive rock and jazz with…
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Well well, this is a very welcome musical grenade tossed into my isolation bunker! The return of Tomahawk is something to be grateful for. I mean, anything from Mike Patton is going to be crazy, dangerous and entertaining, right? Whist…
View More Tomahawk – Tonic Immobility
It seems that almost every album I review lately has been born as a result of the time and space afforded whilst working musicians are stuck at home with nothing but their home studios, a bunch of instruments and a…
View More Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 2
So, Altitude, album number three from Lifesigns, and this one seems important somehow. A new line-up, no chance of touring to promote it, and their staunch refusal to give their art away on streaming platforms all make this a critical…
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The prolific Kevin Kastning comes up with another new album, this time collaborating with Mark Wingfield, an equally talented and inventive UK based guitarist. Rubycon I has just been released, although it was recorded at Kevin’s Massachusetts studio in 2018,…
View More Kevin Kastning / Mark Wingfield – Rubicon I
Whilst the world health crisis has, amongst numerous other things, deprived musicians of the ability to tour, it has brought one benefit – time. Time to bring some projects to fruition which may not have been possible with hectic work…
View More Liquid Tension Experiment – 3
So there I am, doing a bit of snorkelling on the coast of Southern California, the sun penetrating down through the surface of the sea, reflecting through the waves above, bathing the water in a warm golden light. It’s another…
View More The Kelp Dwellers – Surfacing
This album seems to have been a long time coming. The last Jane Getter Premonition studio album, ON, was back in 2015, and although there was a live album taken from the ON tour, we’ve had to wait six years…
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Tommy Bolin, the guitarist who replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple. Ok, that’s got the obvious out of the way, but of course there was a reason he was offered the job in the first place, and many more sides…
View More Tommy Bolin – Shake The Devil: The Lost Sessions