James R. Turner (Guest)

And So I Watch You From Afar – Jettison

Northern Irish four-piece And So I Watch You From Afar released their fifth album, Jettison, back in February this year, following on from 2017’s The Endless Shimmering. Consisting of Rory Friers and Niall Kennedy on guitars, Ewen Friers on bass…

Curved Air – The Albums 1970-1973

Back in 2017, it was announced that Esoteric had picked up the rights to part of the vast Warner Music back catalogue, and the first fruits of this (with plenty of really exciting re-issues including Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe…

Various Artists – Musik, Music, Musique – 1980: The Dawn Of Synth Pop

Another one of Cherry Red’s magnificently curated boxed sets, Musik, Music, Musique (taking it’s name from the single by Zeus – included in this set) gathers together, across three discs, the moment when synth pop transitioned from the underground to…

Toundra – Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari

Formed in Madrid in 2007, Toundra’s latest, an alternative soundtrack to the legendary silent movie The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, is their sixth release and it came out in February this year, a 100 years after Robert Wiene’s seminal German…

Rebecca Foon – Waxing Moon

Rebecca Foon is a new name to me, however this Canadian cellist has had a long career as a solo and band performer in her homeland. She has been rightly acclaimed over the last decade or so, and yet this,…

The Pineapple Thief – Hold Our Fire

I love The Pineapple Thief. I’ve been following them since 2014’s Magnolia (and yes, I know I was late to the party) and have been catching up with their back catalogue and new releases over the last 6 years. (Fun…

Kim Wilde – Kim Wilde / Select / Catch as Catch Can

The classic pop division of Cherry Red Records have recently released this trio of classic Kim Wilde albums, spanning her self-titled debut album from 1981, Select from 1982 and Catch as Catch Can from 1983. Now, I know this page…

Exploring Birdsong – The Thing With Feathers

Released towards the end of last year, this debut album from Liverpool-based, piano-driven progressive trio Exploring Birdsong is one that has been highly awaited by many people, myself included. I first encountered Exploring Birdsong live at HRH Prog in November…

Dreams to Fill the Vacuum – The Sound of Sheffield 1977-1988

There’s a story that says that everyone who saw the Sex Pistols play the Free Trade Hall in Manchester went out the following day, bought guitars and formed punk bands (it may be apocryphal) and the numbers of people who…

Steve Hillage Band / Gong

O2 Academy, Bristol Wednesday, 20th November 2019 It’s been 50 years since Daevid Allen started the psychedelic behemoth that is Gong, and as the band head into their 50th year, with a wonderful new album The Universe Also Collapses, and…

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Author: James R. Turner (Guest)