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…
View More Steve Hillage Band / GongAuthor: James R. Turner (Guest)
Alan Davey’s Psychedelic Warlords – Hall of the Mountain Grill/Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters Live
Here’s a really interesting ‘twofer’ from the extended Hawkwind universe. Recorded live in London in 2014, these two live discs take a trip down memory lane with Alan Davey, a member of Hawkwind from 1984 to 1996 and again from…
View More Alan Davey’s Psychedelic Warlords – Hall of the Mountain Grill/Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters LiveRichard Henshall – The Cocoon
I’ll admit to having an interesting relationship with Haken, having absolutely loved their ’80s inspired album Affinity, whilst I felt Vector was a bit of a step backwards for them, so having heard Richard Henshall, a mainstay of the band,…
View More Richard Henshall – The CocoonThe Kentish Spires – Sprezzatura
The follow up to last year’s The Last Harvest see’s this Canterbury scene inspired band gain a couple of new members (drummer James Hall and woodwind player Chris Egan). It was recorded over a 40 day period, where the band…
View More The Kentish Spires – SprezzaturaThat Joe Payne / Doris Brendel
The Exchange, Bristol Sunday, 31st March 2019 I was due to be joined by my TPA compatriot and fellow scribe Tony Colvill at this event, however car trouble sadly conspired against him (like HRH – he’ll do anything to avoid…
View More That Joe Payne / Doris BrendelSymphony of Pain – Virology
Debuting in 2015 with their critically acclaimed album Hyedology, Symphony of Pain (vocalist Tracie Laws and classically trained multi-instrumentalist Pam Chowhan) return with their follow up album, Virology, a darker, harder and more powerful beast of an album. This time,…
View More Symphony of Pain – VirologyTrYangle – Wolf
It’s interesting when you dive into the murky corners of Facebook Groups and see endless debates about how nothing of any musical value has been produced since the mid 1970’s, and how people say no-one is producing music of progressive…
View More TrYangle – WolfVerity White – Reclaim; Set Fire
Those of you who have seen Pendragon, or indeed recent productions by Clive Nolan’s Caamora company, will already be familiar with Verity, who is an integral part of the company and one of the current backing vocalists for Pendragon. What…
View More Verity White – Reclaim; Set FireTim Bowness – Flowers At The Scene
I’m not going to lie, I have been a massive fan of Tim’s work since a kind friend gave me a copy of Flowermouth by No-Man back in the dim and distant ’90s, and his recent run of solo albums…
View More Tim Bowness – Flowers At The SceneLaktating Yak – Origin of the Yak
What’s in a name you ask? Well, if your parents were Mr and Mrs Wood, they probably shouldn’t name you Ken, or if your surname was Awful, you wouldn’t use it as a brand name, after all who’d want a…
View More Laktating Yak – Origin of the Yak