The Fleece, Bristol Sunday 27thNovember 2016 What does this band actually have to do to increase its profile? Seriously, they play stunning show after stunning show to rapturous receptions, supported Fish in packed houses for a long string of dates…
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Zhaoze – Intoxicatingly Lost
I’m sure that, like me, you often sit there wondering what traditional Chinese instruments would sound like in a rock band setting, particularly the venerable guqin of course. Well wonder no longer as Zhaoze take us on a beguiling, largely…
View More Zhaoze – Intoxicatingly LostThe Fierce And The Dead – If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe (2016 Remaster)
Is it really more than 5 years since this came out? The Fierce & The Dead have built a very loyal following in the intervening period and continue to go from strength to strength, being due to embark on their…
View More The Fierce And The Dead – If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe (2016 Remaster)Holon – The Time Is Always Now
I receive a lot of albums to review and it is often a daunting task to wade through reams of, shall we say, disappointing music before hitting gold. In the case of Holon, I wasn’t familiar with the name –…
View More Holon – The Time Is Always NowMike Keneally – Scambot 2
Anyone who has spent any time with Mike Keneally’s Scambot 1 album from 2009, or indeed any of his other albums, will be aware that Mike is a very strange man – and more power to him for that! His…
View More Mike Keneally – Scambot 2The Sea Nymphs – On the Dry Land
It’s fair to say that in certain quarters this long delayed second album from The Sea Nymphs is one of the most eagerly awaited releases in forever. For those not in the know the response may well be, “Never heard…
View More The Sea Nymphs – On the Dry LandSummer’s End Festival 2016
The Drill Hall, Chepstow 30th September to 2nd October 2016 [With photos by Tony Colvill, David Glaves, Phil Lively and Leo Trimming] For the second year The Drill Hall, on the banks of the River Wye in Chepstow, is the…
View More Summer’s End Festival 2016Circuline – Counterpoint
“Modern cinematic prog” reads the blurb on Circuline’s website, and they’re not wrong. This one has been kicking around on the review pile for too long now. It immediately struck me as a good album but I just couldn’t get…
View More Circuline – CounterpointBirdeatsbaby – Tanta Furia
With a name that is meant to shock, the theatrical side of Birdeatsbaby is never far away in tales of seediness and the dimly lit underbelly of life, exposed for all to see. This is a band that takes a…
View More Birdeatsbaby – Tanta FuriaJargon – Verbal Delirium
From Greece, Verbal Delirium have recently released their latest album, on Bad Elephant Music. The Imprisoned Words Of Fear is actually a re-recording of their first demo, long unavailable so this is a great opportunity to hear the band in…
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