[With photos by Tony Colvill, Nigel John, Leo Trimming and Dave Glaves] The Drill Hall, Chepstow – 2nd to 4th October 2015 As a warmer than average September ebbs away and the temperatures start to dip it’s time once again…
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After spending well over 30 years as a key member of Pallas, guitarist Niall Mathewson has stepped out on his own with a varied collection of pieces that, as the title suggests, attempts to demonstrate his more eclectic influences. Niall’s…
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Godsticks have been consistently developing their sound since their debut release in 2008 and new album Emergence sees the heaviness ramped up whilst retaining the quirky, song-based approach that has built them a loyal fanbase over the years. Guitarist, singer…
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Composer, electronics innovator and guitarist Richard Pinhas is one of France’s most important experimental musicians and a pivotal figure in the integration of rock music with electronica. He continues to take huge strides forward, confounding expectations and astonishing his listeners,…
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High on my list of things to do at the recent KC live shows was “Pick up a copy of the 2015 Tour Box”. After much post-gig queueing – with not a little consternation that it might in fact sell…
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As is often the case, something unusual yet exquisitely beautiful is coming out of Nordic climes. It’s most likely to have something to do with the long nights and a diet heavy on fish, but Agent Fresco hail from Iceland…
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Thirty-three years ago, King Crimson played in Oxford, Guildford, Cromer, Dunstable and Poole. You would have to go back to 1972 to find the band performing in cities such as Cardiff, Brighton and Birmingham. Almost unbelievably, King Crimson have now…
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Let’s get one thing straight. America is a big place, right? You’d expect there to be loads and loads of great bands coming from the U.S. – and indeed there are – but not a huge number of them really…
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As a native of Liverpool, maybe it’s having to spend most of his time upside down in New Zealand that makes Matt Deacon’s brain the way it is. I mean it has to exert undue pressure on the capillaries and…
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Surprisingly hot on the heels of the last Karda Estra album, Strange Relations, comes another 20 minute EP. In a rather succinct and acoustic 20 minutes The Seas and the Stars chronicles the collision between the Andromeda galaxy and our…
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