A couple of years ago I got a copy of the last album from The Bob Lazar Story to review. It was called Space Roots and it was good. Unorthodox to say the least but a refreshing and entertaining listen…
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Stars In Battledress – In Droplet Form
Taking over 10 years to deliver your second album does not smack of any desire to rush things and In Droplet Form is certainly an album that has benefitted from the care and attention to detail brought to bear in…
View More Stars In Battledress – In Droplet FormHomínido – Estirpe Lítica
Out of the blue in 2007 I received a couple of CDs to review by a Chilean band with the bizarre name of La Desooorden – I still don’t know why there is an extra ‘o’ in there – and…
View More Homínido – Estirpe LíticaKnifeworld – The Unravelling
Knifeworld are a band that leapt out of the shadows fully formed and blew me away at the Summer’s End Festival in 2012. Like many others who there that day the band were a revelation and one of the highlights…
View More Knifeworld – The UnravellingYes – Heaven & Earth
Nice. “That’s nice”. It isn’t exactly “WOW!” is it? You might as well say “That’s inoffensive yet inconsequential”. Nice. That’s the best that you can say of Heaven & Earth, it is often nice. Inoffensive and inconsequential. Except for Step…
View More Yes – Heaven & EarthKant Freud Kafka – No Tengas Miedo
“Immanuel Kant (22nd April 1724 – 12th February 1804): German philosopher widely considered to be a central figure of modern philosophy. Argued that fundamental concepts structure human experience and that reason is the source of morality. His thought continues to…
View More Kant Freud Kafka – No Tengas MiedoAnta / The Fierce and the Dead / Thorun
The Moon Club, Cardiff 5th June 2014 The Fierce and the Dead have developed into a great band over the last couple of years and having seen them previously on the Stabbing A Dead Horse package with Knifeworld and Trojan…
View More Anta / The Fierce and the Dead / ThorunIQ – The Road of Bones
The IQ cycle of 4 or 5 years between albums which has been their preferred mode for the last two decades continues with The Road of Bones, their first new music since 2009’s Frequency. That was an album I enjoyed…
View More IQ – The Road of BonesYes
Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol 11th May 2014 So, what should we make of Yes in the 21st Century with their 50th Anniversary not too far away? Having produced their first album of new material in a decade, 2011’s Fly From Here,…
View More YesSontaag – Sontaag
The self-titled début album from Sontaag is a concept piece that sees the core duo of Richard Sontaag (composition and instruments) and Ian Fortnam (words and voice) helped out here and there by drummer Milo Venter and singer Amanda Cross.…
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