It’s a well known truth that the history of Yes is littered with strife and controversy. In fact, it’s probably the trauma that’s actually held the band together all this time, in some weird way, binding it all up like…
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This is an intriguing collaboration between Sanguine Hum’s Matt Baber and Richard Wileman, the mastermind behind Karda Estra who has in recent years started to release music under his own name. The pair met in 2011 and first worked together…
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The Globe, Cardiff Wednesday, 15th December 2021 Christmas comes early to Cardiff! And just in time too by the look of it, given the upward trajectory of the new Covid variant. While ‘Omicron’ could easily be the name of an…
View More Ozric Tentacles Electronic / Silas & Saski
“25 years, millions and millions of notes, and cases and cases and cases of High Life beer later we bring you Northern Burner, a musical transfiguration spanning the barnyard, outer space, and make believe.” So says the press blurb for…
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Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Sunday, 5th December 2021 The Mediaeval Baebes have resonated around my musical psyche for more than 20 years, since around the time of Worldes Blysse, their second album, but I haven’t followed them closely in the…
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Sin City, Swansea Saturday, 16th October 2021 Swansea is a hotbed of many things, but currently not appearances by touring artists, sadly. It has been ages since I’ve been to a local gig, so a visit by guitar wizard Jon…
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In this book-centric ADA update we feature: • Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi – Medical Grade Music • Hamish Kuzminski – Camel: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) • Kevan Furbank – Gong: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) Steve…
View More A Different Aspect #65 – Book Special
Auderød, Denmark 11th September 2021 Live streams have been a big thing over the last year or so – for obvious reasons – an important way for artists to continue to connect with their fans, but Danish band Vola have…
View More Vola – Live from the Pool [live stream]
The Dome / Boston Music Room / Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park, London 11th & 12th September 2021 When this festival was announced last year, Mike Vennart was due to headline and I was all over it like a tramp…
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Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff Thursday, 9th September 2021 Last week I attended my first large-scale outdoor show in what seems like aeons, this week it’s back to the clubs for the first date on Godsticks’ short tour of the UK,…
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