Orion is the first album by the Swedish duo Ursus X, comprising Bjorn Johansson and Staffan Luckander, and takes us into a rather beguiling instrumental journey with two ‘side long’ slabs of music, full of intricate musicianship and melody. The…
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Cosmograf – When Age Has Done Its Duty (2018 Remix)
Strange as it may seem memories are not permanent and immutable. We define ourselves by memories, which can be triggered by the seemingly most trivial or incidental of thoughts, such as smells or sounds, and yet the mundane can carry…
View More Cosmograf – When Age Has Done Its Duty (2018 Remix)Galahad – Seas Of Change
Well, a BIG subject sometimes just deserves a BIG treatment, and in modern day Britain there is no issue currently BIGGER than the contentious issue of ‘BREXIT’. Galahad have bravely decided to plunge head on into those rather turbulent waters…
View More Galahad – Seas Of ChangeMasquerade 2
Boston Rooms, Tufnell Park, London 2nd December 2017 Mike Morton is usually the vocalist with London based Progressive rock band The Gift, but he also occasionally turns his hand to promoting ‘mini festivals’, such as Resonance and last year’s first…
View More Masquerade 2HRH Prog 6
Hafan Y Mor Haven Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Wales 17th & 18th November 2017 HRH Prog 6 put on display an impressive range of bands old and new in the now familiar yet remotely beautiful North Wales location. Following on only…
View More HRH Prog 6Fish on Friday – Quiet Life
There is a curious bitter sweetness in the Melancholy in which we clothe ourselves at times. Paradoxically, it is the great intensity of Love which inspires great creativity when that Love is lost. Loss affects us all in different ways…
View More Fish on Friday – Quiet LifeAnathema
The Marble Factory, Bristol Thursday, 28th September 2017 Fresh from their award for ‘Album of the Year’ by PROG Magazine for The Optimist, Anathema embarked on the U.K. leg of an extensive tour which has already seen them play in…
View More AnathemaSummer’s End Festival 2017
The Drill Hall, Chepstow 6th to 8th October 2017 “Sanctuary in Music…” The Drill Hall is fast becoming the new spiritual home for the U.K.’s longest established festival of progressive music, the setting, close to the banks of…
View More Summer’s End Festival 2017Public Service Broadcasting
Great Hall, Cardiff University Friday 13th October 2017 No Brainer really… Every Valley, the latest album by Public Service Broadcasting, is based on the history of the South Wales coal industry and its workforce, from more prosperous days right up…
View More Public Service BroadcastingLonely Robot / TILT
Thekla, Bristol Sunday 20th August, 2017 Two bands… on a Sunday… on a boat… Why not? The unique venue of the Thekla on Bristol Quayside was filled for fine sets by these two very talented bands. The seemingly ubiquitous John…
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