Right then, grab yourself a coffee, or a glass of your favourite tipple, ’cause this is going to be a long one… This has to be my most hotly anticipated album for 2022, following Kaprekar’s Constant’s exceptional musical work of…
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Hot on the heels of the release of Big Big Train’s 2021 album Common Ground, a new independently produced film documentary, centred on their most avid fans (affectionately known as ‘Passengers’), is released (starting) on 20th August 2021. I say…
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Big Big Train don’t really need reviews any more to sell records, such has been their trajectory in recent years, all down to their enormous hard work and dedication. Whenever they produce anything new, it flies off the shelves. It…
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The 1865, Southampton Sunday, 18th July 2021 Gigs are back in all their former glory! Well, not quite… With the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions in England on 19th July 2021, attending a gig at The 1865 in Southampton on…
View More The Emerald Dawn / Spitdust
The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes Sunday, 27th June 2021 Just when bands could see the light at the end of the tunnel with the planned lifting of restrictions on 21st June, the light was dimmed until 19th July. At the time…
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In the real world, most good things come to an end. Fortunately, many of those good things are replaced by better things, or at least as good as they were previously. A couple of years back, Nad Sylvan released the…
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There has a been a steady stream of quite excellent Norwegian releases in recent months, including new work from 35 Tapes and Professor Tip Top, as well as hugely popular re-releases of Airbag’s discography on super-duper vinyl. The Norwegians are…
View More Caligonaut – Magnified As Giants
It has only been in the last few years that I have discovered the talents of Scandinavian, and in particular Norwegian, progressive rock bands. Where have I been all my life? So imagine my delight when Prog Magazine introduced me…
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If ever there was a time when the World needed uplifting and some positivity, leaving 2020 behind us and moving into 2021 was it. What with the difficulties, unhappiness and worry caused by the global pandemic thrust upon us all…
View More Solstice – Sia