Eventim Apollo, London Friday, 17th March 2017 The Devin Townsend Project arrives in London after eight weeks on the road supporting his latest studio album, Transcendence. Prior to tonight’s concert, however, Townsend has created an eager sense of expectation by…
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The shimmering, hazy silhouette of the sun’s dawning rays, cresting the horizon in joyful anticipation of all the possibilities of a new day sends cascading ripples of ultraviolet sound to wash the earth. The rich, dominating chords of an imposing…
View More Kepler Ten – Delta-V
New Theatre, Oxford Sunday, 6th March 2017 The New Theatre in Oxford is an impressive statement of the sophistication and glamour of the Art Deco period. The expansive stage is framed by an ornate, towering archway which allows perfect visibility…
View More Mike and the Mechanics – Let Me Fly Tour
The Dance of Death (Saltatio Mortis) casts an ominous, foreboding shadow over the future of the human race. Roger King’s menacing funeral march for humanity is a ghastly premonition which sets an urgent and anxious tone for what follows on…
View More The Mute Gods – Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth
There is a touching, almost nostalgic sense of solidarity which wistfully embraces you the further you travel into this wonderfully assured and beautifully accomplished debut album from This Winter Machine. A powerful and haunting presence elusively lingers in the music,…
View More This Winter Machine – The Man Who Never Was
Islington Assembly Hall, London Friday, 13th January 2017 The Islington Assembly Hall is a magnificent venue. Built in 1929 it is an eloquent testament to the confidence, exuberance and elegance of the art deco period, even though its formidable scale…
View More The Steve Rothery Band / The Dave Foster Band
In a year which did so much to highlight the future possibilities for creative innovation in prog through its openness to modern sounds and willingness to integrate contemporary ideas, it is only fitting that the release of Dårskapens Monotoni from…
View More Kaipa DaCapo – Dårskapens Monotoni
The assured, comforting rhythmic beating of a heart, echoed inhalations of breath, gradually merging with the ceaseless ticking of a clock, whispered mutterings from indistinct and barely heard voices all come to an abrupt end with the stark intrusion of…
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The existence of No Spare Planet, the third studio album from collaborators Nikki Squire and Nigel McLaren, is a bitter sweet experience. On the one hand it marks the triumphant return of Esquire nearly twenty years after the release of…
View More Esquire – III: No Spare Planet
From the moment you hear the opening chords of From the Undertow there is a reassuring and comforting sense that you are in familiar waters. Both the style and the tone signal not only clear connections with And Then There…
View More Tony Banks – A Curious Feeling (Deluxe 2 Disc Expanded Edition)