This album is the first by the post-Froese band where no new music was provided by Edgar, even as sketches for new material, as was the case with 2017’s Quantum Gate, the previous and rather good studio album. Released to…
View More Tangerine Dream – Recurring DreamsAuthor: Roger Trenwith
Churn Milk Joan – I’m nearly 60 miles high
“Make a wish, ride a bike, you can do anything you like”, says the third optimistic line from opening track Just Bloody Lovely. It carries an extra poignancy, given its writer’s precarious condition. One half of Churn Milk Joan is…
View More Churn Milk Joan – I’m nearly 60 miles highA Different Aspect #33
In this update we feature: • Seven That Spells – The Trilogy Live at Roadburn • Casimir Liberski – Cosmic Liberty • Petbrick – I • Jeffrey Brooks with Bang On A Can All-Stars & Contemporaneous – The Passion •…
View More A Different Aspect #33A Formal Horse – Here Comes A Man From The Council With A Flamethrower
In these turbulent times, there are several good bands fronted by female singers inhabiting a small and somewhat crowded avant-pop-prog crossover shed, with an inkling for experimentalism, and a jazz sensibility. Bands such as Moe Tar, Infinien, District 97, Inner…
View More A Formal Horse – Here Comes A Man From The Council With A FlamethrowerAdmirals Hard
Pin-Ups, Islington, London Saturday, 1st February 2020 With a selection of TPA scribblists in attendance, it would be rude not to ask some of them how it went… Roger Trenwith Frowns. We all wear them too readily these days, so…
View More Admirals HardArts On Fire
Tonight, TPA branches out into scriptwriting, and this is our first word explosion! With Your Host (naked, except for a pair of speedos, over-large gum boots, and a polkadot bow tie) and guest EE (casually elegant in a charcoal suit…
View More Arts On FireA Different Aspect #32
In this update we feature: • Kinkajous – Hidden Lines • PYJÆN – PYJÆN • Maria Chiara Argirò – Hidden Seas • Nim Sadot – Nim Quartet II Today we present a special “ADA”, which features four albums released earlier…
View More A Different Aspect #32Julie’s Haircut – In the Silence Electric
The quaintly and very English named band Julie’s Haircut actually hail from Emilia, northern Italy, and they have been around for a quarter of a century. Over that time a substantial discography has accumulated, and In The Silence Electric sees…
View More Julie’s Haircut – In the Silence ElectricLorenzo Feliciati & Michele Rabbia – Antikythera
The Antikythera is an ancient Greek mechanical computer dating from around 87 BC, used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes. When you think what the Ancient Greeks gave mankind in knowledge and wisdom, and in…
View More Lorenzo Feliciati & Michele Rabbia – AntikytheraThe Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery & The Afterlife
One That Nearly Got Away – Part 3 & Part 4 And so we come to the end of my brief round-up of nearly missed essential listens of 2019… Even if you know nothing about the burgeoning and vibrant London…
View More The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery & The Afterlife