Is it even possible to divorce this album from its source? Well, probably not, given the all pervading ubiquitous nature of that now half-a-century old rock classic. Come to think of it, would – or should – we even want…
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The Royal Albert Hall, London Friday, 29th September 2023 This magnificent, if acoustically challenging, venue is an unlikely setting for the once kingpins of the counter culture that is Hawkwind, yet here we are, and not for the first time…
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The Bedford, Balham, London Sunday, 10th September 2023 A warm early mid-September day kindly greeted both audience and performers as they arrived at this lovely venue buried deep in a more salubrious ’burb of South London. The audience had arrived…
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The second tablet from The Holy Family was cast down unto Earth some time hence, but it is only now I emerge from the ritual with even the most tenuous grasp on what I have witnessed, both with mine eyes…
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The Lexington, London Wednesday, 23rd August 2023 A rather fabulous day was commenced with an amble up Hampstead Heath on what for this soggy summer was a rare hot one, cooled at the end of our stroll by a couple…
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Wormelow, Herefordshire 4th – 6th August 2023 Roger: How often do any of us buy a ticket to a three day festival in the middle of nowhere, where 90% of the acts listed are a complete unknown? Not many I…
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Firstly, an apology to the band. This review has sat half-finished, or half-started depending on your point of view, for about 4 months now. My muse is an elusive creature these days, I’m afraid. Call it what you will; chamber…
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Billie Bottle has a story to tell, in which a grieving process for her granny was assisted by caring for a wise old lady in deepest Devon, applying a routine guided by the days of the week, where the metaphysical…
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Most bands and artists have emerged from the pandemic with a Lockdown Album safely stored in their discography, and this is the estimable Emmett Elvin’s contribution to that off-kilter section of the filing cabinet of musical life. I mentioned in…
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When this Latino alien-jazz-prog band burst onto the scene with their debut album De-Loused In The Comatorium back in 2003, synapses at the more receptive end of the alt-rock universe went “Ping!” and “KApow!!” and “ZZZZAAAPppp!” in a manner unseen…
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