Difficult. A favoured band, gigs I actually attended, and memories that resurface with the playing of the album. Well, I could gush, wallow, say how beautiful it is, or I could attempt to be neutral – at least until the…
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The Louisiana, Bristol 19th October 2016 From Reading, Tail Feather are a progressive psychedelic rock band with harmony vocals. They are rather good. The ticket for this show at the Louisiana came bundled with a download of their Mother Nature…
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Robin 2, Bilston Sunday 23rd October 2016 A trek to Wolverhampton, with coffee at Gloucester Services, always nice but better when you don’t leave things there. With old age, the memory goes, and you do daft things. I first saw…
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This is The Gift in their third incarnation on their third album. Why the Sea is Salt is both exhilarating and challenging as the band, and audience to a degree, step out of their respective comfort zones. The writing team…
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From Chile, Aisles released their latest album, Hawaii, a few months ago and are about to tour Europe during the next two weeks, including a show in the U.K.. TPA’s Tony Colvill had a chance to speak with the band’s…
View More Germán Vergara – Aisles
Honesty is best. I liked the cover of Magnolia, I didn’t dislike the songs, but the music did not touch the nerve that goes ‘Woo Hoo’! Why not? Shrug! This time however, the spark is there. Okay, it sounds like,…
View More The Pineapple Thief – Your Wilderness
I don’t consider it a guilty pleasure, but I like Jazz. In prog terms the distance is not that great, and much of Yes’ output I consider to be Jazz influenced. So when this album fell to me with indications…
View More Tassos Spiliotopoulis – In The North
Back in 1983 I was a footloose and fancy free young man, probably hobbled by longish hair and a love of the musical genre called ‘Progressive’. In an attempt to pull I would go to night clubs, shuffle my feet…
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The Lexington, London 7th August 2016 Article by Leo Trimming Three is a number usually associated with mystical properties inherent in pyramids and the Holy Trinity amongst other things, and on a hot summer night there was an air of…
View More The Power of 3 – The Gift, We Are Kin, Tiger Moth Tales
4:15 AM came to be like a breath of fresh air. I hate that bloody alarm clock. Likewise, 4:45 AM, the last Aisles album, was also an introduction to something new and easily slipped into my 2015 Top Ten at…
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