This release from the vast Hawkwind catalogue covers their period of recordings, both live and in the studio, between the years 1977 and 1978. This could be viewed as the productive Robert Calvert years, as he and Dave Brock are…
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Pere Ubu have been, unashamedly, a bit of an acquired taste throughout their history, and this album marks a quite dramatic shift into avant-garde territory that requires the listener to take a huge leap of faith before tuning in and…
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When multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Andy Foster produced his debut release, The Way Home, a year ago, I was bowled over by the sheer melodic vibrancy on show. Like condensed sunshine, the raft of accessible, and yet deceptively complex songs were…
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Reviewing a band you have followed and enjoyed from the beginning is always a dicey proposition. You can’t help but wonder if this is the one where it all falls apart, or has the band forged ahead to reach new…
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Karda Estra supremo Richard Wileman has reissued his 2006 album, The Age of Science and Enlightenment, as a revised and expanded remaster, featuring an additional 15-minutes of music from the original sessions. Reportedly one of his favourite Karda Estra albums,…
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I’m always on the lookout for emerging bands and, thanks to a recommendation by my friend Andy Glass (of Solstice), I discovered Exploring Birdsong, a piano and synth-centric trio hailing from Liverpool. They’ve been around since circa 2017, having graduated…
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French prog rockers Lazuli have just launched their new album, Onze (’11’), the first with new guitarist Arnaud Beynaud. Onze is the sequel to 2020’s Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Böhm, an album dedicated to the band’s fans, through one…
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Back in 2019, before the world went all mental and live music disappeared, I was lucky enough to see Japanese band Kōenjihyakkei perform a magnificent set at the Lexington in London. Suffice to say, it was one of the most…
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The Bob Lazar Story is Matt Deacon. You may remember him from such albums (and reviews) as Ghost of Foodstool (2014, reviewed by Jez Rowden), Self-Loathing Joe EP (2015, reviewed by Jez Rowden), Baritonia (2017, reviewed by Jez Rowden [I’m…
View More The Bob Lazar Story – The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Pt.1 : Foodstool Resurrection
The first, self-titled Angel album, released in 1975, introduced a band that straddled the worlds of prog and glam, leaning heavily on the former musically and the latter in sartorial style. The first two albums (which were produced by Derek…
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