Dyanne Potter Voegtlin and Jan Christiana of Potter’s Daughter have teamed up with Simon Phillips on drums to form a new band, Octarine Sky. Their debut album, Close to Nearby, featuring Guthrie Gowan (of The Aristocrats) and Amit Chatterjee on…
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Fractal Mirror have released their fifth album, blending styles and influences into an original whole, with keyboards that have a Tony Banks wall of sound that wraps up the composition and keeps them warm. They do this without dominating, drums…
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Featured artists: Chassm | Nate Collins | Kinkajous | Kælan Mikla | Lustmord & Karin Park ||: In this Halloween ADA (shorter reviews) update Nick Hudson takes a look at recent releases from: • Chassm – Falling Forever • Nate…
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Every now and then you come across a band that have somehow passed you by over the years, and then you hear an album by them which frankly stops you dead in your tracks and overwhelms you with its musical…
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The Pineapple Thief have just released Nothing But the Truth, their latest live recording of the show they had been planning to play to accompany the release of their 2020 album Versions of the Truth, but which for obvious reasons…
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My introduction to SEIMS was their incredible third album, 3, which had the most intriguing premise for a concept album I may have ever encountered – setting out to capture the CMYK colour model (Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow) in sound.…
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North-East progressive rock group Glacier release their third album, Island in the Sky, and it’s their most impressive so far. They have successfully built upon their 2001 debut, Monument and 2015’s Ashes for the Monarch to produce a diverse and…
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Kites is the long-awaited third album from Yorkshire’s melodic progressive rock band This Winter Machine. Delayed by both the extended COVID lockdown period and significant line-up changes, arising from the frustrations of not being able to build upon the momentum…
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PFM return for the first time in over four years with Blade Runner inspired album I Dream of Electric Sheep, which was also influenced by the Covid pandemic. These Italian veterans certainly had a challenge with this new album –…
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I was introduced to RMP with their most recent studio album, I Am A Stranger in the Earth, and I admit to a certain degree of wariness when I took on this live album, as while RMP may stand for…
View More Rozmainsky & Mikhaylov Project – Magna Res Est Amor (Live at Babooinumfest)