When a band as good as Magenta make it through to their 20th anniversary, it is a real cause for celebration amongst the prog rock community. When Robert Reed and Christina Booth talked through the Magenta band concept back in…
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Unusual in the World of Rock, though not unheard of, there are no guitars on Earth Mother Grapefruit. The absence of guitar, in some ways, is a bold move, as it unshackles Clamb from the expectations we have of a…
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Belarus band Mission Jupiter blasted into my horizon in 2018 when their debut release, Architecture, blew me away. I love that album so much that I came to new release Talk To Me with just a little apprehension. To paraphrase…
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The dark lockdown days of 2020 needed some musical light to shine on our lives and many of the highlights from that time came from unexpected sources. One such album came from Antony Kalugin, the symphonic prog multi-instrumentalist from Ukraine,…
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Japanese band GUEVNNA have been around for a decade or so. They’ve been releasing EPs and singles since 2012, and their first full length came out in 2016. However, I knew none of that when I came upon their second…
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Few artists put as much variety in their music as Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Over the course of a 48-year career, numerous personnel changes and eighteen studio albums, the band has truly established itself as one of Europe’s most…
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As is often the case, several weeks can elapse between first hearing an album and finally getting around to giving it a ‘proper listen’. A caveat to this revisiting is – do I still remember the music? Happy to say…
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I came to Australian band Kurushimi via label-mates, Instrumental (adj.) and their rather wonderful EP A Series of Disagreements which sounded just like that – a series of disagreements. Simon Dawes (guitar) and Chris Allison (drums) are members of both…
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In this update we feature: • Cult Of Luna – The Raging River • Sturle Dagsland – Sturle Dagsland • Timo Kämäräinen – Blink And You Miss It • Bending Shapes – Uncomfortable Songs About life • Need – Norchestrion:…
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He looks like Lemmy Kilmister’s unwanted bastard son on the cover of his new album, Episode 6: the resemblance is striking. The album’s first track makes me unsure whether I have entrusted the right disc to my stereo set. His…
View More Gerald Gradwohl Group – Episode 6