Russian band Echoes and Signals first came to my attention, as I’m sure was the case for many others, after Marjana Semkina (of iamthemorning) let her followers know that she provided vocals on their second full length album, Monodrama. That…
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RPWL had intended to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album God Has Failed with a tour in 2020, but we all know why that was not possible. Instead, this renowned German progressive rock band decided to re-record the…
View More RPWL – God Has Failed: Live & Personal
Prolific producer, composer, Grammy nominee, CEO and 25-year veteran bassist with New Hampshire’s Dreadnaught (a band who I have thoroughly enjoyed in recent years), Bob Lord has found the time to release his first solo album. Playland Arcade is a…
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The prolific Kevin Kastning comes up with another new album, this time collaborating with Mark Wingfield, an equally talented and inventive UK based guitarist. Rubycon I has just been released, although it was recorded at Kevin’s Massachusetts studio in 2018,…
View More Kevin Kastning / Mark Wingfield – Rubicon I
Last year, I heard an album I knew I had to review. But no matter how many attempts I made, I struggled to find words to do it justice. Plus, whenever I put it on to listen to for reviewing,…
View More Traps – Brain Wee
It is a fair bet that most of you have never heard of Dennis Rea, a much travelled guitarist, multiple band member and composer, and a long term resident of Seattle. Dennis and I go back some time now, as…
View More Dennis Rea – Giant Steppes
When this album landed it sparked off some juvenile tittering in the TPA cyber-office. “Mediæval Bæbes? I prefer the Jurassic Jezebels! Or the Tudor Teasers! Or even the Big Bang Bimbos!”, said several people who were really old enough to…
View More Mediæval Bæbes – Prayers Of The Rosary
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been a familiar name for a long time, but it occurred to me that I’d never actually listened to anything by the band, so I thought I’d better rectify that with this, their seventh album…
View More Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
The debut album, Find the Others, from Ukrainians Shiva the Destructor, is an absolute delight of sludgy psychedelia. Caught somewhere between mind expanding and mind blowing, the album feels like it occupies the liminal space between Pink Floyd and Sleep.…
View More Shiva The Destructor – Find The Others
Released on 31st July 1970, It’ll All Work Out In Boomland by T2 is one of the staples for those of us who collect, or collected LPs from the classic era of “underground” music. Back when this album was released…
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