Two years after the high-quality album, Coming up to Consciousness, full of artful, subtle musical frameworks, Pure Reason Revolution blast back with the altogether more explosive and impactful Terrifying Angels. Disappointed by the response to their more understated previous album,…
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Over the course of eleven studio albums, Eivør has established herself as a formidable musical force, blending traditional Faroese folk music with electronic and experimental elements to create music that is both emotional and atmospheric. Coupled with her unique voice,…
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There’s more to Brand X than being the other band Phil Collins drummed for in the 1970s, allowing scope to express his interest in jazz/rock fusion when he wasn’t active in Genesis or elsewhere, yet that’s possibly how they are…
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Like Father Like Son is the intriguing first solo instrumental album by Michel St-Père, the founder, guitarist and creative force behind the Canadian progressive rock band Mystery (along with Huis). However, whilst there are prog elements to be found amongst…
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In the infancy of the internet era there were dial-up / email service providers, including my chosen supplier AOL. What has this got to do with The Pineapple Thief (TPT), you ask? Bear with me for a few paragraphs and…
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I am friends with many musicians, predominantly Prog, but a few who create music for less cultured tastes and most of them struggle to record and put out new material. Invariably they have day jobs, families and other things on…
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Kraanerg is the title of a ballet written by Iannis Xenakis in 1969. It is derived from the Greek and translates as ‘accomplished action’. It seems like an apt name for Nat Bergrin’s outfit, as they are certainly accomplished, and…
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Throughout our lifespan we are constantly transforming. Some of these changes are voluntary while others are forced upon us by circumstance, but after they have occurred we are not quite the same person as before. And as we approach the…
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As mentioned in another recent review, I’m particularly fond of box sets that cover a scene as opposed to an artist. Because my familiarity with shoegaze is spotty at best, I thought that the We Are The Beautiful compilation would…
View More Various Artists – We Are The Beautiful: Two Decades Of Shoegaze 1991-2011
The progressive scene in Italy took slightly longer to catch on than it did in the UK, with PFM and Banco’s stunning debuts and sophomores only showing up in 1972, by the time Yes and many other British groups had…
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