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Also Eden – Holy Books And Credit Cards 2: Waves

Also Eden released the excellent Holy Books and Credit Cards 1: Promises EP earlier this year, and they now follow up with the second of three planned EP’s in 2026. The band described their first EP as ‘a series of…

John Greenwood – First Day

To state the obvious, John Greenwood has not taken the typical path to becoming a prog rock guitar hero. Having grown up in Manchester, UK, where he studied medicine and finished training in plastic surgery, he and his family subsequently…

Mohini Dey – The Dey Way

When I discovered Mohini Dey a little less than a year ago and reviewed her fiery self-titled debut, I stated that “If she has started as she means to continue, then I cannot wait to see what comes next.” Since…

Elder – Through Zero

Elder recently released their impressive seventh album Through Zero, a darkly atmospheric album filled with layers of sound. Elder originated in Massachusetts in around 2005/6, and have released a series of albums moving from heavy stoner rock into releases characterised…

Atomic Rooster – Friday The 13th: The BBC Sessions 1970-1981

Atomic Rooster emerged from the ashes of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown when Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer regrouped to record the band’s 1970 debut. Nick Graham joined on bass, vocals and flute, though his tenure was brief, and…

Nightwing – Long Hard Road 1980-1985 (5CD Boxset)

With an NWOBHM-shaped hole in my life after reviewing Holocaust’s second boxset and interviewing guitarist John Mortimer, I was only too pleased to find out that another British hard rock band from the early 80s was getting a box set,…

Cornelius – Refractions

This album, Refractions by Cornelius, aka Keigo Oyamada, the Japanese guitarist and producer, lies at the very edge of the progressive rock world as we know it, and possibly even just outside it. However, sometimes our aural comfort zone needs…

Various Artists – A Strange Light From The East

My favourite Cherry Red compilations are those that cover a scene as opposed to a particular artist. A Strange Light From The East, subtitled Eastern Influenced Western Music 1965-72, is a romp through the introduction of Indian sounds, the sitar…

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Grimalkin

For their sixth album in eight years – which is almost approaching Steve Hackett in productivity – Spock’s Beard spin-off Pattern-Seeking Animals may well have found the perfect balance between progressive rock complexity and melodic accessibility. Grimalkin is an album…

Nazareth – Born Under The Wrong Sign [1976-79] (5CD Boxset)

Nazareth, one of Scotland’s finest exports, were surely one of the hardest working in the Seventies. They spent most of the first half of that decade achieving some tangible success culminating with Hair of the Dog, their best selling album…

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