As Nosound prepare to release their sixth studio album, the band has re-invented its sound for Allow Yourself. Now relocated to England, band leader Giancarlo Erra is a little apprehensive about how the new album will be received by fans…
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Thirty years ago, Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer teamed up with singer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry to form ‘3’. With Berry contributing vocals and bass to their debut, To The Power Of Three…, fans could be forgiven for thinking this…
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Although I generally make a point of spending significant amounts of time with the albums I review, nevertheless it is rare that I find myself quite so resistant to putting pen to paper or, more accurately, fingers to keyboard. Getting…
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Dissolution: the breakups, the heartaches, the dark side of the relationship, our all too human issues with technology and social media, open dissolution in a public forum. Heavy fodder for an album of music but delivered with aplomb by the…
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I discovered YYNOT on CDBaby, as I often do when searching for new music to review, and when I first heard Rocky Kuner’s vocals, I was intigued at how similarly she sang like Geddy Lee. This piqued my interest further…
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Argos, based in Mainz in Germany, release their fifth album, having recently signed to the excellent Bad Elephant Music label. Argos first came to my attention when I had the good fortune to see them perform a very impressive set…
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Mike Kershaw has released a notable album which resonates with the ‘interesting times’ in which we live. In a world beset with various political uncertainties and more general concerns about the future of our modern society it seems inevitable that…
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In this update we feature: > Alchem – Viaggio Al Centro Della Terra > Hollowscene – Hollowscene > Goad – Landor > Una Stagione All’Inferno – Il Mostro Di Firenze > Ancient Veil – Rings Of Earthly… Live CIAO. And…
View More L’aspetto progressivo (A Different Aspect #21): New Italian Prog II
Finding Amorkiir on CDBaby was a very fruitful search, this debut album is a wonderful surprise that should be shared. A collection of singles that the band has written and recorded between 2014-2017 and inspired by bands such as Rush,…
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1 Down: Biased truth, pied pilot Hmmm, bit of a chin-scratcher, this. You see, Bats Tidied Up Heliport is as cryptic as it gets, and veteran art rebel and all-round professor of rock trivia Colin Robinson, ensconced up there in…
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