The instant I saw this title it put me in mind of Morgan Fisher’s curated compilation Miniatures. No doubt there have been other attempts at the concept. I believe The Residents tried a similar thing on their mere 40-song long…
View More Panu-Pekka Rauhala – 60 Songs in 60 Minutes
2018 sees Arena return with their ninth studio album, as well as a tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their excellent The Visitor. Arena are now three albums into their comeback with singer Paul Manzi, and it’s fair to…
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Gazpacho return with Soyuz, their tenth studio album since 2003. There really is no band quite like these Norwegian artists, distinctive, moving and haunting, each new release imbued with their unique brand of ambitious music, full of idiosyncratic themes, inventive…
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This 2-CD set consists of Sonja Kristina’s career outside of her work with both Curved Air and Mask, containing not just her solo work but various releases that she’s been involved with beyond the two bands, showing that she’s more…
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It feels as if there’s way more Fierce and Dead music around than their discography would suggest. This is only the third studio album by the critically acclaimed and very hard working The Fierce And The Dead. The Fierce And…
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This fine Italian band, led by guitar player Dario D’Alessandro, make no secret of their love of all things Canterbury, but within these zeros and ones you will find classical references, and Beatles-inspired classy pop, all living comfortably in the…
View More Homunculus Res – Della stessa sostanza dei sogni
It’s been 50 years since Can burst through the floodgates, bringing the genres of Electronica, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Minimal, Musique-Concrete and Ambient music to the forefront in what would be known as Krautrock, or in the late ‘70s as post-punk. It…
View More Damo Suzuki Network – Damo Suzuki & Jelly Planet
Bobby Previte is a respected drummer and composer, working mostly in modern jazz oriented fields, although that only begins to scratch at the surface of his work. Rhapsody continues his Terminals trilogy on the subject of migration and transit. This…
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There are times when people, actions and events come together in such a way that we are simply forced to stop, step back, take stock and have a good, long, hard look at ourselves, at what we’ve become and the…
View More My Indigo – My Indigo
One of the pleasures of reviewing is when you discover an album by a band you were not previously aware of and they blow you away. Having recently returned from a holiday in Edinburgh, and feeling good about all things…
View More Midas Fall – Evaporate