What is a supergroup these days? It is now common place for artists to exist within different groups as fellow musicians or as guest musicians. In this case all the players in The Sea Within have excellent pedigrees; the list…
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Has anyone visited the Harry Potter Experience at Leavesden studios? The attention to detail with the sets and props is unbelievable, but even more surprising is the quality of the commodities they pedal in the various gift shops. Beautiful facsimiles…
View More Robert Reed – Sanctuary III
47 years ago, one of the most surreal and scariest albums ever came out on the Dawn label. I was only 23 years old in 2008 when I first heard Comus’ music on a progressive rock podcast, it just took…
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With the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack not far behind us, this might be a good time to review the Tangekanic live release. Not to trivialise the atrocity in any way but because the album contains the most powerful…
View More Tangekanic – Hotel Cantaffordit
‘Epic’ has unfortunately joined the ubiquitous throng of overused words in our everyday language to the point that we hardly notice it is there any more. Frequently, humorously – and wrongly – used to describe everything commonplace from hangovers, car…
View More Yuka & Chronoship – Ship
Let’s cut straight to the chase – Fact and Fiction is one of the greatest Progressive Rock albums released in the 1980s, and yet for some strange reason it never achieved the success its sheer inventiveness, lyrical excellence and fluid…
View More Twelfth Night – Fact And Fiction: 3-CD Definitive Edition
In this update we feature: > Dandelion Charm – Tiny Drop > Dandelion Charm – Riding The Flood [EP] > Gaute Storsve Trio – Attention: This Is Not A Toy, For Adult Collectors Only > Alex Lofoco – Beyond >…
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I have been a fan of Tyranny of Hours since first hearing and seeing the band live near Portland, Oregon, some years ago. I reviewed and enjoyed their self-titled debut album and now the band is back with the long…
View More Tyranny of Hours – Darkling
Far too long ago now, at the beginning of March in fact, I received a package from Mattias Olsson containing a CD copy of the Dial album by his Molesome project. Originally released on Bandcamp in 2016 it has now…
View More Molesome – Dial
What happens when you combine two David’s – Cross and Jackson – into one room, one from King Crimson and one from Van der Graaf Generator? It certainly makes for an interesting combination and one that, for me, works. I’ve…
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