As a native of Liverpool, maybe it’s having to spend most of his time upside down in New Zealand that makes Matt Deacon’s brain the way it is. I mean it has to exert undue pressure on the capillaries and…
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John Lodge – 10,000 Light Years Ago
When you’ve been in the music business from before I was even born, you’re pretty much entitled to make the album you want to, and if others are pulled along in its wake, then so be it. This is an…
View More John Lodge – 10,000 Light Years AgoParadox One – This Fragile Peace
Starting out as long ago as the start of the century, Paradox One was initially a solo project by Scottish keyboard player and spacerocker Phil Jackson, who over the intervening years became friends with Tim Jones of Census Of Hallucinations…
View More Paradox One – This Fragile PeaceAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
With all of the brilliant new Classic Rock albums and re-issues released in 2015, it has taken me a while to get back to reviewing the newly packaged reissue of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe from Esoteric Recordings. Yet, after watching…
View More Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – Anderson Bruford Wakeman HoweKarda Estra – The Seas and the Stars EP
Surprisingly hot on the heels of the last Karda Estra album, Strange Relations, comes another 20 minute EP. In a rather succinct and acoustic 20 minutes The Seas and the Stars chronicles the collision between the Andromeda galaxy and our…
View More Karda Estra – The Seas and the Stars EPCiro Manna – XY
Ciro Manna has spent the last 20 years dedicating himself to the guitar, first classical before switching to electric when he started to play live. In 2007 his debut album Feel ‘N Groove was built on rock-funk and jazz featuring…
View More Ciro Manna – XYSpock’s Beard – The Oblivion Particle
Spock’s Beard are back with the 12th album of their 20 year career, following 2013’s Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep. This release is available in all listening formats; standard CD, Media Book CD with bonus track, 180g Gatefold 2LP vinyl…
View More Spock’s Beard – The Oblivion ParticleAudience – Audience / Friend’s Friend’s Friend
Audience – Audience Esoteric Recordings, go to label of choice for the rock history connoisseur, continue mining the rich seam of underground music from the end of the 60s and the early 70s with these two fine albums from the…
View More Audience – Audience / Friend’s Friend’s FriendTrey Gunn – The Waters, They Are Rising
“The Water and the sky drew near each other. All of Mankind drowned and turned to fishes.” – Aztec Tale With the above words featuring in the artwork, the scene is set for the latest release from Touch guitar legend…
View More Trey Gunn – The Waters, They Are RisingEncircled – The Gun Has Replaced The Handshake
Encircled have been together as a 3-piece for around 18 months and Scott Evans related the following to me about how the band got together:- “I had been writing but casually for a few years but decided to get serious…
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