Erudite Stoner is the debut release from a young Brazilian composer and guitarist Matheus Novaes and despite the somewhat worrying title, Erudite Stoner turned out to be a rather excellent listen. There’s little information I can offer about the origins…
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Big Hogg hail from Glasgow, and as far as I can tell are a relatively new band. Their self-titled debut album came out last summer, and is a fetching mix of styles. The syncopated jazz-pop of opener When We Were…
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Having been present at the opening night of Arena’s 20th Anniversary Tour at The Borderline in London, it is an extremely pleasant and interesting reminder to see them captured on film 16 gigs later as they take to the stage…
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Everything is all Sticky lately. Tapping strings as a technique isn’t new, it is no longer just associated with the Chapman Stick either. But tapping has inspired a new generation of musical intruments and a couple of new generations of…
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A five CD retrospective re-release of the early works of Anthony Phillips; a daunting task for any reviewer made worse by recently having met the gentleman concerned. He was charming, so I will with the music in my ears be…
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Any album that includes a track entitled You’re a Libra…and She’s a Bitch is setting the expectation bar pretty high before the listener has even heard a note. Me? Arachnia, since you asked… . BYOB is the second album from…
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From the North East of England and comprising Jonathan Youdale and Martin Collins, this is the debut album from Regent. Illusions consists of five songs based on original demos penned by Youdale upon which Collins advised and oversaw the lyrics.…
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Prog (adj.) A style of music that contains easily recognisable tropes from the original era of classic progressive rock. If my definition of the genre “Prog” in the 21st century is right – as, of course, it is – then…
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And so once again the Prog Band Random Name Generator gets a healthy spin and these five words come together for surely the first (only?) time in human history. For successfully achieving a kind of ‘Prog Googlewhack‘ I guess congratulations…
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During the now infamous fire alarm incident at Summers End 2015, Matthew Parmenter, who was there to play with Discipline, became acquainted with the chaps from Bad Elephant Music. A deal was struck and Matthew was added to their already…
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