Album Reviews – Page 268

Motorpsycho – Here Be Monsters

Given the relatively sparse population of Scandinavia, it seems that everyone living in the land of the Vikings must know someone in a band, such is the vast size and scope of the area’s music scene. In this genre-obsessed world,…

Southern Empire – Southern Empire

Time “is the fire in which we burn” (Forest Fire). The aching awareness of our mortality, the relentless, incessant and seemingly quicker passing of the years forces the uncomfortable recognition that there is more behind us than lies ahead and…

Grice – Alexandrine

Grice Peters is a London-based multi-instrumentalist and art rock singer-songwriter who has built himself quite a reputation in left-field pop circles since the 2012 release of his consummate alt-pop debut album Propeller. It helped that he was assisted by a…

Jack Arthurs – Treasure House

Jack Arthurs is a Newcastle based singer/songwriter and Treasure House is his second album. Just him and a guitar – simples. Well not that simple, rich songs full of emotion and meaning reminiscent of the sort of material that used…

Red Bazar – Tales from the Bookcase

A chance meeting at a gig of Nottingham based instrumental Prog band Red Bazar with the prodigious talent of Peter Jones has resulted in the release of their first vocal album, Tales from the Bookcase, with the Tiger Moth Tales…

Cross & Quinn – Cold Sky Blue

Of all the King Crimson alumni plying their trade in a solo capacity, violinist David Cross has always been one of the most interesting and he seems to be on a bit of a roll at the moment, featuring on…

OTEME – L’Agguato, L’Abbandono, Il Mutamento

Firstly, an apology: back in November last year Stefano Giannotti, leader of Italian band OTEME sent me this CD, and since the 24th of that month it has sat, still in its shrinkwrap, in my never diminishing “to do” pile.…

Slivovitz – All You Can Eat

The first time I tried slivovitz I was not sure if I had picked up a bottle of paint-thinner by mistake, but after a four year wait it is good to see a new album from the band of the…

Headspace – All That You Fear Is Gone

The phrase “super group” gets bandied about quite a lot these days, and they give rise to different types of beasts. Headspace is a group of talented musicians who appear to have come together with a common aim, to create…

Megacone – Fondle Fantasy [EP]

Released at the very end of January 2015 Ireland’s Megacone have made a strong opening statement with this, their bizarrely titled debut, Fondle Fantasy. Just four tracks, clocking in at a little over twenty minutes, that say much but never…

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