Album Reviews – Page 273

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…

AppleSmell Colour – Unscrupulousness

Once again bands looking for names seem to be running out of ideas and they’re having to rely on random word combinations – have all the good ones really been taken? This time from Tarragona in Spain we get AppleSmell…

Dream Theater – The Astonishing

What can I say? I am surely not the first (nor the last) to admit that I am indeed astonished by Dream Theater’s latest oeuvre, but the effects of this album go well past the shock factor that the band…

Erudite Stoner – Erudite Stoner

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…

Big Hogg – Big Hogg

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…

Arena – XX (DVD)

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…

GEPH – GEPH

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…

Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces Parts I - IV

Anthony Phillips – Private Parts & Pieces I-IV

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…

Ampledeed – BYOB

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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