The outlook for today is heavy with patches of melodic subtlety sweeping across your Auditory Cortex. Heavy guitars across the frontal gyrus of the cerebellum will sometimes clear to leave feelings of layered heaviness. It will be heavier further into…
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Necromonkey, the project of ex-Änglagård drummer Mattias Olsson and Gösta Berlings Saga keyboard wizard David Lundberg, are a band I have followed since their crazy debut Necroplex was unleashed on an uncaring world in 2013. This was followed last year…
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Brothers Casey and Jesse Cooper, otherwise known as synth pop duo The Receiver, hide deep in their bedrooms in Colombus, Ohio where for two years they have beavered away in the making of this introspective album of dream pop. I…
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When you are offered turkey, it is often asked would you like light or dark meat. I like a little dark meat. Gazpacho are a Norwegian band who I had previously heard of but never listened to. More fool me;…
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Our favourite Progressive Rock raconteur Rick Wakeman has a long and varied career under his belt, which has included time with such bands as The Strawbs and, of course, Yes, as well as being a respected session man and solo…
View More Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble – In The Nick Of Time: Live 2003
Nordic Giants are an elusive duo who go by the mythological Norse names of “Loki” and “Roka” and have managed to cloak themselves in a carefully woven shroud of mystery, no easy thing to do in this ever-prying digital age.…
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Comparisons can be trite, but in striving for ever more convoluted, or conversely concise ways of describing low profile bands to potential listeners it is always well to remember that “a dichotomy of complicated note flurries mixed with simple yet…
View More Thieves’ Kitchen – The Clockwork Universe
It flutters past the like the butterfly it seems to be. Sensing something, it turns on its fragile wingspan and returns to the vibrantly gaudy flower. There, hovering above the anther, hums a large bumblebee going about its business. The…
View More O.R.k. – Inflamed Rides
There are times when you take a chance on music and you are rewarded with an interesting and compelling find, and for me this is one of those times. Samuel Hällkvist is a Swedish guitarist living in Copenhagen whose style…
View More Samuel Hällkvist – Variety of Live
Growing up there are pivotal musical moments in our lives. I loved the poppy side of the sixties, The Beatles and much that went before, then comes the development of your own taste. For me, initially it was early Bowie,…
View More Junior’s Eyes – Battersea Power Station