The Traveller arrives in the lost wilderness town of Korpilombolo, a settlement where they practice the Olde Religion, and one that would suit being called “two horse” if the equine creatures could survive outdoors up here, north of the Arctic…
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Emmett Elvin – Bloody Marvels
Emmett Elvin must slice himself very finely to get enough time to be part of Guapo, Knifeworld, Chrome Hoof and others as well as attend to his artwork. Most will be aware of him via his keyboard contributions to the…
View More Emmett Elvin – Bloody MarvelsLuna Rossa – Secrets & Lies
Great music is simply great music no matter what label or genre tag you apply to it so we’ll be having none of that “but is it Prog?” debate with this one! A side project for Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan…
View More Luna Rossa – Secrets & LiesTin Spirits – Scorch
Swindon band Tin Spirits return with their second album to the introductory slowed down sound of a match being struck and then burning, an aural image that is repeated in the visual of the cover artwork. Carnivore then lumbers in…
View More Tin Spirits – ScorchKaipa – Sattyg
An introspective intro leaps into heartfelt exaltations from Aleena Gibson at the top of her range, echoing as if across a silent Scandinavian lake at dusk, and we’re off into a rampaging instrumental overture to open the seventh album from…
View More Kaipa – SattygThe Mercury Tree – Countenance
Ben Spees, guitarist and keyboard player and vocalist with eclectic Portland, Oregon band The Mercury Tree describes Countenance as being “stylistically all over the map” and he is right. Being “all over the map” might often be a phrase used…
View More The Mercury Tree – CountenanceManning – Akoustik #2
The last few years seem to have taken on a more reflective stance for Guy Manning with two acoustic albums, re-visiting previously released works and last year’s studio release, The Root, The Leaf And The Bone, being the only new…
View More Manning – Akoustik #2Yes – Relayer | Remixed & Expanded by Steven Wilson (2014)
This will be a brief review of the album as there are already far too many words out there about Yes’s most progressive work. Ah, I see the old trick of starting off with a mildly controversial statement worked, you’re…
View More Yes – Relayer | Remixed & Expanded by Steven Wilson (2014)Pearls Of Swines – Pearls Of Swines
The last album I reviewed that involved the ever-busy and highly talented eclectic bass wrangler Frederick Galiay was Apokálupsis by Big (drum&bass), but Pearls Of Swines could not be more different. Apokálupsis was a strange and hard to like “deeply…
View More Pearls Of Swines – Pearls Of SwinesPink Floyd – The Endless River
It was during the recording of Pink Floyd’s last album “The Division Bell” back in ’94 that they also recorded a number of pieces for an unfinished ambient album that went under the working title of The Big Spliff. These…
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