It’s nice to know that there are still young talents trying to establish themselves within the perculiar genre that is Prog and at last year’s Summer’s End Festival the new venue allowed for the addition of acoustic acts to the…
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Perennial contenders for the title of The World’s Hardest Working Band, jazz-rock espousers of the Protestant work ethic Marbin released their literally titled third album last year on the highly respected Moonjune label. Everything about this band displays frightening levels…
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A Review of the Deluxe Edition CD/DVD CD Originally titled Valkyrie, Gravitas is the latest album from Asia, following on from 2008’s Phoenix, 2010’s Omega and 2012’s XXX. Founding members John Wetton, Geoff Downes and Carl Palmer continue their musical…
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I love music and every once in a while something comes along and surprises you. This is another one introduced to me by the Lords & Ladies of a Facebook Group (it is good for something), thanks guys! Tiger Moth…
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The Pineapple Thief have been intriguing and beguiling audiences since Bruce Soord began what started as a solo project in 1999. This Somerset band continue their musical evolution on their tenth studio release Magnolia, with an album of emotionally laden…
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OK, before we start, cards on the table – whenever a negative review is published, no matter how constructive the criticism, it doesn’t take long before the fanboys and girls start to accuse the writer of having “an agenda”, whatever…
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The champions of the squeaky toy animal solo are back with a record of some of their live shows performed all around the globe in 2014. An early highlight of last year was getting the chance to see The Aristocrats…
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One the very first reviews to appear in the TPA CD reviews pages came from Dutch/American combo Fractal Mirror with the release of their debut album, Strange Attractors (13). An interesting mix of 80s era pop, similar era prog, along…
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An album from last year that nearly slipped my grasp, and would have done had it not tripped over the doormat on its way out with my prized reel-to-reel bootleg of the Best of The UFO Club 1967 furtively concealed…
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The old saying that you should never judge a whatever by its cover is most definitely proved correct by this, the second album from a Norwegian band formed by ex-members of the unforgettably named burlesque rock band ‘Procosmian Fannyfiddlers’. The…
View More Mater Thallium – Abandoned By The Sun