It’s been a while since I was fascinated with Caravan. Their approach to prog was never too full-on, happy to mix pastoral pop-rock with longer jams that were loosely dressed up as suites. As a result, their music could sound…
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Daevid Allen was a geographical and musical nomad who wandered from British psychedelia to French avant-garde, Balearic acoustic balladry, New York punk, Oz performance poetry, San Francisco improv, Japanese extreme tripping and Brazilian space rock. He is best known as…
View More Weird Biscuit Teatime: Starring Daevid Allen – DJDDay
Edensong is not the most prolific band in all of Progdom. Formed in 2004, the first album by the band was released in 2008. A live/studio disc followed in 2010, then the magnificent Years in the Garden of Years in…
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Stereolab, a band, an enigma, a left-field art institution, and you can dance to them. Instant Holograms On Metal Film, the band’s first album in 15 years makes it sound like they’ve never been away from your record emporium of…
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Now In A Minute is an amusing Welsh phrase meaning something will happen soon, but maybe not immediately – and is an intriguing blend of urgency and procrastination. Given their recent history, it seems an appropriate and playful title for…
View More The Mighty Ra – Now In A Minute
Guitar, bass, drums and voice; it’s a format as old as the hills. Bands have been exploring the possibilities for decades, and you might think all bases had by now been covered. From Cream to Sabbath, Motorhead to ZZ Top,…
View More Ethiva – Beaten Track
Although I have known about this band for years and have reviewed their albums in the now worryingly distant past, I had no idea at the time that they were big Cardiacs fans, as this was before my own Cardiacs…
View More Gösta Berlings Saga – Forever Now
It’s been ten years since that memorable evening at the Summer’s End festival, when my greatly missed friend and TPA editor Jez Rowden and I first encountered the remarkable Discipline during their evening set. We were both amazed that such…
View More Discipline – Breadcrumbs
Multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge has just released his 5th solo album, On The Edge (of what could be), and it could well be his most accomplished, ambitious and diverse release ever. A co-founder of the much-loved Christian, Celtic progressive rock band,…
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As the core of The Samurai of Prog and innumerable offshoots, Marco Bernard (bass) and Kimmo Pörsti (drums) are responsible for an incredible amount of music. Much of the music has been unavailable as the years pass, hence the Omnibus…
View More The Samurai Of Prog – Omnibus 4: The Bernard & Pörsti Sessions