The third offering from idiosyncratic Japanese proggers – after 2020’s Tsumibito No Kioku and 2021’s Sazaki Orite Hikari Overflow – is a 90-minute concept album containing all the elements we expect from a band of the Rising Sun: jaw-dropping technical…
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Italian band Karmamoi return with Eternal Mistake, their first fully original new album since 2021’s Orwellian Room 101. This is an exploration of love and reason, recounting the strange tale of love between a human and a humanoid. This album…
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I first discovered Canadian band Brass Camel a few months ago on the Musora YouTube channel. Musora is a companion channel to Drumeo and the feature that drew me to subscribe to it, was their on-the-spot covers series. That’s where…
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There is a seemingly endless stream of music emerging from the prog and prog‑adjacent world, and it’s all too easy for bands to slip through the net unnoticed and Idiogram could easily have been one of them. Had they not…
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There are times when a completely unknown album comes completely out of left field and hits you squarely between the eyes as you just were not expecting it… 2nd Iteration by MoleStar is just one such album. It is very…
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Guitarist and composer Frédéric L’Épée has amassed a varied and far‑reaching catalogue since the mid seventies, yet it wasn’t until the release of 12 Pieces for Solo Electric Guitar in 2023 that I finally had the opportunity to review his…
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The late seventies and, in particular, the eighties, were heady days for American college radio stations. While most could not broadcast beyond the confines of the campus, there were a healthy number with a broader reach. Even with this limited…
View More Various Artists – This Can’t Be Today: American Psychedelia And The Paisley Underground 1977-1988
Before we ask ‘Where do we go from Here’ it may be helpful to first ask ‘Who are Abraham, Baker and Lyndon’? Lee Abraham and Dean Baker are members of the Dorset based progressive rock band, Galahad, though the background…
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Van Morrison continues his recent prolific output with an album which is a collection of blues songs and guest appearances. Morrison, of course, has written more classic songs under his own steam than most over the years, reaching back to…
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Argos, hailing from Germany, return with their new album. I first encountered the band at the Summer’s End Festival in 2014, where they opened the Saturday programme with an excellent and engaging set. That performance prompted me to buy Cruel…
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