A few months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Grapefruit Records compilation of British psychedelia circa 1967, Too Much Sun Will Burn. It was the second volume of such music the label released over the years. Now comes…
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The arrival of a new Godsticks album is always welcome, and their latest release, This is What A Winner Looks Like, is certainly that! The headline is that this is, in my opinion at least, their finest work yet. There…
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Path of Ilya are three musicians who reside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France and consist of bassist André Marques, Bruno Chabert on kit and Jean-Joseph Bondier on guitar and turntables. Turntables? Heterostasis is the band’s second album and the…
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The classic line-up of Asia (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton) got back together to release this reunion album in 2008, but what we have here is its first ever release on vinyl. As everyone will be…
View More Asia – Phoenix [Vinyl Reissue]
What is music for? What should it be about? Should it be about anything, and does it matter if it isn’t? Of course it doesn’t, as long as it finds listeners who can be affected by it and be delivered…
View More PoiL Ueda – PoiL Ueda
Ingenious Devices brings together a sequence of songs that were originally conceived by Greg Spawton as a trilogy. The release also includes a short orchestral piece woven into the main event and a ‘bonus’ live track recorded at the Friars,…
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The Samurai of Prog have always struck me as an odd conceit for a band. It’s three core members (bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti, and utility man Steve Unruh) are always supplemented by guest musicians who also just happen…
View More The Samurai of Prog – The Man in the Iron Mask
Postcards From the Asylum continues Jason Bieler’s 21st Century musical renaissance with his second album release under the Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra umbrella. Jason/The Baron is described as a post-apocalyptic troubadour, amateur surgeon and water diviner,…
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Well here’s a thing! Since it appears that At The Mercy of Manannán is Irish prog band M-Opus’s third album, I’m wondering how I’ve missed hearing them until now. And whilst I say it’s their third album, since they have…
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The German band Mouth released their first album in 2009 and it took until 2017 before the second instalment. This was swiftly followed by a third in 2018, but progress was interrupted by the death of the band’s bassist Gerald…
View More Mouth – Getaway