Concert Reviews
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham Monday, 22nd May 2023 Don’t you just love it when the stars align? As of last Thursday morning I had not heard of Paranoid Void, a math-rock friendly trio of young ladies from Japan. After this…
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Indigo at the O2, London Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd April 2023 After a number of editions in Eindhoven, the Prognosis Festival makes it’s debut as a sister event in London, running at the Indigo, within the confines of the…
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Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands Saturday, 13th May 2022 A special performance by The Flower Kings (TFK), that’s what was announced some time ago. Under the moniker ‘King For A Day’ (reference to Gentle Giant?) a limited number of shows were…
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The Arena, Swansea Thursday, 11th May 2023 My regular meat-and-potatoes gigs are generally more angular than this, but when your better-half only owns four CDs, and one of them is by Mike + The Mechanics, and it’s her birthday, and…
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The Gryphon, Bristol Tuesday, 9th May 2023 Embedded in the wedgiest end of an upstairs room at the cheese-like Gryphon in Bristol, a performance area can be found. The ‘stage’ is about 10ft at its widest, tapering to around half…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Sunday, 9th April, 2023 [This review first appeared in Dutch on the Progwereld website. You can read the original HERE, with huge thanks to the original contributors, and to Alex Driessen for the translation.] After…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Saturday, 8th April, 2023 [This review first appeared in Dutch on the Progwereld website. You can read the original HERE, with huge thanks to the original contributors, and to Alex Driessen for the translation.] The…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Friday, 7th April, 2023 [This review first appeared in Dutch on the Progwereld website. You can read the original HERE, with huge thanks to the original contributors, and to Alex Driessen for the translation.] Easter…
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The Rose Hill, Brighton Friday, 21st April 2023 For one evening only, a small corner of Brighton shone like a beacon. It probably does that a lot – it’s that kind of town – but it was a privilege to…
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O2 Institute2, Birmingham Friday, 21st April 2023 Riverside are back, and this time they are determined to define their Identity positively after the nightmare of the pandemic, quite aside from the band’s own personal loss a few years ago. With…
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