Concert Reviews
The Globe, Cardiff Thursday, 23rd May 2019 A warm but overcast (and a bit blowy) Thursday evening in Cardiff. (Remember that, it might become important later on…) What better time and place for some top quality psychedelic loveliness? A queue…
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Boot & Saddle, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A 27th April 2019 Raffaella Berry of Progarchives first introduced me to The Tea Club back in 2010 with the release of their brilliant second LP, Rabbit. The last two tracks, Tumbleweeds and Astro, had…
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The Lexington, London Sunday, 12th May 2019 Well. This is going to be a difficult one to put into words… But first, The Brackish. As support gigs go, this was always going to be a tall order, but the recent…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 DAY THREE – Sunday Emperor Norton Tony: The quality of this event has been phenomenal, irrespective of whether I have been taken with them or not, they have…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 SATURDAY: Day Two Tony: Have I slept? Still buzzing from Friday, breakfast was sought, found, and consumed, thanks to the guidance of Neil from The Raven gift shop…
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St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Monday, 29th April 2019 One of the more surprising recent projects to have arisen from giant bands that bestrode the planet in the ’70s is Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Somewhat out of the blue, the…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 Tony: A weekend of progressive music at a bargain price, great venue, very well organised by Steve Gould, The Progmeister, who even managed to arrange some quality street…
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The Exchange, Bristol Sunday, 31st March 2019 I was due to be joined by my TPA compatriot and fellow scribe Tony Colvill at this event, however car trouble sadly conspired against him (like HRH – he’ll do anything to avoid…
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The Bunkhouse, Swansea Friday 26th April 2019 Sometimes the odds are stacked so heavily against a band that it really shouldn’t be happening at all. Lost In Thought have certainly been the victims of adversity over the years, for almost…
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Clapham Library, Lambeth, London Saturday, 13th April 2019 “A man who pleaded guilty, who offered no defence Who claimed his own conception was a capital offence.” For a man as in tune with the vast lexicon of the English language…
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