Systemic and inherent racism are being widely spoken about, if not always widely understood, topics at present. It might seem that music is above all that, but while by no means all who make the music, promote the music, or…
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TPA is thrilled to be premiering the forthcoming single from Norwegian art-pop collective The Opium Cartel, taken from their third album, Valor, which is due to be released by Apollon Records on 5th June. Formed by songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jacob Holm-Lupo (of…
View More The Opium Cartel Premiere A Maelstrom of Stars Single
22 February 2011. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Canterbury, New Zealand, centred around Christchurch (at the time, the second most populous city in the country). There was widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure, already weakened by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake…
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There are seemingly more and more UK festivals catering to audiences who want to explore music outside the mainstream. To name a few as they come to mind, ArcTangent, Fusion, Portals, Radar and TechFest. One which may not come to…
View More Bad Pond Festival, Brighton, 2020
Tonight, TPA branches out into scriptwriting, and this is our first word explosion! With Your Host (naked, except for a pair of speedos, over-large gum boots, and a polkadot bow tie) and guest EE (casually elegant in a charcoal suit…
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Happy New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles bar in 2010. It’s…
View More TPA Best Albums of 2019
Is this a definitive list – hell NO! I could name numerous albums that might/should have been on this list and were certainly in the nominees category, however: “Then, shalt thou count to ten. No more. No less. Ten shalt…
View More The Decade in Review – Bob Mulvey
How do you compare and rank albums as diverse as those released into the ‘Prog Zone’ in the last decade? It’s a tricky challenge that requires the use of generalisations, but also specific factoring. In this case, having assembled a…
View More The Decade in Review – Jez Rowden
Firstly let me say this has been a much harder than expected exercise, partly because so much good music has passed through these hands in ten years. My final selections focus on more mainstream progressive acts, as that is my…
View More The Decade in Review – John Wenlock-Smith