Happy New Year! Well, hopefully things will start to show an improvement at last. Despite the restrictions on social gatherings, live music and fun in general, the boffins at various music-making facilities around the globe have been beavering away to…
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The Future Bites – A Steven Wilson ADA Special As Oscar Wilde once famously said, “there’s only one thing worse than being talked about, and that’s not being talked about”. As a past master of self-publicity, Wilde would be well…
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Musically, Steven Wilson’s new album, The Future Bites, is stunning and the lyrical content has the sting of a viper, a dark reflection on the way modern technology influences our lives. But enough of my thoughts, you can follow the…
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If there’s one person in contemporary progressive rock circles who needs no introduction, it’s Steven Wilson. Over the last thirty years he has slowly but surely carved out a successful career path and now stands as a solo artist with…
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It seems to be traditional to start these things by saying just how difficult it was to choose 10 of the best albums, and that if you asked me to tomorrow the list would be totally different. However, to be…
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Arabs in Aspic Strange Frame of Mind – 2010 Continuing the theme of prog bands who don’t take themselves too seriously, Arabs in Aspic were firing on all cylinders when they produced their good-natured second album at the beginning of…
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Big Big Train English Electric Full Power – 2013 Originally issued as two separate albums and an EP, but clearly intended as one cohesive work, English Electric is simply my favourite album of the last ten years. Quintessentially English both…
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Let’s not beat around the bush – when Hand. Cannot. Erase. was originally released in 2015, it immediately became one of the finest progressive rock albums released in the 21st Century, and must rank amongst the truly great albums of…
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House of Blues, Houston, Texas, USA Thursday 20th December 2018 The last time Steven Wilson came to Houston was back with Porcupine Tree in 2010 when he played at the House of Blues on the tour for the band’s tenth…
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To the Bone Tour: St. David’s Hall, Cardiff – Weds 21st March 2018 Royal Albert Hall, London – Weds 28th March 2018 Cardiff by Mel Allen On a reasonably pleasant evening the faithful began to gather for the latest Steve…
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