The Bedford, Balham, London Sunday 29th September 2024 A wet, very wet journey to the venue means your writer was soaked through and somewhat slightly dripping when he arrived at the pre-gig curry, which thankfully went some way to relieving…
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Tom Slatter – Escape
The pandemic has had an effect, and on Mr Slatter it has been to produce a guitar-led album about aliens, spaceships and – because he cannot help himself – murder. From the start we get something that is riff-driven and…
View More Tom Slatter – EscapeA Sunday In September
The Bedford, Balham, London Sunday, 19th September 2021 Why are we here? My reason is that Genesis in Belfast was rescheduled, so I am going to get the most out a weekend, and where better than The Bedford Hotel, Balham.…
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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 2019Tom Slatter – Demon
Whimsical. There you go, got that out of the way! The album where, by Tom’s own word, he exorcises his demons. With every album he gets better, not that I shall tell him, a raise on nothing remains nothing and…
View More Tom Slatter – DemonTom Slatter – Spirit Box EP
Tom Slatter is akin to premium dark Belgium chocolate; deliciously dark and bittersweet. This latest release from the Urban Folk Steampunk songwriter is just that. Via some cracking tunes with slightly unhinged lyrics, Tom continues to develop, becoming more musically…
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In this update we feature: > Sproingg – Sproingg > David Kollar & Arve Henriksen – Illusion Of A Separate World > Tide/Edit – All My Friends > Fervent Send – Hymnals For Visigoths Vol. One; Faithful Morose > Tom…
View More A Different Aspect #22 Murder & Parliament – Murder & Parliament
(…including inadvertent Tom Slatter interview…)
Murder & Parliament is a project by Tom Slatter, a Bad Elephant Music artist. The eponymous debut album has been out for a little while now and there have already been reviews. I was busy doing things. And stuff. Consequently,…
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Masquerade 2
Boston Rooms, Tufnell Park, London 2nd December 2017 Mike Morton is usually the vocalist with London based Progressive rock band The Gift, but he also occasionally turns his hand to promoting ‘mini festivals’, such as Resonance and last year’s first…
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As we approach the end of another exciting year of wonderful music and enjoyed the delights of many fabulous releases, The Progressive Aspect, in collaboration with Anthony Rowsick’s radio programme Prog-Watch, have collected together our “The Best Albums of 2017”.…
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