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Gentle Knife – Gentle Knife

Oh this is nice. Gentle Knife, a 10-piece Scandinavian band from Oslo with lots of ’70s influences and not necessarily the ones you would expect. And how they combine, from melodic to discordant, challenging and yet comforting. Conceptually written around…

Various Artists – Post Tangent

This is a compilation of 32 tracks assembled by Post Tangent. Let’s get this out of the way: It is a charity compilation in aid of Syrian refugees, so this has to be as objective a review as humanly possible.…

King Of Agogik – Exlex Beats

Prog, in its many guises, has often been accused of taking itself a little too seriously and for the most part lacking in humour. Well for nearly a decade now, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Hans Jörg Schmitz has done his part…

Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never

Somewhere around 1980, Jon Anderson approached Jean-Luc Ponty with a view to a collaboration. Now, over thirty years later, the man from Accrington and the man from Avranches, two very different environments, have finally got together. The album was recorded…

David Gilmour

The Royal Albert Hall, London 24th September 2015 Rattle That Lock World Tour “That was the closest thing to Pink Floyd you’ll ever see!” The 23rd of September 2015 marked David Gilmour’s return to The Royal Albert hall for the…

Steven Wilson – Transience (Limited Edition LP)

Steven Wilson’s star continues its meteoric rise through the Progressive Rock universe. After a long career with Porcupine Tree and an excellent solo output he is also now well respected for his production work as remixer for the reissues of…

3RDegree – Ones & Zeros: Vol. 1

Now up to their fifth album, New Jersey art-rock band 3RDegree are a collective that take on heavy concepts without batting an eyelid. Their previous breakthrough album The Long Division, released in 2012, failed to properly connect with me, mostly…

Louis De Mieulle – stars, plants and bugs

Louis De Mieulle – stars, plants & bugs

Some four years after his first solo album, the highly listenable Defence Mechanisms, nimble-fingered bass player Louis De Mieulle returns with his second offering stars, plants & bugs. Louis is an ex-pat Frenchman living in New York, and from the…

Theo Travis’ Double Talk – Transgression

Transgression is a truly stunning album, displaying the many faceted sides of composer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis. An album that effortlessly brings together the best elements from the rock, blues, Canterbury, jazz and progressive jazz fields, resulting in an absorbing…

King Crimson

Birmingham Symphony Hall 14th September 2015 “King Crimson” is not so much a band, but more of an idea or even an ideology, the tenets of which are intermittently given form by its guardian Robert Fripp. Legend has it that…