The Key Theatre, Peterborough Saturday, 1st June 2024 THAT JOE PAYNE (Graham Thomas) Soundle 2024 kicked off with a riveting solo performance from That Joe Payne. He comes onstage wearing white distressed jeans and his home made George Michael inspired…
View More Soundle Music Festival: Day OneVarious Artists – Can’t Seem To Come Down – The American Sounds Of 1968
Listening to the Grapefruit label’s compilations of seminal years in rock is a lot like reading a history book. Much of it is boring and forgettable, some of it piques your interest, and occasionally there is something that just gobsmacks…
View More Various Artists – Can’t Seem To Come Down – The American Sounds Of 1968Dvne – Voidkind
Dvne are a progressive metal band from Edinburgh, and Voidkind is their third full length album. They are a heavier proposition to my usual taste to be honest, but sometimes a band comes along which demands your attention, and they…
View More Dvne – VoidkindThe Omnific – The Law Of Augmenting Returns
Do you like bass? I asked DO YOU LIKE BASS?!!!!!! The Omnific return with this audacious sophomoric gem after the blast of their first album. The use of a bass guitar as lead may not appeal to everyone, but in…
View More The Omnific – The Law Of Augmenting ReturnsThe Brackish / Sweetpool / Jon Hunt
Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London Sunday, 16th June 2024 JON HUNT Many, many moons ago I wrote an appraisal of Jon Hunt’s compilation album Morning Sun, which I am well chuffed to discover is still being used on his advertising flyer.…
View More The Brackish / Sweetpool / Jon HuntSonic Tapestry – Into The Sun
Into The Sun is the long-awaited second album by the Cheshire-based melodic progressive rock band Sonic Tapestry and is one of the most impressive albums I’ve heard over the last year or so. It is a sumptuous amalgam of neo-prog…
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Royal Albert Hall, London Tuesday 4th June 2024 After attending shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, I simply couldn’t turn down an invitation to attend the closing show of the ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ tour in the safe haven of…
View More YesEmpire State Bastard – Rivers Of Hersey
Being somewhat late in submitting this review, the first part is aimed squarely at anyone who has not yet heard Rivers Of Heresy. I unapologetically say that late reviews can give an album a second wind – and even revive…
View More Empire State Bastard – Rivers Of HerseyJethro Tull – Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition)
Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition) is the latest classy release in the deluxe edition remasters of classic Jethro Tull albums, which have become ‘must-buys’ for so many fans of this iconic band. Steven Wilson once again oversees the remixing…
View More Jethro Tull – Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition)The Paradox Twin
South Street Arts Centre, Reading Thursday 20th June 2024 I can’t believe it was 2018 when I first encountered (and reviewed) the enthralling debut album, The Importance of Mr Bedlam. The scintillating fusion of intense musicianship with captivating storytelling creates…
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