DANIEL CAVANAGH AND JOSEPH GERACI – The Passage (2013)
by Allister Thompson Here’s a fascinating album that came my way through a newfound interest in the music of the band Anathema — quite recent interest, in fact. Anathema started […]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
FIRE TEMPLE – Amytis Dawning (2014) Strings from another world
My, what a dramatic title for a review. You try titling things if you don’t like it! Anyway, it’s not actually that far from reality in this case, as you […]
WATERPLEA – Rudimentary Oscillations (2013) Future music from the new Russia
One of the main reasons why I continue to review music so regularly and put so much effort into it is that not only do I get to hear a […]
OLIVER LIEB – Inside Voices (2014) The new German school remains
This new release from the Psychonavigation label proves definitively that there is always life left in the specific sounds of a particular era, if those sounds had any genuine intrinsic […]
MATT STEVENS – Lucid (2014) Dazzling displays of avant guitar
Despite being a guitarist myself (and the word on my streets is I’m not actually half bad at it), I’m not the sort who would normally listen to or review […]
Mix 7: Modern Progressive and Art Rock
Here’s a special new mix of some of my favourite music. I’m a prog aficionado, and I love the newer as well as the classic seventies artists. This mix is […]
Summertime ’14 blogger’s reflections
Almost two years into writing this music review blog all on my own, I reckon it’s time for a state of the union and some thoughts on the shapes of […]
10 great post-2000 progressive rock albums
I will not under any circumstances engage in a debate about what progressive rock is. Though I briefly discussed it here. Anyway, around the millennium a new wave of younger […]
Mix 6: Entering the Gateless Gate
Hi friends: Back with a new mix. This is all by my act, The Gateless Gate, currently a duo with pianist Teri-Lynn Janveau. These tracks are from the first five […]
GAZPACHO – Demon (2014) An evil tale of old Europe
Gazpacho is, he said in his customary conversational tone, a band I must admit I’m trying out for the second time. Back in the middle of the first decade, I […]
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