Year-End Bests, Part 1: From the Editor
It’s been a great year in music, with all the genres I love producing at least one album I can call a classic. I’ve reviewed a ton of music this […]
The heart of the BIG COUNTRY: The musical legacy of Stuart Adamson
by Allister Thompson I think there are few single days, or moments of days, that we can remember in our lifetimes with a degree of real clarity. Sure, some people’s […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Steve Hackett in Toronto, December 2, 2014
In what seems like it’s becoming an annual tradition, me and my friend Shawn managed to score tickets to a Genesis-related concert; usually it’s the fine tribute band The Musical […]
E GONE – All the Suns of the Earth (2014)
by Allister Thompson I fancy myself something of a psychedelic music expert, or least a fellow who knows his way around the genre. I’m well up to speed on the […]
The Judgement of ANATHEMA — A Discography, 1995-2017
by Allister Thompson Despite the ominous title of this piece, I come not to judge, but to praise. Anathema is a British rock band that has gone through many stylistic […]
THE GATELESS GATE – Sibir (2014)
The Gateless Gate is back with a very ambient album. Sibir, our seventh recording, is an ambient music exploration of the wild landscapes (and seascapes) of Siberia, from the southern […]
BLACK PLASTIC TESTIMONIALS
Two of our contributors here are intrepid crate-diggers, as avid fans of the music of past eras tend to be. Your host was such a person once but that was […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Huun-Huur-Tu in Toronto, November 20, 2014
by Allister Thompson I have a thing for Central Asian music, which I wrote about in this piece, so I won’t recap here why it’s so appealing to me. This […]
Post-Rock Pioneers: Disco Inferno
I am pleased to add another contributor to the site, Matthew Sweeney. Some avid music fans will have come across his fine blog, Foreign Accents. I’m very happy to add […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Wishbone Ash in Glasgow, November 13, 2014
It appears intrepid contributor Thomas, led by his personal prog-siren Colin, is going to attend a show in Glasgow every other day for the duration, considering his recent reviews of […]
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