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Someone we all thought was cool. [Johnny Marr on Chris Spedding]

01/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe name Chris Spedding is likely to garner blank looks or ardent admiration, depending on your conversation partner. While he...

On the trail of the Nephilim…. Toundra’s battle for the hearts and minds of Madrid via Hackney

21/02/2015

This is a seamless blend, a symphony with thunderous undertones....

Lonely Robot : Please Come Home

17/02/2015

The first essential record of 2015 from the British progressive rock scene...

Ramblin’ Man Fair [25-26 July]

03/02/2015

Blues, Classic rock, country, prog, gourmet food, a beer festival, spoken word stage, music cinema, luxury camping and accommodation. Hoo YAH!...

Monthly Metal Mixup [Venom, Wells Valley, Olam EIn Sof]

03/02/2015

It may not be ground-breaking but it’s great fun and it doesn’t put a foot wrong...

The Marigold : Kanaval

23/01/2015

An intersection between prog, drone, cinematic noise and the cathartic gospel...

Fish : Sub89, Reading [Live]

24/12/2014

With Fish giving indications that this may well be his final tour of club venues on this sort of scale, it's a case of "see him while you can"...

Luna Rossa : Secrets and Lies

06/12/2014

Luna Rossa increasingly feels not so much "Panic Room unplugged" as a separate parallel band in its own right. ...

Bigelf : The Garage

02/12/2014

This was one of those gigs that prompts the usage of words like "Progtastic"....

Steve Rothery : Bush Hall [Live]

20/11/2014

The closest thing to Fish-era Marillion in their mid-80s prime as you're likely to get...

Manami Mogg’s Metal Medley

15/11/2014

This is the proverbial bollocks, with an utter mastery of brutality and method in equal measure....

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Luna Rossa : The Borderline

06/11/2014

Stripped-down intimacy rather than full-on rock. Luna Rossa at the Borderline...

Trojan Horse : World Turned Upside Down

28/10/2014

Unlike lesser bands who attempt derivative pastiches of the sounds of 70s progressive rock or 80s post-punk, Trojan Horse actually capture the spirit of the things...

Transatlantic : KaLIVEoscope

16/10/2014

For all the fabled self-indulgence of their sprawling studio albums, this recording gives a taste of just why Transatlantic are held in such high regard as a live act....

Haken : Restoration [EP]

10/10/2014

Haken have the instrumental virtuosity and musical scope of the best in progressive rock, but unlike some other bands they aren't content to create reverential pastiches of 70s greats....

Francis Dunnery [Interview]

06/10/2014

I think it is a dreadful mistake to base your decisions on what an audience might like. Audiences are as fickle as a donkey's tail....

Empty Yard Experiment : Kallisti

27/09/2014

With a sound that stretches from the sparse classical piano of "Sunyata" to the claustrophobic heaviness of "Entropy", Empty Yard Experiment are a band with a strong music identity of their own...

Monomyth : Further

20/09/2014

Gusty keyboard swells, reel-like lead guitar figures and crescendo-borne power riffs building seemingly unstoppable momentum until they, well, stop....

When Empires Fall

15/09/2014

An interesting and highly varied mix of indie-rock and progressive rock. Uptempo rockers with trebley guitars sit alongside atmospheric keyboard-led ballads....

enkElination : Tears of Lust

08/09/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”J/dropcapust when it seemed that Valkyrie-fronted metal has reached saturation point, along comes Anglo-Finnish outfit enkElination to...

Cambridge Rock Festival [Part 2]

04/09/2014

The veteran acts topping the bill pulled in the punters while the newer acts lower down the bill ended up giving the best performances....

Steve Rothery : Live in Rome

24/08/2014

Rothery's playing has always been about melody and textures rather than technical showing off....

Neal Morse : Songs from November

21/08/2014

This is quite explicitly a singer-songwriter record, with straightforward songs rather than multi-part prog epics...

Umphreys McGee : Interview

14/08/2014

I think this is when we let it all out. Don’t leave an ounce of anything that we haven’t already used. ...

Wolves in the Throne Room : Celestite

23/07/2014

One gets the sense that Wolves in the Throne Room are soundtracking the Joseph Campbell monomyth of their own lives, but rather than a Disneyesque prog version, they’re going deeper. ...

Knifeworld : The Unravelling

22/07/2014

Fans of Zappa should find a lot to like about this record, as should anyone who thinks there should be more bassoons in rock. ...

Finntroll (and Friends). [Album Reviews]

03/07/2014

The album is perhaps best seen as an intro to the band’s early to mid era - all polkas, accordia, kazoos, strange insect noises and trolls (lots of trolls)....

Cloud Atlas : Beyond the Vale

13/06/2014

It's Heidi Widdop's distinctive vocals that set Cloud Atlas apart from many of their obvious peers, but this album's sound is as much about Martin Ledger's soaring melodic lead guitar...