RadaR Festival – Day 3 – Review The final day kicks off for me with a parking spot right outside the venue – what a result! In previous years the festival had been located in Guildford in a venue that had incredibly elaborate chandeliers in the main room but it …
Read More »RadaR Festival 2023 – Day 2 – Review
I’ll readily admit I was goosed after yesterday but still managed to get my weary bones out of bed as there are bands I really want to see. I am instantly entranced by Graywave as their emotive echoey vocals pour over their melancholic music. It’s brooding shoegazey post-rock and is …
Read More »RadaR Festival 2023 – Day 1 – Review
The foremost progressive metal festival hits Manchester...
Read More »Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moons?
David and Roger go crater to crater with 'Moon' releases!
Read More »SCANDAL: “Longest Running Rock Band with the Same Musicians (Female)”!
Japanese rock band SCANDAL have been inducted into the 'Guiness Book of World Records'...
Read More »Steven Wilson announces new album ‘The Harmony Codex’
Steven Wilson, sometime Porcupine Tree band member/leader has announced his seventh album ‘The Harmony Codex’ will be released on 29th September 2023.
Read More »Vola release new single – ‘Paper Wolf’
Vola tease with a new song, 'Paper Wolf' - that continues the direction they are heading in...
Read More »Wakeman, Wobble and Thompson is not a solicitors office
An cosmic alliance of prog, new wave and jazz creates an interstellar piece of music...
Read More »Gentle Giant – Interview (Steven Wilson Remix) album review
Steven Wilson polishes and shines Gentle Giant's last great prog album - Interview
Read More »Porcupine Tree – Sounds of the City – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, 29/6/23
Magma “Flippin eck, this is torture” reads a post on a Porcupine Tree fan FaceBook page. I have to agree. We are of course talking about Magma, a band more divisive than Marmite. I arrive late to minimise my suffering, but still have to endure 40 minutes of music that …
Read More »Motörhead – We Play Rock ‘n’ Roll – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival ’07
Motörhead play at a jazz festival in Switzerland and the sound of music is as fresh as a daisy!
Read More »Man With A Mission – Review at Rebellion, Manchester 18/6/23
Man With A Mission get all bouncy as they deliver some juicy j-altrock at Rebellion Bar, Manchester
Read More »When Rivers Meet and Arielle – Review at Nightrain, Bradford
When Rivers Meet turn in a sizzling performance at Bradford's Nightrain
Read More »YES – MIRROR TO THE SKY – ALBUM REVIEW-PLANETMOSH
The history of YES over the last 20 or so years has seen more ‘Drama’ than Coronation Street and Eastenders combined. I’m not going to go over all the details but for fans it has been a bit of a ride. Albert Tatlock and Ena Sharples have nothing on this. …
Read More »Dan Patlansky and Ashley Sherlock at The Deaf Institute, Manchester 17/5/23
On a warm late spring evening a blues rock explosion hits Manchester!
Read More »The Steve Hillage Band at O2 Ritz Manchester, 25/3/23
Bloody club nights mean early starts and fortunately, I got here just in time for the beginning of The Utopia Strong’s set, a band who have been on my ‘want to see’ list for some time. Their ambient electronic ramblings are wonderful and snooker ace Steve Davis hits a 147 …
Read More »Nordic Giants – Live Review at The Parish, Huddersfield
An evening of piano-driven post-rock with stunning visuals provides an awe inspiring show
Read More »Haken – ‘Fauna’ – Album Review
I have had a rocky relationship with Haken over the years, whilst their shows have been somewhat of mixed quality their albums have remained consistent, but that consistency has sometimes felt like their albums are something of a facsimile of others. Come 2023 and Fauna is upon us. This is …
Read More »Empyre – Relentless – Album Review
The first time I saw Empyre I must admit they did nothing for me, they didn’t click at, all but at last year’s Firestorm Festival it was like watching a different band so when their new album came up for review I was eager to have a listen. The first …
Read More »Leprous – European Tour – Review at the O2 Ritz, Manchester – 9/2/23
On paper, this is a dream line-up but things are not working out as perhaps they should. I am hugely excited to see Kalandra, their Nordic folk infused with grinding guitar sounds has been my melancholic earworm for a while. As an opener, they are not as loud as they …
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