INSIDE OUT: New album coning down the tracks from BIG BIG TRAIN (1st March, 2024)
Preliminary thoughts of what I have available to me of the upcoming release of “The Likes of Us” on 1st March. The BIG BIG TRAIN line-up...
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Feb 71 min read
INSIDE OUT: EINAR SOLBERG’s acoustic rendition of LEPRUS’s “The Congregation”
Just Einar on vocal on piano: pure bliss. Only two tracks available on BANDCAMP at the moment, but can be pre-ordered as digital download...
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Feb 63 min read
VAN DER GRAAF – VITAL LIVE (2024) (Esoteric)
‘Vital’ was never one of my favourites when first released on the famous Charisma label; I had been spoiled by a series of classic albums...
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Feb 61 min read
CLEAR BLUE SKY - THROUGH A PURPLE LENS (2024)
I love listening to JOHN SIMMSs fluid and expressive guitar, conjuring up mages of space and time. 'Through a Purple Lens' is a...
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Feb 52 min read
PAKT – LIVE IN COLUMBUS and LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA (2023) (Moon June)
Back in the twilight zone, the improvisational quartet of Percy Jones on bass, Alex Skolnick on guitars, Tim Motzer on guitar and...
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Feb 51 min read
BAGUIBATUS – MANIFIESTO (2024) (Mylodon Records)
Described as a fusion and experimental rock power trio from Valparaíso/Viña del Mar, I absolutely love this album by Baguibatus. We are...
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Feb 52 min read
EINAR SOLBERG – 16 (2023)
Prog magazine’s vocalist of the year and the lead singer of LEPRUS released his first album in 2023. It remains true to the spirit of his...
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Feb 21 min read
CHERRY RED ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF NEW HAWKWIND ALBUM
Encouraged by the reception to 2023’s “The Future Never Waits”, HAWKWIND’s “Stories from Time and Space” is to be released on 5th April,...
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Feb 22 min read
FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA – EXTRA-LUCIDE (1999/ 2023) (Cuneiform Records)
It was back in 1999, I think, when I reviewed this band’s “Soleil” album for ACID DRAGON, quoting, “For fans of SOFT MACHINE, GONG,...
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Feb 21 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – END OF TIME (2024) – soon to be released. Check BANDCAMP.
The prolific and popular space rocker Santtu Laakso is back with some more magical Finnish space rock. ‘Serenity’ starts the album with...
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