RASCAL REPORTERS – THE STRAINGE CASE OF STEVE- CUNEIFORM RECORDS (2023)
Starting with some choppy organ chords, ‘Fat Delivered’ has so much in it I would have been pleased to stop there and listen over and...
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Mar 292 min read
PRESENT – THIS IS NOT THE END (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
My first exposure to Present was with the release of “Certitudes” by Cuneiform Records in 1998, reviewed in “Acid Dragon” #22. The...
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Mar 291 min read
KEVIN KASTNING & MARK WINGFIELD – RUBICON II (2024) (Greydisc)
Earlier this year I reviewed Kevin Kastning’s collaborative album with clarinettist Soheil Peyghambari on which the master craftsman...
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Mar 292 min read
KEV ROWLAND’s PROGRESSIVE UNDERGROUND (part one)
It is amazing to think that Kevin Rowland and I were travelling in the same orbit as reviewers, with a link established much later as...
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Mar 292 min read
CITRUS CITRUS – ALBREDO MASSIMA (2023) (Sulatron Records)
“The Maximum Albedo”, to give its English translation is the debut album by a new italian psychedelic rock band Citrus Citrus founded in...
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Mar 291 min read
UBERMODO – SO VERY FAR FROM HOME (2024)
Ubermodo is a progressive /space rock group from Norfolk. The guitar has a touch of ANDY LATIMER of CAMEL, and MIKE OLDFIELD, and valid...
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Mar 214 min read
INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN C STRONG, AUTHOR OF “THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE”
DISS: Why after a succession of “Rock” (and other) “Great Discography books did you decide to embark on The Great Rock Bible? Martin:...
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Mar 201 min read
MARTIN C STRONG's epic book THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE is out now!
A reminder after my last post that 'The Old Testament' is now available at a discount of 25% off RRP if bought through the Red Planet...
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3rd Book in Doctor Who series now out
The third book in Benedict's Doctor Who series is now out. It is about the Sylvester McCoy Years and follows the successful first two...
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Mar 201 min read
WATER AID CHARITY
Please help me help WATER AID. You can do this by either donating to WATER AID directly or by making a donation for which you will...
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Mar 201 min read
RICHARD GORMAN avec pArAdOx OnE: <air> <fire> <ice>
The first new recordings from Paradox One for over a decade, this album combines Phil’s keyboards, bass, percussion and occasional...
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Mar 201 min read
PARADOX ONE – THE SCREAM (2024)
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” (Martin Luther King Jr.): I don’t know how...
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BRUFORD – ONE OF A KIND (1979/ 2024) (Winterfold Records/ Cherry Red) (LP)
Following the Jazz Rock Fusion powerhouse “Feels Good to Me”, the group name BRUFORD was adopted for “One of a Kind”. The line-up is the...
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Mar 202 min read
THE BEVIS FROND – FOCUS ON NATURE (2024) (Bandcamp)
There are few records that I immediately buy these days and not just because vinyl is becoming so damned expensive, but NICK SALOMAN’s...
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Mar 201 min read
THE BEVIS FROND - RE-DISSCOVERY: BEVIS FROND IS HIT SQUAD (2023)
Previously only available on CD, “Hit Squad” appeared last year on vinyl for the first time with updated artwork. The blurb speaks...
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Mar 203 min read
WARHORSE – THE RECORDINGS 1970-1972 (2024) (Esoteric Recordings) (2CD -release date 26th April)
WARHORSE was formed in 1970 by DEEP PURPLE bassist Nick Simper and quickly became the backing band for MARSHA HUNT. RICK WAKEMAN was...
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Mar 201 min read
A YEAR OF ALICE COLTRANE: THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (1971/ 2024) (Impulse!) (2 LP, 2 CD, DL)
Great news for ALICE COLTRANE fans, with the release of “Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert” on Impulse! Alice Coltrane had just...
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SUN DIAL – MESSAGES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (2023) (Sulatron Records) (LP/ CD)
Hazy vocals accompany the guitar riff-driven opener 'Echoes All Around' as we set off on another outer limits trip with Gary Ramon AKA...
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Mar 201 min read
NOSTGALIA TRIP #1: REMEMBERING ZIGZAG MAGAZINE – AUGUST, 1976
Now we’re going back a bit. What a cover! PETE FRAME, the famous Rock family tree guy is on the editorial board and does the layout. The...
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Mar 201 min read
SPECK/ INTERKOSMOS - METZ SESSION/ BEYOND HIBERNATION - SPLIT LP (2022) (Echodelik Records, distributed through Sulatron Records)
Crikey, what a pair of bands. Speck are new to me but serve up an exhilarating adrenaline rush of a guitar based all-instrumental jam,...
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