FILM: ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024) (Intro and PS by Phil; review by Benedict)
It’s a while since we’ve reviewed a film, but we just had to go to the Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema to see the latest instalment of...
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Sep 22 min read
STEVE WILSON – SONGS FROM THE SUMMERHOUSE (2024) (Bandcamp)
It was so nice to hear from musician Simon Felton (Pink Hedgehog Records) after all this time, and I am grateful to him for sending me...
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Aug 301 min read
THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE by MARTIN C. STRONG: “As easy as ABC”
Still available at 50% discount introductory price through RED PLANET BOOKS. After reading the helpful guide at the beginning of the...
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Aug 301 min read
LIST OF BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE – Click on PROJECTS to find out more.
DOCTOR WHO SERIES GUIDES: THE WILLIAM HARTNELL YEARS (2022) THE JON PERTWEE YEARS (2023) THE SYLVESTER McCOY YEARS (2024) In preparation:...
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Aug 212 min read
THREE- HEADED EMPEROR – MAD MAGIC AND FIRE (2024) (Falling A Records)
Gentle acoustic guitar and Georgia Lamb’s vocalisation starts off opening track ‘Mad, Magic and Fire’, before Barry Lamb takes the lead...
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Jul 242 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE NONSENSE MACHINE (Bandcamp) (2024)
I wrote in December, 2023 of the lead-off single: choppy organ chords, soaring flights of guitar, strident drums and percussion in a...
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Jul 241 min read
PAUL ROLAND – MORBID BEAUTY (Blue Matter Records LP) (2024)
Thanks to NICK SALOMAN for the opportunity to listen to another new release from his Blue Matter label. The album starts with ‘Stars in...
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Jul 244 min read
NORTHERN FAITH – CONNECTING WITH FAITH (Northern Soundscapes/ Bandcamp) (2024)
A review and interview with TIM HUNTER Can I ask you why you have released your latest album "Connecting with Faith" under the name...
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Jul 241 min read
CARLA DIRATZ & THE ARCHERS OF SORROW – BLUE STITCHES (Discus Music) (2024)
With the same band on board as “The Scale” (see separate review), I looked forward to listening to another album three years on. Although...
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Jul 241 min read
CARLA DIRATZ & THE ARCHERS OF SORROW – THE SCALE (Discus Music) (2021)
The opener is impressive: a basic drum pattern (Adam Fairclough) grounding the opening title track into a groove as French chanteuse...
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Jul 164 min read
AFRAID TO AWAKE – A HAUNTING AT SEA (2024), Proximity Records/ Bandcamp: review and interview
“A Haunting at Sea” is a different kind of album from Steven McCabe than his long-lived ELEGANT SIMPLICITY project. For a start, it is...
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Jul 101 min read
BILL NELSON – POWERTRON (2016/2024) (Dreamsville/ Burning Shed)
So prolific is Bill Nelson that “Powertron” has had to wait 8 years for release, but listening to it I have no idea why it has taken this...
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Jul 101 min read
KEVIN KASTNING and BRUNO RÅBERG – SILENT DIMENSIONS (Greydisc Records) (2024)
I have reviewed Kevin Kastning’s music before on DISS. On this Kevin plays contra and subcontra guitars with 16, 24 and 36 strings. In...
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Jul 71 min read
GREAT ROCK BIBLE: 50% OFF INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
Further to information regarding MARTIN C STRONG's "Great Rock Bible" please note that the introductory price is now £50 - that's around...
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Jul 12 min read
JACK BRUCE – SONGS FOR A TAILOR (Cherry Red/ Esoteric Recordings) (1969/ 2024) (26th July) (2 x CD + 2 x Blu Ray or 1 x RM g/f LP with fully restored artwork).
With remastering by Stephen W Tayler, the two CDs offer bonus tracks with alternative mixes and first/ second takes of some of the...
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Jul 11 min read
THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE IS HERE!
MARTIN C STRONG has sent a picture of the finished book so I can confirm that the long-awaited successor to his popular Great Rock...
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Jul 12 min read
2024 – SPRING INTO SUMMER: SECOND QUARTER TOP NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS
In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues per 10, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): please note genres are nearest approximations....
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Jun 262 min read
JANEL LEPPIN – ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH - TO MARCH IS TO LOVE (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
Janel Leppin has appeared on numerous albums encompassing various genres, and as a member of PRIESTS. She is joined on her latest...
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Jun 261 min read
HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO CUNEIFORM RECORDS!
Can it really be that long? I still remember getting CDs and promo packages with glossy photographs of the artists in the post. With...
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Jun 192 min read
PINHDAR – A SPARKLE ON THE DARK WATER (Fruits de Mer Records/ Bandcamp – LP released on 13th August, 2024)
Electronica, dream pop, shoegaze, darkwave, trip-hop, art rock, comparisons with THE CURE, Pinhdar have been creating quite a stir in...
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