UK composer and musician Chris LEWINGTON have been active in music one way or the other for around 4 decades, with his tenures in the bands The Bicycle Thieves and The Silence back in the 1980’s the most high […]

US composer and singer Judy STUART passed away back in 2018, and from what I understand she never had any of her recordings released while she was still alive, despite being active for several decades. In 2020 […]

UK band TENEK was formed back in 2007, and with a good handful of albums and EPs released since then they are a fairly well known creative force among those who enjoy music inside the synth pop and electronic pop […]

UK threesome AGENCY-V was established by kindred spirits due to the Covid restrictions that became such a big issue in the UK (and most of the world) in the spring of 2020. They released their initial EP “No […]

US label CADABRA RECORDS has been an ongoing entity since 2015, specializing in limited edition spoken word productions released as vinyl singles, EPs and LPs. Rather than merely having the stories they select […]

US band BEYOND THE GREY have been a going entity for five years or thereabouts, and have proven themselves to be quite the productive band as well with two EPs and one full length album to their name going into […]

Kiwis are renowned for having a can-do attitude, which probably stems from being at the end of the world in a country the size of the UK yet with a population of just 5 million. We even have a description for it, […]

I was talking with Ben Ruegg the other day and realised I couldn’t think how long we had known each other and was somewhat in shock when he told me it was just two months. The reason I was that surprised is that s […]

A few months ago I was lucky enough to be in the studio with the wonderful Lee Martin, who was up in Auckland working with TeMatera Smith on her new album. She had of course brought with her Chris Ward, who plays […]

UK twosome NORTHERN KIND first appeared back in 2006, and on three albums released between 2007 and 2013 I understand they gained a bit of a following among people with a strong interest in music founded on 80’s […]

UK duo THE AUTUMN KILLERS were formed back in 2019, and following the initial EP “Dance Floor Mayhem” in 2020 the band concluded their recording activities with the second EP “Acoustic & Autumnised” towards the […]

2020 UK

Beat Goes On Records Compilation 2020

2CD

Rating 75/100

A really big hats off to BGO for assembling this glorious 2020 ‘Mungo Gerry’ compilation a collection of their singles and exte […]

Tree Temple Music USA

A double CD  of around 100: 00 Fabulous Mins

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Neo-Classical Folk-Jazz Fusion a project of multi-instrumentalist Amos Hart.

Rating 95/100

‘Silent Te […]

InsideOut Records

Netherlands

CD Digipak / Gatefold 2LP+CD   60:28 mins

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A majestic and melodic ”Kayak” ride

Rating 85/100

Sometimes when these older […]

STF Records  Germany

CD  73.33 Mins

Rating 75/100

Anatolian styled horror folk

Every now and then something musically strange presents itself up for review. In this case, it was an album by ‘Andres Hol […]

Trommelfell-records (LC 02040)

German Cologne-based Post-Prog project

Time: 41:41

Rating 75/100

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The brain(s) behind this […]

When it comes to absolutely classic killer Alice Cooper there is no doubt that the most important period was when that was the name of the band and not just the person. The drummer on all those albums was of […]

There is no doubt that one of the most readable and enjoyable musical biographies released in the last 10 years has to be Young’s ‘Waging Heavy Peace’. In many ways it reminds me of Bill Bruford’s excelle […]