Germany

2020

Private Press

avant-garde prog rock

http://www.sproingg.bandcamp.com

Rating 85/100

Prudi Bruschgo (electric guitar, electric baritone guitar) and Johannes Korn (Chapman Sticks, Electric […]

Freya Records

Netherlands

2020

37:33 mins

Rating 80/100

The band ‘Meadows is, so far as I could determine, a splinter group formed from the Dutch Band ’ Silhouette’ by lead guitarist ‘Daniel van der […]

US band SMASH FASHION have been around for a good few years, with three full length albums and the same number of singles to their name released between 2006 and 2020 from what I can see. The single “Got Da Hee […]

Irealand

37.0

http://www.parhelia-band.com

Rating 80/100

After starting as a foursome way back in 2005, Dubliners Cathal Rodgers (Bass, Keys) and Greg Clarke (Guitars, Keys, Effects) are now left carrying […]

UK

CD 2020, 53:52, Stargaze International STG 718)

Top Score Album 100/100

http://www.johnsimms.co.uk

http://www.clearbluesky.co.uk

It seems surprising to me that so little has been written about John Simms, […]

In recent months I have heard quite a few different releases by bassist and songwriter Bob Madsen but must confess this one totally threw me as I never expected to hear something quite like this. The demos were […]

James Christian may have been fronting this band for more than 30 years, but neither he nor the rest of the guys are showing any sign whatsoever of slowing down. There have been a few different periods of the band […]

Something guaranteed to bring a smile to the face and to wash away any winter blues is the new release of a seasonal album by The Guv’nor himself, here accompanied by Becky Mills and son Blair Dunlop. Recorded b […]

This year found Katharine Blake living in Glastonbury, an incredibly spiritual place which has an incredible history (and will always be important to me, as it is where I took my wife on our first ever date well […]

This is Wexler’s fifth album, and for this release she made the decision to seek out modern jazz compositions written by contemporary songwriters. As part of this journey she brought on board pianist and a […]

This 2015 release was a comeback album for Lamb of God, as in 2012 singer Randy Blythe was arrested by Czech police for his actions which resulted in the death of a fan after Blythe had pushed him off stage at a […]

It is unusual for a band that has been around as Lamb of God to release a self-titled album, but it is possible this is for a few different reasons. The last release by the band was not actually the previous Lamb […]

In 1996 Led Zeppelin released ‘BBC Sessions’, a two-disc set of live recordings selected from the band’s appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This was then revised and updated in 2016 as ‘The Complet […]

In April 2015 I was lucky enough to witness one of the finest gigs ever to take place on the shores of Aotearoa, namely when Carcass supported Napalm Death, a gig which has gone on to legendary status for […]