by Kev Rowland | Dec 18, 2021 | Reviews
Lazy Fifty are Adrian Athy (vocals, guitar), Ryan Raggett (bass), and Ali Sochacki (drums), and they play traditional solid Seventies-style melodic hard rock. This is their fourth album, and to put is simply, is an absolute blast from start to finish and a load of...
by Kev Rowland | Dec 18, 2021 | Reviews
Guitarist Doug MacDonald and bass player Harvey Newmark have worked together quite a lot over the years, with Harvey featuring in many of Doug’s different line-ups. Given that they have such an instinctive feel for each other, the idea came up of recording as a duo...
by Kev Rowland | Dec 18, 2021 | Reviews
Here we find Doug in Honolulu, recording in a quartet which comprises Noel Okimoto (vibraphone), Dean Taba (bass) and Darryl Pellegrini (drums). I have always thought the vibraphone is a much-maligned and under-used instrument in modern music, as it has a tone and...
by Kev Rowland | Dec 18, 2021 | Reviews
When it comes to writing about progressive rock music, then there are not that many still going who have been in the scene longer than me, but one notable exception is Thierry Sportouche, who has been running the French progzine Acid Dragon since the late Eighties. I...
by Kev Rowland | Dec 18, 2021 | Reviews
Indochine are apparently France’s best-selling band, although this 2002 album is the only time I have come across them. Formed in Paris back in 1981, they had considerable success in the Eighties, which slowed somewhat in the 90’s, although their fortunes were revived...
