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Lazy Fifty: Devil On His Day Off (2024) single
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
The Witching Tale: What Magic Is This? (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Troy Kingi: Time Wasters. Soundtrack to Current Day Meanderings (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Todd Mosby: Land of Enchantment (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Peter Xifaras: Fusion (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
S.C.R.A.M: The Inner City (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
October Tide: The Cancer Pledge (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Matt Smith’s World: Into The Light (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Madre Vaca: Knights of the Round Table (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Mac Gollehon & the Hispanic Mechanics: Bite of the Street (2023)
by Kev Rowland | April 1, 2024 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Frozen Wreath: Mea Culpa (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
Everything about this release screams old school atmospheric black metal from the logo through the album art and the obligatory black and white promo photo taken in a forest. The only thing really missing is snow, but these guys are from Hungary and not Scandinavia,...
Felonie: De Sève et de Sang (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
One-man Black Metal bands can be quite hit and miss, as for each one that works there are many that totally miss the mark, but this debut never comes across as the work of just one guy plus a session drummer. What we have here is a side-project from Swiss musician...
Dave Stryker: Groove Street (2024)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
Here we find guitarist Dave Stryker with Jared Gold (organ) and McClenty Hunter (drums) along with guest Bob Mintzer (saxophone). The trio plus Mintzer have been undertaking tours together with Mintzer as a special guest and now they have gone into the studio to...
Carsten Sindvald: Laura Bell (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
This is not really an album I would ever have expected from Carsten, and indeed his name is in rather small print at the bottom of the cover showing he provided the music and lyrics. He graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Music as a classical saxophonist and is...
Carsten Sindvald: A Flamboyance of Flamingos (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
Over the last decade or so I have reviewed Carsten’s solo albums, having first come across him when he was working with Robin Taylor, and I have always enjoyed his wonderful sax playing combined in multiple different styles. Here we find him moving into instrumental...
Various Artists: Frets Of Yore (2017)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
I was somewhat surprised to see this album is from 2017, as the thought process behind it make me think very much of some of the projects which came out during the pandemic. The concept was simple, provide 26 graphic artworks to musicians who were then asked to...
Jimmy Keegan – 2024 – Jimmy Keegan
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
Like many others, I first became aware of Jimmy when he joined Spock’s Beard as their live drummer so Nick could concentrate on vocals when he took over from Neal, and then after Nick’s own departure he stayed in the seat. I had seen the Beard a few times with Neal,...
Foghat: Slow Ride – Live In Concert (2024)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
This may be somewhat difficult for our American friends to understand, but Foghat never made much of an impression in their home country of England, even though they rightfully became superstars across the Atlantic. However, I was lucky enough to be introduced to...
Watain: Die in Fire – Live in Hell (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
To commemorate their 25th anniversary as a band, Swedish black metal collective Watain released this live album, recorded in Stockholm in October 2022, which is why it is subtitled ‘Agony And Ecstasy Over Stockholm’. The band have been incredibly stable over the...
Tom Portman: Daughter of the Willow Tree (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
Tom Portman is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, recording artist and composer based in the west of Ireland. He specializes in guitar, Dobro®, lap steel and other strings. Although he has released multiple other albums, this is the first time I have come across...
Just One Fix: Your Own God Now (2024) single
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
New Zealand’s answer to Testament are back with the second single from their forthcoming ‘Submit or Death’ EP, something which I am definitely looking forward to with bated breath. I have been fortunate enough to see these guys play a few times over the years and...
The Dukes of 1987: Retroderelict (2016)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 1, 2024 | Reviews
This 2016 album is another care of Jerry and Dave, with this album featuring the former only. From what I can ascertain, this was either a side project of The Lizardz or an attempt to break through using a different name as it includes all the members of that band in...
BIG BIG TRAIN (UK) The Likes of Us
by rogue | Mar 30, 2024 | Latest News
I remember 20 years ago when I first bought a ticket on the Big Big Train, by purchasing “Gathering Speed”, a fantastic discovery that I had most positively reviewed a year later. The album garnered praise for its historical revisit of that seminal moment when the...
Necroticgorebeast: Repugnant (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 29, 2024 | Reviews
Due to being massively overloaded with material it has been quite some time since I have taken anything from Imperative PR, and I had forgotten just how much I enjoy their press releases. This one starts, “I am faceless and I am empty. You could fall into the hollow...
George Gee Swing Orchestra: Winter Wonderland (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 29, 2024 | Reviews
George Gee has been leading his own swing orchestra since 1980, and after returning to New York in the early Nineties secured a residency at Times Square’s SWING46 Jazz Club which is now in its 26th year. This album features ten Christmas songs which have been...
Freya: Fight As One (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 29, 2024 | Reviews
It is strange to think it is now 20 years since Freya burst onto the scene with ‘As The Light Drains’, but now they are back with their seventh full-length album, the first since 2016. Only singer Karl Buechner is still there from those early days, but Erick Edwards...
Erik Dahl Ensemble: Everyone’s Too Sad For Everything (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 29, 2024 | Reviews
There has been just one change in personnel since the 2022 debut ‘Gethenian Suite’, as double bassist Tove Brandt has been replaced by Viktor Reuter. Erik Dahl (piano, electronics) has again been joined by Anna Cochrane (violin, viola), Andreas Thurfjell...
Dying Fetus: Make Them Beg For Death (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 29, 2024 | Reviews
With a line-up which has been a constant since 2007, and a recording history which goes back 30 years to their first debut, there are no surprises when it comes to Dying Fetus who have long been straddling the death metal genre in their own distinct style. “We put our...
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- Carmen – The Albums 1973-1975 [3CD Boxset]by Basil Francis on May 6, 2024 at 5:00 pm
A few months ago, I reviewed Patterns on the Window, a set that I hoped would introduce me to dozens of little-known progressive artists from the 70s – after all, it had ‘progressive’ in the subtitle. But as wave after…
- The Blackheart Orchestra / Foxpalmerby Chris Simmons (Photographer) on May 5, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Arts Centre, Helmsley, North Yorkshire Friday, 19th April 2024 Tonight’s adventure involves the Friday traffic on the A19 from Newcastle to the picturesque market town of Hemsley in North Yorkshire. We arrived a little earlier than planned which gave us…
- Elephant9 – Mythical Riverby Mel Allen on May 4, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Norway’s Elephant9 return with a new album, guaranteed to pique your interest, and this is certainly the case for me having been on a writing hiatus due to the loss of my great friend and TPA editor Jez Rowden. So,…
- Various Artists – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson Kingby Colin Smoult on May 3, 2024 at 5:00 pm
This release caught my attention primarily because of some of the musicians and singers featured on it, and Todd Rundgren being involved was certainly a huge personal bonus for me. It is, as the title implies, a ‘tribute’ project to…
- UK Pink Floyd Experienceby Phil Lively on May 2, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Central Theatre, Chatham Friday, 19th April 2024 I don’t often go and see tribute bands. It’s not that I’m some weird purist who disapproves of tribute acts, far from it! If the band that originally created the music is no…
- Cephid – Sparks In The Darknessby James R. Turner (Guest) on May 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Cephid will be a new name to us all here at TPA, however this debut album released in February this year is the culmination of years of solo work by talented keyboard player Moray Macdonald, who will be familiar to…
- Poly-Math / Big Lad / Kylie Monologueby Roger Trenwith on April 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road, London Saturday, 20th April 2024 For once in this Biblically wet year, a dry and even occasionally sunny day precedes another trip to the capital for me, where I meet up with my gig-going companion and…
- Ellesmere – Stranger Skiesby Graham Thomas on April 29, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Ellesmere is a project masterminded by Italian multi-instrumentalist Roberto Vitelli. You may have come across them, as their last album, Wyrd, caused a bit of a stir in prog circles at the end of 2020. Latest release Stranger Skies, in…
- Nektar – Journey To The Other Sideby Basil Francis on April 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm
After being unexpectedly floored by my first listen to Recycled, I seem to have precariously placed myself as the Nektar correspondent at TPA… at least for the time being. Jumping from the band’s heyday straight into the present was probably…
- Wheel – Charismatic Leadersby Phil Lively on April 27, 2024 at 5:00 pm
It was so refreshing to see an album offered for review to TPA with such a pithy name. There’s none of this multisyllabic name nonsense, like Distended Algorithm or Beelzebub’s Hoover, this is the least Proggy name I’ve seen in…