Michael J Sheehy – Distance Is The Soul Of Beauty: Album Review
Michael J Sheehy is known to us. For anyone else used to the exciting blues uzi grooves of Miraculous Mule, prepare for a different experience.
Mike Ainscoe
Mike has been photographing and writing about bands going back many years. A former writer and Reviews Editor on Louder Than War as well as several online music blogs, he also contributes to Fireworks and to Powerplay Rock & Metal magazines.
The Ocean – Phanerozoic II, Mesozoic / Cenozoic: Album Review
New meisterwork from The Ocean. We’re told it’s “more progressive and perverse” which suits us. Does it live up to the promise?
Jimmy Regal And The Royals – Late Night Chicken: Album Review
Late Night Chicken, you can’t turn it down. The new album of fizzing blues rock from Jimmy Regal And The Royals.
O’Hooley & Tidow – Live At St George’s: Album Review
O’Hooley & Tidow live. Steinways and shopping bags. From the grand and powerful to the mischievous. It’s all here.
George Marios – Daffodil: Album Review
George Marios, touring guitarist with The Pineapple Thief, releases his debut solo album. A collection of guitar driven stories about love, loss and overcoming.
Sukh – Falling Asleep With The TV On: EP Review
Three tracks from Sukh, oft described as the singing doctor which massively understates his value as a genuine musical talent and key worker.
Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix: Album Review
Derek Sherinian, makes a diversion from planet Apollo to planet Earth to do his own thing with a little help from some friends.
The On Track series: Book Review
The On Track analysts take up the ‘every album, every song’ catalogues of The Who, 10CC and Gentle Giant.
Neal Morse – Sola Gratia: Album Review
Prog’s most prolific musician, Neal Morse carves out an album that owes a debt to a misunderstanding with his wife and links to his Sola Scriptura from 2007.
Andy Tillison of The Tangent: Interview
We have a quick Q&A with Andy Tillison of The Tangent in the aftermath of their Auto Reconnaissance album release.
RURA – Live At The Old Fruitmarket: Album Review
Rura release a tenth anniversary live set with plenty special guests and a setting where they’re both at home and at their most vibrant.
GU-RU – Teach Me: New Single
Teach Me is the colourful and groovy new single from the trio known as GU-RU.
Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Alone Together: Album Review
Now a fully paid-up member of the mighty progressive force that is Big Big Train, Rikard Sjöblom and his Gungfly project get Alone Together to challenge the prog expectancies.
Joshua Burnell – Flowers Where The Horses Sleep: Album Review
Throw the labels away. Joshua Burnell takes his folk-fused baroque and roll down new pathways on Flowers Where The Horses Sleep.
The Pineapple Thief – Versions Of The Truth: Album Review
The Pineapple Thief conjure up a magical album that considers the blurring between the real and the perceived. Versions Of The Truth is their soundtrack for a post-truth world.