Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water: Album Review
Chris Squire’s Fish Out Of Water album, is a complete classic of progressive rock, in its most creative and ambitious form.
Jah Wobble – Dark Luminosity, the 21st Century Collection: Boxset Review
Mr Metaphysical, all round renaissance geezer Jah Wobble shows off his second half. Or , more likely, quarter.
Be-Bop Deluxe – Sunburst Finish: Album Review
Be-Bop Deluxe on Sunburst Finish provide a near perfect amalgam of engagingly catchy song writing and progressive and rock influences.
Family – Anyway: 2CD Remastered and Expanded Edition: Album Review
A detailed reappraisal of Chapman & Co’s finest hour.
Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits: Album Review
The 35th studio album from Hawkwind – there’s no let up as The Future Never Waits.
Djabe and Steve Hackett – Live in Gyor: Album Review
From a memorable concert recorded in Hungary in August 2022, Steve Hackett and Djabe release Live in Gyor which combines slinky, smooth melodies with a slightly more volatile side.
Various Artists – Cherry Stars Collide (Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995): Album Review
Cherry Stars Collide is an excellent retrospective of the artists who inhabited and developed the musical landscape of dream pop and shoegaze.
Miller Anderson – Bright City (Remastered & Expanded): Album Review
First solo album from journeyman guitarist, Miller Anderson, brushing up surprisingly well, showing what coulda been.
Van Der Graaf Generator – The Bath Forum Concert: Album Review
Van Der Graaf Generator live in 2022; still a potent force many decades on from the golden years of Progressive Rock.
Trapeze – Don’t Stop The Music – Complete Recordings Vol 1: 1970-1992: Boxset Review
The first three albums from Trapeze – “The finest three-piece band never to make it,” plus live recordings
The Barracudas – Drop Out With The Barracudas: Box Set Review
Snotty, surfy psych-punk/power-popsters the Barracudas, catching every wave from their first few summers.
Barclay James Harvest – Once Again Remastered & Expanded: Album Review
Once Again from 1971. The latest in the freshly polished Barclay James Harvest series.
Renaissance – Azure d’Or: Album Review
Renaissance’s Azure d’Or is reissued in a very fine box set, that does full justice to an excellent album.
Heavy Metal Kids – The Albums 1974-76: Boxset Review
Rabblerousers, Punk Pioneers. The early works of The Heavy Metal Kids get the Cherry Red clamshell treatment
Loudon Wainwright III – Loudon Wainwright III / Album II: Album Review
Two-in-One package of Loudon Wainwright III’s earliest recorded adventures.