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.
Howard Jones – Live In Japan: Album Review
Howard Jones live at the NHK Hall, Tokyo in 1984 at the peak of his powers with all the style and sounds of the era.
Wind Of Change – Progressive Sounds Of 1973: Album Review
Prog in ’73? A rude state of health. The usual suspects and the more obscure come together in a new collection.
Albums Of The Year 2022
2022 has been a brilliant year for music. Here, we present a collection of our favourite releases of the year across a wide spectrum of musical genres.
High In The Morning – The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1973: Album Review
Grapefruit Records take up the challenge of cherry picking from the British Progressive Pop iceberg of 1973.
Various Artists – Pillows And Prayers (Cherry Red Records 1981-1984): Album Review
Pillows and Prayers thrillingly documents a time when bands and artists were set free by the punk and post punk revolution.