Frost*: ‘Life in the Wires’ Review
A combination of scarcity and quality means that each new Frost* album feels like an event in the progressive scene, even for listeners like myself who are familiar with the band’s work but are...
Geordie Greep: ‘The New Sound’ Review
The disbandment of a group can be a tough pill to swallow, especially if their time is short-lived. Such is the case with black midi. Hailing from London, they put out three incredible albums...
Sylosis: ‘The Path’ Review
Sylosis have gone from strength to strength since their return in 2019. Last year’s A Sign of Things to Come was a rare example of a band delivering on the promise of their heaviest...
A Sunday in September Festival Review: The Fierce and The Dead, iamthemorning, Last of Eden, and more!
At a quaint Elizabethan venue buried in the depths of South London, A Sunday in September is a now regular one dayer festival that features a great mix and myriad of artists. Put on...
Big Big Train at Thornden Hall in Eastleigh
Big Big Train, or Large Large Locomotive as they are occasionally known, have taken it upon themselves to tour once again. Mostly around the UK, but also diving into a few European cities too....
Pure Reason Revolution: ‘Coming Up To Consciousness’ Review
I’m a bit of an odd one when it comes to music – sometimes I like to be challenged and have my face ripped off, sometimes I like to be carried blissfully and calmly...
FOXCULT, nightlife, and Outline in Color at The Sanctuary Hamtramck
Walking into Hamtramck’s Sanctuary on that summer evening, I found myself looking at something I had never seen at the venue before– a metal detector. The small dive bar was usually home to aggressive...
Meer: ‘Wheels Within Wheels’ Review
In 2021, the prog scene witnessed a relative rarity. An actually new breakthrough act that came in the form of Norwegian octet Meer. They’ve been on the minds of many prog rock enjoyers since Playing...
Leprous: ‘Melodies of Atonement’ Review
Leprous are back, again. And I think by this point if you follow even a slither of the modern progressive music scene, you know who we’re talking about here. A song, a record, seen...
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard: ‘Flight b741’ Review
Another year, another album by the Australian collective King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Last year I reviewed their albums PetroDragonic Apocalypse, and The Silver Cord, both being in the metal and electronic genres...
