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...
Radar Festival 2024: The Review
Proghurst as a unit has recently been out and about at Radar Festival this year, trying to locate some good bands and good friends. Both of those are found aplenty – and it’s no...
The Pineapple Thief: ‘It Leads to This’ Review
You can always be assured of quality when a release bears Bruce Soord’s name in its credits but sometimes it can be lacking that special ingredient that elevates it to the level of excellence....
Riverside at O2 Institute2 in Birmingham
Considering it’s England’s second city it’s odd that Birmingham sometimes struggles to bring both bands and punters into town when it comes to prog, but thankfully the O2 Institute2 is packed tonight with fans...
Dave Bainbridge and Sally Minnear at the Bedford in London
Tonight, is folk gelled together with a sprinkling of prog rock! And off I went, to the Bedford in Balham, southwest London, to a small and quaint venue that was gorgeously adorned with wood...
Blind Guardian at the Agora in Cleveland
“You never can go wrong with Middle Earth!” Hansi Kursch boomed moments before launching Into The Storm that spring night in Cleveland. The guitars wailed out, a power metal mosh pit opened up on...
Hail Spirit Noir: ‘Fossil Gardens’ Review
When bands that aren’t the unfathomable Callous Daoboys say things like “This is our heaviest yet, we really matured our sound with this song, and we think this is gonna be a gamechanger for the genre” that spun tale is rarely...
What bands can’t you miss at Radar Festival 2024?
Radar Festival has been making a name for itself over the last few years. From humble beginnings at a nightclub in the small English town of Guildford, the festival is now hosted in the...
Mdou Moctar: ‘Funeral for Justice’ Review
In parts of North Africa, the movement of Tishoumaren music, or the ‘desert blues’, is given huge reverance, albeit with little western coverage or crossover. A napkin summary of the style: the Tuareg people,...
