ELECTRONIC SOUND MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO AND THE RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP
The 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ is marked by new interviews, as Brian Hodgson, Dick Mills, Roger Limb, Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
THE ROLLING STONES – HACKNEY DIAMONDS (2023)
The band’s first album since 2016’s album of blues covers “Blue and Lonesome”, the much heralded “Hackney Diamonds” is well played and...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)
Based on a book by David Grann, “The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI”, the reference in the title of the film is to the full Moon...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
JAUME DE VIALA- CALIDOSCOPI EMBRUIXAT (2023) (self-released)
Jaume was an original member of Salvador Avià’s Celobert Màgic which played a unique form of Catalan prog ethno-fusion. I enjoyed his...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
KEITH EMERSON RIP PROG MAGAZINE SPECIAL
When I was an aspiring prog rock keyboard player in the seventies I had a poster of Keith, I think it may have been from ‘Sounds’...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
CLAUDIO MILANO’s END FRIENDS MANIFESTAZIONI LIVE 2011-2023 (MP 117) (Edge Music)
I had heard of Claudio Milano before as a multi-lingual vocalist and lyricist in reviewing the music of NichelOdeon and have MARTIN...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read
ELVIND AARSET AND JAN BANG – LAST TWO INCHES OF SKY (2023) (Jazzland)
This Norwegian duo has carved a niche in the jazz electronica field; Bang works more on the electronics side with field recordings, found...
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Oct 19, 20233 min read
THE MUFFINS – BAKERS’ DOZEN (2022) (Cuneiform)
A lovingly curated limited edition box set containing 12 CDs, a DVD of the entire NEAR fest 2005 concert and a 76-page book will get...
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Oct 19, 20231 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – SACRED MYSTERIES – 2023 (Bandcamp)
‘Gobekli Tepe’ gets the album off to an excellent start, an instrumental with organ, swishing and swirling synths, thumping bass, and all...
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Oct 19, 20231 min read
MORE NEW RELEASES TO LOOK FORWARD TO: CAMEL, GONG, DISCIPLINE, WHITE WILLOW, DJAM KARET AND MORE
Marking their 50th anniversary, there is final confirmation of that eagerly awaited CAMEL retrospective AIR BORN: THE MCA AND DECCA YEARS...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
PAUL DUNMALL – BRIGHT LIGHT A JOYOUS CELEBRATION (2023) (Discus Music)
Kentish man PAUL DUNMALL has been around for a while, is a master of tenor, soprano, baritone sax and saxello and also plays clarinet and...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
CURLEW – CBGB – NYC – 1987/ TAKTLOS FESTIVAL, BERN, SWITZERLAND (CUNEIFORM, 2023)
These excellent live recordings are to be released on Cuneiform Records on 27th October and constitute a recommended starting point for...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
ALAN GOWEN & HUGH HOPPER /NIGEL MORRIS-BRACKNELL BRESSE IMPROVISATIONS (CUNEIFORM) (1980/ 1996/2021)
A welcome reissue, all the more poignant given Hugh Hopper’s sleeve notes and the premature death of the innovative and talented keyboard...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
THE FLOWER KINGS – LOOK AT YOU NOW (2023)
Since their reformation in 2019, Roine Stolt and co have been pretty prolific (this is their fourth release) and the remarkable thing is...
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Oct 9, 20235 min read
Ranking The Doctor’s Regenerations
14th) Sixth Doctor – Seventh Doctor: The worst regeneration sequence comes in Time and the Rani, mainly because the video effects and...
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Oct 9, 20235 min read
Top 10 Best Classic Who Would-Be-Companions
10) D84 (The Robots of Death): An unlikely and obscure choice who could have joined The Doctor on his travels. Despite being a one-tone...
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Oct 9, 20235 min read
Top 10 Worst Classic Who Monsters
10) Spiridons (Planet of the Daleks): The Spiridons are a ‘lazy’ type of villain, simply because they are invisible, and do not appear in...
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Oct 9, 20234 min read
TOP 10 WORST COMPANION DEPARTURES
10) Melanie (Dragonfire): Melanie’s time on the Tardis was a short but bitter ride, and her departure is a more spur-of-the-moment...
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Oct 9, 20231 min read
CLARK ORBIT – FADING MEMORIES (2023)
On Chilean label Mylodon Records, the home of the excellent TRYO, this is the first album of the Clark brothers (presumably): John...
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Oct 9, 202315 min read
DISSTORY: FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION PART THREE
Please read in conjunction with the first two parts on this website. ABSOLUTELY FREE “MGM refused to print Frank Zappa’s ‘libretto’ on...
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