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TWO HEADED EMPEROR – WIRELESS OF THE NORTH (2023) & CLEAN YOUR HOUSE (2024) (Falling A Records)
A full review of these albums will appear in the next issue of ACID DRAGON along with a comprehensive interview, a synopsis of which will...
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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CHEER-ACCIDENT - VACATE (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
When Thymme Jones was very young he used to bop around to HERB ALPERT's rendition of ‘Zorba the Greek.’ It turns out Alpert and his...
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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2024 – FIRST QUARTER TOP 10 NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS
In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): THE BEVIS FROND - FOCUS ON NATURE (Fire Records) (ROCK/...
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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RASCAL REPORTERS – THE STRAINGE CASE OF STEVE- CUNEIFORM RECORDS (2023)
Starting with some choppy organ chords, ‘Fat Delivered’ has so much in it I would have been pleased to stop there and listen over and...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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PRESENT – THIS IS NOT THE END (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
My first exposure to Present was with the release of “Certitudes” by Cuneiform Records in 1998, reviewed in “Acid Dragon” #22. The...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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KEVIN KASTNING & MARK WINGFIELD – RUBICON II (2024) (Greydisc)
Earlier this year I reviewed Kevin Kastning’s collaborative album with clarinettist Soheil Peyghambari on which the master craftsman...
Mar 29, 20241 min read
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KEV ROWLAND’s PROGRESSIVE UNDERGROUND (part one)
It is amazing to think that Kevin Rowland and I were travelling in the same orbit as reviewers, with a link established much later as...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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CITRUS CITRUS – ALBREDO MASSIMA (2023) (Sulatron Records)
“The Maximum Albedo”, to give its English translation is the debut album by a new italian psychedelic rock band Citrus Citrus founded in...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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UBERMODO – SO VERY FAR FROM HOME (2024)
Ubermodo is a progressive /space rock group from Norfolk. The guitar has a touch of ANDY LATIMER of CAMEL, and MIKE OLDFIELD, and valid...
Mar 29, 20241 min read
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WATER AID CHARITY
Please help me help WATER AID. You can do this by either donating to WATER AID directly or by making a donation for which you will...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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PARADOX ONE – THE SCREAM (2024)
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” (Martin Luther King Jr.): I don’t know how...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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BRUFORD – ONE OF A KIND (1979/ 2024) (Winterfold Records/ Cherry Red) (LP)
Following the Jazz Rock Fusion powerhouse “Feels Good to Me”, the group name BRUFORD was adopted for “One of a Kind”. The line-up is the...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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THE BEVIS FROND – FOCUS ON NATURE (2024) (Bandcamp)
There are few records that I immediately buy these days and not just because vinyl is becoming so damned expensive, but NICK SALOMAN’s...
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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THE BEVIS FROND - RE-DISSCOVERY: BEVIS FROND IS HIT SQUAD (2023)
Previously only available on CD, “Hit Squad” appeared last year on vinyl for the first time with updated artwork. The blurb speaks...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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WARHORSE – THE RECORDINGS 1970-1972 (2024) (Esoteric Recordings) (2CD -release date 26th April)
WARHORSE was formed in 1970 by DEEP PURPLE bassist Nick Simper and quickly became the backing band for MARSHA HUNT. RICK WAKEMAN was...
Mar 20, 20243 min read
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A YEAR OF ALICE COLTRANE: THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (1971/ 2024) (Impulse!) (2 LP, 2 CD, DL)
Great news for ALICE COLTRANE fans, with the release of “Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert” on Impulse! Alice Coltrane had just...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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SUN DIAL – MESSAGES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (2023) (Sulatron Records) (LP/ CD)
Hazy vocals accompany the guitar riff-driven opener 'Echoes All Around' as we set off on another outer limits trip with Gary Ramon AKA...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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SPECK/ INTERKOSMOS - METZ SESSION/ BEYOND HIBERNATION - SPLIT LP (2022) (Echodelik Records, distributed through Sulatron Records)
Crikey, what a pair of bands. Speck are new to me but serve up an exhilarating adrenaline rush of a guitar based all-instrumental jam,...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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LANDING - MOTIONLESS I- IV (2023) (Sulatron)
For 25 years Landing (Aaron Snow and Daron Gardner) have been painting their aural soundscapes and have become much appreciated by those...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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APRIL RECORDS – A JAZZ LABEL FROM COPENHAGEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF
April Records has a number of new releases out: I have only been able to listen to a selection of tracks and one full album by RASMUS...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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