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AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTON BARBEAU (Fruits de Mer) (2024)
As part of a (hopefully) continuing series of introductions previously reviewed on DISS, this is another especially welcome one. A wall...
Apr 23, 20242 min read
PHAEDRA - NORN (2024) (Ma Ra Cash Records)
“Norn” is a rock opera based on a piece of Gothic literature written by Claudio Bonvecchio called “The Prisoner”. The word NORN refers to...
Apr 16, 20241 min read
HAWKWIND – STORIES FROM TIME AND SPACE (2024) (Cherry Red Records)
After the well-received 2023 album “The Future Never Waits”, Hawkwind’s 36th (!) album has arrived. There are lots of piano. choral...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
SULA BASSANA - DREAMER (2002/ 2014) (Sulatron Records)
It is incredible to think that this was the debut of Dave Schmidt AKA Sula Bassana on an LP on the Nasoni label. “Dreamer” is now...
Apr 14, 20241 min read
ARCANSIEL – HARD TIMES (2024) (MaRaCash Records)
I love my Italian prog, but this is a new name to me, originating from 1986 and founded by writer Marco Galletti and drummer Gianni...
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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


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
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
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
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
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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