A 3 LP Zappa official release is out, praised by Discogs buyers as revealing Zappa on top form on the complete last show of his 1980...

From the ‘informal’ concert at the Newport Festival on 24th July, 2022, CD and 2 LP sets are now appearing in record stores. It’s by all...

HERETIC is the brainchild of Kyoto synth/ keyboard player HIRO KAWAHARA. Working in a different way from the famous electronic musician...

The perfect subject matter for DISS, combining film and music! Having composed the music for the 2017 independent British horror film...

Due for release on 15th September, a full review has been sent to ACID DRAGON for the next issue. Suffice to say if you like a little...

Yet another vinyl reissue for the popular jazz rock fusion band with musicians like trumpeter and MILES DAVIS/ KEITH JARRETT chronicler...

The Stephen W Tayler remix of this classic album that includes enduring Marillion pieces like ‘Splintering Heart’, ‘Cover My Eyes’, ‘The...

What? 1982 in 2023? Yes, this is a new record from the Jazz-funk meisters. I found it a pleasant listen and I thought that ‘1982’ is a...

Now here is something absolutely essential in 5 x LP, 4 x CD or download, and available on BANDCAMP. We have OPEN (1967), the one with...

It may just have been released on Verve Records, but this archive recording is actually from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966. While, I...

I got re-acquainted with the music of tenor saxophonist/ flautist CHARLES LLOYD with his trilogy of 2022 albums “Trios” (“Chapel”,...

SHE’S A TEMPLE (2012): Jerry Kranitz enthused about the 15 minute ‘Palmyra’ with its swirling Hammond, and Tommy Gorny’s “ripping guitar”...

ARCHIVE RECORDINGS CD ARCHIVE VOLUME 1: JOURNEY TO THE STARGLOW RESTAURANT (2011): An extract from my Acid Dragon review can still be...

Of course, I read all the hype in the newspapers about a new Blur album, and people’s recollections of the phoney Blur v Oasis war which...

I know Rick and co are working on a new album so, until then, I present an extract from a review and interview from 2022 originally...

I am not a major fan of free jazz, but this albums by a quartet of Sam Rivers (reeds, flute), Anthony Braxton (reeds, flute) led by...

SULA BASSANA: ORGAN ACCUMULATOR: Most of the album has an ambient feel with gorgeous synth melodies accompanied by placid techno beats....

“The early history started with a DEEP PURPLE covers band named Mandrake Root and Space Debris finally got going in earnest in 2005.” But...

XTC’s “The Big Express” (1984) gets the STEVEN WILSON makeover, a 2-disc affair with booklet with a poster signed by Colin Moulding (22nd...

It’s strange how it takes someone to depart this mortal coil before you discover just what you’ve missed. And now I am wondering how I...