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JAIME ROSAS – TRES PIEZAS DE ROCK PROGRESSIVO (Mylodon Records) (DL) (2025)
There’s an unmistakeable Emerson, Lake and Palmer influence from the off on ‘Cueca Contemporánea’ (The cueca is Chile’s national dance...
Jun 242 min read
EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY – WEIRDO (Parlophone) (2 x LP; 2 x CD) (2025)
Emma-Jean Thackray gets right to the heart of the matter with her direct lyrics and hooks and use of vignettes as bridges like ‘Something...
Jun 181 min read
GREG LAKE- LIVE (Spirit of Unicorn/ Cherry Red) (2 CD/DVD) (Release date 27th June, 2025)
Mostly comprising material from E.L.P. and Greg’s solo works there are also two King Crimson numbers ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’...
Jun 181 min read
JACK BRUCE- HARMONY ROW (2 x g/f LP; 3 x CD + 1 x Blu-Ray) (Esoteric/ Cherry Red) Release date: 27th June, 2025)
A remastered original mix, a new stereo mix and a 5.1 sound stereo mix with a Blu-Ray from 21st August, 1971 (Granada TV) and Rockpalast...
Jun 181 min read
MAGIC PIE- MAESTRO (Karisma Records/ Bandcamp) (2025)
Norwegian progressive rock band Magic Pie were formed in 2001 and, to quote the press release are “known for their intricate...
Jun 172 min read
BJØRN RIIS – FIMBULVINTER (Karisma/ Bandcamp) (Ltd LP. LP/ CD/ DL) (2025)
Named after the legendary long winter that heralds Ragnarok, a time of both destruction and rebirth. Bjørn Riis of Airbag’s new album...
Jun 172 min read
THE KRISTEN CARDIASMENOS PROJECT – DOPE AFFAIR (Bandcamp) (2025)
Californian psych rock band The Kristen Caridasmenos Project is a sextet of Kristen on guitar and electric sitar (Heard on groovy opening...
Jun 161 min read
STEREOLAB – INSTANT HOLOGRAMS ON METAL FILM (Warp/ Duophonic) (2025)
Stereolab’s eagerly awaited first album for 15 years doesn’t disappoint. Their genre defying, totally unique and instantly recognisable...
Jun 161 min read
NICK DRAKE – THE MAKING OF FIVE LEAVES LEFT (4 x LP or 4 x CD) (Island Records): Release date 25th July, 2025
I remember well my first exposure to the music of Nick Drake: the song Time Has Told Me on an Island sampler. I was hooked and bought the...
Jun 161 min read
GENESIS – THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY (Atlantic Rhino) (various formats): Release date: 13th June, 2025 delayed to late Autumn
Way back when I did a survey on fans’ 100 favourite progressive rock albums and “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” finished 4th behind...
Jun 161 min read
MIKE OLDFIELD – HERGEST RIDGE (50th ANNIVERSARY) (Universal/ Island) (2025)
Mike Oldfield’s sophomore album was, like his unlikely groundbreaking chart-topping, universally acclaimed album “Tubular Bells”, in two...
Jun 141 min read
NEIL YOUNG AND THE CHROME HEARTS – TALKIN’ TO THE TREES (Reprise) (2025)
It’s always interesting to hear what Neil Young has to say. Exhaustion restricted Young’s tour last summer although he is embarking on...
Jun 141 min read
BLACK SABBATH’S FINAL BOW: Back to the Beginning, Villa Park, Birmingham, 5th July, 2025
The original Black Sabbath line-up is reforming for a historic concert with all profits going to charity. There is an interesting article...
Jun 141 min read
BARO PROG – PROG-JET IV AIONVERSE (MaRaCash Records) (DL & CD) (2025)
This is Baro Prog’s fourth album, a ‘rock opera’ based on eight characters by Alberto Molesini AKA Baro with fourteen guest players...
Jun 41 min read
INGLESE AND NANNETTI – L’ARTE DI ARRANGIARSI (Maracash Records) (DL & CD)(2025)
Gabriele Inglese and Paolo Nannetti released their first album together in2023, “Working to Distract Myself”. “The Art of Making Do.” is...
Jun 41 min read
CHAKRA VIMANA – FEED MY SOUL (Bandcamp/ Tonzonen Records/ Cargo distribution) DL/ CD (2025)
Chakra Vimana is Santtu Laakso from Astral Magic on synthesizers, vocals, and bass, Mark Cook on fretted and fretless Warr guitar,...
Jun 42 min read
SPACE RITUAL – OTHERWORLD (ReDISScovery) (2007)
In an occasional series of ‘blasts from the past’, Nik Turner’s Space Ritual was reviewed in “Acid Dragon” #48 if memory serves. As you...
Jun 31 min read
SIMON HOUSE R.I.P. (1948 – 2025)
Sad to hear the news that Simon House has passed. Classically trained, his violin work helped to define the sound of the legendary High...
Jun 31 min read
More on HAPPY FAMILY
The Happy Family review is proving a popular read so I thought I would present a brief potted history of Happy Family, recently...
Jun 31 min read
GENTLE GIANT – PLAYING THE FOOL – THE OFFICIAL LIVE (2025 rerelease)
Didn’t the Shulman brothers from Simon Dupree and the Big Sound do well to develop the early promise into a prog rock phenomenon, unique...
Jun 31 min read
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