Tag Archives: 70s

Artist: False Coda Album Title: Secrets And Sins Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 31 October 2016 I get a lot of emails. Most of them are from PR companies, labels and bands asking me to take a listen to the latest ‘hot new thing’ or something along those lines. I do my best to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Crippled Black Phoenix Album Title: Bronze Label: Season Of Mist Date Of Release: 4 November 2016 I love my blog. It gives me so much freedom to review what I want and, in the process, I can ‘discover’ a whole load of new music in the process. It also makes me realise, joyously, that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Edensong Album Title: Years In The Garden Of Years Label: The Laser’s Edge Date Of Release: 30 September 2016 I’m always on the look-out for bands that may have slipped under the radar a little that are worthy of a little extra love and attention. Edensong are just one such band, having been alerted  Continue Reading »

Artist: Opeth Album Title: Sorceress Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date of Release: 30 September 2016 I debated long and hard about whether I should review this album. Normally, I try to shy away from writing reviews of albums that I’m not so keen on because I like to focus on the music and those albums  Continue Reading »

Artist: Messenger Album Title: Threnodies Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 22 April 2016 It’s no exaggeration to say that the UK progressive music scene enjoying a period of rude health at the current time. To the already impressively-swelling ranks, you can now add the name of Messenger, a London-based quintet who bring accomplished musicianship  Continue Reading »

Can you believe that it’s already day three of my 2015 ‘Album of the Year’ countdown? I hope you’re enjoying my series and although it is early days, perhaps you’ve discovered something new or I’ve managed to change your mind about an album. Who knows, but what I do know is that, as intense and  Continue Reading »

I’m closing in on the halfway mark of this year’s Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Thanks to everyone for the support, comments, shares and general banter so far. If you’re late to the party and have missed any of the eight posts thus far or you missed the countdowns entirely from 2012 and 2013,  Continue Reading »

Another day, another band and another cracking album. I’ve been really pleased and grateful for all of the comments and interaction over my choices so far; it gives me the impetus to continue, even though it is impossible to please all of the people all of the time. If you’ve missed my three choices to  Continue Reading »

Well, here we are again at year’s end. I can’t quite believe that another year has passed and that I’m embarking upon another end of year countdown. Much has happened over the past 12 months and in many ways I’m surprised that the blog is still going. External pressures and a growing family has meant  Continue Reading »