Mar 11 2016
Last year i was sent a batch of albums to review and amongst them was a live recording of a band that i had never heard of before, The Syn. Following a short spell of listening to it in the car i was compelled to listen to it properly in the home. The result was …
Feb 07 2016
North East rockers Mog And The Water Tribe launch their new album Astronaut Ghost by playing some of the song live in the North East’s top vinyl record store SOUND IT OUT. Why not head along and listen to the band and treat yourself to a live performance and even buy the album. I will …
Feb 06 2016
Over a year has passed since Tony Patterson teamed up with fellow North East muso Brendan Eyre to create Northlands. Time waits for no man and Tony has not suffered from idle hands. Equations Of Meaning may seem a strange title for an album though it all becomes clear after listening to it. Tony is …
Jan 31 2016
North East Indie band Mog And The Water Tribe release their first album under their new guise moving on from being simply known as Mog. I must admit the new moniker seems a little more catchy and certainly adds to the intrigue behind the band. Mog And The Water Tribe consists of singer songwriter Phil Swinburne …
Jan 31 2016
I couldn’t think of a better place to be on a freezing cold January evening than Newcastle City Hall watching an artists who has become a contemporary musical icon. Steven Wilson certainly does fit the bill and the welcome he got from his audience was testament to it. After a period of watching the fascia …
Jan 13 2016
YES are to do a 10 date UK tour performing 2 classic albums – Fragile and Drama in their entirety plus other major YES tracks from 27th April. Full info below. Steve Howe and Geoff Downes are in the UK at the moment and are available for phoners, ISDN and in person interviews. Alan …
Dec 24 2015
It’s that time again. Christmas eve and pondering on what the year has given us thus far and looking towards a peaceful day of love and sharing tomorrow. 2015 wasn’t the most prolific of years with regards to the release of Prog related music though some diamonds managed to float the surface of the endless …
Nov 29 2015
I came late to the party with regards to David Gilmour’s most recent outing Rattle That Lock having first dismissed it for numerous reasons. The first reason being that i simply contained the hallmarks of being On An Island part 2. No harm there is hear you say? Well yes and no! On An Island …
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