KAPREKAR’S CONSTANT – – ALL YOU WISH YOURSELF – TALKING ELEPHANT
Here we have a two-track digital single from one of the best new prog bands around, Kaprekar’s Constant, with all proceeds going to the charity Crisis. While the title cut is a new song, the second “Call It A Memory” was their debut single back in 2017. Their mix of...
POTTER’S DAUGHTER – THIS WINTER’S CHILD – MELODIC REVOLUTION
This 4:34 long song has also been featured on Melodic Revolution’s end of year giveaway for those helping others less fortunate than themselves but is now also available as a single. Progressive and folky, this is all about having Dyanne’s vocals front and center with...
OPERATION: PAPERCLIP – THE RETURN OF THE STANISLAUS COUNTY KID – HIGHLANDER
Here we have the debut release by Operation: Paperclip, another project put together by Bob Madsen (he has a few on the go at the moment, check out https://www.thehighlanderco.com for more information) along with keyboard player/singer Tony Carey (although...
AGNOSTIC FRONT – GET LOUD! – NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
Any fan of Agnostic Front will look at the front cover of ‘Get Loud!’ and immediately recognize the characters from their 1986 classic ‘Cause For Alarm’, and have an idea of what they are going to find inside. But when a band has been at the forefront of a musical...
MINDSPEAK – ECLIPSE CHASER – INDEPENDENT
One of the nice things about writing about music for so many years is that I am often sought out by bands asking if I will review their latest release. I don’t take everything I am offered by labels or PR companies as there are only so many hours in a day, but one of...
PABLO EMBON – REMINISCENT MOODS – INDEPENDENT
I’m pretty sure this CD represents a first for me, and that’s not something I can say very often having been writing for more than 30 years, but what we have here is a jazz album that has been solely performed, recorded and produced by a single person. Pablo Embon was...
QUICKSILVER NIGHT – PRESQUE VU MINI EP – INDEPENDENT
This four-track EP is my first experience of Quicksilver Night, a project run by guitarist Warren Russell who brings in other musicians as he needs them, although he provides a great many himself. This 3-song release features the wonderful Meagan Finning on vocals,...
MIND KEY – MK III – ALIENS IN WONDERLAND – FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL
Mind Key was formed in Napoli some twenty years ago by in 1999 by Dario De Cicco (keyboards) and Emanuele Colella (guitars) who wanted to create a band that brought together Dream Theater, Symphony X, Evergrey, and Pain of Salvation with short direct hard rock...
BRUNOD, LI CALZI, SAVOLDELLI – NOSTALGIA PROGRESSIVA – CALIGOLA
Take a guitarist (who also provides some live samples), a trumpeter who also provides flugelhorn and keyboards, and a singer who also provides some electronics and a vocal synth, then put into a studio for one day only to record ten covers of some progressive rock...
SENDELICA – CROMLECH CHRONICLES IV – FRUITS DE MER RECORDS
Sendelica describes their latest album as “a door of perception into the jamming delights of Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly and The Byrds at the heights of their improvisational prowess.” If they had also added Barrett-era Pink...
