Van Der Graaf Generator – The 2021 Reissues (****)
What’s to like? One of prog rock’s most venerated bands gets a regeneration with excellent reissues of their seventies albums, offering remasters and stereo and surround sound remixes of the […]
Trifecta – Fragments (2021) (****)
What’s to like? An engaging and enjoyable side trip from Steven Wilson’s backing band, where the trio of players get to cut loose, jam and improvise, resulting in a melting […]
The Best Of The Grateful Dead (2015) & The Best Of The Grateful Dead Live (2018) (*****)
What’s to like? Excellent career-spanning overview of one of rock’s most enduring bands, offering both studio and live renditions of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs. Ever fancied becoming a “Dead […]
Bob Marley – Songs Of Freedom (1992) (*****)
What’s to like? Highly recommended overview of the iconic reggae artist, whose music and lyrics continues to resonate down through the generations. The low down I don’t know about you, […]
Jimi Hendrix – A Bluffer’s Guide to the live albums
What’s to like? An informal guide to Jimi Hendrix’s live albums, from the perspective of a newcomer just discovering them. (Each album listed includes a hyperlink to details of song […]
Ozric Tentacles – Vitamin Enhanced (Deluxe Edition Book Set) (2021) (*****)
What’s to like? A most satisfying psychedelic breakfast, with a tasty six disc book-set of the Ozric Tentacles’ original cassette albums, all newly remastered by main man Ed Wynne “to […]
The Pineapple Thief – The Soord Sessions Volumes 1-4 (Deluxe Edition) (2021) (****)
What’s to like? Lockdown-friendly set of live performances streamed by The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord last year, collected into an excellent book/cd set which captures the intimacy of an acoustic […]
The Anchoress – The Art Of Losing (2021) (*****)
What’s to like? “Ouch. This is going to hurt.” A remarkably honest collection of songs produced in the aftermath of personal loss, but offering a positive and empowering message, through […]
Richard Barbieri – Under A Spell (2021) (****)
What’s to like? A quietly impressive collage of music, which subtly grows on the listener over time, and continues Barbieri’s reputation for creating synthesiser music that sounds original and unique. […]
Steven Wilson – The Future Bites (2021) (*****)
What’s to like? Wilson’s most direct album yet, wrapping nine meticulously crafted songs into a concise forty minutes, with one of the finest audio mixes I’ve ever heard (….and no […]
