Latest articles by Joe Banks
Gilroy Mere -The Green Line album review
Not yet ratedA musical journey into the glory days of public transport
Bark Psychosis - Hex album review
Not yet ratedDouble 45rpm vinyl reissue for post-rock classic and nu prog landmark
Ufomammut - 8 album review
Not yet ratedSuper dense suite of cosmic metal from Italian power trio Ufomammut
Motorpsycho - The Tower album review
Not yet ratedNorwegian legends Motorpsycho rediscover their mojo with expansive double album
Various Artists - Closed Circuits Vol 1 album review
Not yet ratedSubversive synth pop and abrasive futurism from Australia's unheralded alternative electronic music scene from the 70s and 80s
Bardspec - Hydrogen album review
Not yet ratedDebut album reaches the places other extreme metal side projects cannot
Jean-Jacques Perrey - Jean-Jacques Perrey Et Son Ondioline album review
Not yet ratedEarly works from electro-exoticist signpost the future Jean-Jacques
Amplifier - Trippin’ With Dr Faustus album review
Not yet ratedAlbum six from Amplifier - technicians of spaceship Manchester - is devilishly good
Can - The Singles album review
Not yet ratedCareer-spanning ‘hits’ compilation from Krautrock pioneers
The Bob Lazar Story - Baritonia album review
Not yet ratedWhirlwind tour of prog history from New Zealand-based duo
Harvestman - Music For Megaliths album review
Not yet ratedPagan drone from Neurosis man channels ancient powers
Dave Brock discusses Hawkwind's new lease of life
Hot on the heels of last year’s Prog Award-nominated The Machine Stops comes a new album from Hawkwind that explores the darker side of nature. We talk to the captain of the ship Dave Brock
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology album review
Not yet ratedNeo-Kraut space siren returns with most focused and beguiling release yet
Cakewalk - Ishihara album review
Not yet ratedStormy third album from elemental Norwegian improv trio
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill - The Moomins album review
Not yet ratedElectro-exotic soundtrack to fuzzy felt animation finally gets a real release.
Here Lies Man - Here Lies Man album review
Not yet ratedHeavy Afro-psychedelic debut explores the rhythmic possibilities of the riff.
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present English Weather album review
Not yet ratedAutumnal prog collection captures the melancholy mood of the early 70s.
Once & Future Band - Once & Future Band album review
Not yet ratedFlamboyant soft prog lives on the Cali wizards’ opulently arranged debut album
Magic Mushroom Band - Pictures In My Mind: Anthology 1984-1994 album review
Not yet ratedFree festival stalwarts get a proper retrospective
Shaman Elephant - Crystals album review
Not yet ratedPromising debut from heavy psych prog Norwegians
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (The Elevated Edition) album review
Not yet ratedWill the classic Jethro Tull line-up please Stand Up...
Hawkwind - The Charisma Years 1976-1979 album review
Not yet ratedA leap from deep space to other astounding sounds from Hawkwind
Gong on life after Daevid Allen
The idiosyncratic vision of Daevid Allen defined Gong for almost half a century. Now a whole new group are continuing as Gong with Allen’s blessing – and some pretty weighty expectations…
