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Be-Bop Deluxe’s finest hours revisited again – but the journey is always rewarding
By James McNair published
Bill Nelson’s finest hours are revisited again in clamshell set, but the journey is always rewarding

There’s more to British jazz rock than Soft Machine, Brand X, Bruford and Nucleus
By Prog Magazine published
Here are six underrated and overlooked albums from the 1970s that will reward investigation

Jethro Tull’s Still Living In The Past defies lazy assumptions of what prog was in the 70s
By Chris Roberts published
Reissue series revives the 1972 high-class hodgepodge in a generous, never perfunctory style

Halestorm finally scale rock's summit on Everest
By Matt Mills published
US hard rockers Halestorm bring on-stage ferocity into the recording studio

The 10 Roger Waters albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
By Hugh Fielder published
A guide to former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' best albums – picked from the Floyd recordings he dominated and his solo career

“Terrifying quality and no noodle-fest”: Gavin Harrison and Nick Johnston’s Early Mercy
By Grant Moon published
King Crimson and Porcupine Tree drummer and new Mastodon guitarist deliver strange, beautiful music with help from Allan Holdsworth bassist Evan Marien

What happens when a Eurovision band turns to the dark side? Lord Of The Lost’s new album almost answers that question
By Catherine Morris published
The first entry in a planned trilogy, Opvs Noir, Vol. 1 sees Lord Of The Lost shed their vibrant look while retaining their goth/glam bluster

Halestorm reach a career peak with new album Everest
By Dannii Leivers published
Halestorm are still Halestorm on album number six, but the hard rockers have more ideas in their back pockets than ever before

Jonas Renske steers the new-look Kakatonia towards a different darkness
By Phil Weller published
Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State, their first album without Anders Nyström, embraces first takes, shelved ideas and outside influences – and hints at how they might use more electronic elements in the future
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