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LATEST ARTICLES ( 126 )

• CARAVAN – Musical Whimsy and Wonder from England’s South Coast

  

  The glorious, heady days of psychedelia and progressive rock in the UK produced some of the greatest music ever made by man or woman, certainly more than you’d... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• An Appreciation of PHIL COLLINS: You’re Not Worthy

  

  by Allister Thompson I retired from blogging about music in July of 2015, after many years of frequent posting. My fingers and brain were tired. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Signing off

  

  Once this and other injuries healed in 2012, I decided to write a music blog. Hi folks! It’s with a bit of sadness that I announce to whoever’s reading that... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• GILES JACOBS AND WOLFGANG MERX – I Have Fought! (2015)

  

  This new album was released in conjunction with the We Are All Ghosts netlabel. Merx and Jacobs are two very experienced ambient/electronic musicians. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CONCERT REVIEW: The Church in Toronto, August 7, 2015

  

  by Allister Thompson Aussie veterans The Church have embarked on a North American tour as of this writing, and I dutifully headed down to the Opera House (not... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD – Magnet (2015)

  

  I’m not normally the type to review short EPs, because I’m a greedy fellow and I like, you know, quadruple albums. But this did catch my ears’ attention for a... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• SOUND OF CONTACT – Dimensionaut (2013)

  

  by Allister Thompson I have to admit that I, like many people, no doubt, checked out this band because its singer and drummer is Simon Collins … Phil’s son. I... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• NEW Gateless Gate Releases: Ancient Ocean and Ancient Metals

  

  The Gateless Gate is my krautambient project, and I’ve released in fairly quick succession two radically different albums. Over the winter, I collaborated with... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Essential ROBERT RICH

  

  by Allister Thompson I did a post quite a while back on some essential Steve Roach albums, which has proven popular in introducing some of his intimidatingly... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ASCENDANT – Aethereal Code (2015) The Genuine Mystic Trance

  

  Ascendant is an ambient superduo of sorts, comprised of Chris Bryant (Signs of Life) and Don Tyler (Phase47, and Make Your Own Taste’s best ambient album of... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ANATHEMA – Weather Systems (2012) Music’s Healing Power

  

  Even the cover is great! Over time, as you write a blog site and review a lot of albums, it becomes clear what your favourite topics are, whether you chose ’em... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CONCERT REVIEW: Rush’s R40 in Toronto, June 17, 2015

  

  The closest we plebes can usually get to famous rock bands. by Allister Thompson Rush’s R40 tour spectacle, which features video footage and lasers a-plenty,... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ALTUS – The Time Collection (2015)

  

  review by Richard Gürtler Acclaimed Ottawa, Canada-based ambient drifter Mike Carss, acting under his moniker Altus, was always known as an artist who focused o... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Starlit and Bible Black: DAVID CROSS and ROBERT FRIPP’s Starless Starlight (2015)

  

  by Allister Thompson If you are a proghead, there’s no doubt you are very well familiar with King Crimson’s classic 1974 album, Red. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Tribute to the Pot-head Pixies: DAEVID ALLEN and GONG

  

  by Allister Thompson It was announced quite recently that truly legendary musical icon Daevid Allen was going to be leaving this world soon due to incurable... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ten Beautifully Tranquil New Age Albums

  

  Ah, New Age, ambient’s shunned cousin kept locked up in the attic, well away from the cool kids. Well, it was shunned at one point, anyway. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• An Old Person’s Guide to King Crimson

  

  by Tim Clarke (Editor’s note: I could not be happier to have this wonderful article on my site. Tim Clarke, a fine musician himself [see the Bandcamp link... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Hello!

  

  Hey, reader. If you’re new, greetings. If you’re a veteran, you’re saying, hey, where are all the regular posts we used to get? Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ROBERT RICH – Filaments (2015)

  

  Review by Richard Gürtler Quite a long time has passed since Robert Rich’s last album. Nest was released in September of 2012. However, it doesn’t mean this... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• STEVEN WILSON – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015)

  

  by Allister I wasn’t seriously considering reviewing this album until I realized I’d never actually reviewed one of Wilson’s albums in full — I have written... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC