Progressive »

The Heads – Reverberations Volume 2 – “epic kosmische gnostic jamming experience”

The Heads – Reverberations Volume 2 – “epic kosmische gnostic jamming experience”

Ross McGibbon October 4, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

CARDINAL FUZZ / ROOSTER 28th August 2020 A great slab of kosmische rock, recorded live at The Thekla in Bristol on the 6th December 2001 at a festival dedicated to gnostic exploration. Gnosticism puts

Read More »
Zone Six – Any Noise Is Intended – “psychedelic stew with heady aroma”

Zone Six – Any Noise Is Intended – “psychedelic stew with heady aroma”

Ross McGibbon October 4, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

THE ACID TEST RECORDINGS 7th August 2020 A blast from the past, this album was originally issued in 2003 and is a monster psychedelic experience that might have been drawn from anywhere in the

Read More »
Jo Quail to re-release Five Incantations

Jo Quail to re-release Five Incantations

Vanguard Online October 2, 2020 0

Vanguard Online

I edit Vanguard Online, make contact with PR companies and recruit new writers.

Latest posts by Vanguard Online (see all)

Progressive rock gets a bad name, perhaps deservedly so, for being a bit formulaic and pretentious. Nevertheless I do get, I think, that those who are into it like it because of the trance

Read More »
Dave Schoepke – “Tessellated Resonance” – drums, drums, drums

Dave Schoepke – “Tessellated Resonance” – drums, drums, drums

Ross McGibbon August 10, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

DIGITAL   5th August 2020 There are people who use the drum solo in a concert as an opportunity for a toilet break – particularly if it is one of the ten minute ones the Grateful

Read More »
Morse, Portnoy, George – ‘Cov3r To Cov3r’ / ‘Cover To Cover Anthology’ – we say: an enjoyable diversion from prog masters

Morse, Portnoy, George – ‘Cov3r To Cov3r’ / ‘Cover To Cover Anthology’ – we say: an enjoyable diversion from prog masters

Ross McGibbon July 22, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

INSIDE OUT MUSIC 24th July, 2020 That’s Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy & Randy George to you. Doyens of prog rock and luminaries of such bands as Spock’s Beard, Dream Theater and Transatlantic, with Neal

Read More »
Guru Guru – “Live In China” – groovy Krautrock’n’roll from veteran hippies

Guru Guru – “Live In China” – groovy Krautrock’n’roll from veteran hippies

Ross McGibbon May 21, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

OUT NOW Mani Neumeier is the only member left from Guru Guru’s original line-up, yet this is still a collaborative project. He leads from the drums and takes the vocals but then, he has

Read More »
Mani Neumeier & Okinawa Friends – ‘Galapagos’ – coral percussion makes for relaxed hippy jamming heaven

Mani Neumeier & Okinawa Friends – ‘Galapagos’ – coral percussion makes for relaxed hippy jamming heaven

Ross McGibbon May 21, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

Cleopatra Records Mani Neumeier fronts the long-lasting proto-hippy German band, Guru Guru. With fifty years under their belt, a studio album last year and a live album this year, Mani is a busy man,

Read More »
Caspar Brotzmann Massaker – “Home” – terrifying ultra-heavy rock trio from the nineties

Caspar Brotzmann Massaker – “Home” – terrifying ultra-heavy rock trio from the nineties

Ross McGibbon April 27, 2020 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

SOUTHERN LORD 17th April 2020 Six months on from the screaming jazz feedback and heavy rock of the early nineties albums, “Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore” / “Koksofen” comes this reissue offering with ever

Read More »
Jo Quail’s arresting performance at Bristol’s Exchange

Jo Quail’s arresting performance at Bristol’s Exchange

Deborah Finamore September 29, 2019 0

Deborah Finamore

Latest posts by Deborah Finamore (see all)

The internationally acclaimed composer and cellist Jo Quail put on a mesmerizing show at the Exchange in Bristol supporting Emma Ruth Rundle on her UK Tour. But it was clear from the fans gathering

Read More »
Hawkestrel – “The Future Is Us” and the Hawk universe will go on forever

Hawkestrel – “The Future Is Us” and the Hawk universe will go on forever

Ross McGibbon August 19, 2019 0

Ross McGibbon

Latest posts by Ross McGibbon (see all)

CLEOPATRA RECORDS August 9th, 2019 I don’t know where or when these tracks were laid down and they can’t have been all together in the studio, since at least two of the line-up are

Read More »

Warning: Illegal string offset 'background' in /homepages/24/d229457267/htdocs/vanguard-online.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ilc-allground/ilc-cpt.php on line 279