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Prog Renaissance: An Interview with Space Octopus Cartel
Read more: Prog Renaissance: An Interview with Space Octopus CartelJust after the recent release of their first EP, Discovery Bluff, I sat down with the members of Space Octopus Cartel, an ambitious prog band who are paying homage to the genre’s legends while maintaining a catchy, rhythmic focus. The band’s members, Guinevere Klein, Alex Heard, Becky Hipson, Jake Currant, and Benny Thompson, perform in…
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Picture This: Gilla Band
Read more: Picture This: Gilla Band(feat. The Psychotic Monks; Norwich Arts Centre, 27/02/2024) In sharp contrast to my BCNR photos last year, which were accompanied by a long and mostly incoherent rant, these images from a recent Gilla Band gig form part of a new series. I have christened it ‘Picture This’ after the Blondie song – a nice self-explanatory…
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I Hate Industry Plant Rumours
Read more: I Hate Industry Plant RumoursReflections on The Last Dinner Party and terrible music discourse. I’ve been thinking about the term “Industry Plant” a lot lately – partially because I need to get out more, and partially because I’ve been browsing Reddit’s Indieheads forum, where a fresh band, The Last Dinner Party, and their album, Prelude to Ecstasy, have attracted…
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Deep Electronica: An Interview with jellyskin
Read more: Deep Electronica: An Interview with jellyskinFor our first interview on the site, I sat down (via Zoom) with Zia and Will, who together form the fabulous electronic duo jellyskin. Their debut LP In Brine released last month, comprising wall-to-wall techno bops that combine subversively submerged lyricism with noisy, progressive rhythms and complex song structures. Quite deservedly, the group’s unique approach…
The Beaten Track 