View from the South...
Hello,
Below a review of the most promising bands of this moment...
The Reasoning.
Their debut album ended high in my Top 3 of 2007 so I was very keen to hear this album. Matthew warned me that this new album would become heavier than their previous well-received angel, but "…I think you'll like it..." . A few songs have already been played live; "Dark Angel" indeed a bit heavier, but still melodic and fabulous, "Breaking the 4th Wall" & "Sharp Sea" were fantastic and here and there some pounding drums and breaking guitar riffs. But even for a softy like me, highly enjoyable. You can imagine how frustrated I was when my copy got lost in the canal somewhere. So I had to grab it from their merchandise table when they played at the Borderline.
If their debut album landed in the Top 3 of 2007, then this album could end in the Top 3 of this
decade… yes dear readers, this is a marvellous album and I am overwhelmed. Read more
here.
9++/10 without a doubt.
I'm allowed to give away two albums, so read the review and win.
Double Review +
An interview with Bass Kanij & Rachel & Matt.
Review of "Pure" from
Pendragon + Mangenta.
Martin Orford.
Martin Orford (the ex-keyboard player of IQ) has a new solo album out; The Old Road.No sorry he got no MyspacePage or a website. And he ask if you would be so polite to not download his albums, or any album at all.
IQ.
They will release two Limited Edition Tour CDs The new IQ studio album Frequency is scheduled to be released early next year but, to coincide with the forthcoming live dates, November will see the release of two new collectable Tour CDs. Both discs will feature about 40 minutes of exclusive material, unavailable elsewhere, including brand new recordings from the studio this year and rare archive material, stretching as far back as 1985.
Frost*.
John Jowitt of IQ is one of the driving forces of this talented bunch of people (Jem Godfrey,
John Mitchell (Arena, It Bites) & Andy Edwards (IQ)). They are working on a new album and planning a
double tour with Magenta.
So watch out their space (or this one ;-), dates in the Netherlands are 09 & 10 April @
the lovely South & De Boerderij ...
Gazpacho.
DUTCH TOUR: The pre-sales in de Boederij are hot! Probably it will be
sold out, so be aware!
RPWL.
The City Wakes, the ten-day, multi-activity celebration of Syd Barrett's life which had people travel
from all over the world to attend, took place 2 weks ago.
Please sent in your Top 5 albums of this moment to www.progwereld.org. It's in Dutch, but it's easy and no
spam or whatever.
Enjoy it.
Thanks to Michel, Jimmie, Maarten & Charles.
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Tick Tick Tour 2009
26.03.2009 NL Den Bosch W2
27.03.2009 NL Zoetermeer De Boerderij
28.03.2009 GER Cologne Underground
29.03.2009 FRA Paris La Locomotive
31.03.2009 ESP Barcelona Bikini
01.04.2009 ITA Milano Rolling Stone
02.04.2009 ITA Roma Staziona Birre
03.04.2009 ITA Reggio Emilia Fuori Orario
05.04.2009 GER Munich Backstage
06.04.2009 GER Stuttgart Röhre
07.04.2009 GER Aschaffenburg Colos Saal
08.04.2009 UK London Islington Academy
Mostly Autumn.
28.11.08 Grand opera House York0844 8472322 http://www.grandoperahouseyork.org.uk
11.12.2008 The Junction Cambridge Leisure Park Clifton Way Cambridge01223511511
13.12.08 The Montgomery Hall Wath-upon-Dearne 01709 702575 http://www.classicrocksociety.net CRS Christmas Show
14.12.08 Robin 2 Bilston Wolverhampton01902 401211 http://www.therobin.co.uk
16.12.2008 The Brook 466 Portswood Road Portswood Southampton02380 555366 http://www.the-brook.com
17.12.2008 The Limelight Hightown Crewe01270 251929
28.02.09 Shepherds Bush Empire London0870 771 2000 http://www.shepherds-bush-empire.co.uk Re scheduled from September
20 December De Boerderij
Zoetermeer NL
21 December Spirit of 66 Verviers BE
here!
Competition starts next week!
Picture by Wilma Hoogendoorn, De Boerderij, December 2007.
More great news about the Mostlies at the end of this month... ;-))
30 November P3
Purmerend with Sylvain.
Pictures by
Jaak Geebelen.
More pictures from Wil Delissen
RPWL.
Blind Ego.
Kalle Wallner, the symphatetic guitarist from RPWL is busy in now the studio,
recording the vocals for
second album with Blind Ego. The vocals are done by Paul Wrighston, the original singer of Arena. And
other member is John Jowitt, from IQ, Frost* etc... and a new man on board is Iggor Cavalera, drummer of Sepultura and Soulfly.
Release date early 2009 followed by a tour! Maybe we'll make something very special of this one... ;-)
So i'll miss
Mangrove on 19th of December in
Apeldoorn.
Mmm that 's sad! Next times boys!
If you live in the U.K. catch them;
17 Nov. the Robin, Wolverhampton
They've a new re-stylished site, pleae have a look.
Marillion.
This band is on the road since almost 30 years. I saw them in 1983 here in the South, the venue was not
filed at all, maybe 80 people... but jeemie what a gig.
Tourdates & a great trailer
on their website.
Their abum is out now too and called "Happiness is the Road Tour".
Here to report a f*****g awesome show at Colston Hall last night!
The HITR material works brilliantly live, the set was perfectly balanced, and the band were on fine
form. Very Happy!
Wonderful memories to add to the collection! Very Happy Very Happy
Happiness really is the road...
Rachel from
the Reasonings forum.
And don't forget to write down the Marillion weekends in the Netherlands and Canada.
Think i'll dropp by and meet some friends!
"Genesis: 1970-1975," a seven-CD and six-DVD box set that includes upgraded editions of all five albums the group
recorded between those years is out now. and to promote it, fans are willing to hear the latest gossips;
A reunion?!?
"We've never said never about it, you know," keyboardist Tony Banks tells. "I know Phil (Collins) would be quite happy
with the idea of just playing the drums; it would be quite fun for him. Mike (Rutherford) and I are certainly happy to do it. I know Steve (Hackett) is keen as well. I think it'd be down to Peter (Gabriel) more than anyone else."
Gabriel was actually the first to broach the idea of reuniting that Genesis lineup, initially for a handful of performances of the 1974 concept piece "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," in 2004. He later pulled back in order to concentrate on a solo album he's still making. It did lead to Banks, Collins and Rutherford reuniting for a tour in 2007, and there are still hopes that the older roster will eventually do something together.
"It would be fun to do something like that purely for the fun of working together again and seeing where it takes you," Rutherford notes. Hackett adds that, "I think we should do this before one of us dies; we're not getting any younger, to quote one of the songs, so maybe one day it'll happen."
The highly-respected, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, whom many of you would also have enjoyed as part of David Gilmour's touring band on his 2006 tour (and subsequent CD/DVD releases), enjoys a thriving solo career. Some of you may have heard his wonderful 2004 album, 6PM, partly on the strength of David guesting on it.
Today (November 10th) Phil releases not just one, but two new albums - "Firebird V11", an absorbing collection of new songs, and "The Music 1972 - 2008", a 2CD and 1DVD set, chock full of good stuff looking back over his impressive back catalogue.
Firebird V11 sees a team-up with drummer Charles Hayward, renowned bassist Yaron Stavi, and award-winning Polish pianist Leszek Mozdzer, who also cropped up on David Gilmour's On An Island, and played at the Gdansk concert.
Read more here, here you can find some mp3's.
Held in Cambridge, the town of Syd's birth, and, ultimately, where he spent his final days, the festival took in concert performances, a pair of exhibitions, talks, a happening, and guided tours of Cambridge and the surrounding area, and other, one-off performances, all in aid of Escape Artists, a mental health charity.
My last buy was "The Old Road" from Martin Orford, so that ended high. The Reasoning with "Dark Angel"
ended higher ;-)
tickets for the Dutch
Mostly Autumn gigs have a look at this spot!
please keep smiling,
Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands
at www.mostlypink.net.
Click here.
11th of 11 -2008.