Lesoir: Latitude (Gentle Art Of Music) Netherlands band Lesoir are an interesting act, they bewitched me with their previous record so it...

Joanne Shaw Taylor, Colston Hall Bristol This was a rescheduled gig, owing to Joanne’s illness at the time of the original date. Coming fi...

Daniel Cavanagh: Monochrome (Kscope) Listening to The Exorcist , the opening track on Anathema main man Daniel Cavanagh’s debut solo relea...

Houston: III (Cargo Records) A pure slice of the 80's here in the late noughties, Houston's third album is a fun, lighter-waving e...

Communic: Where Echoes Gather (AFM Records) If you fancy something a little more challenging then Norwegian three-piece Communic will be o...

Ne Obliviscaris: Urn (Seasons Of Mist) Australian extreme progressive metallers Ne Obliviscaris have been bubbling under the rock radar fo...

The Dark Element: S/T (Frontiers Records) The Dark Element is a band formed by two former members of well known acts. I realise that this ...

Opeth O2 Academy, Bristol I’ve written several reviews of the Swedish masters Opeth for this blog. Each one is crammed full of superlative...

Deep Purple Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff It’s been a long time coming but I finally got to see Deep Purple. One of my favourite bands of all ...

Think Floyd, Borough Theatre, Abergavenny I have two confessions. 1) I’m not the biggest fan of tribute bands and 2) In my youth I was nev...