Tim Hall’s Top 10 Albums of 2010

Top ten lists are a very subjective thing. While they can be a useful pointer to albums you might have missed, I always loathe the compiled-by-committee lists you read in places like Pitchfork or The Guardian. They all seem to contain exactly the same albums, and without fail they have absolutely zero overlap with the [...]

Panic Room, Bilston Robin 2, 19-Sep-2010

Anne-Marie Helder and Paul Davies of Panic Room

Panic Room are a Swansea-based progressive rock band that emerged from the ashes of the original lineup of the celtic/progressive band Karnataka, with Karnataka’s backing vocalist Anne-Marie Helder taking on the role of lead singer.  They have so far recorded two studio albums, and made their live debut at the beginning of 2008. The Robin [...]

Ten 21st Century Progressive Rock Albums You Really Must Listen To

Contrary to popular myth, progressive rock did not disappear overnight in a massive pyre of twin-necked guitars and Mellotrons the day after Johnny Rotten dropped the F-bomb in prime-time TV in 1976.  Instead, after a brief revival in the early 80s, it just went underground, in the UK at least.  In the past decade, the [...]

Cambridge Rock Festival 2010

(from Tim in London) — The Cambridge Rock Festival is one of the many small rock festivals held up and down the country. The CRF specialises in classic rock, blues and prog, and just like the same festival in previous years it’s like visiting an alternate universe where punk never happened. You won’t find much [...]