Wilson Sings
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Dec 21, 2012
Steven Wilson's new album, featuring Theo Travis and others, The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), is now available for pre-order at Burning Shed. 

Thrak Covered
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 18, 2012
The cover design of Thrak and other associated Double Trio recordings comes under scrutiny here. 

LTIA Reviewed
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 18, 2012
The 40th Anniversary edition Larks' Tongues In Aspic has been reviewed here. 

Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 17, 2012
Mister Stormy presents us with an opportunity to wrap our listening gear around another couple of tracks from The Vicar's Songbook. 

And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 17, 2012
Congratulations to W Foster of Warneet, in Victoria, Australia. Because he was able to tell me that the name of the debut album by Naked Truth was Shizaru, he wins the copy of their latest album, Ouroboros. Stay tuned for another giveaway competition later this week.

A Big Finish?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 17, 2012
My thanks to Rich Mlinar for sending this list of apocalyptic tunes.

Music and Copyright in the Digital Era
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Dec 16, 2012
Here's an interesting conversation between author Chris Ruen and David Byrne discussing the ethics of music and copyright in the digital era. 

Box Of Saturday
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Dec 15, 2012
My thanks to Sean Hewitt for letting us know the LTIA box set has been chosen as one of the great gift ideas in The Times today.

Naked Truth Giveaway
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Dec 12, 2012
Thanks to those nice people at Rare Noise Records we have a copy of the new album by Naked Truth, Ouroboros, to give away. The band features Pat Mastelotto on drums, Roy Powell on keyboards, Graham Haynes on cornet and electronics and bassist Lorenzo Feliciati who pulled the whole thing together. All you need to do to win a copy of this little beauty is to tell me the name of the debut album by Naked Truth. Pop your name and postal address in an email to competitions@dgmlive.com marked NAKED TRUTH and we’ll announce the winner on Monday 17th December. You can listen to a couple of tracks from the new album and find out more about the band’s discography and check out their brand new website. You can also read my take on the new album over on the blog. 

Lake, Sinfield & Willcox!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Dec 12, 2012
Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas is listed as the 24th best Xmas song in the Independent's festive fifty. Listed alongside the original version are covers by Toyah and Elaine Page.