Author: Wil Miles

About Wil Miles

Wil is a 30-something musician and music lover from Bristol. He enjoys a wide range of music, including Prog-Rock/Metal, Post-Rock, Punk, Pop and a range of other genres that don't necessarily start with a P. If it sounds good, it is good.

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Down I Go – ‘Mortals’ EP *Pre-order*.

Down I Go – Stockholm/Toronto/Chicago. Artwork credit – Elliott Elam. Down I Go are a band that (as numerous other reviews of their work will tell you) gleefully defy attempts at catagorisation, and with good reason – their back catalogue is a diverse and some might say challenging affair, incorporating some of...

NYOS Unveil Forthcoming Third Album – ‘Navigation’.

NYOS – Jyvaskyla, Finland. Technology has opened up a lot of avenues in modern times for bands that sit outside of the traditional 3 pieces-or-more configuration, and NYOS are one such Instrumental duo from Finland that have embraced the possibilities offered by loop pedals to augment their sound. With their soon to be...

Bent Knee – ‘Land Animal’.

Bent Knee – Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I first came across Bent Knee on Amps For Equality‘s To Chechnya With Love – Vol 1 charity compilation – Click Here. The included track, ‘Queen of the Conquest’, immediately made an impact on me with it’s strong vocal hook, amid a selection of other tracks...

Some Kind Of Illness – ‘Awakening’.

Some Kind Of Illness – Bolton/Manchester, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Awakening, the third full-length independent release from Manchester duo Some Kind Of Illness, is a record that feels a bit like it’s from another time – happily for some and perhaps not...

The Elusive and Abstract Cares and The ‘Coping Strategies’ EP.

Cares – Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic Music, from it’s earliest beginnings to the present day, comes in a bewildering variety of forms, with sampling and synthesis opening up pathways for musicians that often simply aren’t possible in the analogue realm. What sets apart Cares latest EP, Coping Strategies, however, is it’s...

Astralia – ‘Solstice’.

Astralia – Barcelona, Spain. Hailing from the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Astralia have been established in the world of both Post and Ambient-Rock for a number of years, touring Europe and sharing stages with live heavyweights such as Mono, Nordic Giants and Maybe She Will. As you would expect of a...