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“I found a 1968 Gibson on eBay and took a chance. The neck has snapped three times, but it's still the best bass I've ever played”: How a battle-scarred vintage Gibson survived three broken necks to power a Mercury Prize-nominated jazz collective

Bassist Stan Woodward talks eBay finds, music theory, and the rapid rise of the Geordie Greep-backed jazz outfit

Guitar World

‘Geordie optimism is this rigorous spirit of hard graft’: Newcastle jazz band Knats break out of the north-south divide

While their London peers thrived, Knats faced dwindling funding. But after a Proms appearance and as they release a new album produced by Black Midi’s Geordie Greep, their confidence is high

The Guardian - UK

My New Band Believe review – beautiful ideas burst from ex-Black Midi man’s lovable debut album

Smoothing out the jump-cut chaos of his previous band, Cameron Picton brings entirely acoustic instrumentation to bear on these lovely, beguiling songs

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“A unique, genuine, and fierce guitar player”: Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies at 26

The influential, boundary-pushing guitarist helped Black Midi become one of the most prominent bands in British indie rock

Guitar World

Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies aged 26

The guitarist helped form the experimental rock band in London in 2017

The Independent UK

Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dead at 26

Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin died following a lengthy battle with his mental health.

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‘We’d play for a frozen burrito’: post-rockers Tortoise on the changing face of Chicago, Steve Albini and their new-gen fans

Informed by everything from jungle to Krautrock and musique concrète, Tortoise broke new ground 30 years ago. Returning after nine years away, ‘it’s a different world’, they say

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We say farewell to Fish on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Tony Levin, Jethro Tull, BEAT, Dream Theater, Public Service Broadcasting, Rosalie Cunningham, Beardfish, Vincent Cavanagh and more...

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Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘Almost every band behaves like a corporation. Everything is a press release’

After his abrupt dissolving of the spiky art rock favourites, the singer has returned intent on making music ‘for your ears, not your brain’

The Guardian - UK

“It’s over. I don’t want to string anyone along.” Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep confirms band break-up, says “nothing’s meant to go on forever.”

“People go down different paths, find out they’re into different things”

Louder

“We’d agreed not to say anything about ‘breaking up’ so I was as blindsided as everyone else”: Experimental rock darlings Black Midi announce “indefinite” hiatus

Bassist Cameron Picton claims he was surprised by the sudden announcement made by guitarist Geordie Greep

Guitar World

black midi announce they're on "indefinite hiatus"

Eclectic London prog trio black midi surprise fans by announcing split over the weekend

Louder

“Dirty Deeds… has some more complicated ideas that go up inan Eddie Van Halen kind of way. It reminds me of the kind of things Steve Hackett was doing in 1972”: Black Midi’s Georgie Greep on the high-voltage genius of Angus Young

Black Midi might sound little like AC/DC but as Greep reveals, the influence is there and it is profound, and here breaks down the madcap genius style of rock's evergreen schoolboy

Guitar World

"Hellfire is something that has way more impact with a much wider scope." Are black midi really the 'natural heirs' to King Crimson?

Young London modern prog rock trio black midi set out their stall with third album Hellfire

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Black Midi: Hellfire review – gruesome rock opera is a little too clever

From cocktail-lounge piano to thrashing drums, the British prog band make musical handbrake turns that are thrilling but hard to love

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