The Patra band’s self-titled debut album "Timeless Afternoon" hits with prog rock patience, psych rock colour, blues grit and a collector’s vinyl pulse. Some albums feel like a group chat that finally stopped buffering. Timeless Afternoon’s self-titled debut album comes packed with songs that waited decades to reach listeners, but there is nothing sleepy about it. This is Greek progressive rock with stained fingers, warm tubes,...

Martin Yates’s new single, “Now or Never”, doesn’t ask for your time; it issues a three-minute summons. This is the sound of someone pushing their chair back from the table, the scrape of the legs on the floor echoing a decision that’s been brewing for years. Channeling the wounded pride of 1960s soul legends, Yates builds a monument to the moment the heart finally...