Tag Archives: prog rock

NEKTAR – The Other Side

March 22, 2020

Esoteric Antenna 2020 Remembering the future, venerated proggers revisit their past to map out fresh ventures. Roey Albrighton’s passing in 2016 seemed to have robbed his ensemble from further exploration of cosmic routes, although those well-versed in this combo’s history … Continue reading →

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DREAMING MADMEN – Ashes Of A Diary

March 20, 2020

Dreaming Madmen 2019 Soul-searching by Lebanese-American duo who feel their way through art-rock cosmos seeking out sound and identity. It’s a long way from Middle East to Austin, so this duo know the value of distance all too well, which … Continue reading →

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DAMO SUZUKI & LAPIS LAZULI – Live At The Ramsgate Music Hall 21.09.2019 / Louis Padilla’s Muzak Uzi

January 26, 2020

Lapis Lazuli 2020 Improvising on-stage and in the studio, Canterbury modernists rope in CAN warbler for a joint jaunt to face audience and fly free. It’s an oxymoron yet “intrepidly cautious” might well be LL’s MO, because they don’t seem … Continue reading →

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FRANK WYATT & FRIENDS – Zeitgeist

January 16, 2020

Crafty Hands Music 2019 Perhaps not happy, if still content, American art-rock maven embraces his mortality and unveils his magnum opus. From HAPPY THE MAN’s onward, Frank Wyatt has always been busy and always kept the company of his former … Continue reading →

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DISTRICT 97 – Screens

January 12, 2020

MindScan 2019 Hardening their sonic windshield, Chicagoan ensemble explore fractal reflections of our world’s microcosm. It took this band more than a few years to refine experimental edge they demonstrated from the outset, when an American Idol finalist Leslie Hunt … Continue reading →

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