Monthly Archives: April 2013

JOHN WHEELER – Un-American Gothic

April 15, 2013

Cooking Vinyl 2013 Barley Scotch opts for a so(m)ber outlook – with a HAYSEED DIXIE kind of merriment in the back seat. For all the straight-faced allusion to a Grant Wood’s painting, how un-American can be a reading of THE … Continue reading →

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FM – Black Noise

April 14, 2013

CBC 1977 / Esoteric 2013 First European release of the Canadian classic tuned into tuneful space and welcoming pleasant entropy. Not to be mistaken for their British namesakes, this trio from Toronto have never pursued heaviness, not on the scale … Continue reading →

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TRICK OR TREAT – Rabbit’s Hill Pt. 1

April 14, 2013

Valery 2012 Out the warren and into new realm: a trickster royalty get their own tune. As far as power metal, especially Italian, goes, one is used to see dragons and swords on an album cover, not some furry animals. … Continue reading →

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GREG LAKE – Songs Of A Lifetime

April 13, 2013

Esoteric Antenna 2013 From the shoulders of giants, a prog rock titan gets down to play with the clay, Prometheus-like, with fire in his hands. Whether with KING CRIMSON or ELP, there’s always been a feeling that Greg Lake, calm … Continue reading →

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HAWKWIND LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Stellar Variations

April 12, 2013

Esoteric Antenna 2012 A low-fat line-up of space-rock champions carry out an attention-arresting flying exercise. The power chords of opener “Stellar Perspective” blow away any suspicious associations of a new HAWKS spin-off with ELO or any other sort of levity, … Continue reading →

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