Tag Archives: art rock

BERNARDO LANZETTI – Horizontal Rain

October 3, 2021

SnV 2021 Grand maestro of Italian art rock returns with a vengeance – wreaking torrential revenge on the past and bending the present to his own will. It’s been more than a decade since signor Lanzetti last emerged in a … Continue reading →

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BE-BOP DELUXE – Drastic Plastic

May 18, 2021

Harvest 1978 / Esoteric 2021 Final adventure of a team who refused to get categorized and bid farewell on a serious note. Its title a warning of sorts, “Drastic Plastic” was the last album by this quartet – and it … Continue reading →

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FOCUS – 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976

February 1, 2021

Red Bullet 2020 A nigh on definitive package from the rock period of Dutch dreamers that boxes their classic oeuvre to examine it in aural and visual detail. Forget about GOLDEN EARRING and SHOCKING BLUE, for it’s FOCUS that, this … Continue reading →

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BE-BOP DELUXE – Axe Victim

January 30, 2021

Harvest 1974 / Esoteric 2020 Remastered and gloriously dusted off, British band’s debut shines a sharp light through decades. From Cocteau credo – “No longer to consider art as an amusement but as a priesthood” – to acrostic lyrics and, … Continue reading →

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DORIS BRENDEL & LEE DUNHAM – Mass Hysteria

September 2, 2020

Sky-Rocket 2020 Burning through time, British artists tune into zeitgeist to engulf the spirit in passion. From B&D’s debut onward, this duo have been dropping hints at a hidden depths’ nature of their oeuvre, and now, eight years down the … Continue reading →

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