Tag Archives: art rock

CURVED AIR – Curved Space & Infinity

January 20, 2017

Cherry Red 2016 Observing rainbow in peripheral vision, art-rock veterans uncover voiceless spectrum. Not per se, these two albums, bundled together as a second installment of the band’s series, can be seen as Alpha and Omega of the their method. Fusion … Continue reading →

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BAROCK PROJECT – Vivo: Live In Concert

October 27, 2016

Artalia 2016 Rounding off their first decade, Italian purveyors of grandiosity report from the road. It’s somehow comforting that this quintet don’t burden their listeners with experimental notions and go so tightly along their name that there’s a line to … Continue reading →

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MIKE CAMPESE – Chapters

October 21, 2016

LimeLight 2016 Sketches from the land of forefathers: former TSO guitarist draws aural imagery in mostly acoustic tones. This Albany-born six-stringer has always been proud of his Italian heritage, but it took Mike Campese a 2013 tour through the Apennine … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE – Live Fillmore West 1970

September 22, 2016

Spiral 2002 / Angel Air 2016 Concert rarity from the original, Yardbirds-inhabited ensemble of quintessential British art-rockers. It would be erroneous to see this band’s original line-up as a caterpillar which transformed into a butterfly in the early ’70s and … Continue reading →

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RED SQUARE – Rare And Lost ’70s Recordings

September 9, 2016

Mental Experience 2016 Southend-On-Sea’s long-forgotten constructivists uncover their past to reclaim the band’s avant-garde stance and drift into tomorrow. Disrespectful to anything, including music rules, this band could’ve been up with the greatest art-rock ensembles if they showed a bit … Continue reading →

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