Tag Archives: prog rock

BUGRA SISMAN – Until Now

January 13, 2016

Bugra Sisman 2015 Progressive in perpetual motion: Istanbul guitarist explores existential realms on debut EP. Challenging art-rock’s tendency for a long-form realization is a refreshing endeavor; more so, there’s irony in the beginning of this four-track mini-album, as “Zero” reveals … Continue reading →

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ROCKET ROBERT – Rocket Robert

December 15, 2015

Future 1982 / Got Kinda Lost 2015 Spaced-out and out of time: obscure Oregon auteur’s curio gets into expanse. The notion of retrofuturism couldn’t bother Robert Moore less when he funded a private pressing of this home recording with the … Continue reading →

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URIAH HEEP – Totally Driven

December 9, 2015

Classic Rock Legends 2001 / Uriah Heep 2015 Not ‘umble anymore, Brit veterans’ most stable line-up embrace the band’s volatile past. A lot of water – a whole sea of light – has flown under the bridge since the mid-’70s … Continue reading →

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GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES – Ride The Tiger

December 6, 2015

Cherry Red 2015 Not afraid to dismount: prog rock giants’ doomed collaboration of a pop stripe finally sees the light of day in full. Back in 1983, ASIA’s Japanese jaunt had proved that couldn’t front a band that he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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SLIVOVITZ – All You Can Eat

December 4, 2015

MoonJune 2015 Generous offer from Naples septet who remembered how to have fun. If the title of this record promises smorgasbord, that’s what there is, and it would be – as suggested by the cover – asinine not to gobble … Continue reading →

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