Tag Archives: prog rock

SKY – Sky 2

May 20, 2015

Arista 1980 / Esoteric 2014 Popular classics give strength in numbers: number two album that reached number one spot. If any serious calculation shared space with creativity in the making of SKY’s , its commercial success still was somewhat unexpected. … Continue reading →

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FM – Transformation

May 13, 2015

Esoteric Antenna 2015 Radiant revitalization of Canadian progressive force exploring inner and outer spaces. Almost four decades after their start and 28 years since their last studio effort, Cameron Hawkins has landed his band’s latest emergence, getting into gear from … Continue reading →

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MARBIN – The Third Set

May 11, 2015

MoonJune 2014 Earth-searing live performance that brokers no compromise but takes one on a bumpy roller coaster ride. Intensity and occasional release: that’s what this band’s studio output has been about since their very start. Yet saxophonist Danny Markovitch and … Continue reading →

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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Merlin Atmos

April 27, 2015

Esoteric Antenna 2015 Live document of 2013 tour conceptualizes the band’s epic aspect and shifts the collective’s balance. Dark extravaganza of VdGG’s albums has always been hard to reproduce on-stage, which never deterred this intrepid unit from taking their menace … Continue reading →

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LEON ALVARADO – 2014 Music From An Expanded Universe

April 20, 2015

Melodic Revolution 2014 Stopgap rapture from a prog latecomer widening his cosmos with every new cycle. It took Leon Alvarado’s talent three decades – having started in the late ’70s, the keyboardist’s first work, “Plays Genesis And Other Original Stuff,” … Continue reading →

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