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KING CRIMSON – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic: 50th Anniversary Edition
January 6, 2024

Island 1973 / Panegyric 2023 Entering the era of intrepid forays into the great unknown, British art institution embrace brute force of the alleyway infantry to banish the cavalry of despair into oblivion. For all this band’s grand stature, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bruford, David Cross, John Wetton, King Crimson, prog rock, Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
KING CRIMSON – In The Court Of The Crimson King: 50th Anniversary Edition
May 16, 2020

Island 1969 / Panegyric 2019 A towering achievement of popular music which refuses to be scaled fifty years on but lends itself to observation from various angles. It’s rather rare for a rock ensemble with a distinguished, distinct discography to … Continue reading
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Tagged Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, King Crimson, Michael Giles, prog rock, Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
GENTLE GIANT – Three Piece Suite
October 7, 2017

Alucard 2017 No jacket required: the not-so-humble emergence of gargantuan aural entity – now in glorious technicolor. In conceptual terms, patina has always served this ensemble’s early albums well, but as antiquated as those records are – in a good … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentle Giant, prog rock, Steven Wilson
GENTLE GIANT Mount A New Concept
July 28, 2017

A richly rewarding experience, it takes an acquired taste to love GENTLE GIANT. That’s why, perhaps, the band’s reissue programme has been progressing slowly but turns out impeccable. There won’t be a regular album, though, to see the light of … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentle Giant, Steven Wilson
GENTLE GIANT – Octopus
January 29, 2016

Vertigo 1972 / Alucard 2015 Concept album that never was: a resurgence of multi-tentacled prog monster – still menacingly beautiful after all these years. Among the towering achievements of British art-rock from the ’70s, “Octopus” stands out as a meeting point … Continue reading
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Tagged art rock, Gentle Giant, prog rock, Steven Wilson