Music worth buying: Gazpacho December 29, 2008
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It’s getting harder to find good bands/artists to buy music from these days without doing some digging first. One of my favorite lookout points is Last.FM, where they play similar artists to the ones you like. Bad for the wallet once you hit the jackpot and one fo them is Gapacho from Norway.
This band is just plain good – neo-prog style I guess, if you like Quidam/Riverside/Porcupine Tree/Marillion (w/o Fish) you’re in for a treat. They do something not all bands are able to do: texture. Just dive in and enjoy, their best album which I’ve listened to so far is Night, but I’ve only played 2 out of 4. I actually ordered all 4 to save on shipping 
– just try this sample and you’ll get hooked:
Van der Graaf Generator: Trisector July 21, 2008
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To all the fans of VdGG, they’re back! I know I’m late but work/family comes first so I get to the fun stuff later. The new album, Trisector, is actually a very decent one even without Mister Jackson’s saxophone. Banton took the room available and does a great job. If you’re a VdGG fan, go get it.
Rush on the Colbert Report July 20, 2008
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Rush has not played in front of a live TV audience for 30+ years in the US. Egad!
Music worth buying: Sense July 3, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Music.Tags: camel, genesis, Pink Floyd, prog, progressive, progressive rock, rock, sense, yes
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Once in a while, you find a gem and the Quebec City band Sense is one of those, or at lease the 3rd album (must now buy the others!), Going Home. It falls in between neo-prog and symphonic prog, so if you like Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Yes, Camel, Pink Floyd you’ll find a winner.
The tracks are long (9+ minutes) except for a 5 minute one, and I wish they were longer. Its been playing continuously in my iPod for the last few weeks.
Please post comments if you have listened to it!
Online progressive rock radio: Morow.com May 15, 2008
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I’ve been listening to this online radio station for the last week or so and it’s the best one I’ve found in a long time. They play progressive rock from all eras from most bands, and a bunch you’ve never heard of too which are great to discover. Point your Winamp/WindowsMediaPlayer/iTunes to www.morow.com and enjoy!
Music: New Mike Oldfield album coming March 17th March 12, 2008
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Mike has been busy, he’s releasing a new album but this time he’s moving away from all he’s done before and he’s doing classical music. I might buy it out of curiosity since I’m not a big consumer of classical.
For you the fans and non-fans, here is a quick clip from Mike’s Incantations part 4 from the Exposed tour from a while back. Enjoy!
New Van Der Graaf Generator album!!!! February 21, 2008
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Woohoo! That news made my day and it’s only 8:12AM! Van Der Graaf Generator will be releasing in the UK March 17th & online, then April 1st in the USA their new album “Trisector”, here is a quick extract from the web site:
“There are nine pieces on the album, one of them instrumental. Unusually for VdGG, only one of these is more than ten minutes long – indeed, five come in at under five minutes. There are, of course, passages of great complexity but there’s also a confidence about the group at the moment which allows them to leave some simple things as they are. These are songs which dictate their own terms, often with a healthy dose of gallows humour, always with a measure of invention. It’s far from an over-manicured record. For the most part it is the sound of the three musicians both stretching and enjoying themselves in locked-on sympathetic playing. As ever, it doesn’t sound like anyone else – even past versions of VdGG.”
“But as ever, there isn’t another group quite like Van der Graaf Generator.”
Here is the cover of the album, and do note that David Jackson is not part of this project. Still is worth a listed!
For those who enjoy them this clip is a treat, a full live concert from the previous album’s tour.
Porcupine Tree CDs released today February 18, 2008
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If you did not get the Nil Recurring CD it’s back in print, as well as the We Lost The Skyline mini live album are shipping today. Enjoy!
Band worth listening to: Eloy January 29, 2008
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This is pure ’70’s vintage space/symphonic prog that just begs to be listened to since it’s just so good. Eloy’s masterpiece (Ocean) is one of those albums that rank up there with Selling England by the Pound (Genesis), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) and Godbluff (Van der Graaf Generator). Should you be into this genre, just go ahead and give this rare clip a whirl, you won’t be disapointed. This is Decay of the Logos, tack #3 of 4 on Ocean.
