prog Archive
17 Oct 2021
Album Review: Dewa Budjana — Naurora
The potential downside of remote recording is that – when it’s not done well, which is often – it can robe the music of the feel of of spontaneity, the […]
30 Sep 2021
Album Review: Nektar – …Sounds Like Swiss
Nektar was one of those bands that got lost in a sea of great music. Though they were British, being based in Germany certainly didn’t help gain them exposure in […]
27 Sep 2021
Mushroom: Don’t Sit This One Out
When critics try to describe Mushroom, they call upon labels like krautrock, free jazz, freakout, ambient and electronic. Launched in 1997 by drummer Pat Thomas, Mushroom is all of those […]
21 Sep 2021
King Crimson’s Brutal Finesse, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Songs like “Indiscipline” have undergone nearly total reinvention: where in the ‘80s, Adrian Belew delivered the song’s odd, inscrutable lyrics in spoken-word fashion, these days Jakko […]
20 Sep 2021
King Crimson’s Brutal Finesse, Part One
Some bands make a career out of writing and recording the same album over and over. Close your eyes and there’s little difference between the albums made by classic rockers […]
21 Aug 2021
Album Review: Mahogany Frog – In the Electric Universe
These days, much of what sees release through Leonardo Pavkovic’s venerable MoonJune label tends toward jazz/fusion. That’s great, as the label brings some of the best those styles have to […]
23 Jul 2021
Album Review: Various Artists — Still Wish You Were Here
My standard disclaimer where tribute albums are concerned is that the concept if dodgy on its face, and that it rarely succeeds. But for every rule here is an exception, […]
18 Jul 2021
Album Review: Stephan Thelen — Fractal Guitar 2
Stephan Thelen is a modern classical composer; he has been commissioned by Kronos Quartet to write a piece. His creative worldview encompasses a wide vision, as this new release demonstrates. […]
19 May 2021
Album Review: District 97 — Screenplay
Like, I suspect, more than a few potential listeners, I looked askance at District 97 when I first heard of them more than a decade ago. What possible skill could […]
01 May 2021
30 Days Out, May 2021 #1: Mayday AVL, the Wooks, DeeOhGee, Doom Flamingo
The time last year the term social distancing was just starting to creep into wide usage. And use of the term pods to describe clusters of seating at concerts was […]