{"id":539,"date":"2011-06-27T04:51:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2011-06-27T04:51:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:51:17","slug":"two-years-of-musoscribe-modern-prog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/27\/two-years-of-musoscribe-modern-prog\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years of Musoscribe: Modern Prog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">To celebrate the two-year anniversary of this blog, I\u2019m taking the opportunity to look back over some of the more than five hundred blog entries I\u2019ve posted. I\u2019ve conducted interviews, written essays and reviewed new albums, reissues and DVDs. Here\u2019s a look at some modern progressive rock that has caught my attention.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/spocks_beard_x.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"280\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Knight Area<\/strong> \u2013 A Dutch band, these      guys lean in a very melodic direction; their album <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=82\"><em>Realm of Shadows<\/em><\/a> has gotten countless plays here.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Jakko M. Jakszyk<\/strong> \u2013 This      guitarist\/vocalist was a member of the <strong>21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Schizoid Band<\/strong>, and on his solo album <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=437\"><em>The Bruised Romantic Glee Club<\/em><\/a> he      corrals some Very Heavy Friends into helping him out. I\u2019ll have an      interview with him later this summer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The <strong>P\u00e4r Lindh Project<\/strong> album <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=468\"><em>Time Mirror<\/em><\/a> is some seriously over-the-top      symphonic prog, but it\u2019s a helluva lot of fun. Enjoy the strong melodies,      the high-flying virtuosity and have fun trying to count how many damn      keyboards the guy uses. Wow.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Mars Hollow<\/strong> makes a convincing argument      that not all worthwhile progressive rock comes from outside the USA.      Their <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=469\">self-titled album<\/a> mines a <strong>Rush<\/strong>-like      vein. Their newest is out very soon, and I\u2019m looking forward to checking      it out as well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Wobbler<\/strong> are a tradition-minded      lot; their album <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=527\"><em>Rites at Dawn<\/em><\/a>      sounds a bit like what <strong>Yes<\/strong>      might have done in that quiet period between <em>Relayer<\/em> and <em>Going for      the One<\/em>. Dig.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The Pineapple Thief<\/strong> is a UK-based      group that is sadly not well known in the USA.      They combine the best elements of groups like <strong>Radiohead<\/strong> and <strong>Porcupine      Tree<\/strong>, to name two, all the while crafting a sound that\u2019s their own. I <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=327\">     spoke at some length<\/a> with band leader <strong>Bruce      Soord<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">I      discovered Polish progressive band <strong>Riverside<\/strong>      through Pandora, and really dig a lot of their stuff. When they lean      toward metal, I am a bit less interested. Leader <strong>Mariusz Duda<\/strong> released a fine, connected pair of concept albums      under the <strong>Lunatic Soul<\/strong> moniker that      are more atmospheric than his band\u2019s work. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=415\">Here\u2019s our conversation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">For      me, the hands-down best progressive rock album of the last few years      is <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=353\"><em>X<\/em><\/a> from <strong>Spock\u2019s Beard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\" class=\"body\">Follow  \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" valign=\"middle\" border=\"0\" height=\"18\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"18\" \/>  Twitter<\/a> and get notified <\/center><center>when new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/center><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the two-year anniversary of this blog, I\u2019m taking the opportunity to look back over some of the more than five hundred blog entries I\u2019ve posted. 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