#progrock
Snow or no snow, prog is here! Issue 2023-086 has reviews of:
* Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham — Pigs Might Fly
* Renaissance — The Legacy Tour
* Retreat From Moscow — Dreams, Myths And Machines
* Uncaved — Dogmatorraistes
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Saturday 02 December 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJBhen0wpXs
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
@evildrganymede huge #stevenwilson and #porcupinetree fan so it’s awesome to see you call this fantastic album out #progrock #music
Spotify's Wrapped for this year was a bit underwhelming for me - I find things on Spotify and then buy them on itunes (I like to own my own copies of things) & then listen to them on my MP3 player so they often don't show up realistically on Spotify's stats. So here's the biggest four albums that I've been listening to in 2023 as curated by me! #music
Sermon: Of Golden Verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oAHV02IsAk
This album is AMAZING. Spotify recommended it to me randomly and it was love at first listen. Fronted by the mysterious HIM and with James Stewart (of Decapitated, Vader) on drums, it's a primal, heavy #progrock epic that is just perfect all the way through. It's also the follow-up to their similarly brilliant first album "Birth of the Marvellous".
Steven Wilson: The Harmony Codex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu6oIN5D1fA
Steven Wilson keeps churning out albums (as a solo artist or with Porcupine Tree) - every solo album he does is very different from the previous one & he never looks back so it's always interesting to see what he comes up with next. To me "Prog Rock" is basically "Intelligent Rock" (it can have concepts and stories, it can be super technical, but doesn't have to be either), and The Harmony Codex fits that definition. From the epic 11 minute "Impossible Tightrope" instrumental to the broody "Actual Brutal Facts" to the melancholy "Time is Running Out" there's a lot of great songs on this.
Ann Wilson: Another Door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2W2bL1JJg
A bit of a latecomer but I've definitely been listening to this a lot & it is one of my favourite albums of the year. I've talked about this one a bit in a previous post but go listen to it!
Mammoth WVH: II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIQH0HcdQnE
Mammoth WVH is Wolfgang (son of Eddie) van Halen's band, and they're amazing. Their second album has the same sort of solid Foo-like rock (and humour) as their 2021 debut and I really hope he keeps churning them out because WVH has a lot of talent and deserves to succeed on his own!
Check 'em out!
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Friday 01 December 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfx3c2s2sCs
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
New #review today: "The second full-length studio album from #ProudPeasant sees the band honing their style and expanding their sound. Full of complex structures and elaborate orchestrations, Communion is clearly #ProgressiveRock, though it is much to the credit of Rapstine and company that it sounds like no other band." #ExposeOnline #ProgRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/proud-peasant-communion-2.html
Jethro Tull - WarChild II
2023 UK Chrysalis #vinyl #music
#ProgRock
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/3320155-Jethro-Tull-WarChild-II
@christianselig Makes me feel better about the abundance of #ProgRock in my sandwich, er, festival, er, #music #playlist: https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/111500050243578661
Four new album reviews in issue 2023-085 with the following:
Airbridge — Openings
Fuchs — Too Much Too Many
Giant The Vine — A Chair At The Back Door
Quicksilver Night feat Dikajee — Ptichka
Enjoy! 😃
Early 2024 is going to be epic with the release of The Pineapple Thief's new album... if every track is as mind-blowing as this one, I'm practically counting down the days with uncontrollable excitement!
Holy shit this new single “Emma, Come On” by #MoonSafari.
If their upcoming album is half this good it’s going to be awesome.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/emma-come-on/1717390783?i=1717390910
the video for « In The Quiet Skies »… originally released 2 years ago...
#music #video #progrock #Progressiverock #poetry #poems #tonepoems 🎧 #indie #independent
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Wednesday 29 November 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzXE2QNRcY
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
@VeryBadLlama the 6th one is a great summary of my taste in music. #music #ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Ozul: Provenance
On peut mesurer la vivacité d’un genre aux nouveaux projets. À cet aune, le prog n’est pas (toujours) mort, comme le prouve Provenance d’Ozul.
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Ozul: Provenance
On peut mesurer la vivacité d’un genre aux nouveaux projets. À cet aune, le prog n’est pas (toujours) mort, comme le prouve Provenance d’Ozul.
This week for @Kitty's #TuneTuesday we have a theme of @derthomas #BetterLateThanNever. It's about music you heard well after the fact before you ended up getting into it.
First off, that reminds me of an old Jim Gaffigan bit where he watched a movie decades after it came out...but, whatever.
My choice? #Dragonforce. Maybe a year ago I got into their 2019 album "Extreme Power Metal." And I want to talk about them now... https://songwhip.com/dragonforce/extremepowermetal
Better late than never, right? ...
Tags: #Music #Metal #ProgressiveMetal #ProgRock #SpeedMetal #PowerMetal
Daryl Stuermer (1952), Guitarist with Genesis (live performances)
Genesis
Three Sides Live (1982)
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – What Aleph Said et Villagers of Ioannina City à Meyrin
Les concerts en milieu de semaine, ce n’est pas idéal. Mais je n’avais pas envie de rater Villagers of Ioannina City, qui passait jeudi à l’Undertown.
#postrock #RockProgressif #progrock #stoner #live #livereport #concert
https://erdorin.org/what-aleph-said-et-villagers-of-ioannina-city-a-meyrin/
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – What Aleph Said et Villagers of Ioannina City à Meyrin
Les concerts en milieu de semaine, ce n’est pas idéal. Mais je n’avais pas envie de rater Villagers of Ioannina City, qui passait jeudi à l’Undertown.
#postrock #RockProgressif #progrock #stoner #live #livereport #concert
https://erdorin.org/what-aleph-said-et-villagers-of-ioannina-city-a-meyrin/
Ooooh, #ProgRock #ProgMetal fans listen up - Caligula's Horse is releasing a new album in January. If you are not already listening to them, get with it. This band is fantastic.
Genesis – ...And Then There Were Three... #vinil #Atlantic #idSD19173 #Stereo #Warner #Gatefold #vinyl #vinylpost #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #discoécultura #lps #longplays #discocollection #turnetable #tocadiscos #gradienteD35 #gs11 #ProgRock #noise https://www.instagram.com/p/C0HI0vZgvRa/?igshid=OTk0YzhjMDVlZA==
Genesis – ...And Then There Were Three... #vinil #Atlantic #idSD19173 #Stereo #Warner #Gatefold #vinyl #vinylpost #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #discoécultura #lps #longplays #discocollection #turnetable #tocadiscos #gradienteD35 #gs11 #ProgRock #noise https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0HHoeTAWAs/?igshid=OTk0YzhjMDVlZA==
In #remembrance of his #Birthday,
Bert Ruiter (1946p1922), Bass player with Focus.
#NowPlaying
Focus
The Sky Will Fall Over London Tonight (1972)
A happy #Birthday to
Bert Ruiter (1946), Bas player with Focus.
#NowPlaying
Focus
The Sky Will Fall Over London Tonight (1972)
Are you in for another proggy Sunday? Read about the following albums in our latest reviews issue: Culak — Dreamforge, Nine Skies — The Lightmaker, Rainburn — Vignettes, Sfaratthons — Odi Et Amo!
Ecco un'affascinante versione #prog in "rifasamento" ritmico-temporale della canzone di #Seal interpretata da un gruppo finlandese i #NorthernKings 😉
Listening to Trespass by Genesis (1970)
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Saturday 25 November 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtF8zDoY9qo
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
A #Happy #Birthday to
Steve Rothery (1959), Guitarist with Marillion.
#NowPlaying
Marillion
Clutching at Straws (2000)
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Friday 24 November 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2rdWga_fTY
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
Ich versuche zur Zeit dieses wundervolle Stück Progressive Rock mit Saxophon zu identifizieren. Habe es von einem Mixtape, das meine Mutter Anfang der 70er aufgenommen hat. Und zwar auf BASF Tonband, deshalb die Qualität.
Könnte auch ein obskures Krautrock-Stück sein. Denn die ganzen automatischen Song-Identifizierer finden nix.
@wuffel 👀vielleicht?
EDIT: Song wurde gefunden, es war "Song of Dying" von Doldinger's Motherhood.
Here’s the YouTube live stream of our show this evening, Wednesday 22 November 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAqG7xdNTE
#alazarinmobius #theinvisibleband #interplanetaryliberationfront #progressiverock #spacerock #secondlife #cubase #livestream #bandcamp #youtube #music #progrock #livestreammusic #scifi #spaceopera #mastomusic #musodon
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/progrock-digital/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Music #Interviews #ProgRock #Metal
Episode two of 'Diary of a touring musician'. The warts and all account of our 2023 UK Tour.
#musician #music #ÙKTour #Tour #ArtRock #ProgRock #ProgressiveRock #rockmusic #FediMusic #MastoMusic #MastoArt #FediMusic #UnitedKingdom #UK
https://vibes.starlite-campbell.com/p/diary-of-a-touring-musician-days-one-and-two
"WHY ARE YOU SO WEIRD?"
John Shirley & Jerry King
#prog #progrock #rock #jazz #subgenius #weird
https://cloudoverjupiter.bandcamp.com/track/why-am-i-so-weird
vocals/lyrics by john shirley, musical composition and guitars by jerry king
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Steven Wilson: The Harmony Codex
Après un album solo en 2021, un album de Porcupine Tree en 2022 (et une tournée en prime), Steven Wilson revient avec The Harmony Codex.
Few seem to know that #ProgressiveRock #guitar arch-icon #RobertFripp and blue-eyed soul #SingerSongwriter #DarylHall have been longtime friends for almost fifty years. Robert produced and played on Daryl’s debut solo album and Hall returned the favor by appearing on Fripp’s first.
This is a fantastic reunion: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLINSQGXREtvdnvCfLXTt0GmE8Oz_8s2tQ
#LiveFromDarylsHouse #LiveMusic #music #ProgRock #RockMusic #KingCrimson #HallAndOates
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
https://www.didiermary.fr/genesis-lamb-dies-down-broadway/
On this date, 49 years ago on November 18, 1974 – Genesis‘ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is released. “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” is a double album by Genesis, released on this date in November 1974, their 6th studio album.It reached #41 on the Billboard 200 Top LP’s chart, and #10 in […] …
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave
1987 UK Chrysalis #vinyl #music
#ProgRock #ClassicRock
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/38214-Jethro-Tull-Crest-Of-A-Knave
We've got about 6 weeks left in the year and I'm feeling short on albums for the year. Again. Last year I ended up with only about 2/3rd of typical album count. I'm at about 1/2 of normal for 2023.
What am I missing?
(Also, in case you don't regularly follow me, I've create a badly written[1] but much beloved[2] "best albums of the year" list every year since 2007: https://bradwilson.io/music/)
[1] don't say I didn't warn you
[2] by me, at least
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OPETH Streams Lost Music Video For "Windowpane"
Get ready to go back to 2003 with Opeth.
https://metalinjection.net/video/opeth-streams-lost-music-video-for-windowpane
#Opeth #LostMusicVideo #Windowpane #MetalInjection #ProgRock
Throwing it back a ways on this #ThrowbackThursday for a little diddy from Marillion! (who else, right?)
Unbelievably good live sound, even for Steven's exceptionally high standards. Live album coming next month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pavnAi7lNk #PorcupineTree #ProgRock #music #live
Pulling a late one tonight! @simoncampbell and I are going live on Radio Memphis at 02:00 GMT 6th November / 20:00 CT 5th November chatting about all things life and our new album STARLITE.ONE
Last time we were on air, we were in Memphis and is was great to be in the studio with Ric Chetter, Natalie and Mark Caldwell.
We love these guys!! They have always been great supporters of us and and work!
#radio #art #MastoArt #fediart #music #Memphis #Portugal #rock #artrock #progrock #usa
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#BLABBERMOUTH
JAMES LABRIE Is 'Overwhelmed' By 'Incredible' Response To DREAM THEATER's Reunion With MIKE PORTNOY
#DreamTheater #JamesLabrie #MikePortnoy #Reunion #IncredibleResponse #ProgRock
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Klone: Meanwhile
Klone est un groupe que j’apprécie, mais sans être enthousiasmé, et j’ai encore une fois hésité pas mal de temps avant d’acheter Meanwhile, leur dernier.
Have a special #halloween #SingAlong from your boy Superdave! It's The Cask Of Amontillado, from Alan Parsons Project's musical adaptation of Poe's Tales Of Mystery And Imagination. This one's my favorite track. #ProgRock #ArtRock #singing #audio
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Our ideas were more solid than our ability to play them! We had to raise our game: The lessons Rush learned from Hemispheres
Often cited as the album that nearly broke them for good, Geddy Lee maintains the 1978 release found the trio too full of ideas to contemplate taking a rest
https://www.loudersound.com/features/rush-hemispheres-album
#Rush #Hemispheres #Album #AlbumReview #ProgRock #GeddyLee #NeilPeart #AlexLifeson
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#BLABBERMOUTH
JETHRO TULL Releases Music Video For 'Wolf Unchained'
For this run of shows, the band will be introducing the track "Wolf Unchained" into the setlist, a track based on Fenrir, a wolf from Norse mythology.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/jethro-tull-releases-music-video-for-wolf-unchained
#JethroTull #WolfUnchained #MusicVideo #ProgRock #ClassicRock
Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane" is #ProgRock.
#ChangeMyMind
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Take the album out of the Kiss context, and you have a remarkably coherent work: Why Music From The Elder is a prog metal masterpiece
Disregarded and overlooked, the bands 1981 release is a brave and satisfying entry into a different genre
https://www.loudersound.com/features/kiss-music-from-the-elder-prog
#KISS #MusicFromTheElder #ProgRock #IconicAlbum #RockMusic #70sRock #ClassicAlbum #80sRock #GeneSimmons #PaulStanley #AceFrehley
Symphonic Monday, and following the "milk chocolate" of Supertramp's "Fool's Overture", I am now in the mood for white nougat –
Emerson Lake & Palmer, "Karn Evil" (1973)
#SymphonicMonday #EmersonLakeAndPalmer #ELP #ProgRock #ProgressiveRock
This could be the best 30 minutes of your life, but be aware that it's not everyone's cup o' tea (e.g., my neighbours, who don't sing along to this one).
It sounds good at 432Hz … and only three people playing …
#NowPlaying District 97 - Stay For The Ending
Been a big fan of this band and their distinctive brand of #ProgRock for *ages*. Endorsed enthusiastically by none other than Bill Bruford, and featuring a former American Idol finalist on lead vocals, there really is nobody quite like them.
This album, released today on #Bandcamp and the usual streaming plaforms, is a corker: their best since 2012's "Trouble With Machines", I reckon. "Mirror" is the stand-out track.
Do yourself a favor and watch this twelve and a half minute live concert performance of #Rush in 1981 performing their song #Xanadu (lyrics based on the Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan").
If would be difficult to find another "rock" band play with such intonation and dynamics, such clarity and power, or such fullness and richness from only three musicians. This is truly a master performance.
#rock #prog #progrock #livemusic
https://youtu.be/1csqdoBsZ_E?si=qMRwg4kYP0PHapXZ
The poem for reference: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan
Yes - The Yes Album
The album where Yes became "Yes”, the missing piece being Steve Howe on guitar. And unlike a lot of "prog" albums, these songs are not crammed with too many ideas - just a lot of great playing.
What makes it work, too, is…Tony Kaye. I know Wakeman has his fans, but Kaye is a member of the group who isn't *constantly* drawing attention to himself. He solos when he should, and plays with, and not against, the group otherwise.
Classic Rock - Starlite.One - Eight stars. Out now…
#classicrock #newalbum #progrock #artrock #artpop #music #reveiw #magazine #MastoMusic #FediMusic #MastoArt #FediArt
Let's do this!
Music:
#gratefuldead #Phish
#PrivatePress #Folk
#PostPunk #TheFall #Descendents #punk
#oldschoolrap #consciousrap
#ProgRock #experimentalmusic
#krautrock
#jambands #powermetal
Books:
#clifi #scifi #history #biography #dystopian #buddhism #musicbiography
Worries:
#climatechange #carculture #transrights #gayrights #latestagecapitalism #fuckcars
Loves:
#music #israel #boston #hiking #bicycles #coffee #you
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A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock
Where on earth did progressive rock come from?
https://www.loudersound.com/features/beginners-guide-origins-of-prog-rock
#ProgressiveRock
#ProgRock
#RockHistory
#RockGenres
#60sPsychRock
#PsychedelicRock
#ArtRock
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Radio-Erdorin, septembre 2023
C’est quand j’ai le plus de temps pour faire un truc que je suis le plus facilement en retard. Témoin ce nouvel épisode de Radio-Erdorin de septembre 2023.
ALBUMS
1. Arnaud Quevedo & Friends
2. Voyager
3. Obsidian Tide
4. Violet Cold
LES RESTES DU SAMEDI
- Magma
- Septénaire
- Yes
BONUS: interview La Citadelle
LE T-SHIRT : Magma
#progmetal #progrock #MetalProgressif #Peertube #RockProgressif #YouTube
Just sitting here in the car late into the evening while my son is in choir rehearsal, and I’m revisiting one of my favorite albums from yesteryear: #BillBruford’s third solo album, GRADUALLY GOING TORNADO. This #progrock / #jazzfusion effort from 1979 features some of the best bass guitar playing from the amazing Jeff Berlin.
And, in case you’re not sure who Bill Bruford is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bruford
Lately I've been listening to Haken again. I have no idea how I managed to almost forget how good the “Crystallised” is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaE3w8j6vY
The a cappella part in the middle of the song is very enjoyable!
For #ProgTuesday
by @DXMacGuffin
72-74 Crimso is best Crimso:
King Crimson - Easy Money (live, 1973): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hrwgMndEo
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KIRK HAMMETT: "If It Wasn't For Early Prog, Heavy Metal Would Sound Different Today"
"The prog influence was huge"
#KirkHammett
#HeavyMetal
#ProgRock
#MusicInfluences
#MusicalEvolution
Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Arnaud Quevedo & Friends: 2nd Life
Je ne sais pas à quoi carburent Arnaud Quevedo et ses potes, mais ce 2nd Life est le troisième album en autant d’années pour Arnaud Quevedo & Friends.
Rick Wakeman is going to unveil a preserved diesel #locomotive named after #RadioCaroline at the Mangapps #Railway Museum in Burnham-on-Crouch, #Essex
#NowPlaying #TheMetalDogIsNowPlaying
#DeepPurple
Nothing at All
Nothing at All
YouTube Search:
https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Deep+Purple+Nothing+at+All+Nothing+at+All
Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Deep-purple-nothing-at-all-lyrics
Song Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMNQoV9YCs
LastFM:
https://www.last.fm/music/Deep+Purple/_/Nothing+at+All
While I'm at it: Apparently, cover artist Roger Dean's cat walked over his painting for the YesSongs album. He tried to paint clouds over the paw prints but they're still visible.
#progrock #vinyl #graphicdesign #rock #illustration #cats
Hey, prog fan(s). Did you know that the rocks on the LP covers of Topographic Oceans and Relayer by Yes join up?
I've owned the albums for 40+ years and never noticed that before. I only spotted it by accident.
#progrock #vinyl #graphicdesign #rock #illustration
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#GuitarPlayer
We Got One Play on MTV at 1:55 a.m. Then Everything Just Lit up: Reb Beach Reveals How Seventeen Rescued Winger From Obscurity
The bands 1989 hit saved them... and became a mark of hair-metal infamy
https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/winger-seventeen-reb-beach
#Winger #REBBeach #GuitarPlayer #guitarlessons #guitarmusic #musictheory #progrock #hardrock
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“A Black Sabbath audience was not our audience… but we knew how to sell it. We were never being serious musos – it was always, ‘We’ll entertain you, so you’ll enjoy it!’” The first two years of Gentle Giant
From hating their name to challenging 15,000 people to a fight, the Shulman brothers’ battle for success left them badly bruised after four albums
https://www.loudersound.com/features/gentle-giant-first-two-years
#gentlegiant
#progrock
#70sprog
#forgottenhero
#rockstars
#debutalbum
#songwriting
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#BraveWords
PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS Release AI-Generated Music Video For “Somewhere North Of Nowhere”
#PatternSeekingAnimals
#AIGenerated
#MusicVideo
#SomewhereNorthOfNowhere
#Bravewords
#ProgRock
#ScienceAndArt
#KevinMoore
#ProphecyProductions
#TheHarvest
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"After 41 years away, we didnt want to come back and sound like we belonged in the past." How Gryphon reinvented themselves
Unique chamber proggers Gryphon returned to action in 2009. Six years later they released Reinvention, their first new studio album in over 40 years
#Gryphon #ProgRock #Krautrock #Progressive #Rock #40Years #Loudsound
#NowPlaying: #KingCrimson - Red
1987 UK #CD reissue.
But seriously, Rob Fripp really looks like #jacksepticeye on this cover! Until I finally get my hands on Discipline, this album is my favourite of KC: it's really dark and loud, but sensitive and subtle when it needs to be. Said to be the first #grunge album, and I get where they're coming from. Really good album and I really should listen to it more often!
#NowPlaying: #Yes - Close to the Edge
1998 European #CD reissue.
The fifth studio album by Yes was released #OnThisDay in 1972. Side one is their magnum opus: an 18 minute long gem of #symphonicprog, with many different segments and twists and turns but comes around in the end. Chris Squire's bass is brilliant and so is Bill Brugord's drumming. The latter half of And You And I is amazing and Siberian Khatru absolutely rocks. Great album!
#NowPlaying: #KingCrimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (an Observation by King Crimson)
1989 UK #CD remaster.
Or rather: I just finished playing this, I play so much now that I am studying again. This album starts off loud and obnoxious - love the first track - but gets very improv later on, and at some point I thought my speakers weren't working anymore. There's a lot to unpack in this album and certainly deserves more listens.
#NowPlaying: #Yes - Yessongs
1987 #CD reissue.
Apparently the audio quality is supposed to be horrible on this live album, but it seems to be much better on the CD version than the vinyl version I have. What is there to say about this album? Good band, great live, and the best material from their best period. Great listen!
Fraternity - "Seasons of Change" (1971)
Today. TODAY! I just learned that Bon Scott was in a prog rock band prior to AC/DC 🤯
Here he sings and plays a recorder. Perhaps a gateway to his use of bagpipes in AC/DC?
#NowPlaying: #Yes - Relayer
2003 European reissue.
My absolute favourite album by Yes, Gates Of Delirium is a brilliant track that doesn't overstay its welcome despite its 23 minute length. I love the "battle sequence" in the middle: it's epic. Maybe I like it so much because the album is very dense and up-tempo, I tend to lose attention if there's a lot of slow segments but this album keeps you in for the ride all the way through.
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The most underrated albums by 10 major prog bands
Showing a little love for the overlooked classics by prog giants Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Rush and more
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-most-underrated-albums-by-10-major-prog-bands
#progrock #progbands #underratedalbums #Loudersound #1970s #1980s #1990s #PinkFloyd #Genesis #ELP #Yes #JethroTull #Rush #KingCrimson #DreamTheater #Queensrche #PorcupineTree
#NowPlaying: #PeterHammill - A Black Box
1980 UK pressing.
I found this back in May but I never bothered to listen to it (again) until now, when I'm realising the talent of Peter Hammill. He played most of the instruments on this album himself, including the drums. I always think that is very cool. As for the music, it's very dense and dark at times and sporadically very jittery (A3). I don't think I understand it yet, but it was a more pleasant listen than my first.
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The Rush album that Geddy Lee said is the best one
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#NowPlaying: #vanderGraafGenerator - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
1977 German pressing.
My favourite #vdGG album, the addition of the violin and its ethereal feel combined with its relatively accessible songwriting make this an excellent listen. I especially love the violin solo on The Siren Song, that might be my favourite track. The album came with a booklet of lyrics made with a typewriter by a previous owner, how cool is that!