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TeleStrat
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Posted: May 25 2015 at 22:13 |
Yesterday...
Fonderia - My Grandmother's Space Suit MIA - Transparencias Rayuela - self titled Unreal City - La Crudelta Di Aprile Procession - Frontiera Today... Nadavati - Le Vent De L'Esprit Souffle Ou Il Veut La Maschera Di Cera - IL Grande Labirinto IL Trono Dei Ricordi - self titled |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: May 26 2015 at 16:57 |
Syndone - Odysséas
Gazua - Sobrenatural Franz Ferdinand - Tonight The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute (This one seems easier for me to like Audun, less Post Rock, more keyboards, some acoustic guitar and I really like the trumpet. It's a bit long though I was thinking that it must sound really good on vinyl, but I saw on Discogs that those copies are really expensive ) |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: May 26 2015 at 18:49 |
Sam, I can NEVER make it through that Mars Volta album, as you said, waaaaaaaaay too long. I seem to get quite fed up with it by the half-way mark, even though I know there's good stuff afterwards.
But the biggest hurdle I've always had with the band are the overwrought squealing vocals, just exhausting! Instrumentally they're frequently dynamic, but I do find the band hugely self-indulgent, and they often mistake droning feedback and noise as `art'! |
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Angelo
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Posted: May 26 2015 at 19:05 |
Corvus Stone I & II
Transport Aerian Love.blood.live Oceans 5 - Return to Mingulay Jartse Tuominen - Time of Change
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ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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HackettFan
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Posted: May 26 2015 at 22:09 |
Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
Henry Kaiser & Bob Bralove - Ultraviolet Licorice Henry Kaiser & Ray Russell - The Celestial Squid Ultraviolet Licorice combines kick-ass guitar with classical piano. The Celestial Squid combines sick Steve Vai-like guitar with Jazz saxophone. Great stuff. You never know what you're going to get with Henry Kaiser. |
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TeleStrat
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: May 27 2015 at 00:34 |
La Maschera Di Cera - Le Porte Del Domani
Apoteosi - self titled Alphataurus - Attosecondo Agora - Agora 2 Finisterre - self titled
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Sagichim
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 29 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6632 |
Posted: May 27 2015 at 01:14 |
I feel the same as you guys about Frances, I love the first half very much but the second half just seems to go nowhere with its endless noodling. I love all their albums and I don't have a problem with their vocals to be honest but of course they are not for everyone, anyway I really tried to get into that second half since I thought man it's Volta it's gotta be good... sorry but I gave up on it. Me today... 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth Il Volo -Essere O Non Essere Pierrot Lunaire - S/T Blocco Mentale - Poa BunChakeze - Whose Dream Genfuoco - Dentro L'Invisibile (Man I love this album) Gruppo D'alternativa - Ipotesi La Seconda Genesi - TuttoDeve Finire Now I notice it was almost an all Italian day...
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Meltdowner
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Posted: May 27 2015 at 08:13 |
Michael, Sagi, you're right, I had the impression it could be much better if many minutes would be cut off, although I made it until the end more easily because I listened on background. I like the vocals though.
Also yesterday: Steve Roach - Skeleton Keys Equations - Hightower Today so far: miRthkon - Snack(s) Wolfmother - New Crown (The sound quality and prodution are awful, even most RPI albums from the 70's sound better than this! How could they release this one after two incredibly well produced albums? ) Spock's Beard - Snow
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: May 27 2015 at 18:47 |
Sam, what do you think of the Steve Roach one? I'll be honest...I find it all a bit of a bore...Each piece is so repetitive and barely changes. While it's nice to see him return to the more upfront sequencer stuff, it's not a patch on many of his recent albums. All those beautiful serene subtle synth washes have been pushed so far to the back that they're often almost not even there.
I don't find Wolfmother very interesting at all (although I think they make a good `gateway' band for people being introduced to more proggy stuff), but that curse of poorer production hits a lot of Australian artists. Signed to a major label for a few albums, then dropped, and then they release a more `humble' and lo-fi album due to what they have to work with. Either that, or perhaps WM never liked sounding so slick and polished, and so wanted to dirty up their sound? I don't know....down here, WM were kind of considered too commercial and radio-friendly to be taken seriously by the snobby indie-rock listeners, and only commercial radio stations ever played their music. THey were kind of looked upon as a `fifteen minutes of fame' kind of thing. Probably not fair to dismiss them like that, but that's how it was. I don't think they have much of a fanbase left? |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: May 28 2015 at 07:46 |
I'll just say I was glad when the album ended It sounded great on the first 15 minutes, but after that not so much
They were actually my gateway to my gateway to Prog: Led Zeppelin I'm very fond of the first album and I used to play over it a lot, when I got my first electric guitar The singer released a solo album before that last one, that doesn't sound polished but was still greatly produced and has a nice Summer vibe to it I understand that sickening feeling, but they weren't very known here: I saw their only concert here, and not many people seemed to know them, they were there to see Franz Ferdinand next There are still a lot of people that like them on Facebook, and they are now in LA recording a new album, so it will probably not sound as cr@ppy as the last one, that becomes even worse when there's a track named 'Tangerine Dream' and is one of the most annoying tracks It's a shame that happens to Australian artists though, they are not as lucky as ACDC, that can record the same album over and over Also yesterday: Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action Magma - 1001º Centigrades Today so far: Blue Oÿster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
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TeleStrat
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: May 29 2015 at 02:02 |
Finisterre - self titled
Finisterre - In Limine Finisterre - In Ogni Luogo Arco Iris - Sudamerica Fusioon - Fusioon 2 Aquelarre - Brumas Arti & Mestieri - First Live In Japan
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Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: May 29 2015 at 03:58 |
So far this eve :
PINK FLOYD - Animals ELOY - Power And The Passion Colours KAJAGOOGOO - Too Shy 12" MURPLE - Io Sono Murple |
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Sagichim
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 29 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6632 |
Posted: May 29 2015 at 07:10 |
Cabezas De Cera - Metal Musica
Knifeworld - The Unravelling Bunchakeze - Whose Dream? Schicke Fuhrs & Frohling - Symphonic Pictures |
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Meltdowner
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10215 |
Posted: May 29 2015 at 14:56 |
Yesterday:
Stellardrone - Light Years Stellardrone - Echoes Today: Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R Psycho Praxis - Echoes From The Deep (I didn't noticed the space influences on the first listen. I don't mind the English vocals, it reminds me of The Worm Ouroboros ) Anaquim - Desnecessariamente Complicado Apoteosi - s/t |
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TeleStrat
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: May 30 2015 at 09:29 |
Yesterday...
Nexus - Metanoia Nexus - Detras Del Umbral Invisible - El Jardin De Los Presentes Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - Per...Un Mondo Di Cristallo Bubu - Anabelas
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Kirillov
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 03 2011 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 700 |
Posted: May 30 2015 at 15:50 |
Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish
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poeghost
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 13 2013 Location: U.S.A. Status: Offline Points: 175 |
Posted: May 30 2015 at 19:24 |
Bob Dylan - Infidels
Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque |
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TeleStrat
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: May 30 2015 at 23:33 |
Today...
Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquieme Saison Iceberg - Tutankhamon Errata Corrige - Seigfried, IL Drago E Altre Storie Nuova Era - IL Passo Del Soldato
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: May 31 2015 at 07:56 |
Tangerine Dream – Electronic Meditation
Tim Blake – New Jerusalem Steve Roach – Skeleton Keys Alpha Wave Movement – Earthen |
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Meltdowner
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10215 |
Posted: May 31 2015 at 18:27 |
^ Did the Roach album get any better? :P
I listened to some of my recent purchases this weekend: Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Mike Oldfield - Incantations |
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