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kenethlevine
Special Collaborator Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 8844 |
Posted: January 25 2014 at 10:40 | |
Thanks for the kudos Hugues! They mean alot coming from you, whom I have certainly learned from. I recently finally listened to and reviewed Comus and Jan Dukes de Grey. Your tutelage helped me appreciate both but more so the latter. I liked your review of Midlake's latest. Sounds like you might be coming around insofar as seeing them as a prog group. Even some of the mainstream press have referred to this latest one as more prog than folk. Either way, good stuff I agree that ratings tend to be a bit high. If I am guilty of it, it's usually because I just don't give enough time to mediocre releases to feel like I can fairly review them. But we need those counterbalancing reviews. Proof of that is the recent complaints about negative reviews which, while partially valid, lose their credibility when they proclaim that 60 people rated it 4 or 5 stars, so the person rating it 1 or 2 stars must not know what they are talking about.
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irrelevant
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 10:07 | |
And lawd knows sometimes you gotta get dat Don Cab groove on.
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Horizons
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 10:01 | |
True. That album is fantastic and is the one i typically listen to when i want my Don Cab groove on.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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irrelevant
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 10:00 | |
Atavachron's review of What Burns Never Returns was a good read today.
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Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: January 25 2014 at 09:46 | |
Thanks Hugues. As you know I'm a big fan of your conservative ratings, which I always thought was the way people should rate.....while it is hard to make those choices it made your record of reviews so much more helpful than most.
I agree with you about Chicapah-Rollie, one of PAs biggest treasures. My others faves include Guldbamsen and LinusW, two of our sauciest wordsmiths who describe sound in such an entertaining way. |
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19541 |
Posted: January 25 2014 at 05:21 | |
Just found out about this thread - I must say that there are just too many different forums to check out when you have to little time to dedicate to this forum) and to have to little time to read other reviews as well (but I do that generally AFTER I wrote mine of an album)
so hopefully I got mentioned at least once (can always dream, uh?? >> no time to read up the 17 pages), but I must say that the best reviewer IMHO is Chicapah, who always brings in excellent background stuff and is highly entertaining... I wish he'd be reviewing many more albums (though he also writes a bunch more for JMA), but more out of the "mainstream" (is NIN mainstream, though) stuff Other reviewers I generally enjoy (needless to say when I encounter their scribblings on an album page I visit >> I don't chase reviewers) are Easy Livin (those witty review titles are worth the detour, just by themselves), our two Peruvian buddies (Cesar and Ivŕn) and our other Latino-american Guillermo/MW, my PF team buddies Clem/Bob and Keneth (who really blossomed of late), Jim/FF, Eetu , Dave /Atav and of course John "review champion" Storm But among our newer members, the real champion is Aussie/Michael... though I'd love to read more unfavorable reviews ( 1 or 2 stars) from his ... |
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aapatsos
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Posted: January 15 2014 at 11:56 | |
^ thanks Dave, much appreciated. It was rather hasty but I had probably compiled my thoughts together before writing.
"the friendly way of using the two-star rating" |
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: January 15 2014 at 09:33 | |
^I'll drink to that
Very nice write up Kangaroo. I enjoyed that one. Another one I really found interesting was Thanos' recent Riverside review. A very nice and friendly way of using the two star rating, and written in a manner that comes across very politely yet is rather poignant and sharp at the same time. I also happen to agree with him in his verdict
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apps79
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 16:18 | |
Fantastic, long review by Michael aka Aussie-Byrd-Brother on Taliesyn...At the moment I added the band, he came up with a detailed description of an unknown, under-the-radar album, making me dig into the group a bit further...Absolutely on spot, not to mention I love when a guy around here spends some precious time around an album that has unfairly faded in time.Congrats!
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Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 12833 |
Posted: December 17 2013 at 20:06 | |
^ Well i've got 5 of those Thomas it's been slim picking for me this year although I must admit a lot of what i've bought this year aren't 2013 releases.
Oh and Michael that's cool that we both hear that Paatos reference on that Cos album.
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tszirmay
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673 |
Posted: December 15 2013 at 16:32 | |
I am not sure whether many realize the absolute quality of 2013 releases! I have stated before (in June I believe) that 2013 may end up being one of the best years EVER! My list is ridiculous and rivals both 1973 and 1974 which were the unshakable years for prog .
Here it is then in no particular order with only a few alterations to come a. Resonaxis- Hymnarium
b. From.uz- Sodom & Gomorrha c. Airbag- The Greatest Show on Earth d. Legend- Spirit e. Unreal City- La Crudelta di Aprile f.
Oceans5- Road to Mingulay g. Flamborough
Head-Lost in Time h.
Iain
Jennings- My Dark Surprise i.
Magenta- the 27 Club j.
Lizard- Master & M k. Gandalf’s
Fist- A Day in the Life….. l.
Lifesigns- same m. Big Big Train- English Electric Part 2 n. Henry Fool- Men Singing o. Cosmograf- The Man Left in Space p.
Il Cerchio D’Oro- Icaro e Dedalo q.
Oxhuitza-same r.
Herd
of Instinct- Conjure s. IQ- Tales from the Lush Attic Remix t.
Elephants
from Scotland- Home away from Home u. Steve Wilson- The Raven… v.
La Maschera di Cera- Le Porte del
Domani w.
Comedy of Errors- Fanfare &
Fantasy x.
Willowglass- The Dream Harbour y.
Believe- The Warmest Sun… z. Progenesi- Ulisse aa.
Aldo Tagliapietra- Nella Pietra…. bb. The Inner Road- Ascension cc.
The Windmill- Continuation dd. Vienna Circle- Silhouette Moon ee. Sound of Contact- Dimensionaut ff. Days Between Stations- In Extremis gg. Soma White- same hh. La Coscienza di Zeno- Sensitivita ii. Trion- Funfair Fantasy Edited by tszirmay - December 15 2013 at 16:34 |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 15 2013 at 15:56 | |
Yes, I'm seriously considering putting it in my final top 2013! But this year has been so good, so not sure if it might make the cut or just be edged out!
Thanks for giving it some much deserved love! |
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tszirmay
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Posted: December 15 2013 at 15:51 | |
Thanks Melb-man! You are not exactly shabby yourself! Sensational album, a definite killer 2013 addition.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 15 2013 at 15:33 | |
Thank you, John! I laughed in your review of it when you mentioned Paatos briefly as well, I thought I was crazy when I thought that originally!
Just wanted to draw attention to Tszirmay's current Flamborough Head review: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1090571 It's probably the neo prog album of the year, and he sure has written better about it than I ever could! Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - December 15 2013 at 15:34 |
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Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 12833 |
Posted: December 12 2013 at 18:57 | |
I enjoyed Micheal's review of COS just now. I couldn't agree with you more either about Son reminding you of Platon on ZAO's first one, with those wordless Vocal melodies. I know they were very familiar with Zao and if I remember correctly I think COS' first one reminds me more of Zao's debut than Viva Boma does.
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infocat
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 12:35 | |
Brilliant review today by The Mystical for Pawn Hearts:
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1086559. I'm not much of a "lyrics" guy (generally can't understand what people are singing!), but I was quite intrigued by his interpretation of them.
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apps79
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 15 2007 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 1551 |
Posted: December 07 2013 at 03:40 | |
Thanks for your kind words Sagi!! Unfortunately I have not been able to dig further into their sound, although I know they changed their name after the 1st album - possibly along with a slight change of style??? -...Anyway, this was a great band back at the time and their name is definitely among the ones who deserve some further research.
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The.Crimson.King
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4591 |
Posted: December 04 2013 at 12:15 | |
Thanks Sagi & HolyMoly for your kind words! The Road to Red was the first review I've ever written. When I was working on it I kept thinking of this quote from my fave Bevis Frond song...
"I got a message from the rising sun. It said if you're gonna climb a mountain, you might as well make it the highest one"
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HolyMoly
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133 |
Posted: December 03 2013 at 12:02 | |
Yes, thank you Dennis for that comprehensive review of Road to Red!
I'm nowhere near fanatical enough to buy it, but now that I've read your review, I at least know what I'm missing. |
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Sagichim
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Posted: December 03 2013 at 11:37 | |
Two very good reviews on the front page! First of all Dennis (The Crimson King) with his outstanding review to KC's box set, very informative and easy to read, keep up the good work man!
I would really love to own this baby since I have a few live albums. Second review for Apostolis (Psarros). Very good review for Mahjun! I'm so glad you wrote a review for them since I offered them a few weeks ago to the site. Beautiful description of their music, every word is on the spot! I have all their albums and I must ask if you have any others? |
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