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richardh
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 01:51 |
Deluge Grander - Heliotians Anton Roolaart - The Plight Of Lady Oona Anathema - Distant Satellites Nick Magnus - N'monix IQ - The Road Of Bones Gazpacho - Demons Heretics - Dream The Electric Sheep Synaesthesia - Same Glass Hammer - Ode To Echo Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus Yes - Heaven and Earth Rob Reed - Sanctuary
roughly in that order
Good year so far , the only album I don't like is Mike Oldfield - Man On The Rocks
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smartpatrol
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 03:19 |
St.Vincent - s/t - Not her greatest but still a 10/10 from me.
Annie has incredible talent, as a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and
she's beyond easy on the eyes. Very sterile, cold, and electronic, but
simultaneously animalistic, demented, but also angelic. She's got one of
the best track records of any recording artist I know. Low 10/10
Death Grips - Niggas on the Moon -
To be fair it's half of a yet-to-be-completely-released double album,
but way too good not to mention. Sadly this may be their last LP, as
they recently announced their disbandment, but there's always hope
(especially with all their past PR). Each of their albums has a distinct
(and very tasty) flavor, and this one is broken, weird, bizzare, and
glitchy as all f**k. Love it! Lyrically it's MC Ride's most cryptic; not
as heavy as the drug-crazed-schizo-satanic stuff you might hear on "Lil
Boy" or "Get Got", but still just as interesting. High 9/10
Mac Demarco - Salad Days
- 30 minutes of bliss. Mac writes some of the most beautiful melodies,
and some great lyrics to boot. Stylistically it's pretty similar to his
last album "2"; mellow, calm, and loving, and fairly stoner-esque
(though he says he prefers tobacco). Despite it's similarity to it's
predecessor, it's definitely an improvement, both by his better, more
memorable songs, and a bit more varied instrumentation; some more keys,
some more acoustic ballads, etc. Mid 9/10
Royal Blood - Out of the Black EP - Four gritty, heavy, catchy garage-rock bangers. Nothing too fancy but kicks ass. Low 9/10
Nicky Jasaszewski - BIO-111 -
The fifth release on my label I Thought You Were A Marxist Records. I
feel kind of weird putting it here since it's my work; I produced it,
but all I really did was add some reverb and mix it into stereo. Some
great tracks; relaxing and minimalistic, but also interesting because of
it's mix of melodic and dissonant tones. Low 9/10
Michael Summers - Nightscapes and Dreamares - Some cool experimental electronic tracks Low 9/10
The Polar Syntax Project - A Name That Makes the Heart Swell - Another one on my label. Great one hour drone. Enough progression to stay interesting but still very nice to listen to passively. Low 9/10
Junk - Car EP - Great, catchy songs. Nice and noisy. High 8/10
Swans - To Be Kind - Really strong work. Long, dissonant, dark, and haunting. Repetitive mantras repeated over and over. Great stuff. High 8/10 They Might Be Giants - First Album Live - One of my favorite albums ever, played live almost 30 years later. Not as great as the original but still strong as sh*t. High 8/10
Edited by smartpatrol - July 26 2014 at 15:53
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Kazza3
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 06:03 |
Very rough order of my favourites so far would be:
Swans - To Be Kind St Vincent - s/t IQ - The Road of Bones Anathema - Distant Satellites Antemasque - s/t Le Butcherettes - Cry Is For The Flies Closure in Moscow - Pink Lemonade Dot Hacker - How's Your Process? (Work) Perfect Beings - s/t Univers Zero - Phosphorescent Dreams
I'm having more success finding good albums this year than last.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 09:38 |
Perfect Beings Perfect Beings Dream The Electric Sleep Heretics Amos, Tori Unrepentant Geraldines Eno - Hyde Someday World Djam Karet Regenerator 3017 Ian Anderson Homo Erraticus Tibbetts, Steve Natural Causes Curved Air North Star Way, Darryl Children Of The Cosmos Anubis Hitchiking To Byzantium Umphrey's McGee Similar Skin
On the way, the new Swans and Knifeworld and another Eno Hyde
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 11:28 |
january4mn wrote:
I should do a bit of a list too although these are the only albums I've bought so far!,
IQ: The Road of Bones Asia: Gravitas Cirrus Bay: the first three albums (but oddly, not their 2014 one yet)
And in the near future, Yes: Heaven And Earth Saga: Sagacity Druckfarben: Second Sound
And I finally picked up Martin Orford's "Classical Music and Popular Songs" although that's hardly a new record.
Ken
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Ken your Skye album is excellent to say the least. I may not have enough for a top ten of 2014 but Skye will be part of that list for sure. 
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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january4mn
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 14:17 |
Wow, thanks John!
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 14:41 |
Q-- The Road Of Bones
Eloy--Reincarnation Live ON Stage
Vanden Plas--Chronicles Of The Immortals
Hibernal--Replacements
Agalloch--The Serpent And The Sphere
Jethro Tull--Steven Wilson remix (2014) boxset for A Passion Play
Anubis Hitchiking To Byzantium
Anathema - Distant Satellites Devin Townsend--Casualties Of Cool Lacuna Coil--Broken Crown Halo
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 14:47 |
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 14:49 |
tszirmay wrote:
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IQ- Road to
Bones
Logos-
L’Enigma della Vita
2-Synaesthesia- same
3-Fabio Zuffanti- La Quarta Vittima
4-Ad Maiora- same
5-Panic Room- Incarnate
6-Frequency Drift- Over
7- Phoenix Again – Look Out
8-Ego-Sistema
9-Monarch Trail- Skye
10-Elephants of Scotland- Execute and Breathe
11-RPWL- Wanted
12-Huis- Despite Guardian Angels
13-The Gift- Land of Shadows
14-Gazpacho-Demon
15-Majestic- Epsilon 1
16-Nodo Gordiano- Nous
17-Perfect Beings-same
18- Dean Watson- Fantasizer!
19- Machines Dream- same
20- Dawn- Darker
21- Strattman- The Lie of the Beholder
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ah you have been busy. very nice. and yeah, that IQ album is nothing but sonic joy.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 14:56 |
I haven't gotten into that many new prog albums this year. Been discovering a lot of non-prog experimental bands instead, running the gamut from "indie" to "avant garde". But the new Swans album will be hard to beat this year.
I imagine there will eventually be many prog albums from this year that I'll enjoy, I'm just in no real hurry to check them all out. It's a pity that the year-end polls only give you less than a year to listen to and rate all that stuff.
Edited by HolyMoly - July 26 2014 at 14:59
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 18:37 |
Currently on my iphone (in alphabetical order): Anathema - Distant Satellites Asia - Gravitas (yes, don't frown at me!  ) Discipline - This One's For England Djam Karet - Regenerator 3017 Elephants of Scotland - Execute and Breathe Frequency Drift - Over Huis - Despite Guardian Angels IQ - The Road Of Bones Lapis Lazuli - Alien Abra Cadaver Lazuli - Tant Que L'Herbe Est Grasse Mammoth - Polymorphism Masal - Viens Des Quatre Vents Panic Room - Incarnate Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope Either On my wish list, or have them already, but yet to hear: Abel Ganz Karfagen - Magician's Theater Kaukasus - I Nick Magnus - N'monix Steven Wilson's cover versions TNNE - The Clock That Went Backwards Yes - Heaven and Earth
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Stereolab
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Posted: July 26 2014 at 21:32 |
Been bit of a slow year so far compared to 2013... "Agusa - Högtid" for sure. "Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun" for sure.
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richardh
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Posted: July 27 2014 at 03:09 |
progbethyname wrote:
Q-- The Road Of Bones
Eloy--Reincarnation Live ON Stage
Vanden Plas--Chronicles Of The Immortals
Hibernal--Replacements
Agalloch--The Serpent And The Sphere
Jethro Tull--Steven Wilson remix (2014) boxset for A Passion Play
Anubis Hitchiking To Byzantium
Anathema - Distant Satellites Devin Townsend--Casualties Of Cool Lacuna Coil--Broken Crown Halo
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didn't realise the Eloy album was this year so that could be added to my list
Lacuna Coil - that name has suddenly become known to me via Ayreon's The Theory Of Everything (the very attractive lead singer is one of the guest vocalists). Is it prog metal? I note the band are not included on PA as yet.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:31 |
I have only just begun to listen to 2014 releases but here are my favorites so far:
Ut Gret - Ancestors’ Tale
Agora - Ichinen
Humana Prog - Fiori Frutti Farfalle
Aalto - Ikaro
Kant Freud Kafka - No tengas miedo
Factor Burzaco - 3
Logos - L’Enigma della vita
Accordo dei Contrari - AdC
Dean Watson - Fantasizer!
Univers Zero - Phosphorescent Dreams
Swans - To Be Kind
IQ - The Road of Bones
Syndone - Odysséas
Amenophis - Time
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Padraic
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:40 |
St. Vincent s/t and Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean are my favorites for this year so far.
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Billy Pilgrim
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 19:05 |
Mastodon- Once More 'Round the Sun Animals As Leaders- The Joy of Motion Swans- To Be Kind Agalloch- The Serpent and the Sphere
Only slightly disappointed with Animals As Leaders and Agalloch. More of the same.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 23:17 |
richardh wrote:
Anton Roolaart - The Plight Of Lady OonaNick Magnus - N'monix |
Nice, gotta check these. 1. Kaleidoscope - Transatlantic 2. Ode to Echo - Glass Hammer 3. Regenerator 3017 - Djam Karet 4. The Promise - Superdrama 5. Unrecorded Beam - Billy Bottle and the Multiple 6. Sulla Bolla di Sapone - FEM Prog Band 7. Circus Pandemonium - A.C.T 8. The Road of Bones - IQ 9. Time - Amenophis 10. Abandoned Dancehall Dreams - Tim Bowness 11. The Final Delusion - Delusion Squared 12. Incarnate - Panic Room 13. Illusory Blues - Messenger 14. Gravitas - Asia 15. Kindly Bent to Free Us - Cynic
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rushfan4
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:30 |
richardh wrote:
progbethyname wrote:
Q-- The Road Of Bones
Eloy--Reincarnation Live ON Stage
Vanden Plas--Chronicles Of The Immortals
Hibernal--Replacements
Agalloch--The Serpent And The Sphere
Jethro Tull--Steven Wilson remix (2014) boxset for A Passion Play
Anubis Hitchiking To Byzantium
Anathema - Distant SatellitesDevin Townsend--Casualties Of CoolLacuna Coil--Broken Crown Halo
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didn't realise the Eloy album was this year so that could be added to my list Lacuna Coil - that name has suddenly become known to me via Ayreon's The Theory Of Everything (the very attractive lead singer is one of the guest vocalists). Is it prog metal? I note the band are not included on PA as yet. |
Hey Richard. Yeah The Coil have some progressive tendencies but its minor. They infuse a gothic pop metal that really had seemed to work for me many years now. And yes...That Miss Scabbia is a bloody knockout with great stage presence. So many bands like Amaranth try to follow in Coils footsteps, but Lacuna reign supreme. If you think C.S is good looking now you should see what she looked liked 10 years ago. Lets just say it was hard to concentrate on The music. ;)
I put their album in a number 10. To be honest I haven't quite filled a cohesive 10 yet.
I shall though. It's not a bad year at all for music and for Prog.
The latest Flaming Row album might sneak in. :)
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:32 |
rushfan4 wrote:
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How do you like Capacitor by The Cosmo?? I really liked The Man Who was left in Space.
I'm surprised they came out with another album so fast. :)
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