Friday, March 23 2012
Robert Fripp: An Appreciation
Robert Fripp, King Crimson’s enigmatic guitarist, has never stopped experimenting. Crimson’s latest release, A Scarcity of Miracles, typifies his atypicality.
Monday, October 24 2011
Drag the Dream Into Existence: Reassessing Rush’s Masterpiece
Moving Pictures is, without any question, not only Rush’s masterpiece, but one of those rare albums that epitomizes an era. It's a template of sorts for the way rock albums were made in the early '80s.
Monday, September 26 2011
Cheer-Accident: No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
Midwest prog that aims for the AOR ideal: one kick-ass sound after another.
Thursday, July 7 2011
The Phoenix Foundation: Buffalo
Buffalo is a consistent and engaging album. However, it lumbers at a snail’s pace at times, and is a bit too lazy and laconic for its own good.
Thursday, June 16 2011
Skeletons: People
People is a dense, challenging listen, one that's grounded in reality and ever so more compelling as a result of it.
Monday, June 6 2011
Battles: Gloss Drop
Gloss Drop is the sound of a band forging its own identity and delivering on the promise initially unveiled on its previous album.
Monday, May 23 2011
The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time
Put as simply -- and starkly -- as possible, many beautiful babies were thrown out with the bath water by hidebound critics who were content to sniffingly dismiss the more ambitious (pretentious!) works that certain bands were putting out as a matter of course in the early-to-mid-‘70s.
Tuesday, March 29 2011
Hotels: On the Casino Floor
Imagine if the Smiths collided with OK Computer-era Radiohead on the set of a spaghetti western, and you’ll get an idea of the cinematic scope that Hotels is shooting for.
Friday, February 4 2011
Trey Gunn: I’ll Tell What I Saw
The hired Gunn of prog rock's current generation collects the highlights of his work in and around his own solo career. Prepare to show some respect, if you're not already completely dazzled.
Wednesday, December 1 2010
Jupe Jupe: Invaders
Jupe Jupe, in part, definitely bring home the 1980s-style party anthems, crafting music that’s similar to old-school European pop acts like Depeche Mode (particularly around the Speak and Spell era) and Duran Duran. At least, that's what they do before they go totally prog.
