Progradar

Month: May 2016

  • Review – Drifting Sun – Safe Asylum – by Progradar

    Review – Drifting Sun – Safe Asylum – by Progradar

    Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.? – Gustav Mahler Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.? – W. Somerset Maugham I like using quotes in my reviews, they can give some instant idea of what I am trying to get across in a pithy and memorable way. Maybe…

  • Review – Landskap – III – by Shawn Dudley

    Review – Landskap – III – by Shawn Dudley

    Layers and more layers. A great deal of music I hear these days is built around complexity; whether it’s modern progressive rock music designed around dense instrumental arrangements or modern pop music stacking countless vocal tracks and studio effects together creating a giant wall of sound. It’s, of course, a valid approach and a lot…

  • Review – Thence – We Are Left With A Song – by Progradar

    Review – Thence – We Are Left With A Song – by Progradar

    Storytelling–that’s not the future. The future, I’m afraid, is flashes and impulses. It’s mode up of moments and fragments, and stories won’t survive.? – Dexter Palmer, The Dream of Perpetual Motion Knowing the brief attention span of most of today’s music listening populous, used to flashes of music, the instant gratification of MTV and three…

  • Review – Steve Thorne – Island Of The Imbeciles – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Steve Thorne – Island Of The Imbeciles – by Emma Roebuck

    Steve Thorne’s 5th solo album The Island of Imbeciles is rumoured to be his last solo project. Hopefully this is not true as he continues to write tight, prescient songs with a great ear and eye for the moment. There is still a timeless element to the music but the timeliness of the subject matter…

  • AISLES announce new studio album and release online documentary – by Progradar

    AISLES announce new studio album and release online documentary – by Progradar

    The Chilean prog rock sextet returns with their new studio effort, Hawaii, a two-disc concept album that will be available starting in July. Chilean prog rockers Aisles have just announced the title and release date of Hawaii , their highly anticipated fourth studio album. The LP will be released on July 29, 2016 via Presagio…

  • The Pineapple Thief premiere first track ‘No Man’s Land’ from new album ‘Your Wilderness’ – by Progradar

    The Pineapple Thief premiere first track ‘No Man’s Land’ from new album ‘Your Wilderness’ – by Progradar

    The Pineapple Thief have revealed the first full track, entitled No Man’s Land? from their highly anticipated new album – Your Wilderness due for release on the?12th August(19th August in France) through Kscope . This is the first track to share from our new album, Your Wilderness.? It is a tale of two halves.? It’s…

  • Review – Godzilla In The Kitchen – S/T – by Progradar

    Review – Godzilla In The Kitchen – S/T – by Progradar

    I’m a well known fan of instrumental music. I like calming, sublime tracks that elicit a feeling of grace, calm and serenity. Take Tony Patterson’s ‘Equations of Meaning’ for instance, not merely a great release, it is a state of mind that we should all aspire to when our Life in the Fast Lane gets…

  • Review – Airbag – Disconnected – by Progradar

    Review – Airbag – Disconnected – by Progradar

    “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” – Robert Schumann “Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.” – Franz Liszt I like music that is written with love and dedication, not music that is written for the sole purpose of making some…

  • Review – Nine Stones Close – Leaves – by Leo Trimming

    Review – Nine Stones Close – Leaves – by Leo Trimming

    The band Nine Stones Close is named after the remains of an ancient stone circle (see the featured image) situated in the Peak District of Northern England near where Adrian Jones grew up as a child. The origins of the monument’s name and their history are shrouded in mystery. Aptly, Adrian Jones is also the…

  • Review Scarlet INside – THirty RiVers to CRoss – by Emma Roebuck

    Review Scarlet INside – THirty RiVers to CRoss – by Emma Roebuck

    Scarlet INside is, essentially, Kevin Kennie plus others occasionally helping out with music creation and drum consultancy, in the form of Drew Mckinlay and Jerry Good. Perhaps Kevin can best explain what that entails but it certainly works. Self described as ?a rock band, an acoustic act, and soundscape composition. We express a love of…