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  • Review – Weserbergland – Sehr Kosmisch Ganz Progisch – by Craig Ellis Bacon

    Review – Weserbergland – Sehr Kosmisch Ganz Progisch – by Craig Ellis Bacon

    What is Sehr Kosmisch, Ganz Progisch Roughly translating to Very Cosmic, Entirely Proggy , this debut album from Weserbergland is…well, exactly what its title claims. It’s a classically progressive take on Krautrock, masterminded by White Willow s Ketil Vestrum Einarsen. Comprising four extended instrumental compositions, the album is layered, moody, musical, and intricate. The arrangements…

  • Review – Big Hogg – Gargoyles – by Craig Ellis Bacon

    Review – Big Hogg – Gargoyles – by Craig Ellis Bacon

    On their 2nd LP, Gargoyles,? the Glasgow-based Big Hogg mine a rich vein of post- Sgt. Pepper’s sounds, including psychedelia, Canterbury folk/jazz/proto-prog, and the background music for those dance interludes that showed up in every 60’s movie regardless of whether the film was a musical. It’s a weird and wonderful ride. While the music encompasses…

  • Review – Nerissa Schwarz – Playgrounds Lost – by Craig E. Bacon

    Review – Nerissa Schwarz – Playgrounds Lost – by Craig E. Bacon

    The premise for Nerissa Schwarz’s (of Frequency Drift) debut solo album, Playgrounds Lost , immediately intrigues for two reasons. First, it is an instrumental concept album about innocence lost perhaps through very sinister means, judging from the album cover and song titles. Second, the songs are performed entirely on mellotron and electric harp. Put the…

  • Review – Last Flight To Pluto – See You At The End – By Craig E. Bacon

    Review – Last Flight To Pluto – See You At The End – By Craig E. Bacon

    Last Flight To Pluto makes a grand entrance onto the prog scene with their debut album, See You At The End . Their energy is brash, raw, and engaging across six tracks and an hour of music a deft alchemy of late 70’s Rush and late 90’s Massive Attack in roughly 65-35 ratio. Band leaders…

  • Progradar Best of 2016 – Craig Ellis Bacon’s Top 10

    Progradar Best of 2016 – Craig Ellis Bacon’s Top 10

    Anderson/Stolt – Invention of Knowledge Expansive and spiritual in the vein of Tales From Topographic Oceans, this album–like all things Yes these days–has sharply divided the prog world’s opinions. And everyone’s got an opinion on this thing. Well, I’m firmly in the camp that Jon Anderson, Roine Stolt, and Co. have gifted us with a…

  • Review – Aisles – Hawaii – by Craig E. Bacon

    Review – Aisles – Hawaii – by Craig E. Bacon

    With their new album, Hawaii,? Aisles have released their version of the obligatory conceptual prog double album. As such, it hits many of the prog checklist items: longer tracks, extended instrumental sections, some experimental choices, a loose concept that can be a little hard to follow at times, and gorgeous cover art that tells a…

  • Review – Tarja – The Shadow Self – by Craig E. Bacon

    Review – Tarja – The Shadow Self – by Craig E. Bacon

    There is a darker side of us all…Every one of us, we have a darker side that we should probably just appreciate that it exists…I believe it’s a beautiful darkness…The Shadow Self, it is a creative force in all of us.? –Tarja Those familiar with Tarja’s solo work, or with the symphonic metal genre, will…