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Review – Pattern Seeking Animals – Friend Of All Creatures – by John Wenlock-Smith
Pattern Seeking Animals have recently released ‘Friend of All Creatures’, their fifth album in five years. They have also changed the label from InsideOut to G.E.P but, otherwise, it’s pretty much the same as earlier releases, i.e. this is a band that, in tandem with excellent writer John Boegehold, take the core of Spock’s Beard…
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Review – Pattern Seeking Animals – Spooky Action at a Distance – by John Wenlock-Smith
2023 has been a most excellent year for music, with many fine releases hitting the racks. They have been full of music of worth and value, not the unimaginative, tepid and vacuous drivel that dominates the airwaves, grabs the headlines and gets the promotional push and thrust of X, Snapchat or Tik Tok, the arena…
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Ryo Okumoto announces new solo album The Myth of the Mostrophus?
The album features guest appearances by current and former Spock’s Beard bandmates Nick D?Virgilio, Al Morse, Dave Meros, Ted Leonard, and Jimmy Keegan. Ryo Okumoto, long-time keyboardist for prog rock group Spock’s Beard, is pleased to announce his new solo album The Myth of the Mostrophus, due out on July 29th, 2022 on InsideOutMusic. The six…
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Review – Pattern Seeking Animals – Only Passing Through – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Only Passing Through’, the third Pattern Seeking Animals album has landed and, yes, it is another goodie. A fine set of modern progressive rock tracks, inspired by the greats, but no mere copy or imitation, this set takes the genre and gives it a contemporary twist and shake. Let me explain the concept, John Boegehold,…
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Lobate Scarp To Release Second Full Length Album – ‘You Have It All’
Progressive-rock band Lobate Scarp will release their second full-length studio album You Have It All on April 1. It serves as an expansion to their 2019 EP Spirals and Portals. Progressive rock fans will appreciate the 17-minute finale “Flowing Through The Change and the 14 1/2-minute title track featuring guest vocalists Jon Davison and Billy…
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Review – Pattern Seeking Animals – Prehensile Tales – by John Wenlock-Smith
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PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS set May 15th, 2020 as release date for new studio album Prehensile Tales?!
In 2019, PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS, the California-based band featuring Ted Leonard (lead vocals & guitars), Jimmy Keegan (drums & vocals), Dave Meros (bass) and John Boegehold (keyboards), presented its much-lauded eponymous debut. Just a year later, the group announces May 15th, 2020 as the release date for its newest opus, Prehensile Tales, which expands the stylistic…
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Review – Fire Garden – Far and Near – by Progradar
“I’ll keep evolving and put that into my songs.” Alanis Morissette One of the great pleasures of being a music journalist/reviewer is watching an artist mature from their initial early steps and through their growing career. You see how the raw musical talent becomes focused and more mature to give ever impressive musical releases. One…
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Review – Amadeus Awad – Death Is Just A Feeling
WARNING – LANGUAGE THAT MAY OFFEND (well, you have to put that don’t you….?) I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.? Don’t fucking think it’s not cool…