“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green…
View More Jordan Rudess – Wired For Madness
In this update we feature: > MetaQuorum – Witchcraft Jazz > Marvin B. Naylor – Bright Blinds > The Samurai of Prog – Archiviarum > Unstoppable Sweeties Show – Bring Kath Her Breamcatcher (The Musical) > Vinyl Dial – Intergalactic…
View More A Different Aspect #28
Origin of Species is a concept album that has taken several years to reach fruition and it is a collaboration of talents with a hefty pedigree, comprising the likes of bassist/vocalist Matt Bissonette, drummer extraordinaire Simon Phillips and guitarist Greg…
View More DarWin – Origin of Species
Todd Rundgren surely needs no introduction, does he? Or maybe he does, let’s briefly touch on his early career. During the late ’60s he formed the blues orientated Nazz, but became increasingly dissatisfied with the direction of the band. Production…
View More Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Live at the Chicago Theatre
In a stunning coincidence, I just threw out some mouldy banana bread during the writing of this review… Joey Frevola himself assured me that the new Edge of Reality album would be far-removed from his orchestral if somewhat twee solo…
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Obiymy Doschu (Обійми Дощу), translates to ‘Rain’s Embrace’, so I was led to believe, although literal translations can sometimes be misleading or even incorrect. So Google translate would suggest a permutation, Embrace The Rain. It matters little and I mention…
View More Obiymy Doschu – Son (Coh)
“A punk album being reviewed on TPA?”, I hear your incredulous question, but read on and all will hopefully become clear… “By early 1976 as a teenager, although I was a fan of the usual prog giants, … and a…
View More Various Artists – 1977: The Year Punk Broke
It’s been two years since I first discovered the music of Yagull, when I came across their debut album Films, released back in 2012. I was quite taken aback by how pianist Kana Kamitsubo and guitarist Sasha Markovic combined delicate…
View More Yagull – Yuna![Van der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine [50th Anniversary Edition]](https://theprogressiveaspect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/VdGG-Aerosol.jpg)
As luck would have it, just before I was told about the review download of the 50th anniversary reissue of the first album to bear the name Van der Graaf Generator becoming available, I had commenced on a trip through…
View More Van der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine [50th Anniversary Edition]
It is rare these days to hear a new song and then feel compelled to immediately play it again… and then play it again, but that’s exactly what happened upon hearing the magnificently catchy and groove-laden Coverland on A Drop…
View More Last Flight To Pluto – A Drop In The Ocean