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Progarchives.com has always since 2002 relied on banners ads to cover web hosting fees and . all Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever . Forum Home Progressive Music Lounges Prog Blogs New Posts FAQ Search Events Register Login Prog Britannia Album Reviews Post Reply Page 1 99 100 101 Author Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic Psychedelic Paul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined : September 16 2019 Location : Nottingham , U.K Status : Offline Points : 39028 Post Options Post Reply Quote Psychedelic Paul Report Post Thanks(0 Quote Reply Posted : September 30 2024 at 05:08 Prog
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Author: Psychedelic PaulSubject: Prog Britannia - Album ReviewsPosted: October 15 2024 at 04:23Prog Folk BritanniaSANDALWOOD An acoustic female folk duo whose Pledge is to give highly polished performances. nbsp;1971: Sandalwood - Changeling - ttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw-u1DKmqbbz6ZNSY1NZHj0CxfVpB21IP
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Author: AcidTrashSubject: The Acid Trash Jamboree - YouTube Review ChannelPosted: October 15 2024 at 12:40Calling all Keiji Haino/Fush*tsusha maniacs...Episode 50 - ox Sets of Doom! Keiji Haino / Fush*tsusha / Lost Aaraaf "Soul's True Love" (4 x CD) - Full Review!Watch here:https://youtu.be/IFgZzlqlsL0Rejoice- this is the 50th episode to date of The Acid Trash Jamboree!To celebrate, I've taken a long overdue "deep dive" into one of my favourite items from the collection, the monstrous 4 x CD box set "Soul's True Love" (Purple Trap, 1995), which comprises of some of the earliest known recordings by Japan's very own "man in black", Keiji Haino!Taking in two epic festival performances of wonky freeform jazz rock by his earliest band Lost Aaraaff; a beguiling collection of late '60s/early '70s home recordings, where he grapples with a vast array of instruments; a 1973 solo suite originally composed for a dance troupe, which ranges from ghostly forest ambience to churning harsh noise (!) and wrapping up with a raw 'n' ready serving of late '70s Fush*tsusha, this is yet another crucial stopping-off point for devotees of the endlessly fascinating Japanese experimental scene!Music discussed and shown...Lost Aaraaff "Concert From the Genyasai Festival"Keiji Haino "Suite Reverberation: The Third Heart"Keiji Haino "Suite Reverberation: Forest of Spirits"Fush*tsusha "Untitled"Cheers!
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Author: Saperlipopette!Subject: My Top 32 Albums - Countdown and Detailed Reviews!Posted: October 15 2024 at 00:19In regards to H to He... I fully agree (except I would personally not consider Still Life as a condender for their best album). I had tried with some other VdGG before I got to this, but it clicked with "Killer" and this whole album for me as well. banjosoap wrote:As a whole album, it expands on the same vibe as Killer, functioning as the most accessible and immediate of the bands classic work. It was the first of theirs I heard, which might be the nostalgic reason why I consider it the best (against convention wisdom), but it really should be the first anyone hears. Whether it is their best is arguable. That is it not their most refined, professional, complex and ingenious work is inarguable. That is probably Pawn Hearts, which I covered before, or maybe even later works like Godbluff or Still Life. But it is without question, (of the classic albums Im most familiar), their most immediate, their most upfront and upbeat (at least musically if not lyrically). and while Hammill would mature as a lyricist (and probably as a songwriter as well) in the next couple of years, to me this album has the most appealing soundspace, texture and atmosphere (I don't really care all that much about refined complexity as such) out of everything regarding VdGG/Hammill. banjosoap wrote:As Ive referenced previously on this blog, there is sometimes a convention in Prog circles that the mainstream of the supposed genre are what are known as a Big 6 of Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, ELP and Jethro Tull. Im not entirely sure where this idea came from. Theyre obviously all legends but virtually nowhere can I find any real acknowledged partitioning of just them that doesnt include some other worthy candidates alongside or in place of. It often tends to include Rush. Or sometimes you could say obscure (but not really hugely moreso than say, King Crimson?) artists like Van Der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant, or cross into the mainstream work of acts like The Moody Blues and Supertramp. Looking at the so-called big 6 from 2024-perspective, King Crimson are arguably a bigger band than ELP. In the last decades they have drawn bigger crowds, sparked more interest - and has been a much bigger influence on bands and artists - reaching way beyond the progsphere. In many ways KC are the Velvet Underground of Prog. In the Court... was and still is a huge album, and a genuine gamechanger. Apart form Pink Floyd, the rest of the "Big 6" are to some extent in depth to it. The Canadian Rush is a whole different beast and were never part of this era or scene. When Rush started getting noticed, Classic UK Prog was basically over. The musical landscape had shifted, and all the albums of theirs that are considered as part of the "prog Rock canon" were released a few years ago. Looking at Montly listeners at Spotify, KC are much, much bigger than VdGG and GG (and has a lot more listeners than ELP as well). The contrast doesn't seem that big on PA, but in "the real world" they belong in differnt leagues of popularity. And as you pretty much state yourself, Moody Blues and Supertramp never were fully fledged Progressive Rock as such.-As someone who prefers the early pastoral sound of Genesis, Nursery Cryme is my favorite (and the only one of theirs I would rate as a five star). I love the surreal whimsy, the fairy tale/mythology-mixture and this very british side to them. That's where their magic lies to me. Not so much in their futuristic/Sci Fi - or social commentary side. I think NC a perfectly balanced album with a few short and sweet numbers in between the three mini epics. It nails all of this a little bit better than the still very wonderful and enchanting Trespass. But I know I'm in a minority. That said, I do enjoy most of their output up to and including Wind and Withering though.
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Author: kirk782Subject: My Top 32 Albums - Countdown and Detailed Reviews!Posted: October 14 2024 at 20:53Who's Next is the band at their peak before their downfall on stuff like 'Face Dances' or 'Endless Wire'. Hardly a bad song on that. Bargain was written, as Pete Townshend, once stated as an ode to God, whilst at first listen many assumed it was about a woman [just like most rock n roll songs]. Funnily, I forget the site,[it was a conservative American one], made a list of top 50 conservative rock songs and I think "Won't Get Fooled Again" was put at the top because of it's lyrics. Eithercase, that song has Daltrey screaming out his vocal chords.VdGG is the kind of band you put at a party and everybody empties out immediately. :p I loved their initial albums [can't say the same of latter day runs like 'Trisector'] where they almost eschewed the lead guitar in favor of screeching saxophones. Also, Hamill's lyrics can be dark and despondent. H to He is my second favorite album by them and the opener 'Killer' rocks as hard as any song can.
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Author: Psychedelic PaulSubject: Prog Britannia - Album ReviewsPosted: October 11 2024 at 08:25Prog Folk BritanniaSAND SNOWMAN nter Sandman! How do you make a snowman out of sand? Snow good asking me. Ask Gavan Kearney. He's the man behind the spooky psych-folk of Sand Snowman - the creepiest experience since Jim'll Fix It, when Jimmy Savile fixed it for some young female fans to meet Gary Glitter. nbsp; nbsp;2007: Sand Snowman - The Twilight Game nbsp;2007: Sand Snowman - I'm Not Here nbsp; 009: Sand Snowman - Two Way Mirror nbsp;2010: Sand Snowman - Nostalgia Ever After nbsp;2010: Sand Snowman - Sleeper's Hide & Seek nbsp;2010: Sand Snowman - The Magpie House nbsp;2011: Sand Snowman - The World's Not Worth It - ttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRQKT-Cu2_2Q7m-p5N5y3LqPNYJGQi7WM nbsp;2011: Sand Snowman - Vanished Chapters nbsp;2011: Sand Snowman - Otherness - ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R1onF1SP2A nbsp;2013: Sand Snowman - Autonal (with Moonswift) nbsp;2015: Sand Snowman - A Doll's EyesEdited by Psychedelic Paul - October 11 2024 at 08:29
