Haken – The Mountain – 2013 – Review by Chris Morrissey Haken – Restoration EP – 2014 – Review by Chris Morrissey Haken – Crystallised – 2014 – Mini song review by Bryan Morey Haken – Affinity – 2016 – Review by Chris Morrissey Haken – Affinity – 2016 – Review by John Deasey Haken …
Oak, The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise, 2022, Karisma Records,Tracks: Highest Tower, Deepest Well (5:57), Quiet Rebellion (4:51), Dreamless Sleep (5:37), Sunday 8 AM (5:54), Demagogue Communion (6:16), Paperwings (13:52), Guest of Honour (7:03) Oslo’s Oak have been my favorite “new” band since I discovered them in 2016 when they released their 2013 album, Lighthouse, on …
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Commemorating Progarchy’s anniversary month in Progtober, we have seen Bryan’s celebration of the decade’s best discs, as well as Rick’s top albums. At the same time, too, we have been debating who the top artists of the past ten years are. Check out Bryan’s case for Steve Hackett; Rick’s case for Steven Wilson; and my case for Neal …
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As we here at Progarchy continue to celebrate our tenth anniversary, we’re moving from talking about our favorite artists of the decade to our favorite albums. Since 2014 I’ve compiled a “best of” list highlighting my favorite music of the year. Looking back, I still stand behind my lists because they represent where I was …
There is a great interview and analysis, along with track previews, over at Apple Music: They may be synonymous with nervy dance-punk and neon-lit electro-pop, but Metric have always been prog architects at heart—think of the multi-sectional sprawl of early standards like “Hustle Rose” or “Empty,” or the two-part cosmic synth suite “The Face” that …
As the demigods of the US postal service would have it (and OK, ordering from Amazon, Burning Shed and others had something to do with it), a lot of the CDs that have landed in my mailbox lately are live albums (or have a live element). “So whadid ya get?” Glad you asked . . …
King Crimson, Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University, Chicago Illinois, September 10, 2019. (Featured photo by King Crimson manager David Singleton.) “Expectation is a prison.” Robert Fripp says that a lot. He said it again this past Tuesday in Chicago. Specifically, to about sixty fans who had paid a lot of cash for a King Crimson pre-concert VIP …
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At the frontiers of metal, and probably beyond that, resides Archspire’s dizzying precision. Here compositions proceed in convulsive strides of synchronized riff–drums and robotic vocals, stepping from one atypical rhythm to another. Abruptly switching to varying palates — from “Sound of Perseverance” like scathing guitar harmonies, to math rock signatures. But everything strung together into …
Note: my favorite new albums of 2018 are here. My favorite reissues of 2018 are here. One idea afoot in the online prog world I’ve only encountered since I began writing here is the thesis that live recordings shouldn’t be on reviewers’ “best of the year” lists. As I understand it, the basic idea is that …
Earlier this year, I questioned whether or not 2018 was going to be a poor year for prog. It seemed like the the progressive rock community took a few months to stop and take a collective breath… but that was only the breath before the plunge. The second half of the year saw many excellent …
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