This Saturday (August 6th) at “Backstage with Iris” on ISKC Rock Radio: Interview with Robin Wylie of 7sleepers (Part 1)! YOU CAN WIN A FREE COPY OF THE 7SLEEPERS ALBUM! (More information later in this post) Iris interviewed the multi-talented artist Robin Wylie, who made a wonderful album under the name 7sleepers, back in 2015. […]
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Lobate Scarp have only a few more days to reach their goal of $36,090 for the Kickstarter for their new album, You Have it All. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, the band only gets the money if the goal is met or exceeded. If the goal is not met by August 8, 2016, the band gets nothing.
If their latest song, “Beautiful Light,” as well as their first album, Time and Space, are anything to go off of, You Have it All may very well be one of the best albums of 2016. However, this can only happen if they meet their Kickstarter goal: LSalbum2.com.
Check out the lyric video for “Beautiful Light.” It is a fantastic song, very much in the vein of Big Big Train, The Tangent, and Yes.
The band writes on the upcoming album,
You Have It All is centered on the 15+ minute title track. It’s a strong, uplifting piece made up of several parts. The album will consist of 7-8 tracks totaling to about an hour in length. It will contain some powerful tracks such as “Conduit” our first instrumental piece, and “Nothing Wrong”, an anthem of individuality and freedom. In the mix will be some prog-ballads such as our new single “Beautiful Light” and a story of love-lost-but-found-once-more in “And We Tried”. The final track will be the grandiose 9-minute “Flowing With the Change”, which deals with acceptance of the past and looking into the future with exciting possibilities.
For all prog fans out there, Lobate Scarp is a band not to be missed. Please consider pledging your support for their upcoming album – they have whole levels of goodies available for people who pledge their support. The prog world needs innovative bands like Lobate Scarp to keep the genre going, and that can only happen when the fans support the music.
Check out this video for more info on the album campaign:
A shortish but very fine review!!
Oh my, where to start? Well, I have to admit, I never heard of the band Big Big Train before, until I listened to Stacy Doller’s Prog Britannia show (which used to be on Progrock.com, and now on Progzilla Radio). I really liked the songs that I heard, so I started to do some research. I thought it was a pretty new band, but I found out that the band exists for quite a while! I also just started to work for Background Magazine back in the early summer of 2015. I got my first batch of albums, and it included the Wassail EP of Big Big Train. I was very impressed by that EP, especially because of the title track Wassail (you can read the review of that EP here).
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TONIGHT on the August edition of NegativeSp8ce Radio Show – I will join Nikki and Doug of the band Lucid Fly to be the very first co-host ever! This episode is actually the “Master of NegativeSp8ce” perk they offered from their successful Indiegogo campaign for their upcoming debut full length album, Building Castles in Air. I will be there on behalf of 80/20 Records and I had the honor of choosing the playlist which includes recent releases from Haken, The Pineapple Thief, Bent Knee, The Mute Gods, Thank You Scientist, Captain Squeegee, and Lobate Scarp! I will also be shamelessly plugging Lobate’s Kickstarter campaign for the new album You Have It All, to be produced and mixed by Rich Mouser (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse, District ’97)
We hope you’ll join us at 5pm PST / 8pm EST on Lucky Star Radio –www.luckystarradio.com for this “progtastic adventure” 😀
In case you aren’t able to tune in today, a day or so later it will posted on mixcloud.com/lucidfly.
Oh my, where to start? Well, I have to admit, I never heard of the band Big Big Train before, until I listened to Stacy Doller’s Prog Britannia show (which used to be on Progrock.com, and now on Progzilla Radio). I really liked the songs that I heard, so I started to do some research. […]
via Honourable mention: Big Big Train – Folklore (2016) — Grendel HeadQuarters
Check out the great new album from Paper House, just released today: The Remains of What Was Left. You can listen to the whole thing for free over at Bandcamp (and then buy your own portable digital copy).
It’s their finest release to date. All the tracks are solid. The elaborate instrumentation has many very cool retro sounds, the songwriting is really good, and the best tracks are even the prog-length ones: “Intricate Wisdom” and “The Remains of What Was Left.”
I want a CD of this one. Would vinyl be too much to ask? Let us know, guys, because this is a really fine record. Nicely done, with a sweet classic sound.
Oh yes, I had expectations for this album! I never heard of artist Trond Øie before, and this album Expectations seems to be his solo debut. The sleeve looks very good and I really like the artwork that is used. The album is on the short side-only four tracks making the album 25 minutes long, so […]
Ok, so I’m a little late with this news, but I just saw that the San Francisco Bay area thrash legends, Testament, recently announced the release of a new forthcoming album. The Brotherhood of the Snake will be released via Nuclear Blast on October 28, 2016.
I really enjoyed their last album, 2012’s Dark Roots of the Earth. Testament is a metal band that has become better and better since their inception in the 1980s. They brilliantly combine their style of thrash with straight-up metal and a few toned-down heavy rockers. They are very similar in style to Metal Allegiance, which isn’t surprising since guitarist Alex Skolnick plays for both groups.
The band has said that this album will be even thrashier than their previous albums, with about half of the songs being thrash metal. The album will see singer Chuck Billy singing in his signature heavy voice, while avoiding the death vocals of their earlier albums. Basically, if you liked Dark Roots of the Earth, you’re probably going to like the new album.
Check out their website for more details.
Thrash on, Progarchy, and enjoy your Metal Monday.
Classic Rock Legends Wishbone Ash ‘Take It Back’ on North American Fall Tour
Musical journey through back catalog plus selections from recent recordings on tap
Wishbone Ash, one of the most influential guitar bands in the history of rock, bring it to their North American fans on the 2016 “Take It Back” Tour. As they celebrate their 47th anniversary at shows from Denver, CO, to New York City, the guys will present time-honored classics and deep tracks from the back catalog, as well as material from recent recordings.
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The great folks over at the DPRP (where I am proud to be a writer, as well) have just released a Round Table Review of the new Anderson/Stolt album, Invention of Knowledge. Three great reviews of a fantastic album.
If you like classic 70s Yes and you also like Roine Stolt’s godlike work on the guitar, then this is the album for you.
Check out InsideOut for more info on the album, and be sure and read the DPRP reviews.
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