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Mark’s Quick Review: Milky Way Gas Station – Somewhere / Anywhere
This debut from Milky Way Gas Station has garnered much attention from our listeners at MusicInWidescreen.com They were nice enough to send us a copy and I am glad they did. Unlike many debut submissions this album is quite good. Some nice moments in Neutral, Whyand...
Mark’s Quick Review: Genesis – The Lamb Lies down On Broadway
Well my random music review playlist came up with this classic. This is the double album that many bands writing double albums aspire to be. This, the inspiration to Kevin Gilbert's Shaming of the True and many others, is full of wonderful music. Brian Eno contributes...
Mark’s Quick Review: Von Hertzen Brother’s – War is Over
This is one of my favorite bands as you can see from the ratings. I have actually offered them an all expense paid trip to Chicago for a private concert that they have so far ignored. This album is just chalk full of 4 star songs with some five star moments. So in...
Mark’s Quick Review: Blank Manuskript’s – The Waiting Soldier
If you love the flute this is your album there are count 'em, three flutist in this band. Not that they are all playing them all the time this is a six piece band of multi-instrumentalist. As I was looking up this band I did notice some very positive reviews for the...
New album from Jordan Rudess and Steve Horelick announced
The beautiful and haunting NEW CD, interSonic, by JORDAN RUDESS (Dream Theater) and synth-wiz, STEVE HORELICK, features 11 tracks + a download card which includes 3 bonus tracks exclusive to the CD. The new album will be out Nov 14th. 2017 As Jordan and Steve describe...
Mark’s Quick Review: Pi Mezon’s – A Lone
So this album showed up in my mail a few months back. I looked at their bandcamp site and saw that it was a Finnish band so I was cautiously optimistic thanks to all the great prog Finnish bands I had heard already. I was not to be disappointed. The album pushes all...
Mark’s Quick Review: Big Big Train – Grimspound
So here were are with the prolific band Big Big Train. So here is a band that I have and am flying to the UK (from chicago) to see. In fact I am seeing them live today, That's how much I think of this band. On the note of this album however I think that is does not...
The Security Project Feat. King Crimson & Peter Gabriel Members To Tour US In Support Of New Live Album “Contact”
“Great to see some of the original members doing it the right way.” – Steve Hackett The Security Project has once again reinvented itself, this time with vocalist Happy Rhodes. Together with Jerry Marotta (drummer from Peter Gabriel’s first five records), Trey Gunn...
Steven Wilson announces 2018 North American tour dates
Steven Wilson has announced a series of dates for his upcoming North American tour. The tour which will highlight his recent album To The Bone, kicks off April 20th in Quebec and concludes May 14th in Phoenix. Steven made a comment about the tour on Facebook. “I’m...
Mark’s Quick Review: Von Hertzen Brothers – Love Remains the Same
This 2008 release shows the steady improvement of this band. The opening track shows a new maturity to their song writing and was the highlight for me at RosFest show. As I like to say when reviewing their albums I do like the way siblings can harmonize. The siblings...
Mark’s Quick Review: Violent Attitude If Noticed’s – Ourselves and Otherwise
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. This debut album from the band sometimes referred to...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Karmamoi’s – Silence Between Sounds
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tastes are. Karmamoi is an Italian band headed by Daniele Giovannoni and Alex Massari...
Neal Morse releases new video for “JoAnna” from new album ‘Life & Times’
Neal Morse released his latest solo album, LIFE & TIMES, today on Radiant Records via Metal Blade Records/SONY on all digital outlets, including Radiant Records’ website, as well as CD and vinyl. The Stephen Yake/Christian Rios-directed third video from the...
Neal Morse releases new song “Songs of Freedom”
Neal Morse kicked off his solo tour on board Cruise to the Edge last week in Tampa performing songs from his upcoming new album Life & Times, out on Feb 16th. The opening song on the ship was a new song called “Songs of Freedom” which is not on any record. But now...
Tesseract release details on fourth album
British djent/progressive metal darlings TesseracT have just revealed the details surrounding their fourth record, and follow-up to the band’s 2015 full-length offering, ‘Polaris’. The band’s forthcoming fourth studio album, titled ‘Sonder’, is scheduled to see a...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Onségen Ensemble’s – Awalaï
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. This instrumental album caught my ear almost immediately. This melodic...