Mark’s Quick Review: Cell15’s – River Utopia
River Utopia the sophomore album from Robert Richardson's band Cell15 has made it this way and it has to be very good to match their debut album and which won 2014's best debut album and best opening track. I have seen this some of this album performed live which...
Mark’s Quick Review: Jon Durant’s – Is Parting
Solo guitar's Jon Durant sent us his album, Parting Is last month and we gave it a few spins. After checking it out I don't believe that I can recommend this album. I typically like polyphonic huge sounds and this is really just soundscapes and pleasant guitar sounds....
Mark’s Quick Review: Royal Architects’ – Et in Arcadia Ego
Royal Architects sent me a vinyl edition of their album to review. Which is a real attention getter I will say. Their debut album comes to us from Baltimore home of the often visited Orion Studios. This album is a great debut. Its a bit uneven in quality possibly, but...
Mark’s Quick Review: shob’s – Karma Obscur
France's Shob has released an album called Karma Obscur. This is a tough album for me to review in some respects. I find that albums featuring bass players are appreciated more by people that play the bass or any instrument rather than a simple consumer of music. This...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Travis Woyen’s – Echoes in the Dark
Travis Woyen's - Echos in the Dark showed up in our in box a few months ago. This Minnesotan who has been inspired by 70's prog rock. Produced and and played all the instruments on this recording. I think maybe this album would have benefited from other people's...
Concert Review: Between the Buried and Me, The Dear Hunter, Leprous – Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2-24-18
Concert: Between the Buried and Me, The Dear Hunter, LeprousVenue: Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3-24-18 Rare is the night in South Florida where a prog band comes to town. Even more rare is a great bill with more than one band. When the tour was announced for prog...
