Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
October 24, 2024Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.
Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
October 24, 2024Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.
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Henry Hey Discusses ‘Big Party’ by Forq: Something Else! Interview
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Mark Bacino Takes a Deep Dive Into ‘Top of the World’: Something Else! Interview
September 22, 2024
Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille + Kit Downes – ‘Breaking the Shell’ (2024)
October 25, 2024On ‘Breaking the Shell,’ Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille & Kit Downes get to expand their home base of creatively improvised music using the stately yet otherworldly sounds of the pipe organ.
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Matthew Shipp – ‘The Data’ (2024)
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Chris Greene Quartet – ‘Conversance’ (2024)
October 19, 2024
Kira Kira – ‘Kira Kira Live’ (2024)
October 16, 2024A band that pairs a Fender Rhodes player with a pianist and no bass perhaps shouldn’t work, but with sheer flair that not only overcome that challenge, Kira Kira utterly thrives in it.
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The Necks – ‘Bleed’ (2024)
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Narada Michael Walden: The Albums That Shaped My Career
September 9, 2024
Jupiter – ‘Jupiter’ (2024)
September 26, 2024Jupiter, the band, and ‘Jupiter,’ the album, feels like the start of a long run of some meaningfully explosive genre bending.
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Sun Ra – ‘At The Showcase, Live In Chicago 1976-1977’ (2024)
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David Torn – ‘Adityahridayam 321’ (2024)
May 5, 2024
Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
October 24, 2024Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.
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Mile Marker Zero – ‘Coming of Age’ (2024)
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Burton Cummings – ‘A Few Good Moments’ (2024)
October 7, 2024
Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
October 24, 2024Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.
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Mile Marker Zero – ‘Coming of Age’ (2024)
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Dave Bainbridge of Downes Braide Association: The Albums That Shaped My Career
October 9, 2024
Why That Self-Titled 1994 Album Is the Best Motley Crue You Never Heard
March 18, 2024Released 30 years ago, ‘Motley Crue’ is actually their heaviest and most mature record – mature, of course, being a relative term.
Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
October 24, 2024Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.
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How Paul McCartney’s ‘Run Devil Run’ Served as a New Launching Pad
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How Toto Set the Stage for Success With the Overlooked ‘Hydra’
September 30, 2024
Mark Bacino Takes a Deep Dive Into ‘Top of the World’: Something Else! Interview
September 22, 2024Mark Bacino joined Preston Frazier to discuss his writing process and the long-awaited new studio album, ‘Top of the World.’
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Delay Tactics – ‘Out-Pop Options’ (1982); ‘Any Questions?’ (1984; 2024 reissue)
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Mark Bacino – ‘Top of the World’ (2024)
September 11, 2024
Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille + Kit Downes – ‘Breaking the Shell’ (2024)
October 25, 2024On ‘Breaking the Shell,’ Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille & Kit Downes get to expand their home base of creatively improvised music using the stately yet otherworldly sounds of the pipe organ.
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Greg Cahill of Special Consensus: Albums That Shaped My Career
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Alison Brown: The Albums That Shaped My Career
August 19, 2024
‘Penny Singleton: A Biography’: ‘Blondie’ and Beyond
July 4, 2024‘Penny Singleton: A Biography’ author Steve Randisi joins Mike Tiano to discuss the long-running Blondie star’s remarkable life and career.
Dan Weiss, Bobby Broom, Judith Owen + Others: Five for the Road
June 6, 2024Dan Weiss, Bobby Broom, Judith Owen and others are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.
Projekt Gemineye, “The Lost Generation” (2024): One Track Mind
October 26, 2024As always, Projekt Gemineye combines melodic guitar hooks, clear, forceful vocals, and pulsating metal/prog rhythms to tell a chilling story.
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Bryn Roberts, “Aloft” from ‘Aloft’ (2024): Video Premiere
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The Most Surprising Moment on Alan Parsons Project’s ‘Eve’
August 27, 2024
Lightnin’ Hopkins with Sonny Terry – ‘Last Night Blues’ (1960; 2024 reissue)
October 18, 2024Lightnin’ Hopkins’ newly reissued ‘Last Night Blues’ pays homage to the roots of blues while also inviting new listeners to appreciate its timeless appeal.
Narada Michael Walden: The Albums That Shaped My Career
September 9, 2024Narada Michael Walden’s music and that of the artists he works with varies intriguingly from genre to genre. So do the albums that shaped his career.
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Sylvester – ‘Live at the Opera House’ (2024)
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Let ‘South of the Snooty Fox’ Open Your World to Underrated Sterling Harrison
July 8, 2024
60 Years Later, the Beatles’ ‘Hard Day’s Night’ Is Still Revolutionary
August 20, 2024‘A Hard Day’s Night’ premiered in the U.S. in August 1964, catapulting the Beatles into stratospheric fame.
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‘Penny Singleton: A Biography’: ‘Blondie’ and Beyond
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How the Seattle Cinerama Was Reborn as SIFF Cinema Downtown
April 12, 2024
Dave Bainbridge of Downes Braide Association: The Albums That Shaped My Career
October 9, 2024Dave Bainbridge may be the best progressive rock keyboardist that’s flown under your radar.
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Greg Cahill of Special Consensus: Albums That Shaped My Career
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Narada Michael Walden: The Albums That Shaped My Career
September 9, 2024
Dave Bainbridge of Downes Braide Association: The Albums That Shaped My Career
October 9, 2024Dave Bainbridge may be the best progressive rock keyboardist that’s flown under your radar.
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Greg Cahill of Special Consensus: Albums That Shaped My Career
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Narada Michael Walden: The Albums That Shaped My Career
September 9, 2024
Let ‘South of the Snooty Fox’ Open Your World to Underrated Sterling Harrison
July 8, 2024The few who heard him described Sterling Harrison’s music as “deep soul,” with a voice that conjured up aural images of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.
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Steve Howe Made a Colorful, Quite Surprising Debut With Tomorrow
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‘Memories of a White Magician’ and ‘Lady Macbeth’ by Jon Symon’s Warlock
January 10, 2023
Five Moments From the Unlucky ‘Chicago 13’ That Weren’t Completely Terrible
August 14, 2024The gold-selling ‘Chicago 13’ nearly cracked the Billboard Top 20 after arriving 45 years ago – but something was very wrong.
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How Yes’ First Album Hinted at the Future: Gimme Five
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Five Moments of Eternal Brilliance From Steely Dan’s ‘Pretzel Logic’
February 20, 2024
Playin’ the Changes With Tom Petty, Aerosmith + Cheap Trick: Shadows in Stereo
October 25, 2021Often over-looked albums by Tom Petty, Aerosmith and Cheap Trick are turning 40 next year. But why wait for a rock ‘n’ roll re-evaluation?
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MC5 – ‘High Time’ (1971): Shadows in Stereo
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AC/DC, Tom Petty, Neil Young + Others: Shadows in Stereo (Lockdown Edition)
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