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Something Else! Featured Artist: Genesis

Believe it or not, Phil Collins was once just a member of this group called Genesis. Back then, before Collins turned Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks into his backing band, Genesis had begun its musical life as a witty, sometimes quite theatrical prog-rock project. The twin departures, however, of PeterRead More

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Something Else! Featured Artist: Supertramp

Supertramp was many things over its too-brief period of hitmaking — art-rockish proggers, post-Beatle popsters, kinda-classical rockers, memory-defining radio monoliths. There was much to love as they moved, over the course of the early-1970s to the early-1980s, from the esoteric to the very top of the charts You May AlsoRead More

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Cheer-Accident – No Ifs, Ands Or Dogs (2011)

Being in a town known for some mind expanding and often quirky acts (Tortoise, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Vandermark 5, etc.), Cheer-Accident stands out in their hometown Chicago. You May Also Like: Cheer-Accident – ‘Chicago XX’ (2020) Blue Cheer Set a New Rock Standard With ‘Vincebus Eruptum’ Gestalt – ‘MusicRead More

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Seabrook Power Plant – Seabrook Power Plant II (2011)

It used to be that when we used the term “punk jazz,” we were referring to Jaco Pastorius. Let’s face it, the man was a jazz bass revolutionary. You May Also Like: Three-Layer Cake [Brandon Seabrook, Mike Pride + Mike Watt] – ‘Stove Top’ (2021) Brandon Seabrook, Cooper-Moore + GeraldRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Karmakanic – In a Perfect World (2011)

by Fred Phillips Karmakanic had me from the name of the band. You May Also Like: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Fire” (1968): One Track Mind

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John Wetton, “The Last Night of My Life” from Raised in Captivity (2011): One Track Mind

John Wetton, in great voice, embraces a deeply hopeful twist on the old carpe diem on “The Last Night of My Life.”

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Yes – ‘Fly From Here’ (2011)

Yes’ 2011 comeback album ‘Fly From Here’ is, in many ways, better than it has any right to be.

Yes, "We Can Fly" (2011): Something Else! Sneak Peek

Yes, “We Can Fly” (2011): Something Else! Sneak Peek

“We Can Fly” is the lead single from Yes’ forthcoming new recording ‘Fly From Here’ – but it’s not actually new.

Adrian Belew on songs from King Crimson, his Power Trio and the Bears: Gimme Five

Adrian Belew on songs from King Crimson, his Power Trio and the Bears: Gimme Five

Discover why Adrian Belew likes working with younger musicians, and how he’d like to push Crimson’s double-trio format even further out

Adrian Belew, of King Crimson: Something Else! Interview

Adrian Belew, of King Crimson: Something Else! Interview

We talked to Adrian Belew during an extended hiatus for King Crimson. But it’s not like he’d been sitting idly by.