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South of Heaven: Diving Into Tangerine Dream, Part II

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Box sets, Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records, William Friedkin

A closer look into one of the year’s most exciting and essential box sets alongside an exclusive archive interview with the late Edgar Froese

Electronics Progressive Rock

The Bus to Beezlebub: Diving Into Tangerine Dream, Part I

July 12, 2019July 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Boston, Edgar Froese, Germany, Risky Business, Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records

The massive In Search of Hades box set covers the German electronics giants’ freewheeling 1970s era

Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Over Our Heads: King’s X’s ‘Gretchen Goes to Nebraska’ Turns 30

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Allmusic, Cross Rhythms interview, Devin Townsend, Dug Pinnick, Faith No More, Gretchen Goes to Nebrask, Jerry Gaskill, Kerrang!, King's X, Out of the Silent Planet, Over my Head, Q, Ty Tabor

Why the celebrated, soulful art-metal trio’s sophomore classic remains the best of their career

Progressive Rock

Happy Birthday, Todd Rundgren!

June 22, 2019July 1, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Utopia

As American Pop’s wizard and true star turns 71, the RNRG sings the praises of a new Utopia live album

Progressive Rock

Brothers Of Ours: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe at 30

June 22, 2019July 1, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Bill Bruford, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Yes

In 1989, four key members of Yes aimed to restore the band’s classic sound to its original glory under a new name

Experimental New Wave Progressive Rock

The Drive to 1981 Begins: Robert Fripp’s Masterful ‘Exposure’ at 40

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Bill Kopp 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Brian Eno, Darryl Hall, Exposure, Frippertronics, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, The Roches

The King Crimson guitar wizard turned New Wave on its ear in 1979

Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Records Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores

Pink is the Colour: A Look Back at 1969’s ‘More’ Soundtrack by Pink Floyd

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Barbet Schroeder, Bill Kopp, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd soundtrack

The sonic accompaniment of Barbet Schroeder’s psychedelic sex opus still sounds not of this century a half-century later

Pop Progressive Rock

On the Threshold of a Dream by The Moody Blues at 50

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Jordan Blum 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, The Moody Blues

The Magnificent ones close out the 60s in a more conventional stroke of genius

Progressive Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Alan Parsons Shows Us a “Miracle”

May 27, 2019May 29, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments Alan Parsons, Lou Gramm, Steve Hackett, The Alan Parsons Project

The prog icon returns to classic sound on The Secret

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

Can’t Stop Running: Todd Rundgren’s ‘Nearly Human’ at 30

May 23, 2019May 24, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

The Wizard of Mink Hollow closes out the 80s with an underrated classic

Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Uriah Heep: Still ‘Eavy After All These Years

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments Judas Priest, Mick Box, Uriah Hero

British prog rockers 25th album captures the band’s classic sound

Alternative Rock Progressive Rock

My Own Private Solstice: Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary at 25

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Jeremy Enigk, My Chemical Romance, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

The legendary Seattle group’s debut LP reinvented guitar rock for the second half of the 1990s

Progressive Rock

The Strange, Fruitful Friendship of Jon Anderson and Marc Chagall

May 10, 2019July 3, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Jon Anderson, Marc Chagall, Yes

When the prog rock icon of Yes met the visionary Russian expressionist

Alternative Rock Progressive Rock

Porcupine Tree’s Stupid Dream Turns 20

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson

Two decades later, the group’s fifth LP and final album of the 20th century grows stranger by the minute

Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

A Saucerful of Syd

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Pink Floyd, Robyn Hitchcock, Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd’s original leading man still casts a long shadow

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