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Gerard - Meridian

One of Japan's longest lived symphonic bands, Gerard has produced a long string of albums beginning with their eponymous debut in 1984, featuring an expanded six-piece lineup, which by the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Gerardo Nuñez - Calima

Calima is a collection of mostly guitar-led tracks in the flamenco style. The twist on this record is that there is a considerable amount of jazz influence as well. Nuñez is...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1999-01-01)

Grobschnitt - Grobschnitt

Prog fans have been enjoying a renaissance of vintage prog re-issues. Albums that either never made it to CD or were transferred poorly to begin with are being released for your pleasure. Premier...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Grok - Bubbles

Grok is a rather interesting product of the ever-interesting New Zealand music scene. My first reaction to this album was that it reminded me of Sonic Youth (one of my all time favorite bands), but...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-01-01)

Ground Zero - Consume Red

One could say without stretching the truth too far, that Consume Red (part one of the three part Project Consume) is basically an hour of pure thrash / noise experimentation,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Groupa - 15 Years

An important part of the NorthSide offering is Groupa, a group largely credited with leading the Swedish folk revival. Born in 1980, Groupa came out of the Varmland region, led by fiddler and...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 1999-01-01)

Gualberto - Sin Comentario

Spanish guitarist Gualberto Garcia Perez offers up an instrumental album "without commentary" and lets the music do the talking. Gualberto first came into prominence with the group Smash,...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1999-01-01)

Hans Reichel & Eroc - The Return of Onkel Boskopp

Careful. This is Hans Reichel; not to be confused with another German experimentalist - Achim Reichel. The Reichel featured here is known for constructing home made string...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Harpy - Hot Cake, Drive & Au Secours!

Three limited-edition cassettes released from Japan's Harpy (all of which pre-date their 1997 Stupeur & Trompette CD debut

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-16)

Hawkwind - Distant Horizons

This is the first Hawkwind album with the new band and sets the tone for Hawkwind's entry into the next century (am I profound or what?). Fans will know the band has been losing members of...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Haystacks Balboa - Detoxified

This one came out around 1970, a one-off by a New York based band whose members weren't even listed on the LP jacket, and were never heard from again, so far as this writer knows. For some unknown...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Hedningarna - Hippjokk, Kaksi & Trä

A Swedish quintet of unparalleled folk-fusion, Hedningarna is definitely NorthSide's prime mover. They've been around for quite a while, in fact I think their earliest album (self-titled)...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Herbe Rouge - Herbe Rouge

This progressive group is of the sort that could only come from France in the 70s where a distinctive and idiosyncratic form of weirdness flourished. Like many of their progressive compatriots,...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 1999-01-01)

Hoven Droven - Groove

Hoven Droven is a different beast than the usual on NorthSide. The folk influences are definitely there, but they don't play first chair in this group's music. This is a compilation of...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Ivanhoe - Polarized

Can't get enough of that Iron Maiden? Check out Polarized. There is no doubt, as musicians, Ivanhoe are first rate. The singer, Andy B. Frank is very good, if he's a German singing in...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Janick Top STS - Système Solaire

Janick is back... The monstrous and legendary bassist of the 1973, 1974 and 1976 Magma issues his first solo effort, after years of session-work with variety singers and composing film scores. His...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-01-01)

Jeff Tarlton - Astral Years

I would bet money that Jeff Tarlton sleeps with a book of Kirouac's poems in his arms and Morrisons Van and Jim on his turntable (c'mon folks, it is so hip to have vinyl). Tarlton...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

John Fahey & Cul de Sac - The Epiphany of Glenn Jones

A promising collaboration between this Boston instrumental ensemble and the legendary avant-folk guitarist collapses under the burden of hero worship, hellish recording conditions, and incompatible...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Jon Anderson - The More You Know

I knew there was something fishy about this CD when I looked at the song lengths - all are nearly identical. Pre-planned? Hmmmm, could be. After six solo releases since 1994, a vacation in Bermuda...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Jon Rose - The Fence

Continuing in the Musique Concrete experimental mode defined by Rose's last disc, The Fence is less an album of music than it is an aural documentary. In this case, Rose has chosen...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-01-01)