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Available online from Issue 32

September 2005

92 Pages

Hugh Banton of VDGG, Pocket Orchestra, Asturias, Oophoi, Udi Koomran, Nearfest 2005, Pat Thomas & Mushroom, Charming Hostess, Cuneiform sampler CD

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Blow up Hollywood - Fake

Cover art I’m sure they intend the band name to be interpreted as a command to attack Hollywood with explosives (sort of like “Kill Your Television”), but I choose to take the other meaning, imagining a...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Bob Nell - Soft and Bronze

Cover art Bob Nell has been playing jazz piano for nearly 30 years (mostly with drummer Brad Edwards) supporting jazz icons such as Ray Brown and David ‘Fathead’ Newman. His latest set of eight pieces...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Bouchard, Dunaway and Smith - Live in Paris

Cover art Take the rhythm section of the 70s Alice Cooper band and the front end lead guitar from Blue Oyster Cult, and what do you have? You get a pretty tight hard rock act that relies on honest riffing and a...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Bruford - One of a Kind

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After UK’s rookie tour of the US, Eddie Jobson and John Wetton fired Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth, thus removing the pervasive jazz element from their soon-to-be transitory super group....

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Bumble B - Flight of the Bumble B

Cover art Bumble B is the female lead singer for The Smell of Incense. When they performed at the Herzberg Open Air festival in 1999, Bumble B entertained the audience with her unaccompanied Norwegian folk...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2005-09-01)

Chris Béya Atoll - Illian, J’entends gronder la Terre

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There are several reasons to expect the worst from this release. Many “reunions” and “reformations” of bands from the 70s have not turned out well; a look at the credits...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Christian Décamps et Fils - Murmures...

Cover art Whatever Ange may have been through in the years since their progressive heyday in the 70s, it is clear from this release that lead singer Christian Décamps has found a way to translate this artistic...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Cinematik - Cinematik & One Full Moon Away

Cover art Home grown rock and roll products usually have a lifespan of their own which explains in part what Cinematik is about. Drummer Neal Smith’s resume includes stints as the former skin beater for the...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Colosseum - Valentyne Suite

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Like so many British bands of the 60s, Colosseum suffered from label meddling when it came to the release of their albums across the Atlantic. Their first album, Those Who Are About to Die...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Cornerstone - Once upon Our Yesterdays

Cover art Vocalist Dougie White and bassist Steen Morgensen form the songwriting backbone of progressive metal act Cornerstone, which hails from Denmark. White comes from the UK, having spent time in local...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

D'arcana - D'arcana

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There are many influences detectable in this Northern California trio’s music, but luckily they’re uncommon ones and they’re mashed together into an unusual concoction. From time...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Daevid Allen Trio - Live 1963

Cover art The fruitful seeds of the Canterbury sound have always been traceable back to the Wilde Flowers. So what if a valid live document of beat poetry just happened to suddenly surface as part of Rob...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Dark Sanctuary - Thoughts: 9 Years In The Sanctuary

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From the name of the band, you would probably guess they have Gothic tendencies, and you’d be right. But rather than the heavy, depressive kind of Goth you often hear, this French band has a...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Earthmonkey - Audiosapien

Cover art If you take the free-festival space jamming of Ozric Tentacles and add a healthy dose of the psychedelic audio-collage work of Nurse with Wound, you end up in the land of Earthmonkey. There are...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Elton Dean - QED

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Elton Dean’s recent associations with Hammond organ specialist Alex Maguire (as heard on HUX’s excellent release Psychic Warrior) have been gradually building over time....

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Fast 'n' Bulbous - Pork Chop Blue around the Rind

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Led by former Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas (Doc at the Radar Station, Ice Cream for Crow) and saxophonist / arranger Phillip Johnston (NYC downtown scene regular), Fast...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2005-09-01)

Fear of Flying - More Attempts at Perfection

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In 1988, this upstate NY trio (then a quartet with dedicated vocalist) released their debut album Parents Tend to Oxygen First, a fairly typical slab of late-80s keyboard strong...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2005-09-01)

Free - Songs of Yesterday

Cover art The roots of popular blues based rock and roll are firmly tied to that of Free, a four piece act from the late 60s that had both singer and composer Paul Rogers and drummer Simon Kirke (later of Bad...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Gentle Giant - 2005 DRT Remasters

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[Note: This review was written upon the release of the albums on DRT in 2005.]

DRT is Derek Shulman’s US based label, which has taken ownership of the band’s North America CD...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Groovector - Darklubing at Tavastia

Cover art From time to time I see a band criticized for not realizing what their own strengths are, for moving out of the area where they shine. I’m wary of that kind of reasoning, as it should be the...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

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