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Knitting by Twilight - Someone to Break the Silence

This liner notes describe this album as “Selections from the forthcoming Knitting by Twilight album, An Evening out of Town together with exclusive tracks.” Since the album...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2006-05-01)

Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa

It’s been amusing to read the attempts of reviewers in the alternative / independent press to write about this album. They find the music so strange that they have difficulty describing it,...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2006-05-01)

Kraan - Wiederhören, Flyday, Nachtfahrt, Live 88, Dancing in the Shade & Live 2001

Recently Revisited Records, a division of InsideOut Music, has been reissuing a number of German bands from the past: Klaus Schulze, Amon Düül II, and Kraan. To date, they have released...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2006-05-01)

KTU - 8 Armed Monkey

I don’t suppose “King Crimson with accordions” was high on anyone’s list of expected musical combinations, but here we are, and I’m glad somebody thought of it. The...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2006-05-01)

Kurgans Bane - Camouflaged in Static

On the basis of this, their third disc, Kurgan’s Bane needs something extra. Perhaps they don’t want it but there it is. Camouflaged in Static seems a somewhat naked disc, occupying a...  » Read more
(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2006-05-01)

Kvazar - A Giant's Lullaby

This Norwegian band’s second album is solid symphonic rock with plenty of engaging twists. “Flight of Shamash” opens with a dreamy sequence, evocative of flight. A chant-like...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2006-05-01)

Kyle Dawkins - Walls Became the World

Compared to Dawkins’ debut Conesauga (reviewed in issue #28), this is a far more explorative and experimental outing for the guitarist, banjoist, composer, and founding member of the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2006-05-01)

La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux - Le Combat Occulté

This French avant-garde troupe has been around for a while, and though I’ve seen the name around for ages, this odds-n-sods collection is the first I’ve really heard of their strange...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2006-05-01)

Larry Kucharz - Ambient Green Washes

This is the latest in Kucharz’ Ambient Washes series (following Ambient Blue Washes and Ambient Red Washes, reviewed in issues 27 and 29 respectively), and presents a series...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2006-05-01)

Legendary Pink Dots - A Dream Is a Dream Is a Dream

This LPD DVD release is the earliest known live concert footage of the band, recorded live at De Vrije Vloer in Utrecht, Holland on January 21, 1987. At that time the LPDs were a six-piece band...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2006-05-01)

Like Wendy - Endgame

This is the first Like Wendy release to feature new member Mark-Jeroen Heek who has joined fellow Dutchman and founder Bert Heinen as co-composer and instrumentalist (the liner notes equally credit...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2006-05-01)

Little King - Virus Divine

A rock power-trio from the Southern US, Little King acquit themselves well on debut release Virus Divine. Vocalist Ryan Rosoff, who writes the lyrics, sounds a bit like Daniel...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2006-05-01)

Louisa John-Krol & Oöphoi - Alabaster & I Hear the Water Dreaming

Australian singer Louisa John Krol has been releasing music for about ten years, although these mark the first time she has been reviewed in these pages. Alabaster is her 2003 solo release...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2006-05-01)

Lu7 - L'Esprit de l'Exil

Japan’s Intermusic and Musea have been teaming up on a number of releases in the past few years, allowing some obscure Japanese artists to get a somewhat wider audience. One such group is...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2006-05-01)

Luarvik Luarvik - Passioon & Fuuga

Passioon & Fuuga is Estonian band Luarvik Luarvik’s third release. Founded by Art students Mihkel Kleis and Andres Lõo in 1998, the group takes its name from a character...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2006-05-01)

Machine and the Synergetic Nuts - Leap Second Neutral

Luckily ethicists have not wrapped their clutches around the topic of genetic manipulation in music, or we might find Machine and the Synergetic Nuts banned, seeing how they are the result of a secret...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2006-05-01)

Maestoso - Fiddling Meanly

Woolly Wolstenholme’s phase two of his master plan to return to active duty culminated in this live document from the 2004 UK “tour.” Material ranged from old Barclay James...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2006-05-01)

Magus - Lucid Dreamer

Lucid Dreamer is a compilation of tracks from the 1997 album Traveller and the follow-up Highway 375 EP, remastered for the fuller sound that Magus guru Andrew Robinson...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2006-05-01)

Make a Rising - Rip through the Hawk Black Night

Make a Rising is an adventurous Philadelphia quintet cut from the mode of modern alternative experimental bands such as Tortoise and Olivia Trevor Control. Blending jazz and alternative rock elements...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2006-05-01)

Mangala Vallis - Lycanthrope

From the opening rip of “Watcher of the Skies,” Mangala Vallis is here to tell you they are back and have been listening to their favorite prog albums again. With all the classic sounds...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2006-05-01)