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Phideaux - Number Seven

It’s been a few years since Steven Davies-Morris handed me a copy of Ghost Story on a rained-out Sunday at Baja, but as soon as I listened to it, it was evident that the songwriting,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Piano Circus featuring Bill Bruford - Skin and Wire

Bill Bruford’s last new studio recording before his announced retirement is seamlessly intertwined with the improvisational two man, two woman unit Pianocircus. Performing the compositions of...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2010-07-01)

Porcupine Tree - The Incident

The Incident is Porcupine Tree’s tenth studio album. The double vinyl limited edition comes housed in a PVC slip case including a 48-page 12” book with the usual artsy photos...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-07-01)

Present - Barbaro (Ma Non Troppo)

Present has a history of making macabre movie-soundtrack music since their first album Triskaidekaphobie was released in 1980. Their ninth record is accompanied by an essential archive DVD...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2010-07-01)

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Reunion

Forty years after Quicksilver’s heyday, this 2006 live show recorded at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley featuring original members Gary Duncan and David Freiberg plus four more recent additions...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

RandomK(e) - Waiting

It's probably most accurate to call RandomK(e) a Beijing-based band than a Chinese one, as all the members are foreigners living there. Since their start in 2004, the foursome has been one of the acts...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Rebuilding the Rights of Statues - Watch Out! Climate Has Changed, Fat Mum Rises...

The band with the awkward name has released an album with a name even more awkward. The band is generally called Re-TROS, and I'll call the album Watch Out. Since their 2005 release...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Robert Rich - Ylang

It seems that every new project that Robert Rich immerses himself in — be it solo or collaborative — adds another level of enlightenment to whatever comes after it, carried forward to...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

RPWL - The RPWL Live Experience

German band RPWL have secured a devoted following over the past 10 years and five studio albums, due to a likeable sound that blends Genesis and Pink Floyd inspired prog with a modern aesthetic...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2010-07-01)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing the Piano / Out of Noise

Some thirty-five years ago Japanese rock music was still an unknown subject, the only exception being percussionist Stomu Yamash’ta. Then came the Yellow Magic Orchestra, which marked the beginning...  » Read more
(Posted by Alessandro Michelucci 2010-07-01)

Saga - The Human Condition

The Human Condition is Saga’s debut release with new vocalist Rob Moratti. Not surprisingly, the group’s sound has changed with Moratti’s addition. After all, in addition...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2010-07-01)

Salvation - 1st & Gypsy Carnival Caravan

Among the mainstays of the West coast psychedelic scene in the mid- to late-60s was a jamming unit with a slight country flavor originally called The New Salvation Army Banned. Eventually a certain...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Sándor Szabó / Kevin Kastning - Parabola

Like the previous Szabó/Kastning duets, Parabola consists of improvisations utilizing different kinds of acoustic guitar other than the standard variety – 6- and 12- string...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Seven That Spells - Cosmoerotic Dialogue with Lucifer

Is it a dialogue or one-way harangue? That's what you might ask emerging from this full-bore psychedelic freak-out of ferocious proto-metal fighting to stay alive (or conscious) against some...

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(Posted by Alan K. Lipton 2010-07-01)

Shawn Phillips - At the BBC

Back in the early to mid 70s Shawn Phillips was in the heyday of his career. This CD presents three different BBC radio sessions (May 10, 1971, March 7, 1973, and October 1, 1974) from this fine...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-07-01)

Shawn Phillips with J Peter Robinson and Paul Buckmaster - Living Collaboration

Hot on the heels of his Living Contribution concert DVD is Living Collaboration recorded at the Minnesota Zoological Gardens the evening of July 19, 2008. Living...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-07-01)

Simon Steensland - Fat Again

Steensland's is a musical world of sharp edges, intense contrasts, brutal aggression and mysterious beauty all served up in an expressive way that is both challenging and engaging. This makes around...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Slivovitz - Hubris

Here’s one of those hard to classify albums that covers a lot of ground but is generally centered in a sort of ethnic area of the jazzosphere, with some nods to Zappa as well as middle-eastern...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

St Vincent - Actor

Imagine if Enya and Adrian Belew had produced offspring. Annie Clark (St. Vincent is essentially Clark plus guest musicians) has the former’s angelic voice and mesmerizing vocal arrangements,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2010-07-01)

Steve Roach - Destination Beyond, Afterlight, Immersion: Four

Steve Roach released these three CDs as an individually numbered boxed set or as separate items. As with any minimalist music, you are not on the fence: as you either love it or loathe it. All...

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(Posted by Dan Marsh 2010-07-01)