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Sophya Baccini - Aradia

Hers was one of the most powerful voices in Italian rock when she fronted the band Presence in the mid-to-late 90s, with albums like The Sleeper Awakes and Black Opera to their...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Stefan Poetzsch - Light On

Born into a family of musicians and artists, Stefan Poetzsch started studying classical violin at music school in Magdeburg, East Germany in 1970. In the mid-70s he heard a radio broadcast of music...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2011-06-01)

Steve Hackett - Out of the Tunnel's Mouth (Deluxe Edition)

Back in the day I was a huge Genesis and Steve Hackett fan, but I lost interest in Steve with his 1980 release Defector. Fast forward 30 years and it looks like either I have been missing...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Steve Howe Trio - Travelling

Steve Howe’s jazzy organ trio plays with the entire groove that this traditional jazz configuration demands, and then some. Together with his oldest son Dylan on drums and Ross Stanley on...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2011-06-01)

Steve Roach - Live at Grace Cathedral

This two disc set documents one of Roach’s rare live performances, this one at San Francisco's historic Grace Cathedral on June 29, 2007. The natural reverb of the performance space meshes well with...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Steve Roach - Sigh of Ages

Sigh of Ages is Steve Roach's fourth release of 2010. Six continuous tracks totaling 74 minutes take you on a journey that is deep, dark and hypnotic for its duration. You either really like...  » Read more
(Posted by Dan Marsh 2011-06-01)

Steve Tibbetts - Natural Causes

On first listen, one could easily be forgiven for thinking that Natural Causes might be a collection of out-takes from Tibbetts' 1982 album Northern Song, his very first LP for ECM....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Stickman - Fretless

On Neil Haverstick's ninth CD, he offers a compilation of all the fretless pieces from his previous CDs. Four of seven tracks exceed the ten-minute mark and feel improvised, sometimes enhanced with...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

The Gak Omek - Nonrenormalizability

The Gak Omek is the project of one Robert Burger, and this is album number three. Mostly we hear guitars, guitar synths, synth-drums, keyboards, clarinet, some wild electronic sounds, and lots of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

The Microscopic Septet - Friday the Thirteenth

Straight ahead jazz with a flair for the avant – that’s Friday the 13th, the latest from The Microscopic Septet. This is the band’s tribute to Thelonious Monk, featuring...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2011-06-01)

The Pineapple Thief - Someone Here Is Missing

The Pineapple Thief have always had an affinity for indie rock that’s put them at the forefront of the new generation of British prog bands. They push the envelope even further here, with a...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

The Tunnel Singer - Undercurrents

The theme of this latest offering – the ninth from Lee Ellen Shoemaker, aka The Tunnel Singer – is various deep water undercurrents, with appropriately named titles like “Cedros...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Three Shanghai Bands

These three bands hail from Shanghai, a city known for avant-garde music, and they certainly fit that categorization; they share members, several of whom have also worked in other prominent...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Tinyfish - The Big Red Spark

It seems like everything British prog rockers Tinyfish have done up to now has been a prelude to The Big Red Spark. It helps that there’s a solid continuity between this and the...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Tokyo Jihen - Sports

Since its founding in 2004, singer Shiina Ringo's band Tokyo Jihen (The Tokyo Incidents) has been a very eclectic and creative entry in the Japanese rock scene. Their latest effort is no exception, a...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship

What if Can and Cluster merged? Grinding retro-sequencers and synthesizers have an old eight-bit tone to them on this record – the funny result is like Kraftwerk totally rocking out. Yes, the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2011-06-01)

Total Normal - Total Normal

Total Normal is Thierry Vaudor, a French Canadian multimedia artist applying his electroacoustic background from the University of Montreal to create interesting musical compositions. Total Normal...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Travis Larson Band - Rate of Change - Live

This concert video commemorates The Travis Larson Band’s tenth anniversary. With four studio albums and a ton of touring under their belts they’ve made a name for themselves as purveyors of...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Twelfth Night - Smiling at Grief & Art and Illusion - The Definitive Editions

Those interested in discovering the roots of neo-prog owe it to themselves to explore the music of Twelfth Night, and I can’t think of a better place to start than here. Smiling at Grief...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Ukab Maerd - The Waiting Room

Spelled backwards it's Dream Baku, a shaded reference to Djam Karet's A Night for Baku CD from about eight years ago. This is an improvisational project featuring founding DK members Chuck...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)