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Cast - Legacy

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For their ninth studio album, Cast present another strong set of tunes in their established mode. While there are strong contributions from all members, the keyboards of Alfonso Vidales are clearly...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Cast - Laguna de Volcanes

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After thirty or forty albums sung in English, Cast here present a set of their best tunes with the vocals redone in Spanish. OK, I'm exaggerating – they only have nine studio albums and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Buckethead - Monsters and Robots

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For readers of superhero comics, the Origin issue was always a treat. How did Radioman develop the ability to project radio waves from his eyes? How did Buckethead get his name and strange persona?...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Brand X - The X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective

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The first four Brand X albums set a standard for fusion that still exists more than 20 years later. Unfortunately, many of the albums that followed didn’t measure up to the band’s...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2000-10-01)

Boot - Virvla

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One of the things that’s often struck me is how “ancient” much of the folk music from Sweden, Norway, and Finland sounds. Melodies have a modal sound to them much like Medieval...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Bill Rieflin - Birth of a Giant & Rieflin / Fripp / Gunn - The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior

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For most of us not up on the hip, modern pop world, Bill Rieflin was the drummer for Ministry, a type of gothic downer band known for their stark imagery. What you probably wouldn't suspect is...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco

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A CD reissue of Banco’s self-titled English album has been long sought after by fans of the band, and in 1999 the Japanese Victor label came through in spades. This mini-LP gatefold reissue...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2000-10-01)

Azigza - Azigza

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Featuring a seven-piece lineup of electric guitars, bass / sitar, violin / viola / cello, female voice, and no less than three percussionists playing a variety of ethnic instruments, Azigza,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Azigza - Azigza

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Finally, the debut album by San Francisco bay area ethnic / rock / fusionists is available, fusing together two demo EPs, "...Whose Portals Are Night and Day" and "Lake of...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

Azigza - Azigza

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Azigza's moving intermission performance was one of the surprises of last year's Progfest. The San Francisco septet thoroughly entranced a virgin audience with its lush, ethnic-tinged...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 2000-10-01)
 

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