Category: Prog rock

April 21, 2023

Praying at the Exotico Temple

Temples is one of those bands that can be hard to peg. Part neo-prog, psychedelia, and stoner band, Temples makes music that calls back to weed-fueled styles and yet is as fresh as new bud. The latest album, Exotico, is prime Temples. It’s a blend of Yes and Genesis type prog rock, and Pink Floyd and Beatlesesque psychedelia. To this potent mix, Temples adds 80s […]

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October 13, 2022

Broken Bells Bring Me Back To My Roots

Broken Bells are an unlikely group. It consists of James Mercer, former lead singer of The Shins, and underground DJ, producer, and Hip Hop artist, Danger Mouse. Given their backgrounds and musical range, Broken Bells albums don’t follow a defined modern style. Previous albums have explored 80s sounds, especially late-stage new wave. The latest album, Into the Blue, is completely different. Listening to Into the […]

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January 21, 2022

AURORA Is Back With a Vengeance

I have to admit that I approached the new AURORA album, The Gods We Can Touch, with deep trepidation. AURORA is one of my favorite modern artists. She’s quirky and dramatic. This makes her exciting to listen to unlike much of the formulaic pop on the market. After hearing some of her more recent singles, especially some of the acoustic remixes, I was worried that […]

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December 7, 2021

The Heartless Bastards Have Heart

Back in July, I wrote about the three song playlist of new material from The Heartless Bastards called Photograph, after the lead off song. At the time, I noted the retro stylings of the songs, especially the late 60s vibe. The album, A Beautiful Life, has since been released and it has followed that vibe throughout the album. This is something of a trend these […]

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July 16, 2021

The Heartless Bastards Are Back with Three New Songs

It’s been a while since we heard from the Heartless Bastards. Their last album was in 2015, which is far enough in the past to assume they were defunct. Then, out of nowhere, in 2020 came a new single “Revolution”. Another one came out in early 2021 and now a brand-new single just this week. The new song “Photograph” came packaged with the other two […]

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July 8, 2021

The Color of the Sky in Lightning Bug’s World

When I first heard of Lightning Bug, it was described as shoegaze. Shoegaze hasn’t been a force in music for more than 30 years. That made for an odd classification. Unless they were purposefully retro, the shoegaze shouldn’t fit. Yet, a quick listen to 2019’s October Sky suggested someone knew what they were talking about when they were deciding which bucket Lightning Bug belonged in. […]

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April 26, 2021

New Yes Should Be Titled “Please Don’t Bother.”

I was going to write an in depth review of the new release from prog rock gods, Yes. Alas, it is too terrible to inflict on my loyal audience. The new album, From a Page, is very much in the prog rock tradition of adding a few new songs to live cuts from the past when the new stuff is a bit sparse or just […]

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April 22, 2021

Greta Van Fleet Turns the Radio Dial to “70s”

I admit that the title of this blog post assumes you get the metaphor of tuning your radio dial. Sorry but it’s hard not to reach for 70s allegories when you are listening to an album so steeped in 70s rock that it almost seems from a different time; There is no way that you don’t hear the 70s in the new Greta Van Fleet […]

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