Exivious - Exivious

at sábado, diciembre 26, 2009



2009. USA/Netherlands
Progressive Metal/Fusion
http://www.myspace.com/exivious


Featuring musicians from both the best of past and present of Prog Metal (Cynic, Textures), Exivious is a superband playing Instrumental Prog Metal with a unique Fusion flavor on top of it. The project is quite recent and it comes to accomplish a vision that Cynic guitarist Tymon had several years ago in marrying these genres into one. Explosive, intense, mystic complex and precise it may be the door for a new genre in metal.

Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring

at martes, diciembre 22, 2009


2007. England
Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal


Porcupine Tree is the band led by mastermind musician and producer Steven Wilson, probably one of the most relevant figures in Prog Rock nowadays. The band is his foremost project out of the endless he's involved in.


Acoustic Alchemy - This Way

at viernes, diciembre 18, 2009


2007. England
Smooth Jazz/Acoustic
http://www.myspace.com/acousticalchemy


Acoustic Alchemy is a band currently fronted by guitarist Greg Carmichael but through which long life have passed plenty of musicians. They base their sound in their original motto of a dance between Acoustic and Nylon guitars playing around jazzy smooth melodies.

MUTEMATH - MUTEMATH

at martes, diciembre 15, 2009


2006. USA
Indie/Alternative Rock
http://www.myspace.com/mutemath


MUTEMATH is an Alternative Rock band from New Orleans, USA. Their sound consists in a variated Alternative Rock setup that draws a lot from Electronic and Indie music.

Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

at sábado, diciembre 12, 2009


2000. USA
Progressive Metal/Symphonic Metal


Symphony X is a New Jersey based Prog Metal band featuring guitar virtuoso Michael Romeo and my personal favourite voice in modern metal, charismatic Russell Allen.


They have a very clear sound statement towards Symphonic Progressive Metal with a dominant mythology thematic. As this two genres have always been two big in the Metal scene, Symphony X is probably the best exponent melting both in the pot into their baroque metal blast.

Jon Hopkins - Insides

at miércoles, diciembre 09, 2009


2008. England
Electronic


Jon Hopkins is an acclaimed musician, shapeshifter and producer, known for his work with several artists such as Coldplay, Massive Attack, Brian Eno or Imogean Heap. His own releases vary in styles and are electronic craftsmaship. Work where he explores the possibilities in between his head and his computer and makes it real.


M83 - Saturdays = Youth

at lunes, diciembre 07, 2009


2008. France
Electronic/Shoegaze
http://www.myspace.com/m83

M83 is a french band led by frenchman Anthony Gonzalez. It's sound is a mix of Shoegaze and Electronic music built with reverbs and synthetizers all around in a kind of dreamy/hazy atmosphere.


This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You

at domingo, diciembre 06, 2009



2008. USA
Post-Rock/Instrumental
http://www.myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou


Post-Rock is a genre that can be very uniform. There are zillions of bands out there and it takes patience to listen to such a massive amount of music of the style. Nevertheless from time to time you find original and outstanding bands like this one that make it totally worth it.


This Will Destroy You is an american quartet playing instrumental very cinematic and visual post-rock basing their sound in polished clean reverb guitars melodies that would anesthetize a starving gorilla. To this trademark guitar work they add on background soundscapes (sometimes also guitars, with an impressive usage of ebow) and solid drumming when neccessary, sometimes electronic.



Alter Bridge - Live From Amsterdam

at jueves, diciembre 03, 2009



2009. USA
Alternative Rock/Metal
http://www.myspace.com/alterbridge


It was 2004 when former Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti deserved a new challenge after years of shred and talent deprival. Him with two former Creed colleagues Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips would join and find in Myles Kennedy the perfect fit singer to complete Alter Bridge. This amazing collision of talents is to date probably the best exponent of Alternative Rock of our time.



Pink Floyd - Pulse

at miércoles, diciembre 02, 2009



1995. England
Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock


What can I say about Pink Floyd... English pioneers of what we call today Progressive Rock. Responsibles for a genuine style of playing and creating music that carries a legacy that will last forever in music. Key influence in thousands of great bands playing nowadays, such as Muse, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater and almost every Rock band alive.


The Mayan Factor - In Lake 'Ch

at lunes, noviembre 30, 2009



2003. USA
Post-Grunge/Alternative Rock
http://www.myspace.com/themayanfactor


Forget about the tags I've just put above and let me give a more informal yet precise band classification. The Mayan Factor is Alternative Acoustic Tribal Rock. All of that in a kind of obscure, hauntingly intense mood.



Jazzanova - Of All The Things

at domingo, noviembre 29, 2009


2008. Germany
Nu-Jazz/Soul/Electronic
http://www.myspace.com/jazzanovask


Berlin collective Jazzanova is a project embarked by six DJ/producers seeking to explore and put into the mix many different styles into a jazzy-electronic outfit.


Specialists in the art of the remix, Of All The Things is only their second self-written album contrasting with the more than 30 releases they have remixing others. Not considering the dozens of appearances in some of the most acclaimed and finest nu-jazz, chillout and electronic compilations out there.


Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element I

at viernes, noviembre 27, 2009


2000. Sweeden
Progressive Metal/Progressive Rock
http://www.myspace.com/painofsalvation

Pain Of Salvation is an outstanding Progressive Metal band from Sweeden leaded by  mastermind Daniel Gildenlöw, who started the band at the age of 11. They are amongst other things responsible of maintaining the forgotten spirit of the conceptual album alive, as every album release of theirs is a unique statement musically and conceptually.

Doves - Lost Souls

at jueves, noviembre 26, 2009

2000. England
Indie/Alternative Rock

Not the average indie band. That's the headline I get every time I think in Manchester based band Doves. Without disrispect to the genre, the sound of this Indie tagged band goes way beyond the so called style.

Lost Souls is their first edited album about to reach it's 10th anniversary, deserving a rendition I post it up.

The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life And Death

at miércoles, noviembre 25, 2009


2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock

The Dear Hunter is a project led by talented Casey Crescenzo. The band's sound is a unique combination (very difficult to describe, though very easy to identify) of alternative and progressive rock, with a very wide instrumentation, outstanding voicing and use of harmony, and somewhat visual and theatrical.

Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

at martes, noviembre 24, 2009


2008. USA
Progressive Metal/Math Metal/Instrumental
http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders


Animals As Leaders is a project commanded by guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi in an act that goes far beyond Instrumental Progressive Metal as we know it.


4hero - Play With The Changes

at lunes, noviembre 23, 2009



2007. England
Electronic/Soul/Nu-Jazz


Dennis ‘Dego’ McFarlane and Mark ‘Marc Mac’ Clair both dj's and producers are more known as 4hero.


The act is a journey of both artists through electronic experimentation. From their pioneering roots in Drum 'N' Bass, Breakbeat and Jungle, House and Techno onto Soul, R&B and Nu-Jazz they've explored the many genres making up this fantastic duet.

Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

at domingo, noviembre 22, 2009


2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock


Dredg is an interesting very melodic prog/alternative rock band from California, USA. They have an amazing ability to write songs and take them to life through the intelligent use of melody. Very good grooving and mind-blowing guitarwork by both singer Gavin Hayes and guitarist Mark Engles (including lap-steel guitar) make the footprint of the band. 

Jaga Jazzist - What We Must

at viernes, noviembre 20, 2009

2005. Norway
Electronic/Nu-Jazz/Post-Rock

Jaga Jazzist is a norwegian multi-faceted and innovative jazz band, known to put together instruments and sounds from many different genres together into a modern jazz dressing with many other different flavours.



The Cooper Temple Clause - Make This Your Own

at miércoles, noviembre 18, 2009






2003. England
Alternative Rock/Indie


Sadly disbanded english group The Cooper Temple Clause was an alternative rock sextet that put their own stamp into the wide alternative rock concept with a sound of their own. This sound absorbs influence from genres such as Classic Rock, Brit Pop, Experimental Rock and even Progressive Rock.

The Mars Volta - Octahedron

at martes, noviembre 17, 2009




2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Experimental


Excentric rock band The Mars Volta was funded by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. The band is widely known for their experimentation, latin music influence, sometimes nosense lyrics and live improvisation.




3 - Half Life

at lunes, noviembre 16, 2009


2002. USA
Alternative Rock


From then to then you listen to a band you don't really understand why aren't they widely known... this happens to me with 3. And they've got all the ingredients to it: Talented musicians, great sense of melody, appeal, directness and somehow (in the good side of the coin) catchy and commercial sound.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

at domingo, noviembre 15, 2009



2005. Sweeden
Progressive Metal


And then Mikael Akerdfeldt came into the metal scene. Tagging a band like Opeth into one genre is a useless effort of trying to englobe what is a mashup of all things going around this swede genious head, including Metal, Rock, Jazz, Classic Rock, Death Metal.. put up in a prog manner and given the dressing of the obscure and dark classic Opeth appeal.



The CineMatic Orchestra - Man With a Movie Camera

at viernes, noviembre 13, 2009



2003. England
Nu-Jazz/Electronic/Soundtrack


Soviet film pioneer Dziga Vertov would've never expected when shooting his motion picture Man With a Movie Camera (1929) that even 70 years later bands like British CineMatic Orchestra would still be trying to reinterpret the score for his film (original score for the film was only interpreted live in theaters as at the time it was recorded silent).



VOLA - Homesick Machinery EP

at jueves, noviembre 12, 2009





2008. Denmark
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
http://www.myspace.com/volaband


Starting the review I was wondering if to tag this band as amateur... well they are indeed young and unsigned, but their songs may point out the contrary. 4 song EP Homesick Machinery is a brave stand up by this Copenhaguen quintet, good riffing, good taste and mature composition. Warm voice Mikael Akerdfeldt alike singer and a formidable drummer make the rest.







Muse - The Resistance

at miércoles, noviembre 11, 2009



2009. England
Alternative Rock


Difficultly classifiable rock band Muse has been known for it's ability to conciliate fans from many heterogeneous music roots and tastes.

Demians - Building an Empire

at miércoles, noviembre 11, 2009


2008. France
Progressive Rock


Frenchman Nicolas Chapel founded it's own solo project Demians with, as he says, 'naive approach', though given it's success it would eventually become a real band with musicians chosen by his own.




Oceansize - Frames

at martes, noviembre 10, 2009

2007. England
Progressive Rock / Post-Rock

With origin in Manchester, Oceansize is one of the most interesting and versatile bands of  prog rock of our time.


Their natural ability to balance their music between the thoroughly complex and the inherentlty passionate has given them the key to reach a very wide range of listeners from all time prog and alt rock fans to the very occasional. Frames proves the band in the first statement with an album that does not present 4/4 figures at all and does again with the second with fragile melodies such as 'Savant' or 'The Frame'.


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