Can – Tago Mago

Track listing:

1. Paperhouse
2. Mushroom
3. Oh Yeah
4. Halleluhwah
5. Aumgn
6. Peking O
7. Bring Me Coffee or Tea

I’ve never given Can’s album, Tago Mago, a proper listen. However, that was rectified over the weekend when the wife suggested that we give it a listen while we hung out in the lounge. Of course, me being me, tried to go one better and I put together a list of albums that also contained one each from bands that are similar in some way to Can. Here is the playlist I put together on Spotify – http://open.spotify.com/user/toxicmusic79/playlist/76xJALdw4Md33veFrixgg4

More information about Can, can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Especially owing to my current status as a probationary Canadian, it’s good to see one of the ‘local’ bands getting the recognition that they deserve. http://www.alliancefilms.com/en/89/details/display/12402/

Plus, I love Rush. I’ve loved them since a friend played me 2112 way back in the ‘70s.

I know I will be checking out this movie when it comes to Halifax (Nova Scotia) next weekend, for a 2 night run at the Empire. http://www.empiretheatres.com/movie/rush-beyond-lighted-stage

For those unfamiliar with the band, just the following list of studio albums will give some idea of their longevity:

• Rush (1974)
• Fly by Night (1975)
• Caress of Steel (1975)
• 2112 (1976)
• A Farewell to Kings (1977)
• Hemispheres (1978)
• Permanent Waves (1980)
• Moving Pictures (1981)
• Signals (1982)
• Grace Under Pressure (1984)
• Power Windows (1985)
• Hold Your Fire (1987)
• Presto (1989)
• Roll the Bones (1991)
• Counterparts (1993)
• Test for Echo (1996)
• Vapor Trails (2002)
• Snakes & Arrows (2007)
• Clockwork Angels (2011)

Here is a super-play list of the 18 released studio albums care of Spotify – http://open.spotify.com/user/toxicmusic79/playlist/33s6jyepkX23qfqLI5jfRi

And, for you young tykes, here is a list of more ‘recent’ similar artists (well they have been going a while):

• Dream Theater
• Spock’s Beard
• Marillion
• Porcupine Tree
• Transatlantic
• The Flower Kings
• King’s X

Take it away RUSH!

RetroBlog: Fish – 13th Star

I was listening to Planet Rock on their website, and they played a track by Fish from his 2008 album, 13th Star. Fish is an artist who I have not listened to, well, not since he split from the other members of Marillion in 1988. So, after hearing the track I went over to Spotify and listened to the whole album, and was suitably impressed. Definitely well worth checking out. http://open.spotify.com/album/2M15NVl6YyjpS7wUPjKsFX

Track listing:

1. Circle Line
2. Square Go
3. Miles de Besos
4. Zoë 25
5. Arc of the Curve
6. Manchmal
7. Openwater
8. Dark Star
9. Where in the World
10. 13th Star

 

More information  can be found here:

Marillion – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marillion

Fish – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_(singer)

13th Star – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Star

Planet Rock – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Rock_(radio_station)

Similar Artists (Last.fm) – http://www.last.fm/music/Fish/+similar

Discography (AllMusic.com) – http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:d9frxqq5ldte~T2

 

Fang Island – Fang Island

Yesterday, I stumbled across the first album by Fang Island, and it’s definitely worth checking out.

Track listing:

1. Dreams of Dreams
2. Careful Crossers
3. Daisy
4. Life Coach
5. Sideswiper
6. The Illinois
7. Treeton
8. Davey Crockett
9. Welcome Wagon
10. Dorian

Fang Island on Amazon

 

Reviewed at:

• Pitchfork -  http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14011-fang-island/
• Absolute Punk – http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1573861
• Decoy Music – http://www.decoymusic.com/reviews/fang-island-fang-island
• Impose – http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/fang-island

 

Genre(s):

• Indie Rock
• Progressive Rock

 

Similar artists:

• Bear In Heaven
• Tera Melos
• Maps & Atlases
• Native
• By The End Of Tonight
• The Mercury Program
• Volta Do Mar
• Pele
• Bygones
• Sharks Keep Moving

 

Further information:

@Website – http://fangisland.com/

@MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/fangisland

@Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fang-Island/170097633234

@Twitter – http://twitter.com/fangisland

@Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Island

 

Terrorizer’s 20 Essential ‘70s Prog Albums

After posting Classic Rock’s – 10 Essential 00s Prog Albums a few days ago, I was trying to remember where I had seen a 70s prog list other than one I had posted a couple of months ago. I finally found it in my little black book of music lists which I have close to me at all times, well there are a lot of lists in there. This list came from a Prog Special that Terrorizer did some years ago and it only focuses on ‘70s prog. Here’s the list:

• The Nice – The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
• King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King
• Soft Machine – Third
• Amon Duul II – Yeti
• Pink Floyd – Meddle
• Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
• Can – Tago Mago
• Curved Air – Second Album
• Genesis – Foxtrot
• Yes – Close To The Edge
• Neu! – Neu!
• Aphrodite’s Child – 666
• Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick
• Gentle Giant – Octopus
• ELP – Brain Salad Surgery
• King Crimson – Red
• Hawkwind – Warrior On The Edge Of Time
• Faust – The Faust Tapes
• Camel – Moonmadness
• Rush – A Farewell To Kings

Classic Rock – 10 Essential 00s Prog Albums

I have been flicking through the February issue (141) of Classic Rock magazine which I picked up on import. This issue has a section which looks back at the 00s and part of this ‘review’ includes a number of ‘essential albums’ lists. Here’s the one for Prog:

• Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
• Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (2005)
• Opeth – Ghost Reveries (2005)
• The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute (2005)
• Van der Graaf Generator – Present (2005)
• Muse – Black Holes And Revelations (2006)
• Rush – Snakes And Arrows (2007)
• Oceansize – Frames (2007)
• Riverside – Rapid Eye Movement (2007)
• Dream Theater – Black Clouds And Silver Linings (2009)

The Tangent – Down and Out in PARIS and LONDON

Track listing:

1. Where Are They Now?
2. Paroxetine – 20mg
3. Perdu Dans Paris
4. The Company Car
5. Ethanol Hat Nail (Canterbury Sequence Vol. 2)
6. Everyman’s Forgotten Monday (special edition bonus track)

Similar Artists:

• The Flower Kings
• Kaipa
• Roine Stolt
• Karmakanic
• Beardfish

Album reviewed at:

• Prognaut – http://www.prognaut.com/reviews/the-tangent4.html
• Sea Of Tranquility – http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=8433
• Disagreement – http://www.disagreement.net/reviews/tangent_downandoutinparisandlondon.html
• Progmeister – http://www.progmeister.com/reviews.php?post=14

 

 

Band Information:

@Official Website – http://www.thetangent.org/

@Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tangent

Music Lists: Progressive Rock Albums

I was looking through my little black book of lists and found an interesting Prog Rock list that I wrote down several years ago. I am not too sure where the list came from, but, I think it was from a UK extreme music magazine. I think it works quite well as a broad introduction as there are a wide range of styles included in the list. Although, it is definitely focused on 70’s albums. Here is the list:

• King Crimson – Red (1974)
• Yes – Close To The Edge (1972)
• Rush – A Farewell To Kings (1977)
• Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick (1972)
• Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (1971)
• Soft Machine – Third (1970)
• Genesis – Foxtrot (1972)
• Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You (1970)
• Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
• Hawkwind – Space Ritual (1973)

Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way Of ORWarriOR

 

Track listing:

Part I: Godfrey’s Cordial – An ORphan’s Life

1. Sapari
2. From Broken Vessels
3. Bereftin the Abyss
4. The Path Part 1 – Treading Through Darkness
5. The Path Part 2 – The Pilgrimage to Or Shalem
6. Olat Ha’tamid

Part II: Lips Acquire stains – The WarriOR Awakens

7. The Warrior
8. His Leaf Shall Not Wither
9. Disciples of the Sacred Oath II
10. New Jerusalem
11. Vayehi Or
12. M i ?

Part III: Barakah – Enlightening the Cimmerian

13. Barakah
14. Codeword: uprising
15. In Thy Never Ending Way (Epilogue)

If you are a big fan of Opeth, Dream Theater or Porcupine Tree then you will find nothing to disappoint on Orphaned Land’s fourth album, The Never Ending Way Of ORWarriOR. Within the progressive music of Orphaned Land both Middle Eastern and Western sounds and textures meld together effortlessly. Sit down comfortably, put on the headphones, close your eyes and take a journey to exotic lands. Ahh, I can smell the campfires already.

All hail the progressive ‘shred’!!!

Reviewed at:

Rocksound – http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/orphaned-land-the-never-ending-way-of-orwarior

Sputnik Music – http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=34333

Angry Metal Guy – http://www.angrymetalguy.com/2010/01/08/orphaned-land-the-never-ending-way-of-orwarrior-review/

Lords Of Metal – http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=15465&lang=en

Ahleuchatistas – Of the Body Prone

Track listing

1. 2/3 Consensus On The Un-Finite Possibilities
2. Owls
3. Those With Guns
4. Why Can’t We Be In Jamaica?
5. Racing Towards The Hard Kernel
6. Eastside Uptight
7. Dancing With The Stars
8. Total Nightmare In A Deep Dive
9. Making The Most Of The Apocalypse
10. Map’s Tattered Edges

On Of The Body Prone there seems me to be a seamless switching between chaos and order, between the melodic and the unmelodic, and between the simple and the complex. Ahleuchatistas set unsolvable math problems to music and you don’t know where they could take you.

Reviewed at:

All About Jazz – http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34476

Pitchfork – http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13633-of-the-body-prone/

Undomondo – http://www.undomondo.com/2009/11/ahleuchatistas-of-the-body-prone/