All posts tagged "special"

  • Black Sabbath

    Black Sabbath’s Self-Titled Album 43 Years Later

    By on June 22, 2013

    Although I would likely point the finger at King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” as the harbinger of ‘heavy’ in heavy metal, there’s absolutely no...

  • Jethro Tull To Release 4-Disc Live Set

    By on May 8, 2013

    Jethro Tull will release a four-disc DVD set entitled Around The World Live on June 3 via Eagle Rock. The package includes unreleased material recorded between 1970...

  • "Thick As A Brick" Back To Royal Albert Hall

    By on January 29, 2013

    Ian Anderson will bring his Thick As A Brick live show to London for a one-off performance at the Royal Albert Hall on June 30....

  • Tangerine Dream – Sorcerer

    By on November 23, 2012

    Progressive rock seems to have a connection with horror films. Goblin wrote the haunting soundtrack for Dario Argento’s Suspiria, and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist was...

  • Pat Metheny – Secret Story

    By on November 22, 2012

    One of Metheny’s highest and most interesting points of his career, “Secret Story” is not your usual guitar oriented jazz album. There’s as a matter...

  • Tangerine Dream – Tangram

    By on November 22, 2012

    It’s no secret that the 1980′s had a pretty harsh effect on the artistic success of many of the progressive rock bands. While the early...

  • Tangerine Dream – Cyclone

    By on November 21, 2012

    “Cyclone” is, in some respects, a continuation of the increasingly streamlined sound of “Stratosfear”. Although Tangerine Dream were holding strong to their electronic roots, there...

  • Tangerine Dream – Zeit

    By on November 20, 2012

    “Zeit” is an album with the sort of legacy that genuinely interests me. Unlike most ‘classic’ albums where listeners are ultimately able to come to...

  • Miles Davis – Aura

    By on November 11, 2012

    If ‘Kind Of Blue’ was Miles Davis’ ode to cultured urbania, then ‘Aura’ shows the civil setting come crashing down around him. Well into the...

  • Tangerine Dream – Stratosfear

    By on November 11, 2012

    With “Rubycon”, it is this reviewer’s opinion that Tangerine Dream finally tapped into the true potential of their sound. Vast, mysterious, and even downright creepy...