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Talking about Parannoul, all the outstanding albums including "To See The Next Part Of The Dream" (rated no. 10 album for 2021 by RYM) are available on Bandcamp for NYP. Unbelievable and not to be missed!
"Seeking Darkness", a Post Rock/Shoegaze album by Huremic. It is a great listen and is NYP on Bandcamp.
https://huremic.bandcamp.com/
The anonymous South Korean who ope…I really enjoyed listening to the album "The Spirit Of Ntu" by South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini. Contemporary Jazz with elements of Spiritual and Afro Jazz.
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics September 19"Songs of the Humpback Whale" by Roger Payne released in 1970 and which according to the BBC is the best selling environmental album of all time. "It became emblematic of the West’s shifting attitudes towards environmentalism, inspiring a …Having listened mainly to tracks off Swervedriver's "Raise" album at their concert last night, I thought I would play my favourite album of theirs, "Mezcal Head".
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics September 13Saw Swervedriver last night at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. The setlist was mainly from the "Raise" album and it was a good concert. Next time, "Mezcal Head"!in Rolling "How Was the Show" Thread Comment by peterfrederics September 13
@djh thanks for the tip re Clair Chase. Listening to her music led me to the album "The Soul Is The Arena" on which she appeared with Mario Diaz de León, Joshua Rubin and The Interna…On a more serious note, the excellent Math Rock s/t album by San Francisco band Rumah Sakit.
Released in 2000, it is a combination of Math Rock and Post Rock and as ProgArchives says "Rumah Sakit's music ........ floats in and o…I think that I have mentioned before that I have a fascination for AI with tool of choice being ChatGPT.
I therefore invited The Doors to come and visit me at my house at Lorne along the Great Ocean Road in Australia. As you can see, they…Possibly the ultimate in obscure, this s/t album by the French band Instant was recorded in 1978 and recently released on the Guerssen label on Bandcamp (link below). I can't find mention of it anywhere else other than on the Guerssen Bandcamp site …Purple Pyramid have just added "Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveler's Guide" 6 CD Box Set to Bandcamp, priced at $30. Funnily enough, I bought this most enjoyable and varied album for $6 from eMusic 9 years ago!
It features an exhaustive…
Frank Beard, who was known ironically for many years as the only beardless member of ZZ Top. He grew a short one in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_B…"A Vintage Burden" by Charalambides, a 2006 album which is an unusual combination of Neo Psychedelia and Post Rock. A lovely, dreamy set of songs.
All Music says "Vintage Burden is a collection of quietly psychedelic minimal guitar and…Our local library has a bin at its front entrance for unwanted books which are then given to the local Rotary Club for sale in its second hand book shop.@djh I know what you mean about giving away books. My father-in-law died last year aged 100 years and two weeks! He was an avid collector of interesting books and jazz records. There…"A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s" is a comprehensive 2020 book by music journalist in What Are You Reading? Comment by peterfrederics August 11"Red Earth", an album by outstanding jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater. It was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007 for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
All Music says "Multiple award-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater delivers an astounding m…Cerberus Shoal on Bandcamp at 50% discount until next Wednesday
"As the subject of a great Bandcamp Daily feature written by Erick Bradshaw, astute ears are once again (re)discovering the majesty of Cerberus Shoal's incomparably eclect…What a great website!"A Speedway On Saturn's Rings" by The Fusion Syndicate.
This is a really good album featuring a who's who of Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock including Rick Wakeman, Al Di Meola, Jah Wobble, Carmine Appice, Jan Akkerman, Chester Thompson…Cerberus Shoal s/t first album issued in 1995. Post Rock trending towards elements of Progressive Rock.
ProgArchives says "Cerberus Shoal sound is something very hard to pigeon hole into one genre. Ranging form Post-rock, improvised ex…And for something totally different, "Infernal Machines" an innovative Jazz album released in 2009 by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. The album received a Grammy Award nomination.
All Music says "....Argue's music is a stunn…"Aion", the 1990 album by Dead Can Dance
A deeply involving and most unusual album that is well worth a listen.
All Music says "Dead Can Dance combine elements of European folk music -- particularly music from the Mid…Dave Greenslade (1943 - 2026) an excellent keyboard player who featured in the bands Colosseum and Greenslade as well as brief periods with Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band and IF, amongst others
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