Previewing new music for 2021, with a special emphasis on progressive rock releases, including:
The Flower Kings - Islands (2020) Gleb Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin (2018) Soup - The Beauty of Our Youth (2013) Leprous - Pitfalls (2019) Glass Hammer - Chronomonaut (2018) Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)The third installment in a series of overviews that examine albums new to me in 2021, including:
Caroline Eyck & Eversines – Waves LP (2020)
Jeremy Cunningham – The Weather Up There (2020)
Photay – Waking Hours (2020)
Disheveled Cuss – Disheveled Cuss (2020)
The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra – Pillar (2018)
Mr. Bungle – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny (2020)
Part 3 of a six part series covering the albums released by Van Halen with David Lee Roth. This episode looks at Women and Children First with a special emphasis on Alex Van Halen’s contributions to the group.
Relevant Links;
Post on Van Halen I
https://youtu.be/z5Vj03txEN0
And Van Halen II
Rick Beato’s post on Alex Van Halen’s distinctive snare sound
Full animation for In A Simple Rhyme by Vazz Toons
Second in a series previewing new music for 2021, including:
Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (2020)
Orchestre International du Vetex – Total Tajine (2011)
Coriky – Coriky (2020)
Kai Whiston – No World As Good As Mine (2019)
E.B. the Younger – To Each His Own (2019)
Speaker Music – Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (2020)
Relevant Links
Post on Midlake’s Tales of Van Occupanther
Speaker Music source video from Clips Co-Op
The 2021 Radio Playlist from Spotify. Follow for updates!
The first of several previews of music new to 2021, including:
Sault – Untitled (Rise) (2020)
XTC – English Settlement (1982)
Jose Aponte – From Here; From There (2020)
Zara McFarlane – Songs of an Unknown Tongue (2020)
Machine Listener- Metonym (2020)
The Brendan Eder Ensemble – To Mix With Time (2020)
Relevant Links:
The Chomsky review mentioned above
A brief look at the process I used to curate my Top 20 of 2020 list.
