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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2016 at 06:44
One of the best tunes of 2016 thus far:

I utterly adore the middle bit where things turn for the more progressive a la Lizard "era" King Crimson. 


Edited by Guldbamsen - March 16 2016 at 06:44
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Steven Wilson and Frequency Drift. Wink
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

One of the best tunes of 2016 thus far
...sounds like a "Heavy Metal Fruit" outtake, three riffs thrown together and stretched to a 17-min mark, only because the rest of the record is even less interesting, so they needed The Epic to hide that fact. Dunno what exactly happened to this once great band, but this is their fourth LP in a row that is exactly like any other post-2008 one from them (sans DDU) to my ears. "Finding your niche" for a band as eclectic as Motorpsycho are (were?) sounds like a creative suicide
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 20 2016 at 19:16
I really need to listen to more Motorpsycho tbh. I like what I've heard, including the song posted above, but I just haven't sought them out.
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Points: 9319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2016 at 05:57
Mars Red Sky - Apex lll (Praise For The Burning Soul)
Greenleaf - Rise Above The Meadow
Mondo Drag - The Occultation Of Light
The Spacelords - Liquid Sun
Holy Grove - Holy Grove
Electric Eye - Different Sun
Eight Bells - Landless
Banquet - Jupiter Rose 
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Points: 21319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2016 at 06:00
Yugen & Panzerpappa released today on altrock.
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Points: 4579 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2016 at 08:17
Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Steven Wilson and Frequency Drift. Wink


Matthew Parmenter and Motorpsycho. Clap
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Points: 21319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2016 at 08:49
Udi posted this from the new Panzerpappa
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Points: 1189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2016 at 12:40
The Astonishing. A great and misunderstood album. Modern prog fans who like DT, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Mars Volta etc. hated it because it lacked FTL guitar solos and had too many keyboard sections ("it's boring, not metal enough, yada yada yada"), and a lot of old school prog fans hate DT so they didn't listen to the album. IMO, one of their best records.
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So far, I've appreciated:
Abysse-I Am the Wolf
Basement Paintings-Mystic
Buckethead-Pike221-Cove Cloud
Buckethead-Pike224-Buildor
Buckethead-Pike229-Cabs--undecided if Underneath the Arctic is excellent or 'merely' very good
Causa Sui-Return to Sky
Dasputnik-Psykhixplosion
Downward Spiral Galaxy-The Great Psychic War
Emily Rose-The Bahanacius
Handwrist-Sullen Days
Heavy Cosmic Kinetic-II
Illunis-s.t.
In Suspended Atmosphere-Saudade
JaunDone-s.t.
Kokomo-Monochrome Noise Love
Mad Fellaz-II
Mugstar-Magnetic Seasons--probably their best overall release
Rangda-The Heretic's Bargain
Sendelica-I'll Walk With the Stars for You--track I Once Fed Peter Greens Pet Albatross is excellent
Spacelords-Liquid Sun--track Black Hole is excellent
Sputnik-Parallax vol1
Vespero-Lique Mekwas
Votum-Ktonik
Wilson,Steven-4 1/2
Wolfredt-Neverno
Xaoslord-Everything Dies
Yndi Halda-Under Summer
Zun-Burial Sunrise
 
Some others I'll have to hear again, but wasn't too thrilled by new Monomyth, Explosions in
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Me wanting new My Brother the Wind.  And the Tool promises, promises.
 
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Points: 3625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2016 at 18:32
So far it's Dream Theater but really looking forward to:
 
Anderson/Stolt
Neal Morse Band
Knifeworld
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Guided By Voices
Wire
Purson
Blood Ceremony
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Points: 8428 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2016 at 21:10
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Yugen
Knifeworld
Matthew Parmenter
Ben Craven
Drew Fisher
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Points: 21319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2016 at 21:26
Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:


Looking fwd 2:
Bent Knee
Yugen
Knifeworld
Matthew Parmenter
Ben Craven


Pretty sweet list, add Panzerpappa & you got me.
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2016 at 05:20
Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

One of the best tunes of 2016 thus far
...sounds like a "Heavy Metal Fruit" outtake, three riffs thrown together and stretched to a 17-min mark, only because the rest of the record is even less interesting, so they needed The Epic to hide that fact. Dunno what exactly happened to this once great band, but this is their fourth LP in a row that is exactly like any other post-2008 one from them (sans DDU) to my ears. "Finding your niche" for a band as eclectic as Motorpsycho are (were?) sounds like a creative suicide


I respect your opinion but I heartily disagree. I think they've continued to expand on their sound throughout the last couple of years.
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2016 at 05:27
New discoveries include:

Heron Oblivion - s/t (psych rock)
Black Mountain - IV (ditto + icy synths)
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats / Invocation Trex (Stereolab member goes back in time for a little whiff of the ol Krautrock spirit....then mixes it with contemporary electronics)
Kosmicher Läufer - The Secret Cosmic Music....

Looking forward to Nicklas Sørensen's solo album as well as the new Swans and Panzerpappa (and all those I'm forgetting atm).
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I can only think of the last David Bowie. 
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Points: 10278 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2016 at 06:41
Black Mountain - IV
Esfera - All The Colours of Madness (Very nice debut, I'd say this is Crossover Prog? I'll see this band this weekend)
Syndone - Eros & Thanatos (Seemed really good at first listen, except for a remake track that seems out of the place

Upcoming albums: Black Bombaim with Peter Brötzmann, Blues Pills, Fire! Orchestra, Miss Lava, Souq, Taproban, Il Tempio Delle Clessidre.
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Points: 6116 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2016 at 09:37
^ Blues Pills and Fire! Orchestra have new stuff coming out? Oh lawd... Hope they don't disappoint.
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^ Fire! Orchestra have a new track on Soundcloud, they played this one live last year: https://soundcloud.com/rune-grammofon/fire-orchestra-ritual-part-1
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 05:27
The new Fire! Orchestra is delicious!!! Rrrrrrrrraaauw! Like a club sandwich with extra rich curry dressing.
Oh and the fact that they've kept the production side of things analogue and 'live in the studio' makes this Dane a happy bunny.

On a not so inspired note: I streamed Haken's newestSleepy DT merges with any number of Kscope artists and decides to cut a "Nu-Prog album". Yawn.
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