Man, what a year. Tiring and full of a lot of bad moments, but hey we’re out of the storm and hopefully next year we can have something a bit better. But we ain’t done yet.

Moron Police is a band that I had listened to before, as a matter of fact, but never quite gave their albums much thought. They were fun and certainly good, but never something I would consider overly crazy. But now, I might have to rethink those thoughts, since after listening to Pachinko…holy crap this ... read more

The 2020s has been a decade that easily could serve as a breeding ground for more indie scenes of music. While the 2010s certainly bridged the gap between who can and cannot be a new hit musician, I believe with the turn of the decade we were able to see what that bridge could really bring. We certainly got a lot of musicians out of this decade alone, and we’re not even done yet. Speaking of not being done yet, we still have some records to review for 2025.

Despite only just now hearing ... read more

Since I am spiritually obligated to review any new album from Kessoku Band, I shall do that with this new live record of theirs.

We Will B is a tour album dedicated to the last league of their We Will tour, recorded in Keio Arena TOKYO, an arena that held many sports competitions, namely those from the 2020 Tokyo olympics and paralympics. I am not sure how many bands played in the arena, so Kessoku Band could very well be the first, but again research hadn’t led me much. Still, it's ... read more

2023’s release of Divine Inner Tension had impressed me so much that I became a Hail The Sun fanboy, listening to all their studio albums and their EPs. So, of course, when I heard word that they’ll be making a new album, I instantly became hyped.

And, to no one’s surprise, the new Hail The Sun album is great! That’s like saying water is wet, or leaves grow on trees, right?

I was quite surprised with this record, though, mostly within the sound department. Hail The Sun ... read more

FUUUUUUUUCK I forgot that yesterday was Monday, my bad. Anyways, Neil Young is pretty cool and everyone knows this. His 70s output in general is quite iconic, with a great track record of quality releases. That said, choosing a favorite is hard…unless you’re like me in which it is very easy.

On The Beach is one of those records that you kinda didn’t know you needed until you actually listened to it, and it just instantly clicks with you. Something about it is really hard to ... read more

1969 was a ridiculously big year for music as a whole, which is really well documented at this point. You, yes YOU, most likely have a record from 1969 that you love to death. And don’t tell me you don’t because I know you’d be lying. That said, what is my personal all time favorite? Well I’d have to say In A Silent Way by Miles Davis, an incredibly well put together jazz fusion record that perfectly crafted an intricate landscape for jazz to follow from. But where that ... read more

If there is a band that switched the hardest in terms of sound within the 80s, it’d have to be Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson. But XTC does get a participation ribbon for compensation.

Unlike the manic goofiness of Oingo Boingo, or the dark and nonsensical nature of Cardiacs, XTC is kind of one of those similar groups that I am surprised that I don’t like more. I mean, I do like their music, but honestly they always played it a little safe for my books. When bands like Talking ... read more

Welp time for another round of classic mondays, and for this month I think we have a pretty sizable package of interesting records to look forward to.

So, since, for about three months in a row, I have started these kinds of things with an avant-prog record of varying quality, I figured to end this sort of trilogy off with a pretty well known ensemble in the Japanese progressive rock scene.

Now, contrary to popular belief, I don’t actually hate Ground-Zero. I haven’t heard ... read more

Happy Halloween folks! Ever since my Tyler Kamen review in 2022, I have made a point of doing an album review every Feast of All Saints, and this year is no different. I usually go with records that are quite spooky themed, or have some ties to horrors, and…well just look at the title and album cover. Monarch of Monsters, a werewolf on the album cover with a dark and gloomy tree in the back. It’s a perfect send off to October I think.

Though calling this album a ... read more

Genesis as a band before 1974 was a group that was pretty much the epitome of British layered progressive rock. While bands like King Crimson and Yes never really denied that they were English, they always managed to appeal to more than just their homelands. But Genesis? Good God they are more British than an episode of Peppa Pig! Not to say that’s bad, in fact some of my favorites from them are from their eras of absolute British monarchy. Their output from 1970 through 1973 will ... read more

You know…I sometimes forget that this band is Swedish. I know that is a bit weird to say but like…Rikard Sjöblom hides his accent so well that sometimes I think Beardfish is a band from the US. But then I see this album and go “oh yeah they’re from Gävleborg County.”

Anyways, being the debut for Beardfish, Från en plats du ej kan se... is certainly an interesting introduction to the band’s whole sound. Beckoning off of projects like The ... read more

Technically speaking, Discipline’s first studio album wasn’t Push & Profit, and was in fact, their demo tape of Chaos Out of Order. However, due to limited sale copies, the record would be pretty much forgotten about as time went on in favor of the releases that came after. However, it is still a clear cut part of the band’s history, so it being rereleased in 2013, directly after their return to form of To Shatter All Accord, proved this album’s worth as a relic of a ... read more

In 1999, a band from Kingston upon Thames would release their then final record of Guns, despite having plans for one right after. 2 and a half decades later, however, that very same band would come back with their last hurrah in the honor of a passing friend. It’s here! LSD!

As a Cardiacs fan, lemme tell you. The moment I heard word that they were gonna actually, finally finish LSD, I was already gearing for something marvelous. Though, before the release of the first single of ... read more

While fusion has existed since 1967, roughly when Gabor Szabo's Jazz Raga released, it hadn't become what it was until after two stand out musicians released their own detailed expeditions into the genre at large. In a Silent Way by Miles Davis, and Hot Rats by Frank Zappa. Both showed two sides of the jazz fusion genre that various 70s acts would pursue. The more jazz focused nature of the genre with Soft Machine, Herbie Hancock (before Head Hunters mind you), and Chick Corea setting ... read more

In recent times I have become a bit more appreciative of Coheed & Cambria for their mix of pop punk ideals and prog rock magnificence. I think as my palette grew and I listened to more albums that were a bit out of the general prog scope I’ve become more appreciative of the group, especially in the aspects of their music that are a bit more accessible. So, when I saw they released their newest album, I was quite excited to see what kinda scores they’d make.

What I expected was ... read more

Around this time, Beardfish were the new big shots in the retro prog sphere after the magnum opus of their Sleeping in Traffic duology. They are one of the Swedish prog bands that certainly had a knack in knowing how to make prog rock really work in a new, modern environment, while still reminiscing on the past. They are like a contemporary prog rock band in retro prog clothes.

However, perhaps being at the top of the prog rock food chain left the environment around the Beardfish to be empty ... read more

Let’s get the elephant out of the room. Yes, it absolutely sucks that Dustie had to be...not the best person. He was a great guitarist for the band, and I don’t really intend to re-write my reviews where I praise his skills due to the new info about his more...less than savory actions. But at the same time, I cannot say I miss him here. Kinda like how people really love John Lennon’s output in both The Beatles and music as a whole, whilst also understanding he was a POS. I ... read more

Sometimes you find something you just listen to on a whim, and only because you didn’t know what else to listen to. For me, most of the time when I am not going through my backlog, I sometimes like to squeeze in another release here and there, mostly albums from 2025, and on one day I happened to listen to a recent EP dropped by the Korean slacker rock artist, Asian Glow, whom is best known for their collab EPs with Parannoul and Weatherday, both quite prominent figures in the modern day ... read more

Discipline, even in their early years, showed that they were quite the difficult group. While the prog rock world was slowly migrating out of the neo prog zeitgeist, and also progressive metal becoming more and more popular, it really is quite a stand out for one of the first groups to really hammer in retro prog as a genre, few years before groups like The Flower Kings or Spock’s Beard could even dream of the idea.

Push & Profit stands as quite an interesting record in the face of ... read more

The term ‘rock opera’ has become so widespread and so popularized that at least one record on someone’s personal chart is at the very least conceptual. But what if one switches the rock in rock opera, and turns it into another completely different genre? These are certainly more rare, or at the very least rare as in it doesn’t quite have a definitive term that everyone can latch onto. But I enjoy story driven albums in other genres other than rock too. And let me tell ... read more