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[Teunis]

NP Knight Area - Hyperdrive

Did you like what you heard? It's definitely heavier than the rest of their albums. It took me a few listenings, but I like their 'new' sound .

I've been enjoying several albums while reading the iO-pages (magazine about progrock):
Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Traumhaus - Die Andere Seite
Pendragon - Men Who Climb Mountains
Airbag - The Greatest Show On Earth

np: The Pineapple Thief - Magnolia (really like this one!)

[Teunis]

Opeth - Pale Communion

[Bupie]

Did you like what you heard? It's definitely heavier than the rest of their albums. It took me a few listenings, but I like their 'new' sound .

Well, I don't know their other albums but I really liked what I heard ... oh and by the way, I am still hearing it right now 

[Nicky007]

Opeth - Pale Communion

Teunis, my God, Opeth are real badass 


Super R.E.M. concert from their early days:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVVtNnHeEg

- Nicky

[Teunis]

Teunis, my God, Opeth are real badass 

I find it a pleasant album. Like their new direction, no growls  .

Asia - Asia (back to the roots, the debut is probably still my favourite Asia album with John Wetton on vocals)
Bjørn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash (Three times in a row, what a album. If you like Airbag and/or Gilmourish solos, this album may interest you)

[maddox]

What many are unaware of is that R.E.M. were active for 31 years (1980-2011) and made 15 very rich studio albums. That's a pretty good job. Few groups are that productive

I know.
I once heard a song long ago, The One I Love, and I really liked it but because it didn't get many airplay on the radio and on mtv and such, I was afraid back then that I would probably never hear the song again.
But that of course was before youtube and radiostations that do like to play the old stuff.
Still a great track but indeed they made some more great tracks.

NP> Gazpacho ~ Missa Atropos

Gazpacho is becoming one of my favourite bands.
Don't really enjoy the albums before Night but everything that they have released after Night is extremely good! 

[maddox]

Mariusz Duda and Steven Wilson ~ The Old Peace

[Teunis]

jp: Mostly Autumn - Dressed In Voices (not impressed, have a sort of hate/love relationship with this band .)
np: Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat (well-played, but until now pure instrumental. Hard to stay interested for me, prefer music with vocals.)

[Teunis]

jp: Bjørn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash
np: The Sixxis - Hollow Shrine

[PH]

NP: Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
I still consider this to be the very best Neal Morse solo-album. How about a top-5 guys?

That's hard!

1. Sola Scriptura
2. ?
3. Testimony 2
4. Momentum
5. One

Man, this changes everytime I listen to one of his albums.
I'm pretty sure of "Sola Scriptura" though. What an album!

Just listened to Spock's Beard "The Light".
Not bad either!! But Neal is so much better solo, in my opinion of course.

[Bupie]

JF LLoyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
A great classic of the 80s that has been reedited in a rich 2 CD version. Not prog at all but highly recommended nevertheless.

NP Threshold - Wounded Land
In the middle of the first listen ... which is not very pleasant so far 

[PH]

NP Threshold - Wounded Land
In the middle of the first listen ... which is not very pleasant so far 

I remember listening to that album and having the same reaction.
Never listened to it again.
But because I like Threshold so much, I just want to re-investigate that album (and other early albums).


NP:
Devin Townsend - "Z²"
Disc one: "Sky Blue"

Nice! Catchy stuff. There's some filler on this disc though. But that's not a surprise to me. He has released a lot of material this year.

Anyone else who listens to Devin? I don't see him being mentioned much in here. Where's Manatee?

[Bupie]

JF Steve Lukather - Transition
A great album, really 

NP Haken - The Mountain

[Teunis]

jp: Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
np: Perfect Beings - Perfect Beings

[Teunis]

jp: Lunatic Soul - Walking On A Flashlight Beam
np: Riversea - Out Of An Ancient World

[maddox]

Neal Morse ~ ?

Speaking of which...

01 : ?
02 : Sola Scriptura
03 : One
04 : Testimony 2
05 : Momentum

[maddox]

Steven Wilson ~ Drive Home EP

[Teunis]

Today:
Subsignal - Paraiso (what a album, bring on the new one in 2015)
Bjørn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash 
Darkwater - Where Stories End 
The Pineapple Thief - Magnolia (on my 'to buy' list by now, wouldn't have thought that .)

[maddox]

Bjorn Riise ~ Lullabies in a Car Crash

Sounds a lot like Airbag but that's not very strange, since Bjorn is its guitar player.
Not bad, but though sometimes the music sounds a bit rougher, I experience the same problem with Bjorn that I have with Airbag.
Its creeping further in the same pace, without any wish to accelerate.

[maddox]

Beardfish ~ Sleeping in Traffic pt II

A band from Sweden, who believe they are the incarnation of Zappa and the likes.
Fruitful, humourish band, with lots to discover.
If you like it weird and quirky. 

[Nicky007]

Played:

Neal Morse:  Sola Scriptura  &  ?  (on repeat) 

Thanx for getting me back to these, Paxi

Yes, definitely wonderful music. And the lyrics do speak to my heart

This time it really clicked. So Neal Morse went to my pantheon. And he, his musicians, and songs into several other slots in my LP

In fact I even ordered Testimony 2 from Amazon for good measure. So then I'll have his first six solo albums. Momentum will have to wait.

Tom, am I right in inferring a movement toward Christianity on your part ?


Stiltskin:  She 

I thought that I had found the album on Amazon for a reasonable price. But inside the package was the single, with some for me irrelevant other mixes of She. This was by no means obvious. So total waste of money

Fortunately I found a used album for twice the price. It was the last one for a somewhat decent price. And now I just had to have it

The remaining ones went for 133 USD +. Crazy, who wants to pay that much


Gary Hughes:  Veritas 

Hardly prog, but as good as songcraft gets. Some super songs

Like the title song   www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCE9MuC70pE

And some marvelous guitar-playing by Chris Francis

I know that Bupie wasn't impressed by Chris' playing ... but then again, he's French

- Nicky

[Nicky007]

And now one that I keep returning to, another Nei/al 

Neil Young:  Thrasher  www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzKbfr8InYo

Oh man, what a song

I guess when ones Dad or Mum die, one tries to keep them alive - somehow. I lost both my parents in 2013

This song is all my Dad: his breezy homeland South Dakota, the endless prairie, the eagles, horses, wildlife. He became a professor in physics at 30, but he never lost his natural roots. He felt most alive when he was out in his extensive garden, tending his fruit bushes, tugging out the weeds, plying his lines of potatoes and carrots

I was so fortunate as to spend two summer holidays in his hometown Brookings, and the wonderful countryside around.

Now that I don't fly any longer, I probably won't get back to the States

- Nicky

[Teunis]

pp: IQ - The Road Of Bones

np: radio: Sympho Shop

[maddox]

np: radio: Sympho Shop

Yes, have been listening to the show as well.
The second part that is. Tuned it too late.
And then, after Pendragon, the connection failed.
Used to listen through winamp but that isn't possible anymore!?

[Teunis]

Yes, have been listening to the show as well.
The second part that is. Tuned it too late.
And then, after Pendragon, the connection failed.
Used to listen through winamp but that isn't possible anymore!?

I have no idea, always listen via http://www.favorietfm.nl/, but I remember it was possible through winamp.