The Friday Freakout with AJ Bradford
by toohoppy | Mar 27, 2019
by toohoppy | Mar 27, 2019
The concept of the digitally remastered reissue has been a marketing staple for many years now, but it’s only relatively recently that the box set complete with the ubiquitous hi-res copy and/or the 5:1 surround version has competed for your hard-earned. The reason for their success is fairly obvious when the subtitles are often words [&hellip
Is this a definitive list – hell NO! I could name numerous albums that might/should have been on this list and were certainly in the nominees category, however: “Then, shalt thou count to ten. No more. No less. Ten shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be ten. [&hellip
Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer Saturday, 7th December 2019 From strength to strength For years no sign of life and then suddenly, boom, twice new studio work and even three live shows within exactly twelve months. Life within the Flower Kings is certainly no bed of roses. After previous (co-)headliners together with Spock’s Beard in December 2018 [&hellip
How do you compare and rank albums as diverse as those released into the ‘Prog Zone’ in the last decade? It’s a tricky challenge that requires the use of generalisations, but also specific factoring. In this case, having assembled a list of maybe 50 possible contenders, the final ten were teased out based on such [&hellip
O2 Academy, Bristol Wednesday, 20th November 2019 It’s been 50 years since Daevid Allen started the psychedelic behemoth that is Gong, and as the band head into their 50th year, with a wonderful new album The Universe Also Collapses, and a revitalised line-up, the band shows no sign of stopping the momentum they’ve regained over [&hellip
As many of you know, I have an internet radio show and each year I do a show or two dedicated to my favorite albums of the year. With 2019 getting near its end (and not having any other ideas … Continue reading →
Nektar have long been a favorite band of mine and when frontman Roye Albrighton passed away in 2016, I assumed that would be the last of the band. However, three original members reconvened and enlisted two other former members plus … Continue reading →
Firstly let me say this has been a much harder than expected exercise, partly because so much good music has passed through these hands in ten years. My final selections focus on more mainstream progressive acts, as that is my preferred style of music. Flying Colors Flying Colors – 2012 In September 2012 I travelled [&hellip
Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer Saturday, 30th November 2019 Still going strong/Not dead yet On a cold November evening in 2019, Zoetermeer’s De Boerderij plays host to the legendary Soft Machine. Founded in 1966 by Daevid Allen, Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt, the band, with its adventurous and groundbreaking music, was largely responsible for the [&hellip
It seems to be traditional to start these things by saying just how difficult it was to choose 10 of the best albums, and that if you asked me to tomorrow the list would be totally different. However, to be honest, this felt rather easy and on the whole the great majority of this selection [&hellip