#NowPlaying - a ground zero for so much, but why so many cowrites for kevin ayers & so few lead vocals? is it like the neil-young's-voice-was-too-weird-for-the-springfield thing or just cuz ayers was the new guy? and how many steps between "we did it again" & oneida's "sheets of easter"? @Corry342@vinylrecords#canterbury#prog
Right, so in a surprise inversion of my recent #Prog posts about double albums that should have been single albums, here’s one that’s long enough for a double but somehow managed to fit on a single CD.
Clocking in at just over four minutes, “Clairvoyant” is a tight little slice of metal-leaning progressive rock. A powerful, rolling bassline, some solid drumming and just a touch of swirling atmospherics anchor the track, but it’s the guitar work that really shines here.
#ProgTuesday time! Thanks to @DXMacGuffin
Today I'm thinking back to last year when Molybaron was opening act for Soen ... here comes Something Ominous:
Recordings from the "Live Beneath the Waves" concerts are starting to go up on Anthony Lucassen's channel. Gosh, I love how BIG he makes his casts. At least a dozen bands are represented on stage at any one time and it somehow all gels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAJ0zTMLClQ
#GreatAlbums1980s: #Rush – Moving Pictures (1981). Withstanding the prog backlash of the early 80s, Rush reinvented their sound with (relatively) concise songs, keyboard layering, and hooks irresistible to FM radio. "Tom Sawyer," "Red Barchetta" and "Limelight" brimmed with new energy, as Geddy Lee's vocals matured, Alex Lifeson's guitar grew concise, and Neil Peart's drumming reached its apex. For the prog diehards, Side 2 was a cinematic tour-de-force.
#NowPlaying - #bootleg of kevin ayers's 1970-1972 #bbc sessions, including a few tunes backed by the soft machine. great #prog / #canterbury fun with assertive weirdo hooks, if sometimes (like camelot) a bit silly. his voice shares something direct/plaintive with his soft machine bandmate robert wyatt that resonates with me deeply. @vinylrecords
I’ve been a big #PorcupineTree fan for years, and first saw them live in 2005….or so I thought!
@BenCotterill just mentioned that he saw them supporting #OzricTentacles once. I thought that would have been an amazing show, and recalled having done stage crew for Ozrics at Trent Poly in the 90s.
Guess what: Porcupine Tree supported Ozrics at NTU in December 1995, and I was (apparently) there. How cool is that!? 😎 #music#livemusic#prog
Do Bandcamp pay artists anything for streamed music that the listener hasn’t bought?
I just found an album I really like (that I’ll probably wind up buying from Bandcamp anyway), but I wondered if me listening to it right now, before I buy it, will earn the artist more money on Bandcamp or Apple Music (because I have a paid subscription there)