Guardian Music — After its 1970s heyday, prog rock receded in on itself, but now a new wave of bands are embracing long, difficult songs and fantastical lyrics – and finding fans for it, tooAt the end of 2008, the journalist Jerry Ewing pitched an idea for a new ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... THE RAISINS The Raisins (1983) Prelude to THE BEARS. Power pop at its best. The debut of The Raisins, produced by Adrian Belew, who would join the band after this - to be re-christened as THE BEARS. (We've got links to lots o' Bears i... more info

Guardian Music — Last week we wanted your villainous tunes, this week it's songs about headwear. After all, hat's entertainmentThings I have learned about villains: 1/ They like to murder, sometimes to the exclusion of all other crimes 2/ They often do their murderin... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The PopCulturist said... The Rare Stuff is delighted to present: The Definitive Del Amitri Rarities Series, Vol. 2*: The Waking Hours B-Sides *No, you didn't miss Vol. 1, we'll backtrack to that next. If you add up Glaswegian pub-rockers Del Amitri's... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Amd said... INTROS QUIZ - 1985 edition Intros of 20 hits from 1985, for you to guess or know. http://www.halfhearteddude.com Sir Charlie Palmer said... Fold Your Hand Child, You Walk Like A Peasant – Belle & Sebastian Natural Light – Eric Bibb ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — 004 said... Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Billy Joel - 52nd Street Santana - Welcome http://zerozerofour.blogspot.com Ekko said... E THE REAL-Wall St. Project (free album)--for fans of 3d Bass. http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com monkey in orbit ... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — After more than four decades, numerous personnel changes, and a musical trajectory integrating blues, rock, prog, folk, classical, and practically every other genre either straddling or circumventing pop's progress over the past 40 years, Jethro Tull... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... BRAND NEW MOODS presents: Vijay Iyer "Historicity" Vijay Iyer has mad skills, overwhelmingly and powerfully demonstrated on all of his recordings, but especially this one. He's also maturing at a rapid rate, while at the height o... more info

Guardian Music — She's not a hip-hop messiah, she's just a 'normal girl'. Alexis Petridis takes Kid Sister's debut album at face valueReading the music press of the early 1970s can be an alienating experience for the noughties music fan. It's not really because taste... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Neil Parsons said... LA ESFERA MUSICAL: Bellaphon - Delphi (1995) Höstsonaten - Höstsonaten (1997) Höstsonaten - Mirrorgames (1998) Höstsonaten - Springsong (2002) http://laesferamusical.wordpress.com Capt. Willard said... DRIVE-IN MOVIE... more info