by TW on January 23, 2012
Joni Mitchell – Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm In 1988, veteran pop singer Joni Mitchell was working through a contract with Geffen Records and trying to recapture some of the magic that she’d enjoyed with the successes earlier in her career. The success would prove fleeting, but Mitchell’s attempts would bring very clever experiments [...]
by TW on November 12, 2009
For a different take on progressive rock, you need to track down The Season Standard’s 2008 release on Austria’s Unsung label titled Squeeze Me Ahead Of Line. Their sound is really without comparison and can only be discussed by picking apart the disparate elements of the compositions. The Season Standard is a quartet that sounds [...]
by TW on November 2, 2009
Mörglbl are a three-piece progressive rock outfit from France whose strange name could be construed as an onomatopoeia for the band’s sound. Jazz For The Deaf is an absolutely killer collection of instrumentals fronted by guitar-god-in-waiting Christophe Godin. Remember the name. What’s Mörglbl like? It’s progressive rock with a heavy guitar edge but always with [...]
Pat Mastelotto. Perhaps you aren’t familiar with his name, but trust me you’ve heard him play drums at least 100 times so far in your life. Even if you weren’t aware that he was the other percussionist alongside Bill Bruford in the “double trio” lineup of King Crimson and onward, you’ve still heard him. Maybe [...]