“Illuminator”, the seventh album from Rhode Island’s Resistor, skillfully blends hard rock, progressive rock, and folk into a singular sound, backed by the cohesive energy of live band recording and a unique musicality that tests the boundaries of both classic rock and heavy prog. While drawing inspiration from iconic bands, Resistor crafts a distinctive musical experience, resulting in an album that’s both accessibly familiar yet refreshingly innovative, adeptly scratching a sonic itch you may not even know you had.
Read moreI Am The Manic Whale: “Bumper Book of Mystery Stories” (2023) – Album Review
I Am The Manic Whale’s triumphant fourth album “Bumper Book of Mystery Stories” deftly navigates and overcomes the challenges inherent to the concept album: combining clever storytelling and thematic delivery with an engaging musical presentation. The band successfully fulfills the promise of any good horror, science fiction, and adventure anthology, with thrills and chills aplenty, and bestows them upon us in a thrilling melodic prog sojourn.
Read moreBrass Camel: “Brass” (2022) – Album Review
“Brass” is an infectious and often surprising transmogrification of blues, funk, and prog elements into a satisfying whole. Brass Camel delivers a wondrous slab of sonic wizardry, channeling fireballs of rock’s epic past but weaving them into an eccentric yet intoxicating new vision.
Read moreSpace Kitchen: “Space Kitchen” (2023) – EP Review
Deftly showcasing this musical duo’s ability to construct catchy tunes alongside more unconventional pieces, their self-titled debut EP “Space Kitchen” endeavors to engage both the worlds of indie melodic pop and innovative progressive rock, successfully actualizing their “garage prog” ethos with an engaging collection of tunes.
Read moreOverhead: “Telepathic Minds” (2023) – Album Review
Accentuated by the timeliness of its subject matter and immersive themes of war, conflict, loneliness, despair, and the destructive obfuscation of reality, “Telepathic Minds” is a deeply compelling (yet buttkickingly rockin) prog epic.
Read moreMice On Stilts: “I Am Proud Of You” (2023) – Album Review
With a tone that undulates between pastoral and progressive, “I Am Proud Of You” delivers a rich musical soundscape through a reflexive journey of redemption.
Read moreWe Came From Space: “Overlords” (2023) – Album Review
Balancing the catchy hooks of Beatlesque pop melody with a fusion of 70s rock motifs and progressive rock virtuosity, We Came In Space’s second album Overlords is a thrilling cosmic odyssey.
Read morePattern-Seeking Animals: “Only Passing Through” (2022) – Album Review
“Only Passing Through” from Pattern-Seeking Animals was our favorite album of 2022, exemplifying the strengths that emerge when converging elements from both pop/rock and progressive music.
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