October 2009 : Some old prog rock classic of course… Moving Waves, great album which is not just the crazy “Hocus Pocus” song, the 23 minutes long epic “Eruption” is just excellent! QE2 by Mike Oldfield became one of my favourite albums from the artist, his guitar sound and playing are fantastic. Some vintage electronic prog with Force Majeure by Tangerine Dream (one of my favourite) and Heaven and Hell by Vangelis (epic!!). There’s always some place for an Iron Maiden album and actually, it’s Dance Of Death, not my favourite one but still good (and the classic Live After Death which is great!). At last but not least : The Incident of course! Album of the year? One of the great albums of 2009 for sure!! (I have to wait for Transatlantic’s album to talk about “album of the year”, or not…). I can’t tell that it’s my fav Porcupine Tree album but again, high quality modern prog rock, I love “Kneel And Disconnect/Drawing The Line” – Perfect!
I just discovered Bat For Lashes and I can’t stop listening to Two Suns on Spotify. A multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/visual artist with a great voice, beautiful melodies and arrangements.
As usual, I’d be curious to know YOUR october playlist…
October 24, 2009 at 7:44 pm
For me this month was and still is filled with some of the great bands/artists from sixties and seventies. I’ll mention several albums I really cannot stop listening and they are:
Ambrose Slade – 1969 – Beginnings (with phenomenal version of classic “Born to Be Wild”)
Emtidi – 1971 – Emtidi
Ertlif – 1972 – Ertlif
Frame – 1972 – Frame of Time
Mushroom – 1973 – Early One Morning
Nosferatu – 1970 – Nosferatu
Peggy’s Leg – 1973 – Grinilla
Samuel Prody – 1972 – Samuel Prody
Smak – 1975 – Smak
Vashti Bunyan – 1971 – Just Another Diamond Day
Kestrel – 1975 – Kestrel
Besides, Opeth – Lamentations & The Roundhouse Tapes and Bloodbath discography, and Morbid Angel as well.
October 24, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Hey AstralliS!
I’m curious about all these 70′s bands! I know none of them… Great to read new music to discover!!