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Review by Dr?mmarenAdrian — I found this band and record today, the same day their second studio record was released. The people who play this eight track music record is Gino Terribile (drums, vocals), Giuseppe Terribile (bass, vocals), Franco Piccolini (keyboards), Roberto Giordana (guitar) and Piuccio Pradal (vocal, 12 string guitar). They built this group back in the seventies but the didnt make a full scale record. In recent days they have and they are totally amazing. Perhaps the don't have the best singer but otherwise this music is brilliant. This is amazing symphonic rock. I am so surprised of Italy, what a marvelous prog nation, mostly of what that land has brought us seems to be fantastic. Every track here is very good. The music is virtous and it has some form of feeling of the seventies prog. The music is very distinct, you can hear every instrument very clear. Mostly they use their common instruments but I can alse hear flute and saxophone it it. One of the best tracks is the instrumental "Labirinto" which is calm but has a wonderful melody with nice organs and flute work. The longest track "La Promesa" starts distinct with vocals and has a great and smart composition driven by guitar and organ. "Una nuova realt?" is another strong and fast track with different sections and the vocals begins at four minutes. A winning piece of prog. "Oggi voler?" has heavy rock. Every track is wonderful and interesting. It happens a lot int their music, it has a lot of drive. It's never indecisive but allways powerful and harmonic. This is very melodical music. Perhaps they didn't experiment so much but this is absolutely a full scale symphonic prog record. I say it again, I am surprised of the music of Italy which is so great. I know very little, almost nothing about this band but I will listen more and do some research. This is splendid prog from the twentyfirst century.

Review by Second Life Syndrome — This is a terrific album! This crossover prog band has a great melodic style. They don't try to overdo it on technicality or speed. They write beautiful music that arouses the emotions and lifts the spirits. Amazing, soaring melodies are the key here. The band even plays around with some Spanish sounds here, too.This album is great from start to finish. "Spanish 411" and "Faded Photographs" are both fantastic songs, but the unequivocally best song on this album is "The Willing Victim". This song is simply stunning in every way. The structure is superb and the vocals are breath-taking!! It takes you and allows you to soar on the crest of the melody. This would have been a 5-star album for sure had the rest of the album been as fantastic. As it is, it is a strong 4-star album. Highly recommended!

Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Since we’ve crossed into the millennium, time seems to roll on so fast. Before you know it, summer will be upon us. Just as I got used to the idea of May, Memorial Day weekend is here. “TGIFF.” Thank god it’s fucking Friday! I can certainly use a long weekend. No one here seems to have much going on over this holiday. A bunch of my band friends are headed to Spain to play Primavera. Friends in New York and London are dealing with rain and sleet. For Memorial Day, I will be saying a prayer for ol’ Ray Manzarek. “Cancel our subscriptions to the resurrection.” I can’t help but wonder if Ray and Jim have connected on the “other side.” My next Idelic Hour will surely be dedicated to the meaning of The Doors. In the meantime I am about to cross a milestone, well almost. This is the 99th episode of the Idelic Hour. As I have mentioned recently, I’ve felt the need to be “reliable” to the music. It’s this reliability that has led me across the country to state of Ohio for this week’s inspiration. Last weekend I drove around the Canyon listening to the wonderful new album from Ohio natives, The National. Matt Berninger’s warm and familiar voice soothed my soul. Ah, at last an album that seems to slow time down. On Monday, Pitchfork gave the album an excellent review at one point stating, “Most people attribute the National’s escalating popularity to their reliability…” It made me think “reliability” deserves an Idelic Hour of music. Why not Ohio? When the word comes to mind, I think of Republicans, guns, motorcycle gangs—but most of all, cool rock ‘n roll. Let’s plug in and explore Idelic “Ohio”. The Idelic Hit of the Week: Kingswood – Ohio Advertise here with BSA

The Los Angeles music scene in the early 1980's was a place of diametric opposites in the early 1980's;  the punk scene had become a form of conformity with cartoonish thugs churning out loud for the sake of being loud and held tightly to fashion while the last gasp of the bloated, cocaine driven superstar acts were still massive commercially but beginning to suffer a massive comedown culminating in a crash 'n' burn thanks to the visual media of MTV.The Rain Parade were formed in 1981 by a pair of roomates- one California native (Steven Roback) and a transplant from Minneapolis (Matt Piucci). The pair were devouring music of the '60's, and found their creative calling within the sound of their The Byrds, The Doors and Love; bands that are the spiritual and geographical older brothers of The Rain Parade. The band drew inspiration from those groups and added the lilting drone of The Velvet Underground to the mix and created something that was entirely out of step with the rest of the L.A scene. The band was rounded out by Steven's brother David, Will Glenn, and Michael Murphy and within their first year together self released the incredible single you're about to enjoy. In a recent interview with The Austin Chronicle, Matt Piucci said of the times "When we started playing in Los Angeles, if you weren’t sweating like a pig in a ripped T-shirt and screaming at the top of your lungs, then you weren’t cool. It wasn’t valid. And we thought that was bullshit. We thought it was very punk of us to play waltz tempos slowly with acoustic guitars at punk clubs. We thought that was punk because nobody else was doing it." What She's Done To Your Mind I had the pleasure of asking Matt the other day if he had any special memories of the record, and he says "It sure was a trip seeing that thing spin around for the first time. Recorded 8 track at Radio Tokyo n Venice with the late Ethan James. It was a tiny house that had been converted. I remember going in thinking I am putting a sitar in this no matter what! Weird coincidence, I later learned that right before Ethan got it (the house that the studio was built in), my wife (who I was yet to meet) had lived there. Good karma" Much has been made of the so-called 'Paisley Underground", and while the other bands associated with that scene drew on some obvious '60's influences, none matched the sheer blissed-out visionary droning brilliance of The Rain Parade. At this time, the only other band that was even performing were the still developing Bangles, who were known earlier as The Colors, then The Bangs, then by their more famous name. Bangles leader Susannah Hoffs was a neighbor of the Robacks and they all attended Pacific Palisades high school. Matt's sitar is heard in all its glory on the b-side, the lysergic sugar cube bomb that is "Kaleidoscope". Kaleidoscope The Rain Parade went on to release a 5 star LP in 1983 (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip), and a 5 star EP in '84 (Explosions In The Glass Palace), as well as a live album and another studio effort. David Roback left the band after Emergency and formed (the also brilliant) groups Clay Allison (which became Opal), and eventually Opal morphed into Mazzy Star. Steven Roback formed Viva Saturn, and Matt Piucci Gone Fishin' and also played in the (Neil Young less) Crazy Horse. One of the thrills of my life as a musician was sharing the stage (my band played on the same bill) with the recently reformed Rain Parade, last December at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. I stood in awe listening to these magical sounds which I never thought I'd be able to hear live. Several times I had to politely ask people "please talk to me later, as this is a big deal for me to LISTEN to this set!!!" I watched in awe as Matt laid out the same whammy bar moves on the same Gretsch Tennessean as on the videos I've seen of the group back in the early '80's. Check out these two performances of "No Easy Way Down"; the first from 1983,

Poll created by Mr. Mustard — Random observation I made when listening to classical music. In a Glass House seems more Baroque influenced with the counterpoint and overall complexity, while W&W is probably more Romantically charged. Both are amazing, but which one do you like more?

Muse has uploaded a video to the band's Facebook page suggesting that it will lend a hand on the soundtrack to World War Z, the upcoming Brad Pitt film.Read Full Story

If you’ve got the summer blues, I’ve got just the cure. The sultry country meets indie folk meets Americana singer-songwriter Tom McBride is out with a brand new record and will showcase the work at the Black Cat next Friday, 5/31. McBride’s new record Morning in Glen Burnie is a modern album steeped in an old-school throwback collection of music that blends country, Americana, rhythm and blues, soul and classic rock. McBride recorded Morning in Glen Burnie just outside of Boston close to his hometown, though he said the songs were inspired by the city of Nashville, where his music career began. Boston native, Kimon Kirk (Grant-Lee Phillips, Aimee Mann), signed on as producer. The stand-out track from the record for me is “Julia.” It’s got a throwback ’50s blues appeal that makes you feel like the girl you’ve been in love with all your life broke up with you in the middle of a Buddy Holly song at the sock hop, so you hurried to the closest diner to buy a chocolate malt to cry into. As if that isn’t enough, a personal favorite of mine, Olivia and the Mates, is the opener for the show, and she’ll be playing her bubbly tunes to keep you happy, so get yourself down to the Black Cat next Friday. Doors at 9pm | Tickets $15 Advertise here with BSA

Review by TheDarkKnight — What do you look for in your progressive rock? Is it the constant shifting of tempo? Or perhaps you prefer exuberant keyboards or an endless series of solos? Or then again, are you simply looking for sophisticated rock, driven by emotion and a desire to touch others? If you answered that last statement in the positive, then it is likely that you may already be a fan of the Polish progressive rockers of Riverside. If not, then I hope this review will entice you to check them out.To me, Riverside always had one essential element that makes them, well, Riverside: the voice of vocalist Mariusz Duda. This man has a voice unlike any other that I know. He has a deeply emotive, highly melodic croon which when coupled with the band's equally emotional musical output, creates a whole which makes this band one of my favorite progressive bands out there and a band that I find has some of the most touching concepts and overall vibe. Be it the introspective Out of Myself, the disturbingly familiar concept of Second Life Syndrome ? which by the way, boasts one of my coveted perfect scores ? or the unsettling parasomnia of Rapid Eye Movement, Riverside always delivered some incredibly solid experiences.However, 2009 brought Anno Domini High Definition (or ADHD, see what they did there?). After Rapid Eye Movement, which was slightly lackluster to many, I think the band thought that it was that they needed to move away from their sound and try something different. So Anno Domini brought a heavier, more "metalized" sound which to me kind of broke the Riverside "vibe". It has its moments ("Egoist Hedonist" is a great song) but didn't appeal to the Riverside fan in me much. It's a great progressive rock/metal album if it came from any other band but it's a bad album for Riverside standards. I really wondered if this was the band running out of ideas or just moving towards a sound which I didn't feel especially keen on. Riverside trying to be heavy doesn't work for me at all.Enter 2013. It's been four years since the last album and Riverside drops their new opus: Shrine of New Generation Slaves. To say I had mixed feelings about this album is an understatement. As previously said, I was incredibly disappointed by Anno Domini taking a more metal approach. It just seemed to destroy some of the emotion which makes Riverside, well you know, Riverside. Although admittedly, it's always been Mariusz Duda's ridiculously perfect and emotive voice which makes them such a wonderful band to me. I've been putting back listening to this in fear of being disappointed and now that I've already listened to it over 10 times, I can put my worries at rest: Riverside is back in force!Now, let's get into the meat of the album. I find myself really liking the opener, "New Generation Slave". It serves its purpose as an "intro" quite well and is quite surprisingly heavy at times but thankfully, it doesn't compromise on the melodic side of things with Mariusz's vocals shining as always, even with the slight grit effect in the sound. But then, "The Depth of Self-Delusion" hit me with full force and I had my first "oh my god!" moment in years with the band. What a stupidly beautiful song! As a bonus, it is nicely devoid of this needless metal which Riverside should never rely on again. The band's trademark emotion pierces through that song with conviction, with some sweet keyboards and some terrific guitar playing. That song makes me want to melt.And you know what is awesome about all that? It's the only the second song and the rest of the album is just as killer! With such strong songs as the beautiful "We Got Used to Us" (which to me almost comes to rival with "Conceiving You" from Second Life Syndrome), the touching and emotional "Feels Like Falling" and the progressive drive of the 12-minute epic "Escalator Shrine", the album is just incredibly strong from start to finish.I'm infinitely thankful that Riverside didn't feel the need to shift

Classic Rock is proud to present the exclusive premiere of Shinedown performing their track Miracle live in the studio. View it below. The clip was shot for Warner Sounds’ acoustic session series and sees Brent Smith’s band delivering the eighth song from last year’s album Amaryllis. Shinedown will tour the UK tour in October supporting Alter Bridge, with Halestorm opening – and some of the shows are already close to selling out. Alter Bridge / Shinedown tour with Halestorm Oct 16: Nottingham Arena Oct 17: Birmingham NIA Oct 18: London Wembley Arena Oct 20: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Oct 21: Glasgow Hydro Oct 22: Manchester Arena

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