Review: Beneath The Serene – Mercury’s Antennae
Mercury’s Antennae is not only an intriguing name for a band, it also represents a band of intriguing possibilities. Mercury’s Antennae is made up of three members, all of whom…
Review: Dave Mason: The Columbia Years – The Definitive Anthology
After Dave Mason‘s sporadic tenure with Traffic, he gave fans of his voice and songwriting talents a reason to hang around with his solo works. Beginning with his first solo…
Review: IV – Black Mountain
Classic is the term you’re going to get from me when I wax favorably over IV. As you may know (or not), IV is the new album from Black Mountain.…
New Lycia single, “Silver Leaf”, Excels As Distinctive Sound Tapestry
Since the late ’80s, Lycia has long been a unique band in ambient music. With a style that can’t be replicated, largely due to the realization of the sound heard…
The Ambient Series: Letters To The Farthest Star – Forrest Fang
Forrest Fang is a multi-instrumentalist who has experimented with applications of traditional instruments like the violin, piano, guitars, and other, more exotic and classical instruments against backdrops of electronics to…
Review: Give My Love To London – Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull has enjoyed a long career of music. From her early appearance in the early ’60s, with a best-selling song (“As Tears Go By”), through her late ’70s re-emergence…
Review: The Pale Emperor – Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson has been around since the late ’80s although any recorded material from the band didn’t hit the shelves until 1994 with the release of Portrait Of an American…
Review: Holographic Codex – Alio Die & Lorenzo Montaná
Alio Die, an Italian ambient composer has more than a few excellent ambient albums in release including the stunning Echo Passage, released in 1999. That album was released with Vidna…
The Ambient Series: Call Of The North – Ugasanie (CD Review)
There are many, many variants of ambient music in the world of music these days. They encompass so many moods, stories, thoughts, and intents, that you could actually subscribe to…
Review: The Garden Party – A Celebration Of Wishbone Ash Music – Martin Turner
Music by Wishbone Ash has almost always been a plus in my listening experiences. For one reason or another, they had an awesome sense of the Blues, Rock and Roll,…
Review: Letting Go – July A.D.
The last time I listened to July A.D., I was thoroughly impressed with their album, In Black. Released in 2012, the album featured strong Rock and Roll, with a sound…
Review: Wild Winter – Smoke Fairies
With just mere days until the holidays, I can’t let the latest from Smoke Fairies go without a notice. Their new album, Wild Winter, is a holiday album set with…