Spock’s Beard - Wind at my Back

18th September, 2007 by Chewbacca

Spock's Beard - Snow Well known both by fans of progressive rock and Star Trek fans alike, Spock’s Beard is a powerhouse of good music. Although the band has had a number of albums, my favourite has to be the 2002 "Snow" - a double-CD concept album (described by some as a prog rock opera) about an albino psychic who gains himself a messianic following and then loses it all. Despite being a grand feat in production, the music and storyline come together so well. This is the last track of the first CD (and the second too, incidentally) which is quite a motivational, powerful track worthy of recognition. After the album, frontman Neal Morse left the band due to his recent finding of Christianity, and left the band in the hands of his brother, Alan. The later albums are good, but so far nothing has quite topped this. Here is today’s track by Spock’s Beard, "Wind at my Back":


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Elfonía - … de los libros del tiempo

3rd September, 2007 by Chewbacca

Elfonía - This Sonic LandscapeElfonía - an experiment rock band from Mexico starring the awesome voice (and violin playing) of Marcela Bovio, has had two albums to date. Their second, and presumably last (unfortunately), “This Sonic Landscape” features a mix of progressive rock with hints of gothic metal mixed with some very atmospheric guitar tracks. This is one of the gentler tracks on the album, but it soon comes full swing to show of the band’s prowess - here is today’s music: “… de los libros del tiempo” by “Elfonía”:


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Ten - Evermore

2nd September, 2007 by Chewbacca

Ten - EvermoreMythic tales of fire, dragons, swords and Evermore - it doesn’t get more fantasy than this! Today’s track comes for the epic-sounding progressive rock band Ten, who we’ve seen once before. Ten’s “Evermore” comes from the aptly titled “Return to Evermore” - Ten’s seventh studio album released in 2004 - complete with what you might expect of a Ten album - fantasy concept, heavy hitting AOR, even the typical album cover. It’s a good song, and if you liked the last one, you’ll enjoy this one too. Here’s “Evermore”:


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Coheed and Cambria - The Running Free

30th August, 2007 by Chewbacca

Coheed and Cambria - The Running FreeSo, if you didn’t already know, Coheed and Cambria tells the story (through progressive rock concept albums) of The Armory Wars: following the adventures of Claudio Kilgannon who crosses the star system, Heaven’s Fence, to seek help from his uncle, The Prize Fighter Inferno, after his parents, two Iro-Bots called Coheed and Cambria are tricked into killing their children by Supreme Tri-Mage, Wilhelm Ryan. Confused!? I know you are!! It gets even better: today’s track comes from “No World for Tomorrow” (out in October!) which is the second volume of the fourth album (”Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV”) which is the third album they’ve released - since the first in the series will come last. Utterly confused?!?! Yes, I’m glad. You can just ignore all of that and listen to some good rocking music from the way of Coheed and Cambria, here’s “The Running Free”:


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Convey - Chalkboard

11th August, 2007 by Chewbacca

Convey - Convey EPMembers of the band Convey have been playing together ever since their time together in Elementary school - two years ago they got together to form their band. They describe their music as alternative progressive rock, “whose melodies, riffs, rhythms and lyrics derive from a free-flowing and metaphysical place”. It might sound a bit of a farce description, but the music is good - this high school band could definitely go somewhere, something worth watching! This is their first track of their eponymous EP, namely “Chalkboard”:


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Porcupine Tree - Drown With Me

24th July, 2007 by Chewbacca

Porcupine Tree - In AbsentiaPorcupine Tree are a fabulous British progrock band started back in 1987 and in that time grown from strength to strength and released nine studio albums, their latest in April of this year. Today however, I’m going to play you one of their tracks which isn’t quite as proggy as the rest of their material, but its a brilliant song that was only released as a bonus track on the Europen release of their popular - and first major-label release - 2002 “In Absentia” album. It’s a dreamy, poppy, rocky, whatchamacallit song with dark undertones but amazingly upbeat melody. I have the urge to listen to it all the time, even though it is a bit of a departure from their more traditional tracks. Enjoy Porcupine Tree’s “Drown with Me”:


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theEndorphins - See It Clearer Than It Ever Was

23rd July, 2007 by Chewbacca

theEndorphinstheEndorphins are a melancholic progressive-ish rock band from the Netherlands formed in 2003. The three band members Astrid van der Veen, Arjan Hoekstra and Dennis Edelenbosch create a smooth mix of music with many different instruments and dueling dual (see what I did there?) vocals. Astrid has also worked with previously featured Ayreon, creating the progressive metal Ambeon project. Whilst looking for labels to work with, they have already put out several songs, available for free from their theEndorphan (see what they did there?) website, but they say their real best performance is in live shows. This track is “See It Clearer Than It Ever Was”:


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3 - Live Entertainment

18th July, 2007 by Chewbacca

3 - The End Is Begun3’s great new album, curiously titled “The End Is Begun” is released next week - and it’s full of the great dark, bizarre and catchy music we’ve come to love from the band. Personally I prefer the earlier albums over their last “Wake Pig” which was harder-sounding - but this new piece manages to get the balance just right. This song is a great example of some of the albums best tracks which really take full advantage of Joey Eppard’s voice put against the always-weird lyrics and atop of the excellent rock. It’s a great mix that makes “Live Entertainment” well worth a listen, and the album well worth a buy!


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White Willow - Joyride

7th July, 2007 by Chewbacca

White Willow - Signal to NoiseWhite Willow is a famous Norwegian band trained in the mystic arts of… art rock! Which can basically be described as a mix of everything in a big pot. Their latest album released last summer, “Signal To Noise”, features today’s track - the aforementioned melting pot of folk, progressive rock and the beautiful voice of their new vocalist, Trude Eidtang. Aptly titled, “Joyride” is one of the most upbeat tracks of the album, and you definitely need to hear it:


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Chewier: The Fears

29th June, 2007 by Kevin

The FearsNow, as a rock fan, in general I shy away from indie as a genre. There is far too much baggage attached to it for my liking, it’s such an overly used term and I can’t help but feel many bands sound so alike it’s just pointless. Maybe it’s the apparent lack of passion so many bands seem to display - a trait which certainly does not ring true with this band. The Fears have gone through several name changes in their time together, the most recent being from Blue Sky Warning to their current moniker. So if I said their sound and style is about as diverse from conventional ‘indie’ as their names are, you might have some idea of what I mean. In short it’s big, really BIG; a grand, sweeping take on the traditional solo-less anthems of the charts today; the guitars ringing thick and rich, where usually they might be thin and forlorn. “Progressive Indie” is how the band describes it, and you can certainly hear it on this track “Impact”, already a crowd favourite.


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  • Based: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
  • MySpace: The Fears Band
  • Label type: none

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