The Song Remains the Same, the Players Don’t
Does it matter if there are few or no original members in that band you’re paying to see? Bob Pomeroy muses on legacy bands. Are they real or are they Memorex?
Does it matter if there are few or no original members in that band you’re paying to see? Bob Pomeroy muses on legacy bands. Are they real or are they Memorex?
The Red Planet (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Cloudborn (Edgewater Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Roi Tamkin takes in Yes At 50.
A Sentimental Education (Double Feature Records). Review by James Mann.
This two and a half hour documentary explores everything you might want to know about former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and the history of Progressive Rock.
Toto opens for a still rocking Yes at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall.
Progeny: Highlights from Seventy Two / Progeny: Seven Shows From 72 (Rhino). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Through the Turbulence (Melodic Revolution Records). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Second Sound (). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Tauk whips up a savory auditory gumbo and serves it up at a hip lounge/bowling alley where May Terry dishes herself a hefty helping.
Odd Soul (Warner Brothers). Review by Laura Pontillo.
SBTRKT (Young Turks, XLrecordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Empty Space Orchestra. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Aquarius (Sensory). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bill Bruford , former drummer for Yes and King Crimson, chats with Carl F Gauze about the differences between rock and jazz, the recent RIAA case ruling, and his supposed retirement.
An Introduction to Bill Bruford’s Winterfold Records (Winterfold). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Gavin Hayes sure likes to keep busy. His band Dredg is co-headlining a U.S. tour, then touring Europe and Australia and performing with author Salman Rushdie – all by the end of the year. Tim Wardyn discussed the new album The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion as well as religion and families in this revealing yet intimate interview.
All The Colors (Subtitled Audio). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Legendary drummer Bill Bruford recounts his life with Yes, King Crimson, and the Progressive Rock movement.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.