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^^^ Did not know there is a new one from Ciccada coming. The first two are really nice. This one goes on the list for next month!

Just a couple of older ones from my wishlist this month. I hope for a full shopping list with new(er) releases next month.

Make a rising - Infinite Ellipse and Head with Fontanel
The Mercury Tree...

Not many new releases this month that I want to buy so It will probably just a few older ones for me this time.

What did I miss?

All of them (including nymphs and japs) are their best albums.

https://youtu.be/0bqGbMrhtCk

I loved the previous one, so keep us posted! [emoji106]

Only one I can remember is that I once went to a Riverside show to see Lazuli as the support act.

Left halfway down the Riverside set.

Great! Did not know have this one of the yet.

Fucking amazing. More! More! Jim! Jim!

Well, i grew up listening to Neo prog. I really do not dislike the genre although my preferences changed.

I even bought the latest Pendragon. More out of Covid support then taste but I still...

The first two IQ albums are the only neoprog albums I still regulary revisit.

And I have to correct myself here. Wireless is really a cover too:

https://youtu.be/VuDPbqdKUSk

I do not think its a coincidence that the only cover Cardiacs ever did was a Kinks song.

https://youtu.be/8YMs5QwHmMc

They have.

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https://thedecemberists.bandcamp.com/album/live-home-library-vol-i

Its a solo album of one of the members, Justin Moynihan. Somehow it ended up as a band album on Spotify.

Thats weird. I just checked pa, allmusic and discogs. None mention this album.
Then I browsed the bands Instagram account (which is pretty active) and this new album is also not mentioned there.

Yup, its a great one. On par with those Utotem records imho.

Thanks for that link. The mans writing is always such a pleasure. Love the stories and insights behind the songs.

Not exactly a straightforward choice of 'songs'.

Interesting!

Yup. Cardiacs references in in popular TVshows are extremely rare so the screenshot of that scene is fairly famous amongst Cardiacs fans. That particular guy was always wearing tshirts of obscure...

^^^^ Great read. And welcome to the forum

And there is still the Sea Nymphs stuff, Spratley's Japs, Oceanlandworld and of course GUNS and the Garage Concerts! Have you heared those yet?

I played it a couple of times when it was out and I enjoyed it but I did not enjoy it enough to keep playing it. I will need to revisit to refresh my memory.

Insane it is. How you even begin to dissect a tune like this into the individual parts and chords and then transform all those bits into an acappela version? Mindboggling.
Very impressed how they...

Loving that Curlew album!

Jitterbug??!?? That is.....impossible! Need to hear this.

The 3th discovery season is the worst so far and it was already very bad in season 1 and 2. Imho of course.

I am from Rotterdam. Different city, different mentality. Eternal rivalry

Paradiso is a great club. Too bad its in a shit city.

Yup, Amsterdam Paradiso club May 1988.
One of the two times I saw them live. The other gig was a year later at little festival called Vlietpop. I believe it was one of the first gigs with Bic in the...

Cardiacs Live is my favorite (mainly because I 'think' I hear myself scream in the background).

Any love for Rude Bootleg btw? Of course its far from perfect but man, that energy!

I listened to the album yesterday. A very enjoyable album of 70ies rock. I like it especially where they stretch out a bit. The instrumental part of 'Are you receiving me' is really good. Cesar...

Its more then 30 years ago since I've heared this album. A schoolfriend had it on vinyl.

I only remember it vaguely but I will try to listen again this week.

No, the clip was initially banned from all main stations. It was directed by Dick Maas and 'political correctness' was never his thing. I personally think it is a very funny clip. A censored version...

I was never a big fan of the earrings too but growing up in the Nerherlands they became inevitably part of the soundtrack of my youth.

I remember really liking the 'when the lady smiles' video and...

Just read in the news. He is diagnozed with ALS.

Bad. Very bad.

He was/is really the creative force of Golden Earring. So many good songs came from his hand, also for other bands.

I saw him live two years back (with 'Vreemde Kostgangers') and he looked in fine...

For me Sanguine Hum are a bit hit and miss.

I really love their latest but the previous one never did much for me.

I got today:

Needlepoint - Walking up that valley
Bisbayé - Le Sens de la fin
Thumbscrew - Never is enough (preorder)
Ellen Andrea Wang - Closeness
Snow palms - Land Waves
Meer - Playing...

^^^^^^ One of all time favorite pieces of music. I will never get bored of this.

Playing it now. Its superb.

I noticed that those early Guapo albums are up on bandcamp
https://earlyguapo.bandcamp.com/

How are they? any good? Which one to get?

All 5uu's is good. And so is Utotem. Absolutely ESSENTIAL even.

The Tangent is a good band but I do not feel I need to own every album.

I tend to buy one of every few albums by them. I got the previous one Proxy (which I enjoyed) , Le Sacre du Travail, Not as...

Queen II for me.

That Brisbaye goes on the shopping list for next bc friday.

I do not mind one or two 'weaker' tracks. It makes me appreciate the highlights even more.

Damn fine album to me. Perfect? Probably not.

As a teen I grew up listening a lot to "the new wave of British progressive rock" (much later often 'dismissed' as neo-prog). Out of all these bands from the 80ies those two first IQ albums aged the...

I just played Guerre again. One of the best examples I know off that you can still do original and exiting things within the 3 minute song format.

I just replayed all the studio albums and I agree A l'Amitie is the best, closely followed by Laisse ca Etre. I slightly prefer Un & Deux over Ce Tres Cher Serge.
My absolute favorite is the live...

I am revisiting some Aquaserge albums. Right now I am listening to the debut Un &Deux ; so much better then I remembered.

I just realized their latest studio offering is already more then 4 years...

^^^^ really enjoyed that, thanks. A set of very well recorded live tracks too.

I had tix for:

Anna Meredith
OOIOO
Shabaka & the Ancestors
Big Big Train
VDGG
GoGO Penguin
Rodger Hodgson
Flairck

An enjoyable album but nothing really special.

I download on my desktop pc, unzip and then transfer to my mobile and backup on my external hd.

Works fine for me.

I still do not see any Cardiacs albums on spotify, only a few songs.

I believe they were already on apple music for quite a while.

Does not matter to me. I never use spotify or apple music...

+1

Sez peeps at progarchives. Its one of the few that scores lower then 4 out of 5.
Of course Miriodor albums have a stupendously high standard.

I decided I did not listen to any Miriodor for too long so I am binging those. Played the first three today.

3e advertissement, had not played that one in years. Man, I loved it and it supposed...

A night out in a Norwegian pub will cost you a fortune.

Back on topic: I must get me some Kriget. A serious gap in my collection. I bookmarked 2 albums for the next bandcamp friday sale.

If you are in a prog band today just tell everyone you are a jazz band.

Great video of a great tune.