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Mark’s Quick Review: Rausch’s – Book II0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. I missed the first album by Rausch, but Book II found its way to my inbox and as I proceeded to spin up the first track which still seems to me a farcical musical number, I was left a bit perplexed. But once I made it to Irked, the fourth track, I saw the light and realized that this album has some potential. For me the songs that are 9 minutes plus are...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Steve Walsh’s – Black Butterfly0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. Steve Walsh, possibly the best prog rock voice of the 70's, has released a another solo album. Good news. Steve sounds wonderful which makes this is a must for any Kansas fan. I would say that the song skew less progressive than I personally would like to hear. I think between the fact that 4 songs he is not lead vocals and some of the songs are...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Monarch Trail’s – Sand0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. Monarch Trail's sophomore release. It is a nice crossover prog album as I look around they have been getting a lot of buzz for this album, except for their website which does not have the album in their discography. I thought the album started out a bit cheesy, but each song was better and better. I have listened to it 3 or 4 times now because I was...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: paganHARVEST’s – Sacred River0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. You know how we all love the spoken word portion of Nights in White Satin? Well imagine 55 minutes of that. This is more suited for incidental music for a Tim Burton remake of Giligan's Island than a 70 minute album. Also the Sacred River Chant is possibly a rip off of the Radiophonic Workshop's song on Doctor Who. Where the sisters of Kahn sing...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Veio’s – Infinite Light // Desperate Shadows0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. This heavy prog album from Portland is packed with energy. I actually was not that enamored with the beginning of this album, but by the third track my ears perked up and I really started enjoying their sound which could be said to be reminiscent of Audioslave. If you are a fan of heavier rock I think this is a good album for you. I would even consider it...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Обійми Дощу’s – Сон0 (0)
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. This FREE album is really remarkable. One of the best submissions I have received all year. 8 years in the making with 15 musicians including a string quartet, and mixed by Bruce Soord. Songs from the album tell a story about the struggle and difficulties a person faces in a modern urban, globalized world, a journey from the lowest point of fall to a free...