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Raw, intense, varied Americana with a great ‘live’ feel.Abnormal Conditions’ is the fifth album by upstate New York roots rockers Frank Migliorelli and the Dirt Nappers, and it is an absolute corker. It blends rock, soul, folk and even sixties pop in a wonderfully ‘live’ feeling record. With two members of Springsteen’s backing band in Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell helping out, the pedigree of the band is unquestionable.In his mid-sixties, Migliorelli has had a long and varied artistic career. He has been a computer and video game developer, written children’s music and worked in educational media and been a…
The disenchanted soldier holds the key to this anti-war Homer adaptation. Courtesy of Universal Studios. The debate over the accuracy of Christopher Nolan’s latest offering to the IMAX gods, The Odyssey, has started long before the film hit cinemas this weekend. Yet, despite all the backlash, it’s a character who isn’t even mentioned in the Homeric tale who holds the writer-director’s anti-war manifesto together, saving it from being a sauceless, grey adaptation of the most vivid homecoming in classical literature. The fidelity discourse has accompanied The Odyssey’s every marketing step since 2025. First came Matt Damon rocking a historically inaccurate…
Christopher Nolan’s films don’t often come up for air, as is the case here, with the majority of its running time a maelstrom of relentless action and cacophonous music – courtesy, once again, of Swedish maestro Ludwig Göransson. This relentlessness can come at the expense of emotional depth, even in a film with such unbelievably high stakes, though scenes with Odysseus’ loyal old hunting dog, Argos, offer enough heartbreak to go around. You may wonder whether in another director’s hands, the quieter, more delicate moments might be made more impactful. The thought doesn’t last long, though, as that’s not really…
Dennis Atlas joined Toto in 2024 at the age of 28. He’s made the most of the experience by assembling new solo album Principle, which features s seriously impressive guest list. Atlaes tells Prog what he’s learned since going it entirely alone on his debut record.At 28 years old, Dennis Atlas became the second keyboardist of Toto in 2024, a role that’s grown since the retirement of Greg Phillinganes. Now the Californian has released his second solo album, Principle, featuring a raft of special guests including Aristocrat Marco Minnemann, Bumblefoot from Sons Of Apollo and Toto alumni Steve Lukather and…
Kevin Honold returns with his new track, “Saturday Night”. The single is his sixth of the year, and right from the outset, you can hear that it is a gentle yet uplifting slice of indie rock…. awarm and uplifting indie rock track that perfectly captures the carefree spirit of a Saturday night.Driven by his vocals and a clean violin sound, the track captures the joy of escaping life’s routine and celebrates that moment on your weekend when you are simply at ease with the world, with no stress in your life. For me, I love Saturday night. Friday nights are…
Reading, England’s The Race make a stirring return with “D of E”. The scene in Reading is known to my friends and me as an absolute hub of bands that just know how to make sweet, sweet indie rock sounds that are sure to get you addicted from the very first play. This band sounds like one of those…. asoaring indie rock comeback filled with dreamy melodies, huge hooks and festival-sized ambition.The Race have crafted an absolutely soaring indie anthem that balances storytelling with sweeping musical sounds that feel like they are written for the big stages. It’s very dreamy…
A Very Special Episode: But I’m a . . . StarrEWEL RecordsOut NowBrooklyn rock trio A Very Special Episode (AVSE) have released their new single But I’m a . . . Starr, alongside the announcement of their forthcoming self-titled EP, AVSE, set for release July 31st.Opening with a crisp, boxy rimshot and muted bass line, intercut with telephone touch tones and the unmistakable hiss and crackle of a dial-up internet connection, But I’m a . . . Starr sets a sense of anticipation before the band launch into a pleasingly intense and fuzzy wall of grinding guitar tones splashing cymbals…
FM PRO TECH NEWSIllinois alternative rock trio Lucky Mary Blonde has recovered a long-lost live recording from 1988 using AI-assisted audio restoration and professional engineering. The concert was recorded during one of the band’s final performances at Gatsby’s music club in Carbondale, Illinois, before the trio disbanded later that year.The cassette remained buried for nearly four decades before drummer John Baldus began restoring it with engineers and original members Todd Baxter and Jerry Tilk.A second tape later supplied missing audio, helping the team recover a clearer version without losing the original live character.The restored collection features 16 live performances, including…
If any video sums up Van Halen’s 1980s, it’s Hot For Teacher. Carefree and ribald, it features a socially awkward schoolboy (Waldo) and underdressed two models: Miss Canada runner-up Donna Rupert and former Playboy Playmate of the Year Lillian Müller. It’s not the kind of video anyone would commission today, but as a time capsule it’s alive with the spirit of the age.Starring along side Waldo, the models and the band were four young actors employed to play the members of Van Halen as children. Amongst them was Van Halen nut Yano Anaya. How did you end up playing a…
The following day after Spain won the World Cup, we have a track by a Málaga-based artist called Dosis Cruda. The debut single from the Spanish act is quite the first impression too. The track is a straight-up Latin rock belter with an edge that brings its rawness to the forefront….a fiery Spanish rock debut packed with raw emotion, infectious hooks and worldwide appeal.The Spanish-language song seemingly captures the spirit of classic rock while carrying a strong identity. Obviously, as someone who speaks a couple of languages, I unfortunately don’t know Spanish well enough to understand the lyrics on this…
“Bring All Your Lovers” by The Essence of The Universe is a hypnotic and psychedelic-leaning alternative rock track. Hailing from Sweden, the duo have built up a reputation thanks to their debut release, “Ave Maria”, which came out earlier this year…. ahypnotic, nostalgia-soaked alt-rock journey that shows The Essence of The Universe are a band with serious promise.It is an incredibly rich track that has incredible production values. It’s hazy, psychedelic, and, for me, it seems a bit shoegaze in places too, but be sure to keep an ear out for that chorus, as it is, for me, the highlight…
Hailing from Nowy Sącz in Poland is A Thousand Hills, and the latest offering titled “One In A Million” is a bright track that showcases the outfit’s tremendous talent. Lead singer James Macfarlane has an absolutely great sound to his vocal tones, with the mixture of guitar and percussion offering the listener an insight into the kind of music that James himself is influenced by….A Thousand Hills revive ’90s acoustic rock warmth with a modern indie edge on this timeless Polish gem.It’s one of those acoustic rock anthems that bridges decades seamlessly, with some acoustic rock tones that can be…