Nailing Down the Varying Concept of Concept Albums
All 25 of the wide-ranging albums in Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music are placed under the microscope with equal, respectful scrutiny.
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Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin Aims to Make a Lasting Impression with the Lasters
Former Lemon Jelly frontman Fred Deakin uses Kickstarter to fund a pop-rock passion project, but for all its good faith efforts, it ends up an unfocused mess.
Between the Buried and Me’s ‘Automata I’ Is No Misdirect
While a tad too familiar and safe, Automata I further cements Between the Buried and Me as the superlative act in modern progressive metal.
Daniel Martin Moore: Turned Over to Dreams
Daniel Martin Moore's latest release may just be his most eclectic.
Massive Illusions: A Look Back at Gazpacho’s ‘Night’ With Keyboardist Thomas Andersen
Ten years later, Gazpacho's fourth LP, Night, remains the group's best representation of isolation, reflection, and yearning.
Mastodon: Emperor of Sand
Emperor of Sand is by no means a bad album, but there's little here that the band hasn't already explored.
Clipping.: Splendor & Misery
If any group were to succeed in making a rap opera in outer space, it would be Clipping.
The Dear Hunter: Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
While it feels a bit too much like Act IV, Part II at times, Act V is still another magnum opus.
Mike Keneally: Scambot 2
The most brilliant multi-instrumentalist you’ve never heard of releases a stunning new album that sounds like a rock opera co-written by Thomas Pynchon and Kurt Vonnegut.
Austin Lucas: Between the Moon and the Midwest
Between the Moon and the Midwest is a collection of tales told by those with broken hearts and proud souls.
Gazpacho: Molok
Molok is another masterful excursion into the magnificent splendors and sorrows that make Gazpacho such a one-of-a-kind act.
The Dear Hunter: Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
Act IV exemplifies everything that makes the Dear Hunter so ambitious, creative, and special. It's a work of art.