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New #review today: "Any listeners who have followed #Passionfix since their 2020 album This and That will not find any astonishing surprises on this latest album, Secret. The sound and style of singer #KellySecret is instantly identifiable immediately when the first song starts, and carries through to the very end." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/passionfix-secret-3.html

New #review today: "#MarkWirtz remains one of pop's great outliers. Best known for the unfinished #ATeenageOpera project, he spent the late 60s pushing studio pop toward increasingly elaborate forms, then somehow carried that vision into 1973 long after the rest of popular music had moved on. #ThinkLikeAKeyRecords' new reissue pairs his two obscure Capitol albums, Balloon and Hothouse Smiles, restoring both LPs to their original configurations and adding the non-LP B-side "Nothing to Do." The first thing to know is that these albums don't sound much like 1973. They're rooted in #BaroquePop, music hall traditions, film-score orchestration, and #Beatles-inspired studio craft." #ExposeOnline #ArtPop #PsychedelicRock #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mark-wirtz-the-70s-albums-balloon-hothouse-smiles-6.html

New #review today: "Unlike previous #Glutton releases, this one is entirely instrumental, but they’ve got enough ideas to maintain listeners’ interest throughout." #ExposeOnline #ApollonRecords #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/glutton-skiva-heter-vishnu-2.html

New #review today: "The #ClaudioScolari Project is back once again with their trademark brand of modern #jazz sounds, ranging from composed and arranged to outright chaotic madness and everything in between. Those familiar with the six albums beginning with Upside Down (2019) will be in relatively familiar territory, this is a group that doesn’t change that much from one release to the next, at least as to the execution of their craft, though they tend to get more daring and fearless." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/claudio-scolari-project-lines-of-now-3.html

New #review today: "#TheAction was one of the great "what if?" stories of the British 60s. Produced by #GeorgeMartin, celebrated as a live act, revered on the London mod circuit, and responsible for a remarkable string of singles, they somehow never managed to place a record on the charts." #ExposeOnline #ThinkLikeAKeyRecords #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/the-action-rolled-gold-the-complete-1967-68-recordings-6.html

New #review today: "#KingOfSweden is a really good #ProgressiveRock band that builds their sound out of the classic building blocks of prog, but does such a good job of it that they don’t sound retro or nostalgic. In the four tracks on Interregnum, which is their second full-length album, they remind me at times of the French band #Atoll, #PeterBanks’ #Flash, and (for current references) #MoonLetters." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/king-of-sweden-interregnum-2.html

#ThrowbackThursday #reviews from 1998: "For the first time in who knows how long, the Ozrics really surprised me with this one. While still undeniably #OzricTentacles in every way, they have pushed further into territories they have always hinted at before, namely dance, electronica, #JazzFusion, and spacey ambient." #ExposeOnline #SpaceRock #ElectronicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/ozric-tentacles-curious-corn-2.html

New #review today: "With #HadalSherpa's fourth full-length release Mountains, the Finnish quartet returns to the heavy world-influenced rock that made their second album Void Weaver such a standout, a purely instrumental style that meets somewhere at the crossroads of the ripping heady power jam sound as it crosses from Morocco to Istanbul." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #SpaceRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/hadal-sherpa-mountains-3.html

New #review today: "#RogerHoudaille's seemingly endless quest to rescue overlooked music from obscurity has unearthed another gem with The Recordings 1971-1981, a retrospective of Los Angeles cult favorites #Skooshny. More than a compilation, this #ThinkLikeAKeyRecords release serves as a document of the band's formative decade, gathering the Alien Records recordings, the 1979 single, unreleased tracks, Michael Penn sessions, demos, and the earliest recordings featuring vocalist Mark Breyer." #ExposeOnline #PowerPop http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/skooshny-the-recordings-1971-1981-6.html

New review: "#Sarvaega demonstrate that #DoomMetal can still be dark, heavy, and atmospheric without sacrificing dynamics, melody, or emotional impact." #ExposeOnline #GothRock #progressiveRock #ProgressiveMetal http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/sarvaega-postumo-6.html

New #review today: "#RicardoFormoso is a Spanish composer and trumpeter (I guess for this release he’s exclusively a flugelhornist) who capably leads his four-piece band through a labyrinth of #jazz, #funk, and #JazzRock #fusion." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/ricardo-formoso-electric-rebound-3.html

New #review today: "After the gem that was Circle Six in 2018, Bergen’s #EmmerhoffAndTheMelancholyBabies have taken their time finishing their next album. The Dying of the Light continues in the same vein with sophisticated and varied songwriting, stellar arrangements, and solid performances." #ExposeOnline #ArtRock#ProgressiveRock #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/emmerhoff-the-melancholy-babies-the-dying-of-the-light-2.html

New #review today: "The band’s name translates roughly to “From Evil,” and while they’ve been around since at least 2020, when they released a six-song 12-inch 45RPM, Smilet er en flyktig tilstand (The Smile Is a Fleeting State) is the group’s first full length LP. This is the essence of what #FreeJazz meets electronics meets full-on chaos at its finest sounds like." #ExposeOnline #FraDetOnde #PsychedelicMusic #ElParaisoRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/fra-det-onde-smilet-er-en-flyktig-tilstand-3.html

New #review today: "#Abyssian makes its Exposé debut with Let Me Die under the Stars, a release that arrived accompanied by an intriguing promo sheet describing a world of submerged civilizations, Atlantean mysteries, ancient aliens, and Sumerian mythology." #ExposeOnline #GothRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/abyssian-let-me-die-under-the-stars-6.html

New #review today: "In 2022 we covered the two parts of the Tales of Belle saga by Norway’s #Adventure, Across the Ocean and Unveiled by Fire. The band’s 2000 self-titled debut has been reissued by #ApollonRecords as a double LP set, so we get to see where this group in the classic #ProgressiveRock mold got its start. The original recordings date from 1996-99..." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/adventure-adventure-2.html

New #review today: "#KrzysztofKurkowski is a Polish composer, producer, and synthesist who earns his bread and butter from television and film soundtracks, advertising, and soundtracks for video games. He is a founding member of the group #Endorphine, with whom he has been working since 2007, and has over a dozen albums to his credit. Motus Pulsans is his most recent endeavor, and his first for the #CyclicalDreams label, consisting of nine tracks of varying length, deeply multi-layered electronic sounds with a bit of a symphonic twist." #ExposeOnline #ElectronicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/krzysztof-kurkowski-motus-pulsans-3.html

New #review today: "#Delirium's Sesta Strada lungo il Tempo is the latest chapter in a musical journey that now spans more than five decades. Emerging from the first wave of Italian #ProgressiveRock in the early 70s, surviving a hiatus of more than thirty years, and returning with a string of increasingly confident releases, the Genoese group continues to explore familiar themes of time, memory, travel, and the human condition. More importantly, they continue to do so with a vitality that many younger bands would envy." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/delirium-sesta-strada-lungo-il-tempo-6.html

New #review today: "For their fifth full-length release, #LetSpin moves to #DiscusMusic, which is a very reasonable fit for their music. It’s a combination of #jazz, #funk, and noise that blends composition and improvisation seamlessly." #ExposeOnline #AvantJazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/let-spin-i-am-alien-2.html

New #review today: "Onward to the new #Uroboro album, Outside, which trims back a lot of its predecessor’s excesses." #ExposeOnline #DiscusMusic #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/uroboro-the-bass-speaks-outside-3.html

New #review today: "#HiroKawahara, better known as #Heretic, has enjoyed a long and remarkably distinctive musical career dating back to the early 80s. Over the decades he has performed in bands, as a solo artist, and in collaborations with #PeterFrohmader and #SteveBaltes. His signature sound blends electronic soundscapes, dark ambience, and experimental structures, drawing inspiration from artists such as #RichardPinhas, #Heldon, #ManuelGöttsching, and Frohmader himself." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic #ElectronicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/hiro-kawahara-heretic-be-here-now-6.html

New #review today: "In harmony with the cover art and the album title, much of the music on #FrenchTV's new album sounds as if it could have been written as the soundtrack to a 70s spy thriller movie, with breezy themes and funky beats. What you won’t hear is the complex Canterbury / RIO sound the band has presented on most of their albums." #ExposeOnline #CuneiformRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/french-tv-the-spanish-caper-2.html

New #review today: "#Fjall’s previous album From the Rough Hill (2023) was a lengthy twelve-part #improvisation that sparked the imagination for its masterful use of unusual instruments mixing folk, world, jazz, free improv, and classical elements in what seemed to be a studio setting; Helt, the group’s second album, brings the same crew back together across two live dates in December 2023 and April 2025." #ExposeOnline #DiscusMusic #ExperimentalMusic #ImprovisedMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/fjall-helt-3.html

New #review today: "Following the promise of Almeria, the second collaboration between #DjamKaret guitarist #GayleEllett and multi-instrumentalist #ToddMontgomery further developed #Fernwood's unique acoustic vision. While its predecessor often evoked Mediterranean and European landscapes, Sangita feels more deeply rooted in American soil, drawing upon #folk, #CountryBlues, Appalachian traditions, and acoustic fingerstyle guitar while incorporating instruments and influences from far beyond those boundaries." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/fernwood-sangita-6.html

New #review today: "#AlanJenkins continues his absurdist #psychedelic journey on from E.H. Gorilla Ltd. Atomic Engineering and Mobile Library with another evocative title, Pig Costume from the Time of the Vikings. The album presents ten tracks: one epic near 20 minutes in length and nine shorter pieces, some barely over a minute long." #ExposeOnline #PyschedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/alan-jenkins-pig-costume-from-the-time-of-the-vikings-2.html

New #review today: "#Jorodu is #JoseRomanDuque, a Venezuelan composer, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist now resident in Miami, a graduate of Berklee College of Music, and proficient in a wide array of musical styles, from rock to Latin and world music to jazz and much more." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/jorodu-the-hummingbird-conspiracy-3.html

New #review today: "It has been five years since we last heard from Russian band #Detieti. Much has changed since 2018's Frogressive Punk. Where that album reveled in eclecticism, stylistic collisions, and a healthy sense of musical mischief, Spotonica, released in May 2026, finds the band pursuing a more focused vision." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #AvantProg #AddictedLabelBNiL http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/detieti-spotonica-6.html

New #review today: "Within Seattle’s community of experimental and boundary-pushing artists, the three responsible for Gefühlswallung are certainly in the top ranks. #AmyDenio is well known around the world and here at Exposé; #GregCampbell is one of the area’s top drummers; and #HeatherBentley’s cello and viola have appeared in many settings and collaborations with other artists." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic #ImprovisedMusic #RightBrainRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/the-hegramatics-gefuhlswallung-2.html

New #review today: "Few guitarists have as unique a style as #KevinKastning, and certainly part of that is because he’s playing a collection of unique guitars of his own design that eschew most standard guitar techniques. In this review we present a couple of solo recordings (Codex III, Codex IV), plus a couple of excellent collaborations, one with trumpeter #PhilGrenadier (Unreal City), and another with drummer #PaulWertico (Interchange One)." #ExposeOnline #ImprovisedMusic #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/kevin-kastning-phil-grenadier-unreal-city-kevin-kastning-paul-wertico-interchange-one-kevin-kastning.html

New #review today: "#PhillipGolub is a Brooklyn-based pianist, improviser, and composer who has assembled an impressive cast of musicians for Partisan Ship, an instrumental exploration of #microtonal composition loosely depicting a crew of partisans on a quest toward a utopian future." #ExposeOnline #Jazz #MicrotonalMusic #ExperimentalMusic #AvantJazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/phillip-golub-partisan-ship-6.html

New #review today: "As a budding keyboard player in the 70s, I really loved the sound of an overdriven #HammondOrgan I heard in bands like #DeepPurple and #UriahHeep, and it’s obvious that a lot of other people did too — and still do. #Gjenferd is a band from Bergen that’s a shining example of a modern band with that classic sound as their primary influence." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock #ClassicRock #OrganRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/gjenferd-black-smoke-rising-2.html