Jon L Davis
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Musician, primarily interested in "art" music rather than popular. Also involved in software development and general all-around science nerdery who loves […]
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New #review today: "#behindthesuncollective is a band from Norwich, UK, and a brand new band for #fruitsdemerecords. They played at the 2024 FdM summer festival and immediately grabbed attention with their blinding set of psychedelia, jazz drum vibes, grunge guitars […]
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December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New #review today: "#behindthesuncollective is a band from Norwich, UK, and a brand new band for #fruitsdemerecords. They played at the 2024 FdM summer festival and immediately grabbed attention with their blinding set of psychedelia, jazz drum vibes, grunge guitars […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#altaforma’s Trajectory continues the, er, trajectory plotted on their debut. This is highly melodic, supremely technical rock music that I would describe more as prog-adjacent than actual #progressiverock. Some of the instrumental parts are so […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New #review today: "#altaforma’s Trajectory continues the, er, trajectory plotted on their debut. This is highly melodic, supremely technical rock music that I would describe more as prog-adjacent than actual #progressiverock. Some of the instrumental parts are so […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "While one might usually expect solo albums by a drummer like #waltshaw to feature more aggressive use of the drum kit, at least in a rock or jazz setting, Shaw uses his array of percussives and electronics in a far more explorative way, one that is […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New #review today: "While one might usually expect solo albums by a drummer like #waltshaw to feature more aggressive use of the drum kit, at least in a rock or jazz setting, Shaw uses his array of percussives and electronics in a far more explorative way, one that is […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#theowlservice is an English alternative folk music collective formed in 2006 by multi-instrumentalist #StevePaulCollins. Back in 1990 Collins was a teen, and unsurprisingly a metalhead. One day, while working in his local record shop he discovered […]
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December 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New #review today: "#theowlservice is an English alternative folk music collective formed in 2006 by multi-instrumentalist #StevePaulCollins. Back in 1990 Collins was a teen, and unsurprisingly a metalhead. One day, while working in his local record shop he discovered […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#snorkel is a collective of musicians from varied backgrounds who come together to produce music with little respect for established stylistic boundaries. They do, however, share an aesthetic that flows through Past Still Present Tense, which […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New #review today: "#snorkel is a collective of musicians from varied backgrounds who come together to produce music with little respect for established stylistic boundaries. They do, however, share an aesthetic that flows through Past Still Present Tense, which […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "Positively uplifting, melodic, and beautiful; this time out Italian sonic sculptor #marcobilli (AKA #jarguna) has enlisted the help of Swedish cellist / violist #henrikmeierkord and French flutist / vocalist #odilebruckert for this majestic […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New #review today: "Positively uplifting, melodic, and beautiful; this time out Italian sonic sculptor #marcobilli (AKA #jarguna) has enlisted the help of Swedish cellist / violist #henrikmeierkord and French flutist / vocalist #odilebruckert for this majestic […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#thechemistryset (#paullake and #davemclean) has unleashed another #fruitsdemerrecords 7-inch of their signature trippy British psych pop concocted in their musical lab. The A Side is a bizarre song about a strange refrigerator magnet." […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
New #review today: "#thechemistryset (#paullake and #davemclean) has unleashed another #fruitsdemerrecords 7-inch of their signature trippy British psych pop concocted in their musical lab. The A Side is a bizarre song about a strange refrigerator magnet." […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "Trying to come up with coherent words to describe #RobHarrison’s Explode My Head is the kind of task that threatens to explode my head. There is certainly no established genre label that applies very accurately, and not much in the way of […]
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December 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New #review today: "Trying to come up with coherent words to describe #RobHarrison’s Explode My Head is the kind of task that threatens to explode my head. There is certainly no established genre label that applies very accurately, and not much in the way of […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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Sad to hear of the passing of #marilynmazur https://ukjazznews.com/rip-marilyn-mazur-1955-2025/
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December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of #marilynmazur https://ukjazznews.com/rip-marilyn-mazur-1955-2025/
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #usandthem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New #review today: "While recording their new album #usandthem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "Among the many projects of drummer #philhaynes is #FreeCountry, a jazz string band on a mission to reinterpret American roots music. His cohorts on this journey are #drewgress (bass), #jimyanda (guitar), and #hankroberts (cello), and Liberty Now! […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New #review today: "Among the many projects of drummer #philhaynes is #FreeCountry, a jazz string band on a mission to reinterpret American roots music. His cohorts on this journey are #drewgress (bass), #jimyanda (guitar), and #hankroberts (cello), and Liberty Now! […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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There have been lots of questions lately about the future of #Seaprog and #Cascadence. After much consideration and discussion, we've come up with a plan. In short, no 2026 festival, but a series of smaller events. For details, see: seaprogfest.org/2025/12/09/w...
Where are we going? - Seaprog Music Festivals
It seems like every week, there’s news of another music festival going out of business […]
seaprogfest.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There have been lots of questions lately about the future of #Seaprog and #Cascadence. After much consideration and discussion, we've come up with a plan. In short, no 2026 festival, but a series of smaller events. For details, see: seaprogfest.org/2025/12/09/w...
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New #review today: "#rudyadrian is a master of cinematic sounds, and every new release takes the listener along on a journey into a previously unknown world, one of landscapes, mountains, forests, and snow-covered bluffs that fall right into the ocean. No doubt that […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New #review today: "#rudyadrian is a master of cinematic sounds, and every new release takes the listener along on a journey into a previously unknown world, one of landscapes, mountains, forests, and snow-covered bluffs that fall right into the ocean. No doubt that […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#limperodelleombre, or Empire of Shadows in English, is an Italian #doommetal band that labels their music as cemetery rock. They formed in 1995 but did not release their first album until 2004. Oscuritá is their fourth studio album, as well as […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New #review today: "#limperodelleombre, or Empire of Shadows in English, is an Italian #doommetal band that labels their music as cemetery rock. They formed in 1995 but did not release their first album until 2004. Oscuritá is their fourth studio album, as well as […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "#derekshulman has a unique vantage point for talking about music, having been a member of #simondupree and the Big Sound and #GentleGiant, then an executive at various record labels. He has definitely seen it from both sides — creative and business […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New #review today: "#derekshulman has a unique vantage point for talking about music, having been a member of #simondupree and the Big Sound and #GentleGiant, then an executive at various record labels. He has definitely seen it from both sides — creative and business […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "The sounds #kronstad23 presents are potent and powerful, sometimes gentle and other times revved up, always seeming a bit like freewheeling, well-rehearsed improvisations." #exposeonline #psychedelicrock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/kronstad-23-sommermorket-3.html
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New #review today: "The sounds #kronstad23 presents are potent and powerful, sometimes gentle and other times revved up, always seeming a bit like freewheeling, well-rehearsed improvisations." #exposeonline #psychedelicrock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/kronstad-23-sommermorket-3.html
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New #review today: "f you’ve been following along, #ashleyreaks has gone from the experimental and confrontational #artrock of Compassion Fatigue (1-8) through various steps towards somewhat more conventional compositions on Winter Crawls and The Body Blow of Grief […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New #review today: "f you’ve been following along, #ashleyreaks has gone from the experimental and confrontational #artrock of Compassion Fatigue (1-8) through various steps towards somewhat more conventional compositions on Winter Crawls and The Body Blow of Grief […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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As required by law, here is your notice that tomorrow is #BandcampFriday and you can get Super Z Attack Team and support independent art. #mathrock #progressiverock #jazzrock #avantprog https://zhongyu.bandcamp.com/album/super-z-attack-team
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
As required by law, here is your notice that tomorrow is #BandcampFriday and you can get Super Z Attack Team and support independent art. #mathrock #progressiverock #jazzrock #avantprog https://zhongyu.bandcamp.com/album/super-z-attack-team
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New #review today: "The two titles under review capture guitarist #kevinkastning in collaboration with two members of his inner circle, Hungarian guitarist #SándorSzabó and American saxophonist / flutist #CarlClements." #exposeonline #experimentalmusic […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New #review today: "The two titles under review capture guitarist #kevinkastning in collaboration with two members of his inner circle, Hungarian guitarist #SándorSzabó and American saxophonist / flutist #CarlClements." #exposeonline #experimentalmusic […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "It’s been a while since the last #revolutionarysnakeensemble album, Live Snakes from 2014, but #kenfield and company are back with Serpentine, which was also recorded live (mostly). But with music like this, live is probably the way to go." […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New #review today: "It’s been a while since the last #revolutionarysnakeensemble album, Live Snakes from 2014, but #kenfield and company are back with Serpentine, which was also recorded live (mostly). But with music like this, live is probably the way to go." […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "We’ve been reviewing the work of the #claudioscolari Project for some time now, since the 2019 album Upside Down, and all the while this has been a quartet of Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca, trumpeter Simone Scolari, and bassist Michele Cavalca […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New #review today: "We’ve been reviewing the work of the #claudioscolari Project for some time now, since the 2019 album Upside Down, and all the while this has been a quartet of Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca, trumpeter Simone Scolari, and bassist Michele Cavalca […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "There is no shortage of amazing bassists in the world these days, and when you make your list that includes #MohiniDey, #antoinefafard, #udopannekeet, #michaelpipoquinha, and the rest, make sure that #barendtromp is included. Odd Time Concepts may […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New #review today: "There is no shortage of amazing bassists in the world these days, and when you make your list that includes #MohiniDey, #antoinefafard, #udopannekeet, #michaelpipoquinha, and the rest, make sure that #barendtromp is included. Odd Time Concepts may […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "Time really flies; it seems like just a few years ago that #zhongyu released their debut album "Zhongyu" Is Chinese For "Finally" on #moonjunerecords, but in truth it’s been a full nine years. During that time the band has shrunk from a quintet to […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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New #review today: "Time really flies; it seems like just a few years ago that #zhongyu released their debut album "Zhongyu" Is Chinese For "Finally" on #moonjunerecords, but in truth it’s been a full nine years. During that time the band has shrunk from a quintet to […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New #review today: "Time really flies; it seems like just a few years ago that #zhongyu released their debut album "Zhongyu" Is Chinese For "Finally" on #moonjunerecords, but in truth it’s been a full nine years. During that time the band has shrunk from a quintet to […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
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New #review today: "Six years after releasing their debut album, the Italian heavy #progmetal band #lajanara released their second full length album, Le Donne Magiche, in May 2025. Over the years La Janara has matured their sound, distancing themselves from the dark […]
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[Original post on mas.to]
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New #review today: "Six years after releasing their debut album, the Italian heavy #progmetal band #lajanara released their second full length album, Le Donne Magiche, in May 2025. Over the years La Janara has matured their sound, distancing themselves from the dark […]
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[Original post on mas.to]