Lillian Axe

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame members, Lillian Axe, have released their thirteenth album, the acoustic live, "One Night In The Temple", produced by Steve Blaze, on May 27, 2014.

Performed acoustically in an intimate setting housed in a Masonic Temple in the Bayou, with their most diehard fans, One Night in the Temple, features all their hits including, True Believer, Show A Little Love, Crucified, Misery Loves Company, Ghost of Winter, The Great Divide, Bow Your Head, Waters Rising and the crowd favorite Nobody Knows.

Lillian Axe founder Steve Blaze reflects; "When I first had the idea of putting this show together, it was originally going to be a private 20 person show with acoustic guitars, vocals and no production, however, it took on a life of its own."

One Night in the Temple; will be released as 3 disc set (2CDs/1DVD and 2CDs/1Blu-Ray), housed in an elaborate digipack. Filmed in high definition, the Blu-Ray and DVD will contain the acoustic performance, fan question and answer session, videos for the songs Caged In and Death Comes Tomorrow, live concert footage from their July 4, 2013 performance at the Paragon Casino and behind the scenes footage.

MRR owner Andrew McNeice: "I'm excited to be involved with the guys on this release. The guys really deliver an "electric" unplugged set of their classic songs and it's an honor to have such a great name in music on the MRR label. It's also our first DigiPack/DVD release on the label, so I'm really keen to see how this release goes. Confidence is high!"

Lillian Axe is:
Brian Jones (lead vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar and vocals), Sam Poitevent (guitar and vocals), Eric Morris (bass guitar) and Ken Koudelka (drums).

Discography:
Lillian Axe / 1988
Love And War / 1989
Into The Darkness Into The Light / 1991
Poetic Justice / 1992
Psychoschizophrenia / 1993
Fields Of Yesterday / 1999
Live 2002 / 2002
Waters Rising / 2007
Sad Day On Planet Earth / 2009
Deep Red Shadows / 2010
XI: The Days Before Tomorrow / 2012
Live & War [digital only release live EP] / 2012
Convergence [13 CD box set] / 2014
One Night In The Temple / 2014

http://www.lillianaxe.com

A Secret River

Out of the fertile musical soil of southern Sweden comes A Secret River, a band intent on exploring and creating innovative sounds, while still keeping the song in focus. From its humble inception as a duo some ten years ago to the four-piece it is today, A Secret River is steadily building a following around the world, with songs that are undoubtedly progressive and intricate, yet remain easily accessible to listeners from all walks of life. Lush vocal harmonies, unusual song structures and multilayered sounds are just a few of the things that make A Secret River stand out from the crowd.

PROG magazine compared the band’s sound to that of artists like Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel, and a number of radio shows have been giving the bands debut ep steady airplay.

 The band released their first full-length album, entitled “Colours of solitude” on june 25th, 2014.

The band:

Andreas Ålöv - Bass and lead vocals

John Bergstrand - Drums, percussion and vocals

Mikael Grafström - Guitars and vocals

Björn Sandberg - Keyboards and vocals

http://www.asecretriver.com

Proud Peasant

Proud Peasant is an Austin-based progressive rock band led by multi-instrumentalist Xander Rapstine (guitars, mandolin, ukulele, Melodica, glockenspiel, percussion).
Their debut release is Flight, a set of three fairly long instrumentals with multiple movements:
“The Prisoner” (12:28), “Awakenings” (19:34), and “The Precipice” (13:20).
These three pieces are pastoral soundscapes of sublime dreams and wicked nightmares, something that we have not heard the likes of since the 70s with Mike Oldfield, Gryphon, and the Amazing Blondel.
Flight is an ambitious undertaking for a debut album, but Xander is no stranger to music. He performed for eight years with his pop rock band The Evildoers, and then decided to explore a more rewarding style of music. In the fall of 2011 he formed Proud Peasant and began the long process of recording Flight. He made the conscious decision for this initial release to be all instrumental as he felt it necessary to first find his voice (so to speak) in this new genre. The other band members are David Hobizal (drums), Jay Allen (keyboards), and Kyle Robarge (bass). On Flight there are additional musicians playing tuba, clarinet, violin, trumpet, timpani, percussion, flute, French horn, cello, and trombone, as well as a choir singing wordlessly at various points. The music is majestic and cinematic with a definite Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn vibe. The addition of the brass imparts a Spanish accent that evokes Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western soundtracks. Flight is an extraordinary debut release.

http://www.proudpeasant.com

Napier's Bones

Napier's Bones are a UK band that take the Classic Prog-Rock sound as a foundation and build upon it to create their own challenging and extended form of progressive rock music. Their focus is firmly on dramatic storytelling with subject matter capable of resonating with the listener today. Music that references the past but is very much of the here and now. Their primary musical influences include the great bands of some forty years ago but also span more recent trends in rock, electronica and modernist classical music. Every Napier's Bones track will take the listener on an emotional musical and lyrical journey, passing through dark and introspective territory en-route to resolution and deliverance.  

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Currently FREE download at:
http://napiersbones.bandcamp.com/releases

.sPout.

.sPout. war eine österreichische Crossover-Band aus Wolfsberg (Kärnten).

Die Band wurde 1998 vom Sänger und Gitarristen Aaron Schüssler gegründet, als er in seiner Wohnung die ersten Songs mit dem PC aufnahm. Mit den beendeten Aufnahmen konnte er sich auf die Suche nach den Musikern machen. Im Juli 2006 stieg Gitarrist und Songwriter René Juri zugunsten seines Studiums aus der Band aus, nachdem schon DJ Jookie (Mario Frajuk) im März die Band nach fünf Jahren Mitgliedschaft verlassen hatte. Unter anderem spielte die Band im Vorprogramm von Machine Head (Wien), Life of Agony (Wien), Die Happy (Rock am Bach) und den H-Blockx (Donauinselfest). Außerdem gab es bereits eigene Tourneen durch Großbritannien, Deutschland, Österreich und Italien sowie einen Auftritt auf der Popkomm 2003 in Köln und den zweiten Platz beim Yamaha Band Contest in Wien.
Das letzte Album „We’re Going Straight to Hell“ erschien am 20. April 2007 erneut auf dem bandeigenen Label ruff.tunes records (im Vertrieb von edel).
2009 verließ der Bassist Manfred Sattler die Band und wurde nach einigen Monaten durch David Schwarz ersetzt.

Im Jänner 2012 gab die Band bekannt, dass sie sich auflösen wird.

Diskografie:
This is the Answer (1998)
Matter of Fact (1999)
Do You Wanna Dance? (2001)
The Ultimate Love Connection / T.U.L.C. (2002)
SickSong special Single Edition (2003)
We Brake for Nobody (2005)
Drift special Single Edition (2005)
We’re Goin’ Straight To Hell (2007)

Nach ihrer Auflösung hat die Band ihre komplette Diskografie auf ihrer Webseite zum kostenfreien Download freigegeben.

http://www.spout.biz 

Jhimm

Jason Himm is a Connecticut based musician who writes and records in his home studio in northern New Haven county. Jason is a keyboard player and has been experimenting with recording for over 22 years and has worked professionally with many local and national acts. His influences stem from the progressive rock genre and include artists such as Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd and Genesis among others.

Space In Space

Space In Space is a solo project from Croatian musician Nikola Džaja with occasional appearance of guest musicians. It's very melancholic, atmospheric and dark with some heavier parts but mostly mellow and emotional. This is really outstanding music!