Arthur Khoan

Parsippany,NJ

"Perilous" by Glass Hammer.

Great prog-rock band from Tennessee. Who would have thought that such cool musicianship in a prog style could come from the land of boring you-all country music?

"Caravan" by Rush

Incredible opening song from "Clockwork Angels". Now that's how you make a rock record. You don't bore the listener like Indie rock does.

Mystery. Check out "The World is a Game".

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. I had to know what was so great about her. She can SING. Also, Lana Lane.

I hate to say this because I love Van der Graaf Generator, and they performed a great show in NYC in June. But I was disappointed they did not play the song "Killer".

Wishbone Ash at the Ukrainian center in NJ. Lots of great playing, double-lead guitars. Got to meet them after the show.

I love progressive rock and it is being conveniently ignored by stations other than Q104.3 FM. Some terrific albums came out this year, and they get ignored, no reviews, etc. Critics and stations like WFUV and even WNYC are really missing out. Why do You all discriminate against marvelous musicianship? There Are other things out there besides folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter, low-fi, alt bullcrap.

The Cloud Nothings "Attack on Memory". WTF? How can anyone like this crap? Boring garbage! The songs drag. The vocals drag. Pitchfork loves this stuff? They have no integrity.

Artists that are also over-rated >>> Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Dirty Projectors, Regina Spektor, Alabama Shakes.