Zachary Nathanson

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I’m a freelance writer/blogger that started doing reviews nine years ago. I’m a fan of Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, and Jazz Rock. Also a musician for 20 years. Music has been my friend since listening to the Beatles when I was a little boy. It wasn’t until I discovered Pink Floyd 20 years ago and it changed my life. Geek also, but the Progressive genre has still kept me going from day one. And there’s no stop sign for me. I also have a blog site in which I also do reviews since 2008 entitled, Music from the Other Side of the Room.

Articles by Zachary Nathanson

The Pineapple Thief – Retracing Our Steps (2007-2014)

Retracing Our Steps represents an incredible chapter combining the wonders and mystery behind The Pineapple Thief’s music.

Echoes of the Past: Nektar – Journey to the Centre of the Eye / A Tab in the Ocean

Journey to the Centre of the Eye and A Tab in the Ocean are worth exploring if you’re stepping in to the band’s music for the first time.

The Damn Truth – The Damn Truth

You got yourself this awesome power that is waiting for you, landing on your lap by turning up this mo-fo at its maximum.

Ferkaad – A Different Kind of Animosity

Yes, they are incredible musicians, this is not the way to start off their first album out for this year.

Split Enz – ENZyclopedia: Volumes One and Two

The box set is a perfect introduction to the wonders and madness that is Split Enz if you’re very new to the band’s music.

Jessica Moss – Unfolding

Believe me, once you open the door to Moss’ territory, it’ll be a roller-coaster ride, you’ll never forget.

Joe Banks – Rock and Role: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator

For Banks, it wasn’t just an appreciation of the band’s music, it was to give an understanding on why they were so far ahead of their time.

Giöbia – X-ÆON

With its train-chugging arrangements, preparing itself to make the jump to lightspeed, Giöbia aren’t fluking around, they are getting down to business, making one journey to another with this massive spree waiting for us.

Lunatic Soul – The World Under Unsun

The World Under Unsun is definitely an ultimate trip by delving into with multiple listens to see what you’ve been missing.

Crown Lands – Ritual I & II

Crown Lands have proven themselves that they are more than just a hard-rock band. They take it a step further to prove they can go beyond the prog orientation and into something electronic and something worldly.

Anouar Brahem – After the Last Sky

A powerful album released this year, proving ECM have taken it up a notch when it comes to world music on After the Last Sky.

Cosmic Reaper – Bleed the Wicked, Drowned the Damned

Their new album will send shivers down your spine with brutal guitar riffs, psychedelic hallucinations, and sonic altitude.

Derek Shulman – Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey from Stage Lights to Executive Heights

No matter what he went through; the highs and lows, he will always be the Gentle Giant that has a true love of music.

Jason Blake – Infinite Fade

Prepare for the Infinite Fade to begin, because it’s going to be one hell of a ride that you’ll never, ever forget.

Peter Hammill – The Charisma & Virgin Recordings: 1971-1986

More detailed and more ideas flowing in, this box set brings in a continuation of the fearlessness and dauntless to come towards listeners who might be new to both Van der Graaf Generator’s music or Peter’s work.

Alex Freiheit & Aleksandra Słyż – GHSTING

GHSTING is one of the most terrifying, yet drone out surreal nightmares that gives in the works of poetry, fiction, dark landscapes, post-apocalyptic nightmares, and set inside in a sinister Eastern-Europe hotel.

Kling Klang – Half Life

This isn’t just a mind-blowing album; this is a wildly brilliant and wildly electronic as good as it can really get.

Echoes of the Past: Synergy – Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra

50 years on, it is an incredible debut and the beginning of Larry Fast’s journey. Ahead of its time, rewarding, and one of those albums that’ll be with you for the rest of time and into the future.

Cameron Crowe – The Uncool: A Memoir

The Uncool is a fascinating memoir for anyone who loves music or revealing the true story beyond the 2000 classic. Music is the true form of healing of one’s hope to continue on and never look back, but it is a healing mechanism that stays with you for the test of time.

Ace Frehley 1951-2025

To the spaceman, thank you for one hell of a ride you brought us, and thank you for an incredible ride you gave.

Echoes of the Past: Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

This album is definitely getting the recognition it truly deserves. It is here; it is finally ours!

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