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Skylab

@skylabtapes.bsky.social

Family man, music junkie, audio nut, vinyl geek, tape head, concert goer, football watcher, Northwestern alum. Adherent analog aficionado; unflappable champion of the thermionic valve.

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Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · yesterday

BEAT was absolutely fabulous at Chicago’s Copernicus Center last night! Belew sounded great, Terry Bozzio might be an even better fit than Danny Carey was, and Steve Vai seemed even more comfortable in his role. And T-Lev is just a miracle. I love and will miss this amazing offshoot of Crims!

Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m super late to this of course, but here are #my9albums - we had a lively family discussion about this which was fun - these are not necessarily my 9 favorite albums either now or ever - but the 9 that had the most influence on my musical tastes over time - I think that was the idea…

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Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here are my favorite new album releases of Q3 2026 (July/Aug/Sept), listed alphabetically by artist. Lots of good stuff this Q!!! Nothing has yet unseated my top albums from Q1 for the year…but Q4 has some heavy hitters. And that’s not to take away from this great Q3 group!!! #NewMusic #NewMusic2026

1. Eric Gillette - The Watcher 2. Neal Morse - Darkness & Light 3. Lonely Robot - An Ending 4. Mastodon - Marrow Deep 5. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Grimalkin 6. The Anchoress - As We Once Were 7. Pure Reason Revolution - Terrifying Angels 8. Jane Getter Premonition - Transmogrify 9. The Ocean - Solaris 10. Xandria - Eclipse 11. Ozric Tentacles - Harmonic Mind 12. Downes Braide Association - Trauma 13. Haken - In A Fever Dream 14. The Warning - Everything’s Falling 15. Ealdor Bealu - Graves of the Silent Plain 16. Talon David - The Villain 17. Weezer - Weezer (Gold Album) 18. Hackett & Rothery - The Roaring Waves 19. Shadow Of Jupiter - Bones 20. Kamelot - Dark Asylum 21. Green Lung - Necropolitan
Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here are my favorite new album releases of Q3 2026 (July/Aug/Sept), listed alphabetically by artist. Lots of good stuff this Q!!! Nothing has yet unseated my top albums from Q1 for the year…but Q4 has some heavy hitters. And that’s not to take away from this great Q3 group!!! #NewMusic #NewMusic2026

1. Eric Gillette - The Watcher 2. Neal Morse - Darkness & Light 3. Lonely Robot - An Ending 4. Mastodon - Marrow Deep 5. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Grimalkin 6. The Anchoress - As We Once Were 7. Pure Reason Revolution - Terrifying Angels 8. Jane Getter Premonition - Transmogrify 9. The Ocean - Solaris 10. Xandria - Eclipse 11. Ozric Tentacles - Harmonic Mind 12. Downes Braide Association - Trauma 13. Haken - In A Fever Dream 14. The Warning - Everything’s Falling 15. Ealdor Bealu - Graves of the Silent Plain 16. Talon David - The Villain 17. Weezer - Weezer (Gold Album) 18. Hackett & Rothery - The Roaring Waves 19. Shadow Of Jupiter - Bones 20. Kamelot - Dark Asylum 21. Green Lung - Necropolitan
Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mastodon kicking serious butt last night at Chicago’s iconic Riviera Theater - a great mix of tunes from various eras! 6 tracks from the new album which sounded great and fit in really nicely with classics like Oblivion, Black Tongue, and this one that was my favorite on the night. #Metalsky

Skylab@skylabtapes.bsky.social · last mo.

Power metal + pirate metal last night for my crew! The first US tour for Italian power metal band Frozen Crown, and our sixth time sailing with pirate metal champions Visions Of Atlantis!!! Incredibly fun evening 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️