Here's a quick selection of some recent sightings of references to King Crimson.
Math rockers And So I Watch You From Afar cite Robert Fripp as one of the guitarist that blew their minds, describing Fripp as "super-innovative and very exciting to listen to."
Fripp and Crimson are invoked in this review of the new album from Sweden's Ex Canix; "Then very Crimson-like mellotron descends over the soundscape of “Slow for You.” Still more almost- voices hover in a fog. This is eerie stuff. Then that mellotron and a guitar inspect the solemn landscape of the song. Again, Crimson comes to mind, and I am reminded of the ending of “Lizard” as Prince Rupert laments the carnage of “The Battle of the Glass Tears.”
In the eyes and ears of this reviewer King Crimson are part of the pantheon checklist process beloved of critics...
KC is again invoked in this review of the St.Louis band Lobby Boxer...
The reviewer in the Financial Times finds room for a mention of KC in this piece on Laura Marling & Mike Lindsay's LUMP...
Bill Bruford gets credit where it's due from Stone Temple Pilots' Eric Kretz...
Of course no self-respecting mention of Kanye West would be complete without mention of KC and this piece from The Guardian obliges...
