New York avant-garde luminary Joe Byrd had been the leader of pioneering ’60s electronica band The United States of America until given the heave-ho by his own creation. His riposte was to create this in turns beguiling and bizarre album,…
View More Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies – The American Metaphysical CircusMonth: April 2016
7 Ocean – Son of Sun (Сын Солнца)
You have to admire Russian record label MALS as not only do they import, shall we say, less commercially supported albums from across the globe to sell through their on-line shop, but re-invest some of the monies earned to support…
View More 7 Ocean – Son of Sun (Сын Солнца)Delta Saxophone Quartet with Gwilym Simcock – Crimson!
There appears to have recently been a growing interest in reinterpreting prog material in a jazz setting, re-imagining familiar pieces via a different methodology, as was seen last year with Gavin Harrison’s Cheating The Polygraph album of Porcupine Tree songs…
View More Delta Saxophone Quartet with Gwilym Simcock – Crimson!John Hackett – Another Life
John Hackett, younger brother of Steve, has been active in the world progressive music for quite some time and has made a number of solo albums, mostly for the flute, as well as being part of the ambient group Symbiosis.…
View More John Hackett – Another LifeMothertongue – Unsongs
There is such a thing as good modern pop…no, really, there is. Forget all that autotuned nonsense that dominates braindead mainstream radio, or “hairdresser music” as I call it, and ignore the witless proclamations of a certain self-proclaimed genius, dig…
View More Mothertongue – UnsongsJump – Over The Top
Working somewhat on the periphery of prog for much of their 26 years together, Jump are something of a well kept secret but their dedication to what they do and a stability in the line-up, that has kept much of…
View More Jump – Over The TopHaken – Affinity
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock this decade, you’ll have no doubt heard of Haken, the latest truly progressive band to take the world by storm. Despite being able to be broadly categorised with the humdrum tag of ‘prog-metal’,…
View More Haken – AffinityStick Men feat. David Cross – Midori: Live In Tokyo 2015
So who are Stick Men? They are the latest incarnation of one of Tony Levin’s personal band projects. Tony Levin should need no introduction. The original line-up of Stick Men appeared in 2007 and included Pat Mastelotto (who had hits…
View More Stick Men feat. David Cross – Midori: Live In Tokyo 2015Nad Sylvan – Courting The Widow
Nad Sylvan has come to more prominence in the Progressive rock world in recent years for his role as vocalist with Steve Hackett as they have recorded and extensively toured the Genesis Revisited II album around the world. It has…
View More Nad Sylvan – Courting The WidowMotorpsycho – Here Be Monsters
Given the relatively sparse population of Scandinavia, it seems that everyone living in the land of the Vikings must know someone in a band, such is the vast size and scope of the area’s music scene. In this genre-obsessed world,…
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