One of the best parts about being an avid listener of music is discovering new bands. When I heard that Jake Livgren (nephew of Kerry Livgren from Kansas, and a contributor to several Neal Morse albums) was involved in a…
View More Emerald City Council – Motion Carries
It’s probably fair to say that most of our guitar heroes are hairy-arsed men, so I really value the talented guitarists working in the prog field who boast a pair of X chromosomes, people like Hedvig Mollestad and Jane Getter.…
View More Jane Getter Premonition – Division World
Worlds Apart is the debut release from Shadows on Mercury, a studio project based in West Yorkshire and the brainchild of Scott Owens, guitarist of Ghost of the Machine and ex-This Winter Machine. The writing style will appeal to a…
View More Shadows On Mercury – Worlds Apart EP
Porcupine Tree are one of the most beloved British rock bands that feature progressive aspects within their music of the last quarter of a century. During the noughties, they cultivated a passionate fan-base, as the music took a more hard-rock…
View More Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation. Live
Having recently enjoyed the 3CD Beatles covers box set We Can Work it Out, I decided to give Patterns on the Window – which is presented in a very similar format – a try. The subtitle is The British Progressive…
View More Various Artists – Patterns on the Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 [3CD Boxset]
Brand New Face is the first PsychoYogi album since 2021’s Digital Vagrancy, and will have been eagerly anticipated for those already converted to their peculiarly eccentric sound. The band have been around for years of course, honing their craft, and…
View More PsychoYogi – Brand New Face
Quite a few years have passed since I gave up on the idea of ever hearing a new release from Pallas, yet here we are with The Messenger. Not only has a new album appeared – almost ten years since…
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I don’t know about you, but I am fascinated by the development of ‘Progressive Rock’ in the period between 1965 and 1973. There were massive leaps from Pop and Blues Rock, to Psychedelic and then to the classic Progressive genre…
View More Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly (Remastered Vinyl)
Hailing from Derbyshire in the UK and formed some ten years ago, Hitiro comprises Alan Brown (guitar), Simon Hall (bass) and Martin Ball (drums); their self-titled debut, released in 2017, turned out to be one of the discoveries of that…
View More Hitiro – Hitiro II (Turret)
In the early part of 2020, while driving home from the office, I began listening to Anthony Rowsick’s Prog-Watch, a superb weekly podcast dedicated to new musical artists in the progressive vein. ‘Big Tony’ brings a ton of energy, enthusiasm,…
View More Alison Fleming – Play on Words