Progressive Rock

Electronic Progressive Rock Remembrance Synth 

From Aphrodite’s Child to Chariots of Fire: Saying ‘Antio’ to Vangelis

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Aphrodite's Child, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Greece, Jon Anderson, keyboards, RIP, Synthesizers, The Forminx, Vangelis, Yes

Greece’s prog-rock keyboard king has left us at the age of 79

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New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

When The Samba Takes You: Avalon at 40

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Andy McKay, Avalon, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, More Than This, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music

The final Roxy Music studio album still enchants after all these years

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Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: Voivod’s Synchronized Anarchy

March 28, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments 2022, Century Media, Heavy Metal, Nothingface, Pink Floyd, Synchro Anarchy, Voivod

This late career masterpiece oozes with passion, meaning and tension

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Folk Progressive Rock Rock 

Being For The Benefit of Mr. Tull

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970, Aqualung, Benefit, Box Set, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Parlophone, Rhino Records, Spud

A generous new box set chronicles the Jethro Tull classic that set the stage for Aqualung

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Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock 

Farewell to a Crimson King

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cold As Ice, Feels Like the First Time, Foreigner, Giles Giles and Fripp, Head Games, Hot Blooded, Ian McDonald, In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson, Michael Giles, RIP

Remembering multi-instrumentalist and prog protagonist Ian McDonald

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Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Raving and Drooling: Animals at 45

January 22, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1977, 45th Anniversary, Animals, David Gilmour, Dogs, Nick Mason, Pigs, Pigs on the Wing, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sheep

On their best album for Columbia, Pink Floyd give George Orwell a Rock ‘n’ Roll makeover

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Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Pink Floyd Surprise Drop Twelve Post-It Notes

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971 (Live), Copenhagen Live 23 Sept 1971, Copenhagen Vol II Live 23 Sept 1971, David Gilmour, Embryo San Diego Live 17 Oct 1971, KB Hallen, Live 5 June 1971; Live Lyon 12 June 1971, Live at Grosser Saal, Live in Montreux 18 & 19 Sept 1971; KB Hallen, Live in Rome Palaeur 20 June 1971, Mauerspechte Berlin Sportpalast, Musikhalle Hamburg West Germany 25 Feb 1971, Nick Mason, Over Bradford Pigs on the Groove Bradford University Live 10 Oct 1971, Pink Floyd, Quebec City 1971, Richard Barrett, Roger Waters, The Screaming Abdabs, They Came in Peace Live Leeds University 1970 Washington University 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972

We listened to all of ‘em so you don’t have to

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Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

Rat Or Angel?

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 1 Comment 1991, Angel Rat, Canada, Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, Heavy Metal, Jean-Yvez “Blacky” Theriault, Nothingface, Pink Floyd, Quebec, Rush, The Beatles, Voivod

30 years of grappling with Voivod’s disasterpiece Angel Rat

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Dream Pop Electronic Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

A Crushd Tin Box: Opening Up the Radiohead Time Capsule That Is Kid A Mnesia

December 1, 2021April 3, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2000, 2001, Amnesiac, Box Set, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Kid A, Kid A Mnesia, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Beatles, Thom Yorke

How the new box set reveals new wrinkles in the Oxford band’s pair of post-millennium classics

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Britpop Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Despite the Passing of Drummer Graeme Edge, His Legacy Lingers

November 12, 2021November 17, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 6 Comments 1967, Deram Records, Graeme Edge, John Lodge, Justin Hayward, RIP, The Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues

We remember the longest-surviving member of the Moody Blues with his own words

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Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Like It Or Not: Abacab Turns 40

September 20, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1981, 40th Anniversary, Abacab, Atlantic, Earth Wind and Fire, Genesis, Hugh Padgham, Mike Rutherford, No Reply, Phil Collins, Tony Banks

From Prog to Pop, this 11th Genesis LP marked another new bold beginning for the legendary trio

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Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Dennis DeYoung: The Boomchild Takes A Bow

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 2 Comments 2021, 26 East Vol. 1, 26 East Vol. 2, Babe, Come Sail Away, Dennis DeYoung, Don’t Let It End, Frontiers Music Srl, Lady, Mr. Roboto, Show Me the Way, Styx, The Best of Times

The former Styx frontman claims his latest album is also his last

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Hard Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

The Hawk Is Still Howling: Dave Brock at 80

August 20, 2021August 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brock, ELO, ELP, Hawkwind, King Crimson, Lemmy, Motörhead, Pink Floyd, Status Quo, Yes

Even as a geezer, the enigmatic Hawkwind frontman is still fearlessly in search of rock’s final frontier

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Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: Big Big Train Treks Forward with the Exceptional ‘Common Ground’

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments Big Big Train, Common Ground, Danny Manners, Dave Gregory, England, Prog Rock, Progressive Rock, Rachel Hall, XTC

Despite a reduction in its line-up, the English progressive rock quartet return with some of their finest material to date

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Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: The Isolated Ingeniousness of Devin Townsend

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments Alluvial, Decrepit Birth, Devin Townsend, Empath Vol 2 European Tour, Liam Wilson, Samus Paulicelli, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Wes Hauch

Yet another comical and captivating live overview of Townsend’s singular catalog

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