progressive rock
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Inaugural Fuzz Island Fest with one of the best live bands you’ve (maybe) never seen or heard of, Bahboon
The Fuzz Island Fest at Altar Bar in Hobart last Saturday night unveiled (possibly) one of the best international bands you have never seen or heard before. Put on and hosted by Psychedelic Salad Records, six bands played right through to the early hours of Sunday morning in what is hoped to be an annual …
News: Coheed & Cambria announce new album on back of latest single release, Searching For Tomorrow
Coheed and Cambria have released exciting new single ‘Searching for Tomorrow,‘ accompanied by an Anthony Schepperd-directed animated video. According to Claudio Sanchez (Vocals / Guitar), “The song is a reminder that always looking for something better in your life robs you of being able to appreciate the good things you already have.” The band have …
Gallery and set-list: Peter Gabriel – 3Arena, Dublin 25.06.2023
Last night saw Peter Gabriel play Dublin’s 3arena for a date on his i/o tour and WOW! what a show it was, fantastic music accompanied with fantastic visuals. There was no support, instead there was a night of two sets. Peter Gabriel photos & set-list: Set 1Washing of the Water (Acoustic version)Growing Up (Acoustic version)PanopticomFour …
NEWS: TOOL’s ‘Fear Inoculum’ three-disc 180-gram vinyl arrives August 5th
TOOL’s critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY®-Award winning fifth album, Fear Inoculum, arrives as a 3-disc, 180g vinyl release on Aug. 5 via Music For Nations. The collection, which is available for pre-order now, features new artwork from Adam Jones, and is housed in a triple gatefold jacket with an exclusive poster. Fear Inoculum vinyl tracklisting:Disc 1: “Fear Inoculum,” “Pneuma,” and “Invincible”Disc 2: “Legion Inoculant,” “Descending,” “Culling …
Album Review: Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki
Think of those records inspired by plants…Stevie’s sprawling ‘Journey Through The Secret Life of’, Edgar Froese’s pondering on ‘Epsilon in Malaysian Pale’, Genesis hailing a ‘Return of the Giant Hogweed’ or maybe the Cocteau’s glistening ‘Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops’. Judged sublime or ridiculous depends on your starting point but one thing is clear, the mix of botany …
See: Richard Dawson/Circle reveal ‘Methuselah’, an epic rush of folk /metal story telling.
Ever tried keeping up with Richard Dawson? It’s a challenge that always pays off. Over the past couple of years we’ve been gifted his reflective and resonant song craft on ‘2020’, the poptastic quirkiness of Hen Ogledd’s ‘Free Humans’ and the woozy, lockdown ambience of ‘Bulbils’. Now comes more news of Dawson’s restless musicality shooting …
PREMIERE: Nolan Potter shares the strange and compelling video for his new album’s title track, ‘Music is Dead’
If what you’re looking for in your Thursday evening is a multi-movement prog-psych odyssey – and accompanying visuals that are equally as fascinating – and you’ve got nine minutes to take in said multi-movement prog-psych odyssey, then do we have a treat for you; in the form of the new video for Austin, TX-based Nolan …
Sealand Airlines – ‘Sailing Girl’: hook-laden prog-pop from Ukraine
SEALAND AIRLINES, the up ‘n’ coming Ukrainian prog quartet comprised of keyboardist Andrii Davydenko, guitarist Mykhailo Kanafotskyi; bassist and vocalist Artem Bemba, who also lends a little keyboards, flute and violin to proceedings, and drummer Iurii Khomik, have pooled their musical experience and taste to transport you to their world, taking up the journey in …
SEE: Jon Anderson reveals ‘WDMCF’ ahead of new LP
YES LEGEND Jon Anderson has debuted a single entitled “WDMCF” in advance of his forthcoming album, 1000 Hands; and you can watch the clip below. Of this latest single, Jon said: “[It] originates from me singing the first ideas that come to mind each morning. I start by creating vocal rhythmic sounds, very much like …
See: Godsticks – premiere new video for the track “Relief” to raise support for struggling venues and festivals
Progressive rock band Godsticks have shared their new and very unusual video for their track ‘Relief’, taken from their recent album Inescapable. Filmed during lockdown and inspired by a yearning to get back on the road playing to real life audiences. Singer and guitarist Darran Charles discussed the rationale behind the video. “Like all musicians at …