prog Archive
02 Sep 2020
Second Verse, Better Than the First: The Choir Reunites (Part 1 of 3)
Omnivore Recordings presents a live reunion of Cleveland late-’60s proto-progressive band Ask a casual rock fan if he or she has heard of The Choir, and you’re likely to get […]
18 Aug 2020
Yes’ ‘Drama’ at 40: A Critical Look Back at the Band’s Most Controversial LP
It’s accepted conventional wisdom now that the 1980s were a tough time for progressive rock. The subgenre enjoyed its heyday – commercially and critically – beginning in the very late […]
03 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: Back in the ’70s and the early ’80s, did Arista Records ever put pressure on you to assemble a live band? Alan Parsons: […]
02 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part One)
Alan Parsons is a unique figure in popular music; very few people go from working as a recording engineer and producer to becoming an artist in their own right. After […]
27 Jun 2020
Album Review: Sonar with David Torn — Tranceportation (Volume 2)
In my April 2018 review of Vortex, the first collaboration between Sonar and guitar master David Torn, I likened the music to ‘80s-period King Crimson at its most accessible, citing […]
22 Jun 2020
Album Review: Be-Bop Deluxe – Modern Music
Be-Bop Deluxe was one of those bands that didn’t fit neatly into a genre classification. Variously classified as progressive rock, glam rock and art rock, in truth none of those […]
17 Jun 2020
DVD Review: Krautrock: Romantic Warriors IV Part 1
The term krautrock may just be one of those labels that is meaningful only to those who exist inside a kind of bubble. The person on the street, so to […]
15 Jun 2020
30 Days Out, June 2020 #2: Hearts Gone South, Angel Olsen, Natural Born Leaders, The Get Right Band
If you’re at all like me, you may have noticed this phenomenon: when you take on a new task, you stumble as you learn your way through it. And by […]
12 Jun 2020
Album Review: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Benefit for Moogy Klingman
After the success of his double LPs Something/Anything? (1972) and Todd (1974) as well as the double-album in all but pressing A Wizard/A True Star (1973), Todd Rundgren decided to […]
05 Jun 2020
Album Review: David Cross and Peter Banks — Crossover
David Cross came to fame as member of King Crimson during the band’s first run of incarnations; he played violin on Larks Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black. […]