prog Archive
29 Apr 2016
Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 3
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: You’ve acknowledged that the early 1970s Genesis catalog was not very commercially successful in its day. But it’s so highly regarded now. Why do […]
28 Apr 2016
Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Do you think that quality among the three of them – early on – was a key to them staying together long after you […]
27 Apr 2016
Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 1
Steve Hackett is best known as the lead guitarist in Genesis from 1970 to 1977. He embarked on a solo career while still in that group, releasing his first album, […]
30 Mar 2016
Plankeye Peggy’s Album Release Carnival
Editor’s Note: the album release carnival discussed in this feature has already taken place; check out Plankeye Peggy’s other live dates here. “We don’t want people concentrating on how many […]
22 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 1
Once again, it’s time for some hundred-word reviews. This first set spotlights five archival releases loosely falling into the prog subgenre. Greg Lake & Geoff Downes – Ride the Tiger […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Steven Wilson — 4 1/2
File Next to: Radiohead, Opeth, Peter Gabriel Steven Wilson is possibly the busiest musician of the 21st century. Beyond his leadership of the now on-hiatus Porcupine Tree, he’s recorded and/or […]
16 Feb 2016
Album Review: Game Theory — Lolita Nation
I know people who are way-into the rock subgenre known as power pop. I’m one of those people myself, and I make no apologies for it. And while most aficionados […]
12 Feb 2016
Album Review: Yuka & Chronoship — The 3rd Planetary Chronicles
Progressive rock has a widespread (and, it must be said, often well-earned) reputation for being ponderous, pompous, overblown, and more about showy technical and instrumental brilliance than emotional content. Not […]
10 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Endless Tapes — Brilliant Waves
File next to: Brian Eno, Lunatic Soul, *Low-era David Bowie Considering the pedigree of the better-known half of this duo, one might expect Brilliant Waves to lean in a muscular […]
28 Jan 2016
Hundred-word Reviews January 2016: Prog
Today I’m serving up five more hundred-word reviews; today’s five all fit more or less into the progressive rock category, and they’re sourced from across this globe of ours. Mekaal […]