prog Archive
22 Aug 2024
The Aristocrats: No Words to Describe Them
Like the boundary-pushing and scandalously vulgar joke for which they’re named, The Aristocrats aren’t for everyone. But their brand of genre-blurring music – combining jazz, hard rock, fusion, prog and […]
18 Aug 2024
Hundred-word Reviews for August 2024: Rock
Here’s another tidy (metaphorical) stack of hundred-word reviews. Awhile the coverage is brief, all five albums come with my recommendation. The unifying theme is rock, albeit of various substyles. And […]
03 Aug 2024
Album Review: Tu-Ner – Tu-Ner for Lovers
Playing the music of King Crimson is technically demanding; it requires a level of musicianship to which most players can only aspire. Actually playing as a member of King Crimson […]
01 Aug 2024
30 Days Out, Aug. 2024 #1: Jason Isbell, PAKT, Linda Lindas, Jlloyd MashUp
Yes, there’s a homegrown music festival this month that pretty much makes space for every local band. But you already know about that, so instead I present previews of four […]
25 Jul 2024
45 r.p.m. Singles: ‘Key’ to the Future of Vinyl Releases? (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Pablo Solo – “Slow Dancing” and “It’s You, Lady” b/w “Years” and “Fruit Purée” An indie artist based in Barcelona, Spain, multi-instrumentalist Pablo Solo released his […]
23 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Did you find it difficult to take all these different styles and make them work together seamlessly without there being rough edits or jarring changes? Because […]
22 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 1 of 2)
Sykofant is a progressive rock band from Oslo, Norway, but prog is perhaps too limiting a term for what they do. On their self titled debut album, the group takes […]
21 Jul 2024
Album Review: The Tremeloes – Master
The cheery, breezy pop of The Tremeloes won the band more than 20 Top 40 hits between 1963 (when they were still known as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes) and […]
01 Jul 2024
30 Days Out, July 2024 #1: Ska City, Banned From Utopia, Brushfire Stankgrass, Steel Pulse
This time around, 30 Days Out features two touring acts — a legendary reggae outfit and a kind of alumni-tribute band – plus two wildly popular Asheville-based acts. Go see […]
16 Jun 2024
Album Review: Benjamin Croft — We Are Here to Help
When it comes to music, you can often take accurate measure of an artist by finding out who their friends are. And while it’s true that in 2024, all manner […]