Latest articles by Johnny Sharp
Sold on their older brothers’ counterculture dream of living in outer space listening to the Beatles, Coyne and bandmate Steven Drozd very nearly became full-time drug dealers instead of musicians
US blues-rock heavyweights’ best-of, reissued
Scandinavians expand their horizons yet again, but remain in sight of their ethereal, stargazing base
Allmans/Gov’t Mule man Warren Haynes goes it alone again
Dialling back on the aggressive approach that has helped bring Idles this far, and putting swing to the stomp, Idles' latest album is intended to make you shake a leg rather than a fist
The tenth album from Swedish metal standard bearers Grand Magus mines some legendary themes
The MC5's final album Heavy Lifting is a vibrant joint epitaph
He recalls breaking out of the Netherlands, his relationship with former guitarist Jan Akkerman, and the one album he’d like to remake
Dutch pomp-proggers’ work with storied studio team brings them close to symphonic metal at times, with each song brought to a powerful finish
Full Circle is Sweet's first set of original songs since 2002's Sweetlife
His desire to be associated with the space race, first shared on 1970 album Benefit, resulted in disappointment
Welsh retro-leaning rockers Scarlet Rebels keep delivering the traditional goods
Bill Wyman's Drive My Car is a covers-heavy stroll that conveys gentle, unpretentious senior joy
Making great records greater, one edit at a time
Songs shorten and moods swing wildly on New Yorkers’ 10th album
When 50,000 Prog magazine readers voted on the band’s catalogue, the resulting chart contained a few surprises
Updated version of Swedish prog metallers’ 2005 re-recordings comes with live extras that add significant value
United under Jon Anderson’s vision, four ex Yes members regrouped to make the 1989 record that looked both forward and backward
Pop tricks abound among the soaring vocals and elegant orchestrations of her heaviest album yet
No one would call dance outfit Underworld a prog band. But they grew up influenced by the whole genre, it appears
The Karma Effect might not be reinventing the hard rock wheel, but there's plenty of rabble-rousing to be found on their second album
Classic line-up’s 2001 reunion album is enhanced with the inclusion of In The Land Of The Rising Sun
Seemingly without the use of oxygen tents, the supergroup risk exhausting the listener with The Whirdwind, The Absolute Universe and a selection of crowdpleasers
Self-described “miserable prog” soundscapists return after six years with beefed-up but still brooding fifth album
Tim Bowness may explore morose subjects like murder and divorce on his new album, but this collection of “cinematic short stories”, featuring an impressive prog line-up, is certainly not all doom and gloom…
