Watch prog metal drum legend Mike Portnoy attempt to play along to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off with absolutely no idea what he's listening to
"Taylor, I'm really sorry, I totally ruined your song!"
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Watch prog metal drum legend Mike Portnoy attempt to play along to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off with absolutely no idea what he's listening to
"Taylor, I'm really sorry, I totally ruined your song!"
Envy Of None detail upcoming second album Stygian Wavz
Canadian/American art rock quartet Envy Of None will release their new album Stygian Wavz in March
Primus guitarist Ler LaLonde's home decimated by California fires
Primus man just one rock star impacted by devastating fires – with Anthrax, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins members affected
There's an unreleased Rob Lowe/Toto collaboration out there somewhere, and we need to know more
Wait, there's an unreleased Rob Lowe/Toto collaboration out there somewhere? Colour us intrigued!
Caligula's Horse vocalist Jim Grey guests on Voidchaser's new single Trust
Young Canadian prog heavyweights Voidchaser have just released their new EP Trust
Weite share video for the compelling Roter Traum ahead of European dates
Prog/psych/kraut outfit Weite feature members of Elder, Delving and more...
Jethro Tull share first music from upcoming album Curious Ruminant
Jethro Tull will release their 24th studio album Curious Ruminant in March
Andy Bell collaborates with Michael Rother on new single i'm in love
Ride guitarist Andy Bell will release his third solo album pinball wanderer in February
Orphaned Land share emotive reworkings of their very first song The Beloved's Cry
Israeli prog metallers Orphaned Land honour friends they have sadly lost in the war with re-recording of their very first song, The Beloved's Cry
Steve Hackett shares new live clip of Defector track Jacuzzi
Steve Hackett will release his latest live album, Live Magic At Trading Boundaries, in January
Steven Wilson announces screening and shares trailer for new movie for The Overview
Steven Wilson will release The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, on March 14
Big Big Train announce very first Canadian live dates
Big Big Train recently announced US tour dates for April 2025
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Why Baroness ex Peter Adams loves Camel
Brought up with Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant, the American guitarist discovered The Snow Goose live and never looked back – and Andy Latimer’s band inspired a musical ambition in him
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Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq. says he’s a pessimist with impostor syndrome
He says his natural negativity didn’t top him presenting a positive take on Amelia Earhart’s final adventure on latest album The Last Flight, as he considers where the emotional power of his band’s output comes from
"We had turned into grotesque prog creatures" How Rush reinvented themselves
After the "soul-crushing" slog of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves returned Rush to the peak of their powers and put them in a different league
The armed hold-up that set Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne on the road to music
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
"It's only afterwards that you realise, 'Hey, Kayak could really have been something'": the story of the Dutch proggers and their 2018 album Seventeen
When Dutch prog rock legends Kayak released album number Seventeen, longstanding keyboard player Ton Scherpenzeel looked back and pondered what might have been
Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes on his prog life: Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis… Kiss
He discovered Canterbury bands in his teens before moving on to Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis, obscure Dutch trio Three Dwarves Make War – oh, and Kiss
How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek
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10 epic songs that showcase Orphaned Land’s ferocious pursuit of peace and understanding
An introduction to the music of the Israeli prog metal powerhouse and their mission to promote peace and wipe out war
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“As smart and surprising as Cardiacs themselves”: A Big Book And A Band And A Whole World Window
The idiosyncratic English art-rockers’ history is detailed in a pleasingly DIY limited-edition chunky read.
“Welcome textures… but the mix lacks coherence”: White Willow’s remaster of Storm Season
Mainman Jacob Holm-Lupo took his band in a new direction with 2004 release, but the material shows its age in latest update
Seven Impale’s City Of The Sun: 10th anniversary edition
Charting a different course from their Scandinavian contemporaries, new version of their debut album confirms they were right to record without a click track – or indeed brakes
Hawkwind’s Live At The Royal Albert Hall is much more than just another live album
Triple-disc set captures the space rock veterans’ sonic destruction at celebratory event, which shows how well their latest music sits with their early work – and inspires thoughts of music yet to come
"Ahead of the art-rock curve": Bill Nelson’s Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam Deluxe Box Set
Ex-Be Bop Deluxe leader’s 1981 solo release is greatly expanded to impressive effect
"Get lost sheer magic, audacity and absurdity": The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s Still Barking
17 CDs and three DVDs provide everything you need to know about a counterculture band many have heard of, but fewer have listened to
“Neither as lightweight nor cheesy as some say: Jethro Tull’s Fresh Snow At Christmas
Box set edition of 2003 release proves that, even though it was viewed as a curio, it’s in line with Ian Anderson’s regular musical explorations
The Flaming Lips’ Blu-ray edition of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Lauded concept album from Oklahoma City’s finest has lost nothing in 22 years, while gaining new nuance in Dolby Atmos
“His strident yet emotive voice is a remarkable legacy”: John Wetton’s Concentus live box set
Expansive 10-disc collection is the first of three charting decades of his onstage work
Aphrodite’s Child witness the end of the world again with a repackaged 666
The Greek trio’s musical take on the apocalyptic Gospel of John returns 52 years on with far less controversy and unbroken artistic impact
Klaus Shulze’s 101 Milky Way, rescued from the vault, is a compelling journey
80-minute work from 2009 – of which just a fraction was used in a movie soundtrack – was rescued from his vault following his 2022 death
