“There was too much isolation, loneliness and access to cheap booze and drugs”: Kevin Ayers’ Falling Up reissue
Despite its background, Soft Machine man’s 1988 comeback makes a refreshing return
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“Unsettling - not exactly made for repeat listening but more occasional contemplation, like a book of poetry”: David Sylvian’s Samadhisound 2003-2014: Do You Know Me Now?
Box set illustrates an apparent disappearing act over a decade
“Steven Wilson injects new life and verve”: Jethro Tull’s The Broadsword And The Beast 40th Anniversary Monster Edition
Ian Anderson’s biggest and boldest reissue to date
“That sense of struggle permeates every moment”: TesseracT’s War Of Being
Their heaviest album to date sees vocalist Daniel Tompkins revealing a new secret weapon
“An enlightening, vital listen, underlining the importance of an institution treated as a political football”: Public Service Broadcasting’s The New Noise (Live)
J Willgoose Esq, with assistance from the BBC Concert Orchestra and Michael Sheen, deliver a powerful case in support of the UK’s real-life public service broadcaster
“Succinct, fat-free songwriting alongside a generous helping of more indulgent material”: The Flower Kings’ Look At You Now
Roine Stolt and friends continue to ride their second wind since their 2019 return
“It isn’t the edgiest, most dramatic or experimental album released this year, but that’s really not the point”: Downes Braide Association’s Celestial Songs
Geoff Downes and Chris Braide return to their classic sound with fifth LP, which still carries the occasional nod to prog
Has Steven Wilson's remix of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time become the definitive version?
Steven Wilson's version of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time gets a vinyl release. Can we let him have a go at Hall Of The Mountain Grill too?
Recorded between the gruelling Animals tour and the psycho-drama that was The Wall, the sentiments Richard Wright expressed in Wet Dream could apply to Pink Floyd as much as to his disintegrating marriage...
Richard Wright's Wet Dream album: The Pink Floyd keyboardist’s underrated solo debut remixed
"Purists who hate anything invented after the Mellotron might not like it. But if prog is to have a future beyond legacy acts, it needs fresh ideas": Voyager's Fearless In Love is the most energised music of their career
Voyager's Fearless In Love: They may not have won Eurovision, but the Australian keytar kings (and queen) have delivered the feelgood sound of the summer
Assault accusations, tax evasion charges: All this sits uncomfortably with our view of Sigur Rós as magic moon-faced elves. You can understand why they'd want to escape from reality
Sigur Rós's Átta: an album that quivers along a thin line between boring and beautiful
From underground trailblazing to commercial success: Ultravox's Quartet saw George Martin take them further into the mainstream – but at what cost?
Ultravox – Quartet (Deluxe Edition): Steven Wilson burnishes art-poppers’ watershed 1982 album
Soft Machine: less a band and more an organism which is constantly evolving
Soft Machine's Other Doors review: The fêted fusionists come knocking again with 12th studio album.
"An album for a world where reality is being reconfigured": North Atlantic Oscillation's United Wire reviewed
Electro post-proggers deliver seamless immersion on fifth album
40-odd years on, Gentle Giant's 1976 album Interview remains an object lesson in risk-taking
Gentle Giant's 1976 album In'terview (2023 Steven Wilson remix) – reviewed
"Loath to actually leave Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett made it so they had to chuck him out. And none of them ever got over it": Storm Thorgerson's documentary on the Pink Floyd founder reviewed
Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd reviewed
Either ‘too progressive’ or ‘not progressive enough’: the impressive boxset that reveals some heart-breaking detail behind The Pineapple Thief's early career
Not yet ratedThe Pineapple Thief's How Did We Find Our Way – 1999-2006 8 CD boxset
The Fierce & The Dead - News From The Invisible World: "Taut songs with glorious, air-punching choruses."
Not yet ratedProg faves The Fierce And The Dead are in fine voice on fourth album.
Coheed And Cambria's London show proves once again that they're the world's coolest prog band
The New Yorkers show it's still hip to be square as they enrapture a packed-out Forum
