Latest Prog News

Colin Edwin and John Wesley announce new Porcupine Tree-focused band Voyage 35
By Jerry Ewing published
Former Porcupine Tree alumni will be performing the band's earlier material in the live arena

Scottish post-rockers Mogwai announce UK live dates for February
By Jerry Ewing published
Scottish post-rock quartet Mogwai continue their tour in support of The Bad Fire album, released earlier this year

Soen announce new studio album, Reliance, will be released in January
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog metallers Soen share the powerfully emotive Primal, the first new music from their upcoming album Reliance

Australian prog rockers Karnivool announce first new album for 13 years!
By Jerry Ewing published
Aussie proggers Karnivool will release their long-awaited new album, In Verses, In February

Yes announce first English and Scottish live dates for two years
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog legends Yes announce a nine-date tour of England and Scotland on which they'll play all of 1971's Fragile album

Steve Hackett announces Best of Genesis And Solo Gems 2026 England and Scotland tour dates
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Hackett announces UK leg of 2026 tour and names new band replacements

Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here
By Jerry Ewing published
Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50 on various formats on December 12
Latest Prog Features

When Soen’s songs got shorter but not shallower on Memorial
By Matt Mills published
They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album

How Jeff Lynne built the Electric Light Orchestra
By Mick Wall published
The story of a trio of Brummies who created the progressive orchestral pop-rock band that became a global phenomenon

How Kate Bush answered her critics with Hounds Of Love
By Jo Kendall published
Her fifth album came out of relationships, nature and old movies, along with all her nightmares in one song. It became one of her most-loved releases, featuring big hit Running Up That Hill, but she endured a challenging climb to complete it

Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French doesn’t love prog, but adores Emerson, Lake and Palmer
By Malcolm Dome published
Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live

Spock’s Beard made Noise Floor with stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting an ambition go
By Nick Shilton published
By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

Arjen Lucassen decided to be an egomaniac, and the result is Songs No One Will Hear
By Johnny Sharp published
Ayreon mastermind’s third solo album mixes humour and tragedy as he explores the countdown to an extinction-level event
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Latest Prog Reviews

60s psych rock duo Nirvana prove they were ahead of their time on The Show Must Go On
By Jeremy Allen published
12-disc full catalogue collection shows how they bemused and confused by incorporating classical instruments long before it was common

John Wetton’s Concentus II is 10 discs of sumptuous live performance
By Prog published
Ongoing retrospective series revisits his solo era of the 90s

“Like Pink Floyd played by 10cc”: Supertramp’s Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis?
By Chris Roberts published
Third and fourth studio albums remastered at half speed for vinyl reissues

“Genuinely shocking, and uninterested in the post-rock status quo”: Jo Quail’s Notan
By Dom Lawson published
The cello champion defies comparison as her compositional skills continue to develop and impress

Arjen Anthony Lucassen has fun counting down to Armageddon on Songs No One Will Hear
By Johnny Sharp published
Tragedy and comedy are combined among rich musical moments in Ayreon leader’s pre-apocalyptic adventure

Between The Buried And Me’s The Blue Nowhere brakes for no one
By David West published
Their 11th album arrives via a slimmed-down line-up, but they remain as musically wide-ranging as they’ve ever been