Latest Prog News
Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September
Quiet Sun featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera alongside Matching Mole's Bill MacCormick with Dave Jarrett and Charles Hayward
Sleep Token have just surprise-released a brand new version of Even In Arcadia
Ever wanted to hear what Sleep Token's biggest album would sound like without Vessel crooning all over it? Have we got news for you!
King Crimson announce new 2014 New York live album will be released in July
2014 NYC heralds the start of a series of releases from the King Crimson line-ups from 2014-2021
Todd Rundgren announces four UK dates for his Damned If I Do fan favourites tour in September
Todd Rundgren will play live dates in London, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow in September
“I’m just looking forward to seeing you all again." Devin Townsend announces return to live performance after enforced hiatus
Devin Townsend's Metamorphosis tour of the UK and EU starts on September 1 and runs through to October
Geddy Lee reveals what it's like working with new Rush drummer Anika Nilles
Rush are preparing 38 songs for their Fifty Something tour, which begins next month
Peter Gabriel launches new o/i single Won’t Stand Down
The Bright-Side Mix marks May’s first full moon, while the Dark-Side Mix will be released at the time of the new moon
Latest Prog Features
They took a risk to escape broken music industry models. So far, it’s paying off
Anglo-Welsh quintet wrote enough material for a double album, but that’s not the format it’s being released in. Have they found a way to break the mould?
How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit
The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett
If you can’t connect Sunn O))) with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, let them explain
If you can’t connect the drone metal heroes with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, allow co-founder Greg Anderson to explain
Traffic’s spiralling demise sent Steve Winwood driving his Rolls-Royce into the sunset
With seemingly constant personnel issues, the band leader wound up recording in a heavy coat with the hood pulled up, and his keyboards facing the wall
The only person to have won Grammys in 10 different categories isn’t afraid of AI
Guitar virtuoso explains why he can’t wait to escape domestic life and get back on tour, and reveals his multi-generational approach to his many collaborations
Keith Emerson remembered by PP Arnold, who named his band The Nice – and had them stolen from her
The soul singer who named The Nice – and had them stolen from her – still recalls the keyboard wizard with great affection
They played alongside Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith and Keith Chegwin. Then they were gone
Rumours of alchemy, magick, war heroism and Van Gogh’s ear surrounded the “bonkers, eclectic and free-thinking” group earlier known as The Giant Sun Trolley, National-Balkan Ensemble and Hydrogen Jukebox
"I always go back to the early 1970s because those sounds are timeless, even though they’re from before I was born." Why Lars Fredrik Frøislie plays it defiantly old school on second solo album Gamle Mester
Wobbler and White willow musician Lars Fredrik Frøislie tells the story of his second solo album, 2025's Gamle Mester
Latest Prog Reviews
Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance
Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns
“Originally a career-staller, this version really is essential”: Ultravox’s The Collection – Deluxe Edition
Revisited with deep attention to detail, Midge Ure and co’s imperial phase reissue is a genuine audio-visual banquet
“An immersive emotional ride, showing that music makes us feel whole again”: Airbag’s Dysphoria Live
Over 20 years in, Oslo trio deliver their first official live album – and it was worth the wait
“They combine emotional intensity with rapidly evolving progressive chops”: EBB’s The Mirror
Scottish collective’s impressive second album demonstrates why their profile is exploding
“In many ways a dry run for The Wall”: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here remains mysterious at 50
Alienation, loss and a legendary live bootleg – the prog giants’ post-Dark Side masterpiece gets an impressive anniversary box set treatment.
