Latest Prog News
New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band
Hawkwind's Psychedelic Selection is released through Cherry Red Records in June
Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years
Michael Giles' Shadows/Solo kickstarts a series of archival releases which incudes work with Jamie Muir and a five-disc box set
Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory
Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September
Alex Lifeson says he initially had doubts about new Rush drummer Anika Nilles
Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Anika Nilles are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock
Yes postpone this month's Fragile UK tour as guitarist Steve Howe requires surgery
Yes's planned Fragile tour would have been the band's first English and Scottish tour dates for two years.
"It takes me back to my schooldays." Peter Gabriel shares his latest single Till Your Mind Is Shining
Peter Gabriel is releasing a new single every full moon at midnight in the build-up to new studio album o\i.
Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps
Jethro Tull's Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition brings together the band's 1984 album and Ian Anderson's 1983 debut solo album, Walk Into Light
Latest Prog Features
Burning toilet paper and sleeping on a sink: how Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog
Vocalist believes there’s a strong and clear link between his band and Gong: their weirdness
The 11 best songs from 1973
The 11 best songs from the year Kiss played their first show, Paul McCartney was fined for growing marijuana, and the oil crisis caused shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records
“Exploiting other people makes you feel lonely, I guess”: Why Karl Bartos had to leave Kraftwerk
Percussionist, keyboardist and composer says his former colleagues were more interested in success than creativity, and calls the current incarnation a “digital replacement product”
Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into space, and regrets William Shatner went there too
Jethro Tull leader on the true value of space travel, which he doubts is Elon Musk’s reason for funding it – and why he wishes the Star Trek star had never gone up either
“How dare he revolutionise rock’n’roll then walk away!” Syd Barrett was never lost. He just didn’t want to be found
In the 90s a Prog writer set out to doorstep the former Pink Floyd mastermind and demand an explanation for his disappearance from music. It didn’t go to plan – which came as a great relief
“There would be no Holiday In Cambodia without Hawkwind”: How Jello Biafra discovered space rock
The former Dead Kennedys leader admits he hasn’t loved every line-up of Dave Brock’s outfit, but that doesn’t affect their impact over the years
Latest Prog Reviews
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.
“Often too leaden to float, but the future is visible”: Nektar’s deluxe edition of A Tab In The Ocean
1972 album, which saw them edging away from psychedelia back to standard rock, returns with live treats that hint at what was to come
