The post-Brexit scene has garnered quite the reputation among the public for getting us some of the most exciting new bands since the 60s and 70s. While personally only one group really stood out in my mind, that being black midi, the scene has shown quite a lot of clear big shots of the new age of rock music for Britain. The big three of black midi, Black Country New Roads, and Squid have shown the world some quite intriguing ways in going about more older school styles of rock and roll, and ... read more

Out of the many big experimental groups I have heard of, there have only really been three that have done a sort of soundtrack for the 1920s film Nosferatu, though for John Zorn it was more of a soundtrack to a Polish play adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, however the music does fit quite well with that old film.

If I were to rank the three big “Nosferatu” albums, this one would probably be in the middle for me. A lot of John Zorn’s works are good, especially ... read more

Charly García is one of the most popular musicians to come from the woodwork in Argentina. Not only was he quite the huge figurehead of the Latin American progressive rock scene with his involvement in Sui Generis, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, and Serú Girán, but also the pop scene, at the very least from his first three records. While Clics modernos and Piano Bar are his more popular works, I will be instead reviewing his debut solo record, Yendo de la cama ... read more

I honestly didn’t expect them to make a new album this year. I thought after the series of archival releases after ,,Daumenbruch'', I figured that Faust was done for good. A band going for 50 years usually indicates that someday, they’ll disband, and they’ll be considered a legacy. However, Faust plays on unexpectations, and so it now seems like they’re gonna still continue making new music, even if they’re half a decade old at this point. It's ... read more

When you ask someone what the best Microphones album is, most often you'll hear people say The Glow Part 2, and perhaps in some cases Mount Eerie. However I say his best actually comes in between those two albums, Little Bird Flies Into a Big Black Cloud.

Odd choice to consider a masterpiece from Phil’s project, but there is something quite personally masterful about it. Sure it may not be as experimental as Mount Eerie, nor as expansive as The Glow Part 2, but Little Bird just has ... read more

Every year means a new Motorpsycho album! Last year saw the release of the more acoustically inclined Yay!, and Motorpsycho continues that front into a more overtly psychedelic folk range with Neigh!!

This record certainly has a different feel from Yay! That much is certain. Like many Motorpsycho releases before, Neigh!! certainly has a strong progressive rock edge to it that I quite enjoy. You certainly hear it first hand in the opening of Psycholab, being this mix of old school psychedelic ... read more

If 2022 was the year of prog and 2023 was the year of metal, then 2024 certainly is the year of pop! The amount of excellent pop numbers that have appeared this year alone makes me so proud to be a fan of this wide and diverse genre. And it seems as though the high and master classes of the genre keep on coming and coming, with something quite unconventional within the genre popping up...a documentary of sorts, monologue via the glorious voice of Laurie Anderson.

Like Nick Cave & The Bad ... read more

This year’s pop music has been very stellar in probably most, if not all facets! Of course we’ve gotten Kyros’ Mannequin and Joanna Wang’s Hotel La Rut, but also some rather unique approaches to the genre like Mahōgakkō by Hakushi Hasegawa, 毛布’in by pppppfffffuuuuuiiiii, Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay, and probably one of the most vibrant pop releases so far, Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

Despite their massive influence and popularity, my love ... read more

I have sort of wanted to review a My Bloody Valentine album for a bit. Originally I wanted to review m b v first, but due to an album swap giving me Loveless, I guess I’ll start my endeavors with what is commonly coined as the best shoegaze record ever made.

Released in 1991, Loveless was sort of an experiment for the band, trying out new guitar vibratos and tunings to see what they could produce. This is why the record cover has a picture of a guitar on it, as all of the songs revolve ... read more

As 2024 has been giving us some really neat releases, the shape of prog rock from this year has been quite a unique spectacle. Like many decades, prog rock shifted dramatically, with the 2010s being a decade that was filled with releases that seemed to tie back into the older days of prog rock, and a further calling for alt prog groups. Since the 2020s, ever since the skyrocketing popularity of the post-Brexit scene, as well as music in general becoming a lot more experimental, prog rock has ... read more

One man bands have become a lot more realized with the advent of new technology and recording techniques within the late 20th century, to the point of finding a “band” that has only one member has become a lot more common nowadays. One of the more popular of these single artist bands comes in the form of The Microphones, helmed by Phil Elverum. While Microphones has had past members, they were mostly for backup vocals, whereas Phil practically does all the work. The project would ... read more

Romania isn’t really a European country most people talk about when it comes to music. From what I have seen, most Romanian music are operas, folk songs, and church songs. Not to say they don’t know how to do other genres, I mean for God’s sake I am reviewing a black metal record from the country. It is apparent, though, that Romania is more well known for other stuff, which I wouldn’t say is bad. With that said, it is pretty interesting how one of the most well known ... read more

The name of Greco Bastián may not be the most nominated title in the modern day of avant-prog, but this year definitely crowned him king of the genre with his newest offering of With a Little Hell From More Friends.

This is a sequel of sorts towards With a Little Hell From My Friends, which was released 2 years ago in 2022. I had known of Greco due to seeing that record around in ProgArchives from time to time, and it was intriguing, but not enough for me to listen to it. However, this ... read more

Time to continue this 2024 train with a release from NOT a prog band this time, but rather another post-rock project! But unlike with the Abriction album, this one is a lot more straight-laced, though under the surface it is quite the enigmatic showcase of emotions.

MONO is a Japanese third wave post-rock group, focusing a bit more on a style reminiscent of the second wave of post-rock, similar in sound to bands like Sigur Rós, Mogwai, and especially Godspeed You! Black Emperor. ... read more

I’ve always kind of wanted to try out Barclay James Harvest, mostly since they are kind of in the threshold within the more baroque side of the classic prog rock coin. In a way they are sort of the middle child between the early roots of prog with The Moody Blues and Procol Harum, as well as the more symphonically issued Renaissance and Curved Air. Such as this, I often find discussion surrounding the group...lacking for a better term. I mean, maybe you may hear word of mouth of Everyone ... read more

Decided to do this review a little earlier than usual. No real reason as to why, just felt like I got everything I needed to know out of this piece of music.

While djent may not be my all time favorite of the more prog metal oriented genres out there, I can’t deny I do have a lot of enjoyment for the medium. Obviously since one of my favorite records of all time, Periphery IV: Hail Stan, is a djent record. So when I heard about this new album within the djent medium of sound, I was ... read more

Oh boy, my 300th review! Like my 100th, and 200th review, I elected to review an album from my top 10 list. You know, to share my opinion on what I believe to be the best of the best in terms of music. And today, the lucky 3rd place in my favorites of music goes to Magma’s own 3rd place, that being Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, or MDK as I will call it throughout the rest of this review.

Now as with Yes and Genesis, I have a bit of a personal history with Magma, maybe a ... read more

You know, besides Derbe Respect, Alder, I have not reviewed a pure hip hop album this whole year, especially one that came out in the year of our lord. Guess I should change that with this album.

Before going about this review, I didn’t really know Lupe Fiasco. Guess he flew under my radar beforehand, since he’s quite popular in the rap scene. His most popular song on spotify, Battle Scars, has about 378 million listens, and not only that but he has been on some very popular ... read more

This year I wanted to review a lot more albums that are within the now, to make up for my lack of 2023 album reviews. As such, I elected to always review an album that has piqued my interest from this year, or at least plan to review. That is also why a lot of my listening habits have been recorded from this year, as I wanna have a lot of albums under my belt for me to talk about. One such album I have planned to discuss was Voidkind by Dvne.

Dvne is a newer progressive metal group hailing ... read more

Going through new releases that 2024 has given way too, one could not prepare themselves for being thrown into the equivalent of a collage art piece in musical form, however my curious brain saw this very flashy, very funky album cover and knew I just had to check it out. Honestly, glad I did, because this is certainly one of the more fun records this year has to offer.

Joanna Wang is a Taiwanese pop artist, starting her career in 2008 with the conveniently titled Start From Here. Ever since, ... read more