Likewise with Todd Rundgren, a band or artist can be redeemed in the long run. If I don’t like an album they have made, I can always see about another one. The Art of Noise so happens to be another musical venture that has been redeemed in my eyes. I wasn’t too big on their debut of Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise, just viewing it as being an album with little value other than the 10 minute track in the middle. I guess they have improved quite a bit after that though, as In ... read more

As June closes and July opens, we will get a whole lot more summer releases. It makes sense that a lot of albums are released around times that are as sunny as they can get. It is, of course, befitting after all. Funnily enough, the release that I was sort of off and on anticipating in hype for this year comes from a band that you wouldn’t really expect to release something in the summer. However their music is genuinely pretty, well...sunny, so releasing an album in June was to be ... read more

So another album requested for review. This is for the album Dinner At The Ritz by City Boy, a progressive pop rock band. They are a rather more obscure band, but they are fairly known in the Prog sphere as a band similar to those like ELO and Supertramp. They have a bit of a cult following from what I’ve seen, so with that, I figured to check them out and see what they were all about.

The first song that starts this album is Momma’s Boy. This is a really neat song, lots of ebb and ... read more

After my time with Czyszy’s most recent release, UwU Slaughter, I have been rather interested in his other albums. While I thought UwU Slaughter wasn’t the best, I did find it pretty good, and it definitely peaked an interest for me. I wondered what this man could give in terms of more Prog rock releases, and I was pleasantly surprised with this release. It strangely solved the problems I had with UwU Slaughter ten folds, and I can probably say with certainty that this is a very ... read more

I have for a long while felt admiration for The Flower Kings and their music. They are one of if not the best Modern day progressive rock band in the modern day with their eccentric uses of rock music and symphonic, almost classical like music. Their albums have always been a source of drive for me this year, and so far I have heard 6 of their studio albums, and they were all spectacular, if not really interesting and idiosyncratic. They are so joyful in how they play, especially with their ... read more

Whenever I go record collecting, I usually go for album I’ve heard before. It’s usually the safer option for me, however, on occasion I get a record that I never even once heard before, making me experience something totally new. And at a record store the other day, I decided to indulge a bit, try something entirely new, fresh, and something I have never heard before, and I wanted to get more into Italian Prog, so I figured this album would be the perfect fit for me. I did not know ... read more

I am sort of an every man for music. While I am mainly a progressive rock fan, I do dabble in music like Hip Hop, Pop, Avant-garde, and other music. I have my preferences though, I go to a bit more interesting and unique bands. I do enjoy some main stream stuff here and there, but for the most part I like to explore a bit more in a certain genre before jumping into the stuff the big boys make. So when I heard about this relatively obscured band, The Mobile Homes, I was intrigued. I wondered ... read more

With the recent innovations of who can music in this day and age, you can get totally independent artists posting their music on sites like Bandcamp, Newgrounds, YouTube, and many other platforms. Honestly I think this is so cool. It allows people to share their ideas with the world without the need of record labels or companies, and it feels like a good direction music can go in. With that, there are also gonna be artists in the Prog sphere sharing their work as well. One such artist I have ... read more

In the early days of Magma, with their more jazz like sound, they had a good number of members at the time. One of these members is Yochk’o Seffer, a Hungarian born saxophone and piano player. After leaving the band and leaving his band, Zao, and a few other jazzy bands, he turned to a more solo career. It goes without saying that he is a rather prolific and respected member of the Zeuhl scene of the early to late 70s, and it definitely shows in his playing. I was always interested in who ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #13: Alpha, Omega, Gamma, and Asia

Originally posted on 2021-11-15

Supergroups are an interesting breed of bands. They come from different bands, sometimes one band, sometimes multiple. Bands like ELP and A Perfect Circle are great examples with the lead singers coming from different but extremely popular bands, Greg Lake in King Crimson, and Maynard Keenan from TOOL. However supergroups, despite having members from bands of differing genres, might not have ... read more

I have been listening to a lot of albums this year, mostly Prog rock albums, so let’s change it up a bit and review a more electronic album this year. I haven’t heard much about Alio Die, I heard he was a pretty good electronic music composer, so I was intrigued when I heard he released a new album this year. I decided to listen to it, and here are my thoughts on it.

The album starts with Il Lievito Dell’anima, or The Yeast of the Soul in English. A 12 minute number that ... read more

Some artists have made a lot of albums, some artists made albums with big winding epics and long tracks, and then there is Alio Die, who manages to do both. Progressive Electronic, more exactly ambient music has been a genre I have been following ever since the start of this year with the help of Brian Eno. I find a warm sense of nostalgia and hope for this genre of music, so much so that one of my favorite albums that came out this year was a Prog electronic album. It is a genre that I think ... read more

In recent memory, Yes has been one of the more respected Prog bands, with some of the greatest albums I have heard like Close To The Edge, Fragile, and Tales From Topographic Oceans, heck even their pop stuff isn’t half bad (not including Open Your Eyes obviously). They have some great musicians in the band too with some respectable careers of their own. Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and of course the focal point of this review, Rick Wakeman.

Out of any member of Yes, Rick has ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #25: Till’ Death Do Us Part

Posted on 2021-12-17

I have never actually listened to any works of Coil. I have heard of them and I definitely seen their album covers, but I never actually listened to their albums, at least not fully. But on one day someone on Discord recommended this album to me since I liked more weird music. I thought, why not, how about I listen to something new for a change. I didn't know what to expect from the album, but I ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #24: Kobaia Yellow

Posted on 2021-12-4

I have always had huge respects for Magma as a band. They do their own sound of weirdness and basically invented a whole new genre. They were clearly at their prime in the 70s with albums like MDK and Wurdah Itah, however the 80s caused them to go to a more commercial route which didn't treat them nicely in my opinion. However they came back strong in the 2000s but it seems like this EP shows that they came back ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #23: In a Perfect Crises

Posted on 2021-12-1

I really do love Mike Oldfield's work. His albums are always so enriching to the ears with beautiful uses of instruments and composing them to their absolute potential. Utilizing various genres like classical, art rock, and during the early years of the 80s, more pop like scores too. After two amazing albums, QE2, and Five Miles Out, his next work, Crises, shows more of his innovation with both his use of ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #22: Bloom

Posted on 2021-11-24

Opeth as a band is one I never actually listened. In terms Prog Metal, I am more familiar with Dream Theater or TOOL, but I always at least knew Opeth existed, but I never really, experienced them like many people. But I decided to go ahead and give Opeth a shot, started with their debut, and here are my thoughts.
The first song is In The Mist She Was Standing. It wastes little to no time in establishment of the sound of the ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #22: Soft As A Machine

Posted on 2021-11-23

Now usually after an artist release their best work, like Pink Floyd with The Wall, or The Mars Volta with Frances The Mute, stuff like that. They usually, afterwards, don't really make something that's as good or is bad afterwards. Not saying people still might not like them as much as their previous magnum opus, but most people especially hardcore fans might get disappointed and might drop the band ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #21: Bundled Goodies

Posted on 2021-11-23

Seven whole albums. Soft Machine really has done it all. With the psychedelic jazz of their debut and Volume 2, to their Canterbury mix of Fusion and experimental jazz with Third and Fourth, and their experimental masterpieces of 5 and Six. However in some cases they sort of fell off in some albums. Seven especially, with it's more lack luster performances on it's songs. That album sorta made me have ... read more

Posting My Old ProgArchives Reviews #20: Seven Is Not A Charm

Posted on 2021-11-22

After 2 waves of awesome Soft Machine albums, the experimental but creepy and cool 5 and the joyful jazzy Six, I wanted more Soft Machine. I was digging the band and so I wanted more. So what better way than move up a digit. The album Seven. The cover kinda surprised me a bit, I first thought it was an 80s album at first with the digital and grid design of the album. I won't lie, it sorta worried me a ... read more