Where do you find your new releases? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

^ Nice! Might create a sputnikBot at TYM this weekend, just to import the new releases.

Metacritic ... I've seen it, but is it big in music? I thought they mainly focus on movies ...

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/new-releases/date

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^ Sputnik is nice, I like the clean interface. Should adopt that as a template at TYM, I'm always trying to display too much data in too small a space ...

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/best/albums/2023/

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - June 16 2023 at 02:47

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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ we prog freaks are strange - like snakes, which will not eat dead prey, we usually don't pay attention to recommendations, be they automatic or manual/personal ... we want to discover new music ourselves Wink

I don't agree with that, I check out recommendations most of the time, especially from people I trust or have similar tastes.

I wasn't entirely serious, but generally I do prefer actively looking for new music over getting recommendations. I'm always glad when people recommend music to me, but usually I'll see what they are listening to and/or rating highly, and then decide to check it out myself.

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-Cosmos Music:

https://cosmosmusic.fr

And Amazon, Bandcamp, Fnac.

Mostly from forums these days, PA and PE. Sometimes I stumble upon something on the PA main page, sometimes on the top albums of recent years. The annual collab lists always has something I’ve missed.

I typically don't buy stuff that is brand new for various reasons. However, I do buy from the Laser's Edge who has plenty of new releases (and older stuff). I highly recommend them. I also like synphonic but they seem a bit slower for hot off the presses kind of stuff but they are still good.

As far as where I initially find out about prog (new or otherwise) it's usually this site. Maybe a little bit on rate your music or progressive ears.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - June 15 2023 at 18:37

PA and Bandcamp. That's pretty much it. (Need there be more?)

Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

I kinda cheat two systems. One, I go to a site like plotn08.org and see what the most recent uploads are sorted by Progressive Rock. Currently the most recent is AVKRVST - The Approbation (2023)

Norwegian progressive rock group AVKRVST are pleased to reveal details on their debut album titled “The Approbation”, set to be released on June 16th, 2023. At the young age of 7 years old, Martin and Simon made a pact that they would form a band when they got older.

Now, 22 years later they’ve done just that. An album is ready – 55 minutes of music inspired by everything they grew up listening to – everything from Mew, Anekdoten and Porcupine Tree to Opeth, Neal Morse and King Crimson. All the music has been written at a small cabin, deep into the Norwegian forests (Alvdal, Norway). Simon (composer, guitars, bass and vocals) and Martin (composer, drummer and synths) have later been joined by Øystein Aadland on bass/keys, Edvard Seim on guitars and Auver Gaaren on keys.

Ok, sounds interesting. Now I go to youtube.com and search the band.

That gives me one of the tracks on the album.

Now I listen, and the more songs the better to decide if it's something worth investing in.

AVKRVST - The Pale Moon (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Edited by JD - June 15 2023 at 16:08

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^ we prog freaks are strange - like snakes, which will not eat dead prey, we usually don't pay attention to recommendations, be they automatic or manual/personal ... we want to discover new music ourselves Wink

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There's also other music websites that I've discovered lately - like this one. Sometimes useful to find new music: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/

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