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Topic: Best prog of 2021 so farPosted By: Grumpyprogfan
Subject: Best prog of 2021 so far
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 13:09
Excuse me if this has already been posted. Anyway, I think 2021 has been another slow year for prog. 2019 was the ultimate year in prog for me. So, what are your favorite prog releases of 2021? I'm still waiting for the new Ske. I have a very short list.
1. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe - Forevermore (Extended Version)
2. French TV - All Our Failures are Behind Us
3. Lyle Workman - Uncommon Measures
4. Dewa Budjana - Naurora
5. MFTJ - My Mom's Getting a Horse
Replies: Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 13:53
This is what I've come up with so far, but there is a lot I still have to listen to.
In no particular order....
French TV - All Our Failures are Behind Us https://frenchtv.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - French TV (bandcamp.com)
Real Loud - Real Loud https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/real-loud" rel="nofollow - Real Loud | Real Loud | New Focus Recordings (bandcamp.com)
Black Midi - Cavalcade https://open.spotify.com/album/7AsC27VDa3yOksZrfBSD6D" rel="nofollow - Spotify – Cavalcade
Fovea Hex - The Salt Garden (Landscaped) https://foveahex.bandcamp.com/album/the-salt-garden-landscaped" rel="nofollow - The Salt Garden (Landscaped) | Fovea Hex (bandcamp.com)
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 13:57
So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog).
My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future):
- Rascal Reporters - https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/redux-vol-2-rascals-revenge-and-the-great-reset-2" rel="nofollow - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 14:36
2021 has been and is shaping up to be an incredible year for music.
Favorite releases (some are prog, some sorta prog, some not particularly prog)
1: black midi - Cavalcade (and it's a distant 1st place, being honest)
2: L.W. - King Gizzard
Not going to attempt to rank these next ones, but I really enjoy all of them
For the First Time - Black Country New Road
SHYGA! - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Tell Me If You Get Lost - Tyler the Creator
Crash of the Crown - Styx
Without Notice - Bend The Future
Fortitude - Gojira
Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar
Daddys Home - St Vincent
Helloween - Self Titled
Kingdom of Oblivion - Motorpsycho
Point of Know Return Live and Beyond - Kansas
It's also pretty bizarre that this year we're going to be seeing new releases from Yes, Jethro Tull and Caravan
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 15:14
Cool to see French TV getting several mentions. Very accessible album from them.
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 15:41
The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
black midi - Cavalcade
Frost* - Day and Age
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 20:23
Sylvan- One to Zero
The Emerald Dawn- Touch the Sky
Galaad- Paradis Posthumes
JPL- Deux Ex machina
Blacksmith Tales- The dark Presence
Cast- Vigesimus
Celeste- Il Principe del Regno Perduto
John Holden- Circles in Time
Illuminae- Dark Horizon
Reflection Club- Still Thick as a Brick
Kayak- Out of this World
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 20:37
Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead Black Country, New Road - For The First Time John Zorn - Bagatelles (4CD Box) Bisbaye - Le Sens De La Fin Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End Rabbit Rabbit Radio - The Animal I Am Thumbscrew - Never Is Enough Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux Squid - Bright Green Field Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker Portico Quartet - Terrain Black Midi - Cavalcade Jack O' The Clock - Leaving California CAN - Live In Stuttgart 1975
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Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 23:23
Jethro Tull
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 01:19
This thread and it's included lists simply remind me how much new progressive music I should be investigating!
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 04:27
I have been buying a lot of stuff lately but 2021 releases are scarce indeed. I do have the new Fleet Foxes which I really dig. Been meaning to pick up: Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders Ske - Insolubilia Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders w/ the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 …as well as the new Jogsteed Blue! Jack Empaler album.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 08:30
No particular order-
The Emerald Dawn- Touch the Sky
Caligonaut- Magnified as Giants
Cast- Vigesimus
Celeste- Il Principe del Regno Perduto
John Holden- Circles in Time
Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders Ske - Insolubilia
Frost*- Day and Age
Ciccada- Harvest
Syndone- Kama Sutra
Evership- The Uncrowned King- Act I
Noisy Diners- The Princess of the Allen Keys (The History of Manto)
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 09:23
I usually start digging into the new year around August, so I've only listened to a few offerings, and thus far these would rank around 4 stars:
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Sun Colored Chair - Seated
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life
Ask this question again in the fall and I'll probably have at least 30 things or more to list. I've actually been listening to mostly older stuff from a CD backlog I had, plus exploring more of the avant side of things from the 1970s through the 1990s to add to the ever-growing list of things to look for.
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Posted By: davedvd
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 10:34
Right. I forgot to list this beauty. Easily my favorite Lanzetti.
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 26 2021 at 17:55
Frenetic Zetetic wrote:
This thread and it's included lists simply remind me how much new progressive music I should be investigating!
Great suggestions! Thanks to all for sharing.
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 10:21
It must be that time of the year, as many people seem to be posting their lists of their favourite albums from the year so far. So I thought would give it a go. My first attempt at coming up with a short list had almost 70 albums on it….. (sigh)
I kept cutting down until I got to 50 which was relatively easy, and then down to 30, which was harder. But I really struggled to turn that 30 into 25. Eventually I managed, and just for the fuller picture, here in alphabetical order are the top 25, and also the next 25.
Top 25:
Æetheria Conscientia - Corrupted Pillars of Vanity
Aphexia - Interdependence
Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
Chassm - Falling Forever
Cronofonía - Cronofonía
Echoes and Signals - Mercurial
Fair Wind Pleases - The Wind of the Season
Five the Hierophant- Through Aureate Void
Föss - Memorias de la Peste
Grey Mouse - A Moment of Weakness
Grorr - Ddulden’s Last Flight
Dusan Jevtovic - Vasil Hadzimanov - DUO
Kurushimi - Chaos Remains
Laughing Stock - Zero
The Lion’s Daughter - Skin Show
Massen - ContrAesthetic
Minutian - Magical Thinking
Mission Jupiter - Talk to Me
River Flows Reverse - When River Flows Reverse
Sauropoda - Pangea
Shiva the Destructor - Find the Others
Toboggan - Première Descente
The Vicious Head Society - Extinction Level Event
Voronai - The Last Three Seconds
Way Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
Next 25:
Aborym - Hostile
Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
The Anchoress - The Art of Losing
Ángel Ontalva - Songs to Say Goodbye
Årabrot - Norwegian Gothic
Asymmetry - Anima
Atravan - The Grey Line
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Dewa Budjana - Naurora
Confusion Field - Disconnection Complete
DROTT - DROTT
Jonatan Piña Duluc - Sountrack Vol.1: Secuencia
Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux
Isnaj Dui - Bright Star
JackDupon - La République Dominicale du Zoo
No Mandate - Recalibrate
Nubiyan Twist - Freedom Fables
postcards from new zealand - city islands
Real Loud - Real Loud
Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Squid - Bright Green Field
Triangle Singular - Starbreaker
Varego - Varego
VOLA - Witness
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
I’ve listened to not quite 200 releases from 2021 so far, and I still haven’t scratched the surface, as I seem to have listened to hardly any of the albums featuring in the lists for the year so far I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks!
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 11:44
Perfect Storm - No Air is a great album.
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 00:10
So far, my definite 5-star albums for this year are:
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Ciccada - Harvest
Cavalcade especially, I listened to it for the first time the other day and was absolutely blown away.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 07:46
My favorites so far:
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Styx - Crash Of The Crown
Evership - The Uncrowned King
Cast - Vigesimus
Ciccada - Harvest
But the best things I've heard all year aren't really Prog:
Black Country New RoadFor The First Time
SquidBright Green Field
black midiCavalcade
Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues
Weezer OK Human
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 08:33
miamiscot wrote:
My favorites so far:
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Styx - Crash Of The Crown
Evership - The Uncrowned King
Cast - Vigesimus
Ciccada - Harvest
But the best things I've heard all year aren't really Prog:
Black Country New RoadFor The First Time
SquidBright Green Field
black midiCavalcade
Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues
Weezer OK Human
Black Midi not prog? They just got added to the site and it's one of the proggiest albums i've heard this year actually
Posted By: yogev
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 11:14
My favorites so far:
*Mogwai - As the Love Continues (Not only this is my favorite from this year, its one of my favorite albums of all time. Also got me into Post Rock)
*Cosmo Pyke - A Piper For Janet
*Subterrean Masquerade - Moutian Fever
*Greta Van Fleet - The Battle at Garden's Gate (Yeah... I saw that a lot of people here don't like them at all. But man, this album is amazing)
Some albums that I can't wait to listen to:
*Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
*Leprous - Aphelion
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 12:00
This is all rather progressive, but maybe not all prog:
Matt Berry - The Blue Elephant
Atvm - Famine, Putrid and f**king Endless Black Midi - Cavalcade Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley Sault - NINE King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: L.W. Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Karoline Wallace - Stiklinger + the previously unreleased: Jerzy Milian / Orkiestra Rozrywkowa PRiTV w Katowicach - Znak Wodnika (recorded 1976-1978)
-listened to the latest King Gizzard. Its alright I suppose, but I hope they get out of their Tame Impala-phase really fast.
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 12:02
siLLy puPPy wrote:
miamiscot wrote:
My favorites so far:
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Styx - Crash Of The Crown
Evership - The Uncrowned King
Cast - Vigesimus
Ciccada - Harvest
But the best things I've heard all year aren't really Prog:
Black Country New RoadFor The First Time
SquidBright Green Field
black midiCavalcade
Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues
Weezer OK Human
Black Midi not prog? They just got added to the site and it's one of the proggiest albums i've heard this year actually
Probably the most prog thing on this (albeit, in my opinion, very strong) list
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 12:10
I had only managed to find three albums back in June when this was posted. I've been listening to some more new stuff over the last month. I think these all might be worthy of around 3.8 out of 5 and higher:
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Blacksmith Tales - The Dark Presence
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Cast - Vigesimus
Chance - Original Worlds
Cosmograf - Rattrapante
Caio Csizmar - Decriptas
Czyszy - Agent Mousey
The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
Ensemble 1 - Guitar, Bass & Drums
Eyesberg - Claustrophobia
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us
Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska - The Eternal Electric Landscape
Sun Colored Chair - Seated
Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 2
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 12:21
The new A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet is going to be way up my list by year end.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 12:41
Mirakaze wrote:
So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog).
My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future):
- Rascal Reporters - https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/redux-vol-2-rascals-revenge-and-the-great-reset-2" rel="nofollow - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 17:12
I'm just now listening to Black Midi, which is dominating these lists. Pretty good so far. Might have to pick it up Just bought both their CDs. Great pan head stuff.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 17:24
Tapfret wrote:
I'm just now listening to Black Midi, which is dominating these lists. Pretty good so far. Might have to pick it up Just bought both their CDs. Great pan head stuff.
Favs so far...a lot of listening yet to do.
Lind - A Hundred Years
Monobody - Comma
Canvas Solaris - Chromosphere
Schizofrantik - Funk from Hell
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
I had the same reaction with black midi. Immediately followed with Black Country New Road and Squid.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 26 2021 at 18:52
Haven't given much attention to the year's stuff yet but the new black midi, mono, Monobody, Ciccada, Beautiful Bedlam, and Unaka Prong releases are starting to get me excited.
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: July 27 2021 at 08:46
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
The new A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet is going to be way up my list by year end.
It's not grabbing me quite like the last album did but I need a few more listens.
No one talks about this band on prog archives.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 27 2021 at 10:28
I think I prefer it, it's darker and slightly less angular. Same issue on PE, someone just started a thread on them as a new band and I was like I've been listening to them for 5 years
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Posted By: samroberts09
Date Posted: July 31 2021 at 13:16
Here is my top 3, its true that this year is being a bit scarce in new prog material, hoping to improve the situation with the new Neal Morse and DT album coming up soon..
1. Transatlantic - http://open.spotify.com/album/7iy5E1r9aqy8q48IDbEjyN?si=OEEq4VLGTX6O2VA_Srek5A" rel="nofollow - The Absolute Universe
2. French TV - https://frenchtv.bandcamp.com/album/all-our-failures-are-behind-us" rel="nofollow - All Our Failures Are Behind Us
3. Bastian Per - http://bastianper.bandcamp.com/album/way-back-home" rel="nofollow - Way Back Home
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: July 31 2021 at 13:34
nick_h_nz wrote:
It must be that time of the year, as many people seem to be posting their lists of their favourite albums from the year so far. So I thought would give it a go. My first attempt at coming up with a short list had almost 70 albums on it….. (sigh)
I kept cutting down until I got to 50 which was relatively easy, and then down to 30, which was harder. But I really struggled to turn that 30 into 25. Eventually I managed, and just for the fuller picture, here in alphabetical order are the top 25, and also the next 25.
Top 25:
Æetheria Conscientia - Corrupted Pillars of Vanity
Aphexia - Interdependence
Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
Chassm - Falling Forever
Cronofonía - Cronofonía
Echoes and Signals - Mercurial
Fair Wind Pleases - The Wind of the Season
Five the Hierophant- Through Aureate Void
Föss - Memorias de la Peste
Grey Mouse - A Moment of Weakness
Grorr - Ddulden’s Last Flight
Dusan Jevtovic - Vasil Hadzimanov - DUO
Kurushimi - Chaos Remains
Laughing Stock - Zero
The Lion’s Daughter - Skin Show
Massen - ContrAesthetic
Minutian - Magical Thinking
Mission Jupiter - Talk to Me
River Flows Reverse - When River Flows Reverse
Sauropoda - Pangea
Shiva the Destructor - Find the Others
Toboggan - Première Descente
The Vicious Head Society - Extinction Level Event
Voronai - The Last Three Seconds
Way Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
Next 25:
Aborym - Hostile
Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
The Anchoress - The Art of Losing
Ángel Ontalva - Songs to Say Goodbye
Årabrot - Norwegian Gothic
Asymmetry - Anima
Atravan - The Grey Line
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Dewa Budjana - Naurora
Confusion Field - Disconnection Complete
DROTT - DROTT
Jonatan Piña Duluc - Sountrack Vol.1: Secuencia
Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux
Isnaj Dui - Bright Star
JackDupon - La République Dominicale du Zoo
No Mandate - Recalibrate
Nubiyan Twist - Freedom Fables
postcards from new zealand - city islands
Real Loud - Real Loud
Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Squid - Bright Green Field
Triangle Singular - Starbreaker
Varego - Varego
VOLA - Witness
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
I’ve listened to not quite 200 releases from 2021 so far, and I still haven’t scratched the surface, as I seem to have listened to hardly any of the albums featuring in the lists for the year so far I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks!
You are one of the few that can produce a big list that is 80-90% artists I have never heard of.
I have not decided yet if they fit our scope well enough to bring up for suggestion, but that Squid album is a real corker.
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: July 31 2021 at 14:05
Tapfret wrote:
nick_h_nz wrote:
It must be that time of the year, as many people seem to be posting their lists of their favourite albums from the year so far. So I thought would give it a go. My first attempt at coming up with a short list had almost 70 albums on it….. (sigh)
I kept cutting down until I got to 50 which was relatively easy, and then down to 30, which was harder. But I really struggled to turn that 30 into 25. Eventually I managed, and just for the fuller picture, here in alphabetical order are the top 25, and also the next 25.
[list omitted for space]
I’ve listened to not quite 200 releases from 2021 so far, and I still haven’t scratched the surface, as I seem to have listened to hardly any of the albums featuring in the lists for the year so far I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks!
You are one of the few that can produce a big list that is 80-90% artists I have never heard of.
I have not decided yet if they fit our scope well enough to bring up for suggestion, but that Squid album is a real corker.
Squid, Black Midi and Black Country, New Road are three quite impressive young British bands who are exploring similar sounds from different directions.
If they are any other bands you’re interested, almost every one of those in my list have Bandcamp pages, and quite a few are Name Your Price. Many of them I have reviewed for TPA, and a few I am thinking of suggesting for inclusion in PA.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 31 2021 at 18:44
nick_h_nz wrote:
Squid, Black Midi and Black Country, New Road are three quite impressive young British bands who are exploring similar sounds from different directions.
Seconded on those three.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 02 2021 at 01:34
To add to my list BBT - Common Ground. Probably their best album since Folklore.
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 03 2021 at 11:50
progaardvark wrote:
I had only managed to find three albums back in June when this was posted. I've been listening to some more new stuff over the last month. I think these all might be worthy of around 3.8 out of 5 and higher:
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Blacksmith Tales - The Dark Presence
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Cast - Vigesimus
Chance - Original Worlds
Cosmograf - Rattrapante
Caio Csizmar - Decriptas
Czyszy - Agent Mousey
The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
Ensemble 1 - Guitar, Bass & Drums
Eyesberg - Claustrophobia
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us
Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska - The Eternal Electric Landscape
Sun Colored Chair - Seated
Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 2
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
Here are some more to add to the list above:
Fufluns - Refusés
Gnohgnuhgnlus - Thomisme
God Is an Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10
Heavy Moon - Heavy Moon 20
Infinitome - Voyage Home
Inner Prospekt - Canvas Two
Jack Dupon - JackAQuinzeAns
Jack Dupon - La république dominicale du zoo
Jordsjø - Pastoralia
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 03 2021 at 14:53
richardh wrote:
To add to my list BBT - Common Ground. Probably their best album since Folklore.
I was really nervous about this one. Being a huge XTC fan, the absence of Dave Gregory was concerning. I was worried over nothing - it's fantastic!!!
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 08:45
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
The new A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet is going to be way up my list by year end.
Played it twice now. For me it'll be up there with black midi this year.
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 13:28
There are a few advance reviews of the new Neal Morse Band album (due out on 3 weeks) online and they're all very positive. I'm particularly looking forward to hearing their prog version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 05 2021 at 07:32
I think a lot of people will like the new NMB (Neal Morse Band.)
It's a double album but NOT a concept album. The first disc (Innocence) has the shorter songs and disc two (Danger) is comprised of two long epics. And they are both great.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 08 2021 at 03:37
So far (and I'm sure I'm missing one or two)
No particular order (so far)
Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead
Needlepoint – Walking Up That Valley
Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
Tusmorke – Nordisc Krim
Caligonaut - Magnified As Giants
Jordsjo – Pastoralia
Vesilinja - Vesilinja
Portico Quartet - Terrain
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Graham Costello & Strata - Second Lives
Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End
Hoodna Orchestra – Offel
Machine Mass Sextet – Intrusion
Francois Thollot - Happy Lockdown
François Thollot – Virtually Spring
François Thollot - Tensions
Ske - Insolubilia
Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo – Deep Fried Grandeur Pasajero Luminoso - Pujol
Jay Tausig - Ancient Roots, New Branches
Green Diesel - After Comes The Dark
Can't be official
Birth - Birth (demo album)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 08 2021 at 06:21
my favorite prog album of 2021 (so far)is Needlepoint's. I doubt anything would top that. Now I sound pessimistic.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 08 2021 at 07:21
Nice list Hugues, agree on a lot, will check out others. Those Thollot's good? I've kinda skipped passed them so far.
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 08 2021 at 10:59
AlanB wrote:
There are a few advance reviews of the new Neal Morse Band album (due out on 3 weeks) online and they're all very positive. I'm particularly looking forward to hearing their prog version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Have you ever seen a pre-release review from anything related to the Neal Morse/Mike Portnoy camp that hasn't been overly positive and borderline circlejerky though? Just for it to come out and be another Neal Morse album?
ProgReport is the biggest offender in this department
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Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 02:23
I've not really listened to much new prog, though I do really enjoy Steve Hackett's new classical guitar album.
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 08:25
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
I think I prefer it, it's darker and slightly less angular. Same issue on PE, someone just started a thread on them as a new band and I was like I've been listening to them for 5 years
After a few more listens, it's good but I definitely like Flamethrower better. I just connect more with the songs on that album than Meat Mallet
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 08:27
dougmcauliffe wrote:
AlanB wrote:
There are a few advance reviews of the new Neal Morse Band album (due out on 3 weeks) online and they're all very positive. I'm particularly looking forward to hearing their prog version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Have you ever seen a pre-release review from anything related to the Neal Morse/Mike Portnoy camp that hasn't been overly positive and borderline circlejerky though? Just for it to come out and be another Neal Morse album?
ProgReport is the biggest offender in this department
I love Spock's Beard with Morse but of all the stuff he's done since then I haven't really found much that really grabs me.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 08:28
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Nice list Hugues, agree on a lot, will check out others. Those Thollot's good? I've kinda skipped passed them so far.
I posted the Bandcamp for each on the PE 2021 best of (so far), one of them in the very first post.
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: August 19 2021 at 01:34
My top albums (August 2021):
01-God Is An Astronaut: Ghost Tapes #10
02-Giant Sky: s/t
03-Human Factor: Observer
04-Karmamoi: Room 101
05-Meer: Playing House
06-Subterranean Masquerade: Mountain Fever
07-AmartiA: Daylight Beauty
08-Feeling Of Presence: Of Lost Illusion
09-Nine Skies: 5.20
10-White Moth Black Butterfly: The Cost Of Dreaming
11-Cosmograf: Rattrapante
12-Illuminae: Dark Horizons
13-Lazuli: Dénudé.
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 19 2021 at 12:03
dougmcauliffe wrote:
AlanB wrote:
There are a few advance reviews of the new Neal Morse Band album (due out on 3 weeks) online and they're all very positive. I'm particularly looking forward to hearing their prog version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Have you ever seen a pre-release review from anything related to the Neal Morse/Mike Portnoy camp that hasn't been overly positive and borderline circlejerky though? Just for it to come out and be another Neal Morse album?
The Prog Report is the biggest offender in this department
Yeah, they are fans of Neal's music. Very smart people over there!!!
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 19 2021 at 12:15
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead Black Country, New Road - For The First Time John Zorn - Bagatelles (4CD Box) Bisbaye - Le Sens De La Fin Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End Rabbit Rabbit Radio - The Animal I Am Thumbscrew - Never Is Enough Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux Squid - Bright Green Field Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker Portico Quartet - Terrain Black Midi - Cavalcade Jack O' The Clock - Leaving California CAN - Live In Stuttgart 1975
Adding:-
The Holy Family - s/t
Graham Costello / Strata - Second Life
A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Craig Fortnam - Ark
Ske - Insolubilia
Twospeak - Reflector
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
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Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: August 20 2021 at 13:26
Needlepoint and Caligonaut so far, but I have not been exploring much so far this year. Mostly what I’ve stumbled over or found on the PA top list.
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 21 2021 at 09:36
progaardvark wrote:
progaardvark wrote:
I had only managed to find three albums back in June when this was posted. I've been listening to some more new stuff over the last month. I think these all might be worthy of around 3.8 out of 5 and higher:
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Blacksmith Tales - The Dark Presence
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Cast - Vigesimus
Chance - Original Worlds
Cosmograf - Rattrapante
Caio Csizmar - Decriptas
Czyszy - Agent Mousey
The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
Ensemble 1 - Guitar, Bass & Drums
Eyesberg - Claustrophobia
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us
Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska - The Eternal Electric Landscape
Sun Colored Chair - Seated
Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 2
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
Noisy Diners - The Princess of the Allen Keys (The History of Manto)
Papangu - Holoceno
Paradigm Blue - Transist
Emme Phyzema - Temporary Triumph
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 23 2021 at 14:33
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead Black Country, New Road - For The First Time John Zorn - Bagatelles (4CD Box) Bisbaye - Le Sens De La Fin Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End Rabbit Rabbit Radio - The Animal I Am Thumbscrew - Never Is Enough Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux Squid - Bright Green Field Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker Portico Quartet - Terrain Black Midi - Cavalcade Jack O' The Clock - Leaving California CAN - Live In Stuttgart 1975
Adding:-
The Holy Family - s/t
Graham Costello / Strata - Second Life
A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Craig Fortnam - Ark
Ske - Insolubilia
Twospeak - Reflector
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
Can't wait to hear this!!! Kavus Torabi!!! (The new one from A Formal Horse is truly awesome too.)
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Posted By: TheEliteExtremophile
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 00:22
I tend to take a pretty expansive view of what comprises "prog." My tastes also lean more metallic than this forum as a whole, but here's my top 10 so far (listed alphabetically by artist):
-Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - Corrupted Pillars of Vanity
-black midi - Cavalcade
-Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
-Frummyrkrið - Dauðans Myrkri
Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon
-Neptunian Maximalism - Solar Drone Ceremony
-Papangu - Holoceno
-Bobby Shock - Street Angels
-Stone Healer - Conquistador
-Suburban Savages - Demagogue Days
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 04:14
Big Hogg - Pageant Of Beasts
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 04:14
The things that have grabbed my attention so far are the new Frost*, BTBAM & black midi albums. I have tried listening to other stuff (like Ciccada and Jordsjo) but never got to hear the whole albums, so I can't talk about them. And slightly disappointed by the new Steven Wilson & Transatlantic records; I liked the new Cosmograf a lot, as well, and would recommend the new Daniel Eliseev Project release, called 'Lost Humanity'.
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 04:15
^ the new Frost* is great indeed.
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 06:06
I have an album recommendation for you guys, Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime. It's not technically prog, but I think it would appeal to a lot of you, especially those of you who are King Gizzard fans. But if you're not, still consider checking it out. It's one of my top 3 from this year, it's stunning, gorgeous, grooving and blistering Nigerian Psychedelic Rock/Tishoumaren. The guitar player and his non-traditional playing styles are such a nice contrast to what i'm used to. It's only around 40 minutes long, 8 tracks, sort of like a more middle eastern sounding modern Hendrix in a few ways. Curious to hear others thoughts on this fantastic release.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 24 2021 at 08:00
dougmcauliffe wrote:
I have an album recommendation for you guys, Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime. It's not technically prog, but I think it would appeal to a lot of you, especially those of you who are King Gizzard fans. But if you're not, still consider checking it out. It's one of my top 3 from this year, it's stunning, gorgeous, grooving and blistering Nigerian Psychedelic Rock/Tishoumaren. The guitar player and his non-traditional playing styles are such a nice contrast to what i'm used to. It's only around 40 minutes long, 8 tracks, sort of like a more middle eastern sounding modern Hendrix in a few ways. Curious to hear others thoughts on this fantastic release.
Matador Records knows what they're doing. What an album!!! What an artist!!!
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:04
I've finally gotten into some of 2021's releases--listened to maybe 50 or 60 from suggestions above.
So far, my top 10 would include:
Needlepoint Walking Up That Valley
Caligonaut Magnified as Giants
Ciccada Harvest
SKE Insolibilia
Manna / Mirage Man Out of Time
Monobody Comma
A Formal Horse Meat Market
black midi Cavalcade
Jordsjø Pastoralis
Frost* Day and Age
Konom Konom
probably in that order--but I've still got a long way to go! Up for today's listening: Kurushima, French TV, and Fovea Hex
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:10
Caligonaut Magnified as Giants
that's a really good one.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:18
Seeing as it's mostly autumn right now, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mostly Autumn's outstanding new album, "Graveyard Star" - their best album so far, although all of Mostly Autumn's albums are 5-star masterpieces in my view.
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:24
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Seeing as it's mostly autumn right now, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mostly Autumn's outstanding new album, "Graveyard Star" - their best album so far, although all of Mostly Autumn's albums are 5-star masterpieces in my view.
I know why, I know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe people did not like it.
Maybe they did not listen to it.
Maybe they ignored it.
Maybe you are the only one around here that likes them.
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:30
Cristi wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Seeing as it's mostly autumn right now, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mostly Autumn's outstanding new album, "Graveyard Star" - their best album so far, although all of Mostly Autumn's albums are 5-star masterpieces in my view.
I know why, I know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe people did not like it.
Maybe they did not listen to it.
Maybe they ignored it.
Maybe you are the only one around here that likes them.
I like them.
I've got it.
I haven't listened to it yet.
But it will most likely be one of my favourites from the year....
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:31
Cristi wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Seeing as it's mostly autumn right now, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mostly Autumn's outstanding new album, "Graveyard Star" - their best album so far, although all of Mostly Autumn's albums are 5-star masterpieces in my view.
I know why, I know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe people did not like it.
Maybe they did not listen to it.
Maybe they ignored it.
Maybe you are the only one around here that likes them.
What is there to dislike? I think it far more likely that people haven't yet heard Mostly Autumn's new album, mostly.
Going off-topic for a moment - and why not - I've decided to add Marillion to Prog Britannia Eight, especially for you, so now you have something to look forward to.
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:33
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Cristi wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Seeing as it's mostly autumn right now, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mostly Autumn's outstanding new album, "Graveyard Star" - their best album so far, although all of Mostly Autumn's albums are 5-star masterpieces in my view.
I know why, I know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe people did not like it.
Maybe they did not listen to it.
Maybe they ignored it.
Maybe you are the only one around here that likes them.
What is there to dislike? I think it far more likely that people haven't yet heard Mostly Autumn's new album, mostly.
Going off-topic for a moment - and why not - I've decided to add Marillion to Prog Britannia Eight, especially for you, so now you have something to look forward to.
I'd rather you find some other way to insult me
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 06:35
Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead
Needlepoint – Walking Up That Valley
Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
Tusmorke – Nordisc Krim
Caligonaut - Magnified As Giants
Jordsjo – Pastoralia
Vesilinja - Vesilinja
Portico Quartet - Terrain
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Graham Costello & Strata - Second Lives
Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End
Hoodna Orchestra – Offel
Machine Mass Sextet – Intrusion
Francois Thollot - Happy Lockdown
François Thollot – Virtually Spring
François Thollot - Tensions
Ske - Insolubilia
Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo – Deep Fried Grandeur
Pasajero Luminoso - Pujol
Jay Tausig - Ancient Roots, New Branches
Green Diesel - After Comes The Dark[/QUOTE]
CAN - Live In Stuttgart 1975
Alco Frisbass - le mystere du gue pucelle
it's starting to peeve me off that CDs are not getting proposed by some of these
I may exclude a few from my top list just because of that issue.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 09:25
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog).
My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future):
- Rascal Reporters - https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/redux-vol-2-rascals-revenge-and-the-great-reset-2" rel="nofollow - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 14:58
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 14 2021 at 15:21
progaardvark wrote:
progaardvark wrote:
progaardvark wrote:
I had only managed to find three albums back in June when this was posted. I've been listening to some more new stuff over the last month. I think these all might be worthy of around 3.8 out of 5 and higher:
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Blacksmith Tales - The Dark Presence
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Cast - Vigesimus
Chance - Original Worlds
Cosmograf - Rattrapante
Caio Csizmar - Decriptas
Czyszy - Agent Mousey
The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
Ensemble 1 - Guitar, Bass & Drums
Eyesberg - Claustrophobia
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity
French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us
Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska - The Eternal Electric Landscape
Sun Colored Chair - Seated
Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 2
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
Noisy Diners - The Princess of the Allen Keys (The History of Manto)
Papangu - Holoceno
Paradigm Blue - Transist
Emme Phyzema - Temporary Triumph
Since last posting on August 21, here is more stuff I think of as worthy of at least a 3.75 rating or higher:
Agusa - En Annan Värld
Alco Frisbass - Le Mystère du Gué Pucelle
The Arc Light Sessions - The Poetry in Contemplation
Ars de Er - Other Side
Arts - Find a Way
Big Big Train - Common Ground
Big Hogg - Pageant of Beasts
Samuel Cadima - 70TU5
Chain Reaktor - Homesick
Ciccada - Harvest
Department of Revenge - Shut Up, and Pay the Bill
Diagonal - 4
Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
Evership - The Uncrowned King, Act 1
Falling Into Birds - Scraps of Paper
The Far Cry - If Only
Feeling of Presence - Of Lost Illusion (on PA under the name Frequency Drift)
Finally George - Icy Skies
The Flying Caravan - I Just Wanna Break Even
Fred Frith and Ikue Mori - A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall
Galaad - Paradis posthumes
Giant Sky - Giant Sky
Himmellegeme - Variola Vera
Horte - Maa Antaa Yön Vaientaa
Isildurs Bane - In Disequilibrium
Antony Kalugin - Chameleon Shapeshifter
Krokofant - Fifth
Lind - A Hundred Years: The Justification of Reality, Part 1
Maat Lander - Elements: Air
Manna / Mirage - Man Out of Time
Möbius Strip - Time Lag
Neal Morse Band - Innocence & Danger
Bader Nana - Wormwood II
The Old Mill Free Ensemble - Moments
Perfect Storm - No Air
Perilymph - Tout en haut
Emme Phyzema - Shorts Are Comfy and Easy to Wear
Il Porto di Venere - E pensa che mi meraviglio ancora
Prognoise - Lacrimal
Red Sand - The Sound of the Seventh Bell
Ske - Insolubilia
Tom Slatter - Escape
Suburban Savages - Demagogue Day (on PA under the name Tr-Ond and the Suburban Savages)
The Sun or the Moon - Cosmic
thedeepstate - Mysinformation Highway Part 1
François Thollot - Happy Lockdown
François Thollot - Virtually Spring
François Thollot - Reboot
François Thollot - The End of the Past
Thy Catafalque - Vadak
Time Traveller - Chapters V & VI
Trees Speak - PostHuman
Trettioåriga Kriget - Till Horisonten
The Trip - Caronte 50 Years Later
Umphrey's McGee - You Walked Up Shaking in Your Boots but You Stood Tall and Left a Raging Bull
Pierre Vervloesem - Ruder
Pierre Vervloesem - 2020
Vienna Circle - Secrets of the Rising Sun
Alex Ward - Gated
The Watch - The Art of Bleeding
Zombi - Liquid Crystal [EP]
3.2 - Third Impression
35 Tapes - Home
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 15 2021 at 02:13
Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky ****
Lifesigns -Altitude ****
3.2 - Third Impression ***
Liquid Tension Experiment - 3 ****
Frost* - Day and Age *****
Kayak - Out Of This World ****
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites ***
Kansas - Point of Know Return Live and Beyond ****
Big Big Train - Common Ground ****
Steve Hackett - The Surrender Of Silence****
IO Earth - Acoustic Vol 1 ****
Vangelis - From Juno To Jupiter ****
shaping up to be a good year , Frost leading the way but BBT, Steve Hackett and LTE not far behind
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: October 26 2021 at 02:12
Leprous - Aphelion
Agusa - En Annan värld
Dream Theater - A View From The Top of the World
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
Frost - Day And Age
Himmellegene - Variola Vera
Big Big Train - Common Ground
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
Delving - Hischbrunnen
Motorpsycho - Kingdom of Oblivion
I'm waiting for Riverside and Diablo Swing Orchestra albums, though :D
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2021 at 02:40
I'll also add Vangelis' latest masterpiece "From Juno to Jupiter" to my list, having just been lifted into orbit after hearing it for the first time.
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 26 2021 at 03:04
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Played it, got bored half way through. I mean it's nice guitar playing but Frampton playing instrumental covers is not exactly a 5-star masterpiece.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2021 at 03:14
chopper wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Played it, got bored half way through. I mean it's nice guitar playing but Frampton playing instrumental covers is not exactly a 5-star masterpiece.
Psychedelic Paul forgets the words to describe the album, but I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking this is even better than the classic Frampton Comes Alive!
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 26 2021 at 03:16
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
chopper wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Played it, got bored half way through. I mean it's nice guitar playing but Frampton playing instrumental covers is not exactly a 5-star masterpiece.
Psychedelic Paul forgets the words to describe the album, but I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking this is even better than the classic Frampton Comes Alive!
are you trolling? I can't tell here.
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: October 28 2021 at 07:42
How about the new Drifting Sun? They now have Jargon on vocals. Just wow.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 01 2021 at 04:26
Another couple to add:
Glass Hammer - Skalligrim: Into The Breach ****1/2
continuing the heavier approach of Dreaming City , and even more like Rush at times. If you're missing Rush then it's worth getting this, Steve Babb is a wonderful bass player.
Tori Amos - Ocean To Ocean ***1/2
Another lovely set of songs from our resident 'Cornwallian' . Not very 'prog' but don't let that put you off necessarily.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 01 2021 at 04:49
black midi - Cavalcade Black Country, New Road - For the first time Meat Mallet - A Formal Horse Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Ding Dong. You’re Dead.
Alex Ward - Gated Graham Costello's Strata - Second Lives Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker A Holy Family - s/t Emma Jean Thackeray - Yellow Ske - Insolubilia Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Squid - Bright Green Field
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 01 2021 at 09:27
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
chopper wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Played it, got bored half way through. I mean it's nice guitar playing but Frampton playing instrumental covers is not exactly a 5-star masterpiece.
Psychedelic Paul forgets the words to describe the album, but I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking this is even better than the classic Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Frampton covering Avalon by Roxy...seriously....I mean really..?
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 01 2021 at 09:32
dr wu23 wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
chopper wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
I almost forgot to mention the 5-star "Frampton Forgets the Words" album by the Peter Frampton Band, although I realise my idea of a 5-star "masterpiece" may differ from almost everyone else here.
Played it, got bored half way through. I mean it's nice guitar playing but Frampton playing instrumental covers is not exactly a 5-star masterpiece.
Psychedelic Paul forgets the words to describe the album, but I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking this is even better than the classic Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Frampton covering Avalon by Roxy...seriously....I mean really..?
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 01 2021 at 10:03
If I had to rank what I've listened to up to this point, it would go like this... Still have a lot more to listen to, so this is subject to change.
1. Alco Frisbass -- Le Mystère du Gué Pucelle
2. Ars de Er -- Other Side
3. Caio Csizmar -- Decriptas
4. Gnohgnuhgnlus -- Thomisme
5. Shamblemaths -- Shamblemaths 2
6. Antony Kalugin -- Stellar Gardener
7. Czyszy -- Agent Mousey
8. Korekyojinn -- Mesopotamia
9. Jack Dupon -- JackAQuinzeAns
10. Alex Ward -- Gated
11. K’Mono -- Return to the ‘E’
12. Krokofant -- Fifth
13. Emme Phyzema -- Temporary Triumph
14. Mourning Knight -- Mourning Knight
15. Looking-Glass Lantern -- The Country House Weekend
16. Chance -- Original Worlds
17. Kerrs Pink -- Presence of Life
18. Monarch Trail -- Wither Down
19. Czyszy -- Retro Adventures
20. Neal Morse Band -- Innocence & Danger
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: November 02 2021 at 03:14
My top albums at the end of October 2021:
01-God Is An Astronaut: Ghost Tapes #10
02-Vola: Witness
03-Giant Sky: s/t
04-Human Factor: Observer
05-Leprous: Aphelion
06-Karmamoi; Room 101
07-Meer: Playing House
08-Subterranean Masquerade: Mountain Fever
09-AmartiA: Daylight Beauty
10-Feeling Of Presence: Of Lost Illusion
11-Soen: Imperial
12-Nine Skies: 5.20
13-Himmellegeme: Variola Vera
14-White Moth Black Butterfly: The Cost Of Dreaming
15-Enine: Spiritus Natura
16-Ske: Insolubilia
17-Cosmograf: Rattrapante
18-Dec Burke: Life In Two Dimensions
19-Illuminae: Dark Horizons
20-Lazuli: Dénudé.
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: November 02 2021 at 03:49
2 new great releases:
Mastodon - Hushed And Grim
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: November 02 2021 at 04:20
Deadwing wrote:
2 new great releases:
Mastodon - Hushed And Grim
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole
Yesterday, I listened to some tracks of the new Mastodon. Very interesting !
And I am not a big fan of DSO.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 02 2021 at 04:55
Deadwing wrote:
2 new great releases:
Mastodon - Hushed And Grim
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole
Didn't realize this was out already
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Just listened to this today. Really enjoyed it. Probably will make my top 10.
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Posted By: Second Endeavour
Date Posted: November 12 2021 at 00:56
Here's my best-loved prog album of 2021 (so far).
MONARCH TRAIL - 'Wither Down'.
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 12:46
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog).
My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future):
- Rascal Reporters - https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/redux-vol-2-rascals-revenge-and-the-great-reset-2" rel="nofollow - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 14:11
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
Mirakaze wrote:
So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog).
My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future):
- Rascal Reporters - https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/redux-vol-2-rascals-revenge-and-the-great-reset-2" rel="nofollow - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset
- Lichtpyramide - https://jackellister.bandcamp.com/album/lichtpyramide-ii" rel="nofollow - Lichtpyramide II
A great list! I find much to explore here.
Particular thanks for drawing our attention to the new Nichelodeon album, I had no idea it existed.
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