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Originally posted by Tapfret 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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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


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Originally posted by Mirakaze 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):
- Monobody - Comma
- Black Midi - Cavalcade
- The Fourth World Quartet - 1975
- Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker
- Real Loud - Real Loud
- Mahogany Frog - In The Electric Universe
- Sun Colored Chair - Seated
- Cody Carpenter - Memories And Dreams


Updating my list one month down the line, I'm going to add:
- Música D' Repuesto - Fake
- Fred Frith & Ikue Mori - A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall
- Machine Mass Sextet - Intrusion
- Gnohgnuhgnlus - Thomisme
- Greco Bastián - EP
- Owane - YOLO EP, Vol. 1
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The new A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet is going to be way up my list by year end.
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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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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot 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 Road For The First Time
Squid Bright Green Field
black midi Cavalcade
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


Edited by dougmcauliffe - July 26 2021 at 12:02
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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.
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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





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Originally posted by miamiscot 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 Road For The First Time
Squid Bright Green Field
black midi Cavalcade
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

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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 Road For The First Time
Squid Bright Green Field
black midi Cavalcade
Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues
Weezer OK Human
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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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Perfect Storm - No Air  is a great album.
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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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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic 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.
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Originally posted by davedvd davedvd wrote:


This was a big surprise to me too

Bernardo Lanzetti - Horizontal Rain

https://open.spotify.com/album/0CX7kn753qMkUt7oZDiYxI



Right. I forgot to list this beauty.  Easily my favorite Lanzetti.   
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so far I've just acquired these (all good)

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 ****

also
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites ***
Kansas - Point of Know Return Live and Beyond ****
Big Big Train - Common Ground ****


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This was a big surprise to me too

Bernardo Lanzetti - Horizontal Rain

https://open.spotify.com/album/0CX7kn753qMkUt7oZDiYxI

Line-up / Musicians:
Bernardo Lanzetti (Acqua Fragile, Mangala Vallis, PFM) - Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Programming
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Alesia Baltach - Cello (7)
Marco Brioschi - Trumpet (2)
Andrea Cervetto - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards , Arrangments (2, 4)
Kim Chandler - Backing Vocals (1, 2)
Marco Colombo (Camerata Mediolanense) - Guitars (5, 8)
David Cross (King Crimson) - Violin (1)
Tony Franklin (Derek Sherinian, Lana Lane, Roy Harper) - Bass (1)
Pier Gonella - Guitars (6)
David Jackson (VDGG) - Saxophones and Flutes (3)
Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment, Stick Men, California Guitar Trio, Jon Durant) - Stick (2)
Dario Mazzoli - Bass (5)
Sara Wilma Milani - Backing Vocals (3)
Jonathan Mover - Drums (1, 2, 5, 8)
Carlo Napolitano - Trombone (2)
Alex Polipo - Drums (4)
Giancarlo Porro - Tenor Saxophone and horn section arrangements (2)
Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Planet X, Sons Of Apollo) - Keyboards (1)
Pier Vigolini - Keyboards (6)
Franco Grandoni - Choir conductor (9)
Luisa Baiocco, Federica Bastianelli, Silvia Metelli, Michelle Rainone, Gabriele Santoni, Teo Tiburzi, Gabriele Serano - Choir (9)
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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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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


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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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