What is REALLY new in the world of Prog Rock??

Finnforest wrote: I have a confession. I just don't view music like this anymore. I don't care if it's "progressive." I don't care if it's something new, pushing boundaries, or complex. I just like music. It might be completely obscure RPI. It might be the Carpenters. Or AC/DC (Bon era, of course). I listen to tons of late '70s pop songs. Favorite modern rock is The Beths, The Warning, Cherry Glazerr, Starcrawler to name a few. Don't get me wrong. There are a ton of prog bands I love, but I love them because I like their music. Not because they are progressive, complex, or doing anything "new and groundbreaking." Just don't care about those considerations. No offense intended. Not trying to diss the thread topic. Just my two cents.

I love your attitude! and agree with it! An artist might even move away from that which we call "Prog" and still make great music, right?!

I second Jim's motion: I just like music.

About being innovative, what not looks rather derivative from some previous, specific music, that is innovative enough to me, as that's what matters to me.






Edited by David_D - 15 hours 51 minutes ago at 07:41

Yeah if you want to find new music (as it is released ) AP is a wonderful website. Each newly released album has a link attached so you can listen. It’s a great way to hear what’s new.And if you find something new you can add it yourself. It’s easy to see that Mike takes his website very seriously and is always improving. RYM is way too restrictive and complicated to list new albums. I tried to list albums on RYM … what a nightmare.

Edited by Valdez - 15 hours 17 minutes ago at 08:15

David_D wrote: David_D wrote: About being innovative, what not looks rather derivative from some previous, specific music, that is innovative enough to me, as that's what matters to me. For instance, The Snow Goose and Eloy's Ocean are surely influenced by Pink Floyd, but I still love them.

Maybe it's just me but I don't really hear a PF influence on Snow Goose. I'm not sure what influence it is other than maybe classical music but I really don't hear Floyd. I guess we all hear what we hear. You are definitely right about Eloy though especially on Ocean and SC&ME.

Some readers may prefer seeing suggestions posted. It's a great topic, and it would benefit from sticking to it.

Lewian wrote: Some readers may prefer seeing suggestions posted. It's a great topic, and it would benefit from sticking to it.

Let's see ... "shattering boundaries". I'm struggling to come up with recommendations, having listened to a really wide range of releases over the years especially from the RIO/Avant/Experimental corner of prog, there is hardly anything left that hasn't been done. Even when turning to pure noise, there is a wide variety of artists ...

It's been a long time since I've heard something truly unique. Last year there was Geordie Greep (black midi) who really managed to surprise me. This year Devin Townsend really wowed me with The Moth, but it's not yet out as a formal release. Today I listened to Atomic Time - Subsounds, really nice Floydian mix of prog rock awesomeness. Other than that, I really enjoyed Brass Camel's latest release, they're having a blast of a time just Art Rocking with tremendous groove.

And of course, Igorrr's new release is coming up




Edited by MikeEnRegalia - 8 hours 57 minutes ago at 14:35

Looking forward to that new Igorrr

verslibre wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Hrychu wrote: Have Squarepusher and Radiohead ever identified as prog bands? From what I've seen they're not universally put into the progressive rock category by their listeners. Nope but neither are Phish, Tool or Muse. And while we're at it there's probably a lot of fans of Pink Floyd, Rush and Genesis who don't know the term prog let alone what it is. Tool is categorized as a prog band by many people, and they're on PA. https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1199

Ok, so what if I took out Tool and put in Primus instead.

This came out last year but I think it fits the topic. Richard Henshall - "Mu"

Are we derailing this thread, though? The semi-tangential discussions are after all still related to the subject of "what is or isn't new". I'd say it is on-topic. Besides, I personally can't post a lot of examples that fit cstack's criteria, simply because, all the recent rock music I personally listen to with pleasure (yes, modern bands) is either timeless or retro sounding.