Modern Progressive Art Rock Albums (#1-201)

 This is kind of my Holy Bible of Rock music this Century.

Admittedly, it's a long, bloated list with many artists with several albums each included, but still warranted for me.

This really is my shit, and I feel like 1 of the only people who champions this hybrid of styles that connect through being progressive or artsy with modern rock/pop/folk/electronic/post/math/chamber music.

Certainly, it's not definitive, but it is the best I can do for now without overthinking for countless more hours/days/weeks/months or even years.

It's going to be reviewed in the coming days/weeks on the allmediareviews blog YouTube Channel likely starting 12/1/22.

List on Rateyourmusic.com

Playlist on YouTube (13 Videos, 6-8 hours?)

released February 11, 2008

1 Apes and Androids - Blood Moon

released October 8, 2002

2 dredg - El cielo

released May 15, 2001

3 Ours - Distorted Lullabies

released September 20, 2005

4 Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

released March 6, 2007

5 Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie

released April 6, 2010

6 The River Empires - The River Empires (Epilogue)

released May 22, 2007

7 The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading

released January 30, 2012

8 Pepe Deluxé - Queen of the Wave

released April 26, 2005

9 The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse

released October 21, 2008

10 Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers

released April 15, 2008

11 Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)

released October 23, 2003

12 Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster

released February 21, 2015

13 Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself, and Remove Your Sandals

released September 19, 2005

14 Oceansize - Everyone Into Position

released April 10, 2006

15 Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third

released October 1, 2007

16 Oceansize - Frames

released September 19, 2005

17 Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites

released August 26, 2008

18 The Reign of Kindo - Rhythm, Chord & Melody

released June 9, 2009

19 dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion

released June 21, 2015

20 Kaddisfly - Horses Galloping on Sailboats

released September 14, 2010

21 Cloud Cult - Light Chasers

released June 21, 2005

22 dredg - Catch Without Arms

released March 1, 2005

23 The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

released July 18, 2005

24 Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself

released October 4, 2011

25 Mutemath - Odd Soul

released September 4, 2015

26 The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

released June 16, 2003

27 Mew - Frengers

released May 22, 2000

28 Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

released February 2004

29 Blackfield - Blackfield

released October 21, 2008

30 The Stiletto Formal - ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta!

released May 31, 2010

31 Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

released June 17, 2003

32 The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

released August 3, 2004

33 The Velvet Teen - Elysium

released February 1, 2005

34 Bend Sinister - Through the Broken City

released August 29, 2011

35 Kimbra - Vows

released June 12, 2007

36 Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True

released April 16, 2012

37 Anathema - Weather Systems

released May 10, 2010

38 Foals - Total Life Forever

released March 28, 2005

39 Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

released January 20, 2009

40 Umphrey's McGee - Mantis

released June 15, 2015

41 Everything Everything - Get to Heaven

released February 12, 2016

42 Cloud Cult - The Seeker

released March 12, 2002

43 Archive - You All Look the Same to Me

released June 14, 2011

44 The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection

released August 19, 2009

45 Mew - No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away

released August 22, 2017

46 Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 3

released October 11, 2011

47 3 - The Ghost You Gave to Me

released February 1, 2011

48 Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After

released September 26, 2006

49 The Dear Hunter - Act I: The Lake South, the River North

released March 6, 2007

50 House of Fools - Live and Learn

released April 24, 2009

51 Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light

released September 21, 2018

52 Eldren - Miss Information Aged

released April 25, 2005

53 Klimt 1918 - Dopoguerra

released July 24, 2007

54 Three - The End Is Begun

released October 23, 2012

55 Vuvuzela - The Hollow Choir

released May 18, 2010

56 Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid

released February 6, 2007

57 Kiss Kiss - Reality vs. the Optimist

released October 12, 2017

58 Small Leaks Sink Ships - Golden Calf

released October 26, 2004

59 3 - Wake Pig

released January 9, 2010

60 Lehto & Wright - Children's Songs

released January 19, 2006

61 Mutemath - Mutemath

released October 16, 2020

62 Dirt Poor Robins - Deadhorse

released June 5, 2004

63 Fair to Midland - Inter.Funda.Stifle

released September 25, 2008

64 夢中夢 [Mutyumu] - イリヤ -Il y a-

released July 7, 2009

65 Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left

released February 25, 2014

66 The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine

released September 9, 2016

67 The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional

released September 8, 2017

68 Mutemath - Play Dead

released November 5, 2002

69 Ours - Precious

released March 30, 2009

70 Archive - Controlling Crowds

released July 10, 2012

released August 15, 201472 Bend Sinister - Small Fame

71 Kimbra - The Golden Echo

released July 10, 2012

72 Bend Sinister - Small Fame

released February 25, 2013

73 Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

released September 29, 2003

74 Muse - Absolution

released March 31, 2007

75 Silverchair - Young Modern

released October 2, 2006

76 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

released March 3, 2009

77 The Antlers - Hospice

released March 30, 2008

78 Kacica - Mosaic

released September 24, 2002

79 Porcupine Tree - In absentia

released July 30, 2013

80 The Reign of Kindo - Play With Fire

released August 18, 2017

81 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream

released June 4, 2014

82 Anathema -Distant Satellites

released November 8, 2019

83 Vonavi - Reflection

released May 25, 2015

84 Vennart - The Demon Joke

released May 13, 2022

85 Gospel - The Loser

released August 23, 2002

86 Murder by Death - Like the Exorcist, But More Breakdancing

released August 16, 2012

87 Brice Plays Drums - Man the Animal Cannon

released April 26, 2005

88 Time of Orchids - Sarcast While

released June 23, 2009

89 The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death

released September 29, 2003

90 Oceansize - Effloresce

released March 24, 2008

91 Foals - Antidotes

released October 7, 2003

92 Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

released February 7, 2005

93 Karnivool - Themata

released April 29, 2016

94 Long Distance Calling - Trips

released October 28, 2002

95 Sigur Rós- ( )

released April 3, 2000

96 Doves - Lost Souls

released February 22, 2000

97 Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans

released February 25, 2006

98 Anathallo - Floating World

released April 6, 2018

99 The Family Crest - The War: Act I

released 2002.

100 Clann Zú - Rua

released August 18, 2009

101 Ramona Falls - Intuit

released January 25, 2006

102 東京事変 [Tokyo Jihen] - 大人 (Adult)

released October 25, 2010

103 Warpaint - The Fool

released August 20, 2007

104 Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice

released July 13, 1999

105 Self - Breakfast With Girls

released November 18, 2008

106 Anathallo - Canopy Glow

released April 27, 2015

107 Mew - + -

released October 7, 2008

108/109 Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Not Animal/Animal!

released October 30, 2007

110 Neverending White Lights - Act II: The Blood and the Life Eternal

released September 5, 2000

111 Self - Gizmodgery

released December 30, 2011

112 House of Fools - Versus the Beast

released August 25, 2017

113 sElf - Ornament & Crime

released January 24, 2014

114 Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema

released June 1, 2012

115 Gatherer - So Be It

released October 14, 2011

116 Team Me - To the Treetops

released January 1, 2001

117 Anathallo - Luminous Luminescence in the Atlas Position

released October 14, 2003

118 Murder by Death - Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?

released March 9, 2009

119 Pure Reason Revolution - Amor vincit omnia

released September 11, 2012

120 Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil

released November 17, 2017

121 King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

released July 3, 2006

122 Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

released August 7, 2007

123 The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

released March 8, 2010

124 Jazzkamikaze - Supersonic Revolutions

released August 18, 2009

125 Mutemath - Armistice

released October 12, 2010

126 Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

released January 23, 2007

127 Menomena - Friend and Foe

released May 1, 2012

128 Ramona Falls - Prophet

released August 27, 2014

129 Team Me - Blind as Night

released November 2, 2009

130 Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

released September 22, 2010

131 22 - Flux

released August 18, 2014

132 Imogen Heap - Sparks

released June 4, 2007

133 Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

released July 27, 2010

134 Timmy Sean - Songs From & Inspired By Noisewater

released January 31, 2014

135 Dream the Electric Sleep - Heretics

released March 13, 2014

136 Grimus - Emergence

released September 9, 2014

137 The Tea Party - The Ocean at the End

released February 3, 2009

138 Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is a Mouth

released August 20, 2013

139 Typhoon - White Lighter

released October 28, 2014

140 Clone - Clone

released June 17, 2008

141 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

released May 7, 2021

142 Squid - Bright Green Field

released September 10, 2013

143 Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady

released April 4, 2004

144 The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives

released April 13, 2018

145 Kindo - Happy However After

released August 4, 2018

146 Childish Japes & Dave Vives - Salamander

released May 20, 2022

147 The Family Crest - The War: Act II

released June 1, 2004

148 Clann Zú - Black Coats & Bandages

released August 18, 2017

149 Steven Wilson - To the Bone

released May 30, 1999

150 dredg - Leitmotif

released October 14, 2006

151 Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go

released February 24, 2010

152 東京事変 [Tokyo Jihen] - スポーツ (Sports)

released October 22, 2021

153 Pepe Deluxé - Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1

released May 16, 2006

154 Russian Circles - Enter

released May 15, 2007

155 People for Audio - The New Ancients

released March 2, 2015

156 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

released October 18, 2018

157 Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells

released May 14, 2007

158 Battles - Mirrored

released August 23, 2005

159 Neverending White Lights - Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies

released October 9, 2000

160 Godspeed You Black Emperor- Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!

released November 6, 2020

161 Vennart - In the Dead, Dead Wood

released September 30, 2014

162 Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 2

released January 29, 2013

163 Local Natives - Hummingbird

released August 18, 2009

164 As Tall as Lions - You Can't Take It With You

released February 2, 2009.

165 note. - my city of ghosts, stars and hours

released February 22, 2019

166 The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality

released September 3, 2014

167 The Mercury Tree - Countenance

released November 22, 2019

168 A Formal Horse - Here Comes a Man From the Council With a Flamethrower

released April 10, 2007

169 Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8

released October 6, 2009

170 Brooke Waggoner - Go Easy Little Doves

released February 6, 2007

171 Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

released April 26, 2019

172 Local Natives - Violet Street

released March 8, 2005

173 Kaddisfly- Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn

released November 15, 2022

174 Dirt Poor Robins - Queen of the Night

released November 7, 2011

175 Jimmy Gnecco - The Heart: X Edition

released September 9, 2016

176 Local Natives - Sunlit Youth

released November 19, 2013

177 Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 1

released March 18, 2022

178 Midlake - For the Sake of Bethel Woods

released March 11, 2014

179 Bend Sinister - Animals

released September 11, 2008

180 Adebisi Shank - This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank

released June 4, 2021

181 Giant Sky - Giant Sky

released March 5, 2013

182 Cloud Cult - Love

released August 30, 2021

183 The Mask of the Phantasm - New Axial Age

released September 13, 2008

184 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer

released September 19, 2014

185 Markéta Irglová - Muna

released April 7, 2015

186 Timbre - Sun & Moon

released April 2, 2013

187 The Dear Hunter - Migrant

released May 20, 2016

188 Bent Knee - Say So

released April 3, 2020

189 Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea

released February 12, 2007

190 Blackfield - Blackfield II

released June 18, 2001

191 Muse - Origin of Symmetry

released February 6, 2007

192 The Apples in stereo - New Magnetic Wonder

released April 2, 2007

193 fields. Everything Last Winter

released August 3, 2010

194 The Reign of Kindo This Is What Happens

released April 8, 2008

195 Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

released March 4, 2016

196 Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution

released October 17, 2006

197 Annuals - Be He Me

released August 11, 2008

198 Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel

released March 9, 2010

199 Emanuel and The Fear - Listen

released April 2008

200 The Chap Mega Breakfast

released July 23, 2021

201 A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet

Ours - From Where You Are

omg this song is unbelievably good!

This is what I would assume is a tune from Spectacular Sight III which an updated entry I posted last year would suggest otherwise, however that was when it was only going to be a single disc. SS is likely to be a double and that along with waiting to release it may now have had Jimmy add/edit/reconfigure the track list.

Regardless, this sounds like an Ours classic. The melody or theme is maybe a little repetitive, but the emotion in it is so rich, it only helps bring out its power and beauty.

Jimmy Gnecco interview podcast 8/17/19

I haven't listened to all of this yet (people talking at my work makes it hard, so I often pause frequently, sometimes for a long duration of time).

But there's a lot of good, brutally honest information and opinions Jimmy tells about.

He talks about why he's not on Social Media and why he remains quiet given the way the Music Industry is, and has been for a decade or more really.

Very similar to the approach Daniel Victor and Neverending White Lights have been.

And he reitrates how he wrote some 200 Songs over the course of the last decade or more, and with New Age Heroine II, Spectacular Sight III and several other projects/albums yet to be released, only like 40% of those will be recorded and released.

I don't have the time to spill my guts about how I feel about this, but just to say why I have been a loyal fan and lover of his music and way of doing things.

Those songs will all hopefully be released down the road, and the new single this Friday along with Spectacular Sight III are to be incredibly excited about.

But it just goes back to how much music there is from this man to be heard, and it frankly shouldn't matter if NOBODY EVERY CATCHES ON. WHICH IS BAFFLING AND PATHETIC, BUT KEEP BEATING THAT DEAD HORSE AND EVENTUALLY SOMETHING MAY CHANGE.

IN THE MEAN TIME, THE MUSIC IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR US FANS WHO DO GET IT (ALREADY).

The Spirit of Kevin Gilbert is in Jimmy Gnecco and Ours....

Ours - Slipping Away

I-N-T-E-N-S-E .. getting a Mercy-vibe to this one.

Spectacular Sight 2020!

Video: Ours, Arch/Matheos, Cale Parks

Video showing the physical items. Unsure how many more videos I'll make before I move, although with a lot of PTO coming soon, I may make more. But this may be 1 of the final videos showing new vinyl in the storage space.

I forgot the title of the Courtney Swain album Between Blood and Ocean.

I should try and make a video about DS9 and the doc soon if/when I find the time. Maybe on 1 of those PTO days if not sooner.



Ours - New Age Heroine II (Vinyl+CD) Arch / Matheos - Wintere Ethereal (Vinyl+CD) Cale Parks - To Swift Mars [EP] (CD) Courtney Swain - Between Blood and Ocean
Dead to Me: New Netflix show

2018-2019 Midseason Albums List

Pretty good 1st half of the year, although it does seem like in 2017 and some other years, none of the albums are clear-cut #1 or #1 and #2 really.

I.e. there aren't any 5 or even 4.5-star albums at this point for me. But I'll say those top 6 albums are all solid records, which in past years, sometimes the midseason list can come across as sparse in some ways.

I would hardly be surprised if among those 6 or even the top 10, if the large percentage of them stay at least in the top 20, if not top 10.

Foals, Local Natives and Ours especially are kind of historical staples and have always shown up pretty high in my list, which I suppose is kind of predictable, but shouldn't be discounted as they are all albums I enjoy and likely always will.

I guess the next 6 months will show what else will find its way in there. Some heavy hitters are coming (dredg, assuming their album is released this year. It would not be surprising if it came in 2020, and King's X is very likely given they started recording last month).

Plus the unexpected unknowns/unaware/unannounced albums (from past anticipations..say like Imogen Heap or Gotye or a lot of others found in this entry back in December

I will say, if that Dirt Poor Robins album comes out, it will be a very big deal for me, so I would not be surprised to fanboy it a bit and it'll crack the top 10 come November. But it may not fully come out then, but only some Singles or an EP per it's not like Neil and Kate live off and are spend all their time with DPR (sadly, it doesn't pay their bills I don't believe).

edit: Also a YouTube Video?..time permitting of course, but I would/will try and make 1.



1. Foals - Everything Saved Will Not Be Lost Part 1

Love pretty much all of this. "Syrups" maybe being my favorite. The last 3 minutes, the build/energy is really great.

Exits, White Onions, In Degrees, Sunday Morning, ...more or less every tune I enjoy. From high energy to funky and almost dance-able sections.

And Part 2 should be not ignored, which potentially I may see as 1 record (maudlin of the Well, 22 and others).


2. Ours - New Age Heroine II

A huge deal to have another Ours album come out (and likely the 1st of a bunch within the next year or 2).

"Fly" is among the best tunes they've made.

"Get-You-On-Your-Feet-So-You-Can-Fly...."

"Pain Aside" is quite catchy and another favorite.

Kill Me, You Are the Light, My Love, the title track are all enjoyable and growers. Even some of the other ballads I enjoy more now. But then again, Ours I'm a pretty massive fanboy so that factors in.


3. Owel - Paris

Kind coming out of nowhere to win me over.  "Get Out Stay Out" is probably the 1st go-to tune. Quite epic with the strings and other things.

The Mew fanboy in me finds this band and album really moving.

And like I posted in the entry about it, even though I hear besides Mew, a bunch of other bands, the songwriting works really well, it doesn't matter.

Their singer almost sounds like Jessy Ribordy in certain moments.

No Parachutes, Roma White, I Saw Red, Being Human is Weird, Jumble Gem, Goodnight, Weather Report among the others I keep going back to and liking more.


4. 22 - You Are Creating Limb 2

More great new tunes from 22.

"Call me Trimtab" and "Chroma Key" among the best tunes on the You Are Creating full LP.


5. The Claypool/Lennon Delirium - South of Reality

Been won over by this band's new album. Very Retro Funk/Psych/Beatles-sy.

I might be even more attached to it, minus the Claypool-humor, which is evident in small doses, but hardly unnoticed.

The 1st 4 or 5 tunes though all seem to work in different ways.


6. Local Natives - Violet Street
The production at points is different, especially on some of the snare sound. But I'll admit, these guys did it again! Catchy, funky at times, and experimental.

They manage to try new things and get them to work.

There's even some heavy, thick synths on here, that I might not enjoy, but somehow they pull them off.

"When Am I Gonna Lose You" is poppy as hell, and yet really layered and well composed. Maybe their catchiest tune since "World News."

"Cafe Amarillo" 'Shy" "Megaton Mile" 'Someday Now" and "Gulf Shores" are all enjoyable. Gulf Shores if I recall is the 1 with those synths that shouldn't but somehow are pulled off.

Taylor Rice's vocals at times are odd, and almost gang/multi-tracked without a single tracked vocal line, which kind of threw me off on this album. But I have warmed-up to them quickly and even some of the sonic elements.

I will certainly be going back to this album, and potentially it'll leap over some of these others.

These guys are almost like Mutemath or King's X. The moment I start to get down on them, their album wins me over. And I've been a fan since 2007, so I shouldn't be surprised I guess. they've always been great songwriters and all of their albums are good.

I guess Hipsters...you know, but sometime my bands are among the hipsters and vice-versa.

Another winning album from Local Natives!



7. Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP]

Some older tunes from the S/T and Armistice period mostly newly? recorded by Paul Meany, which for no other reason, adds appeal.


8. East of the Wall - NP Complete

"Clapping on the Ones and Threes" "Somn 6" and "Non Functional Harmony" are among my favorites, although I'll admit, after loving the initial singles, I haven't managed to go back to this one enough yet.



9. Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands

Surprising how much I'm enjoying this. "Ramalama" "WDMCF" and "Come Up" probably are the biggest winners here, although I find the flow of this album really works better than I expected.

Probably the best music Jon's made since "Open" even if technically much of this was written and recorded before that.


10. Motorpsycho - The Crucible

Maybe the 1st album I am fully on board with this band. The title track is a prog epic that for the most part works quite well. And with only 3 tunes, it seems to not overstay its welcome.

The 2nd piece "Lux Aeterna" is another banger.

Blending grindy stoner rock with horns and strings? it seems to work here.

The Crimson/Soft Machine element really works well at times.


11. The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk

Composed entirely with Microtonal tuning. This is bizarre how it seems the majority of the music is almost overtly in minor keys, yet it still works on a melodic level.

I don't think I've heard and enjoyed something like this since getting into Time of Orchids or possibly Deerhoof, many years ago.

Really ambitious, and while I don't know how addicted it'll get, I really enjoy a lot of it on more than 1 level.

"Arc of an Ilk" "Disremembered" "I am a Husk" are among my favorites.


12. Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
Enjoyable, including some Dream Theater and Pat Metheny-like moments among other things (some catchy jazzy funk). Although I'd be lying to say I've listened to it enough to put it higher.

They ultimately may be more of a great live band, with the studio albums only being Luke warm.


13. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

I'm finding this more enjoyable than their last 2 albums. "Fall Into the Light" and "Barstool Warrior" are both fun tunes.

"Untethered Angel" 'Room 137" also work

"S2N" is rather unusual for Dream Theater, but on some levels I like how different it is.

Decent album, and one I can see going back to some here and there. It's not massively long and the meandering instrumental sections are more in-check.


14. Equipose - Demiurgus

Interesting progressive tech death, with some cool mostly acoustic and jazzy sections in-between the insanity.

Is this in the caliber of Spawn of Possession? I doubt it, but it may have a little more appeal than say most if not all of the Obscura records.


15. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Fishing for Fishes

Slightly improved vocals, but not all that different than some of their others.
Cyboogie is a fun closer but not unlike many of their tunes, it gets a bit too repetitive after 4 or 5 minutes.

This is their 14th album I count, since 2012, and 8th since 2015, so the quantity over quality argument can still be raised with this and them, but like some of their others (Polygonwanaland), it may grow some.

Then again Polygon is their most overtly Prog, so go figure.


16. Sermon - Birth of the Marvellous
Leprous meets Green Carnation (and Hands of Despair)? I enjoy much of this, although it's kind of samey at points.

"The Descend" and "The Drift" are my 2 favorites.


17. Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light

Not short, but still enjoyable for the most part. Maybe the best parts of this is some of the Middle Eastern material (or using Sitar and some other instruments).

"Under the Eye of the Sun" and the 11+minute piece "Those Golden Wings" are my early favorites.

I wonder if he'll play some of this album at the show in October beyond the much beloved Genesis work (the full Selling England!).


18. Muse - Simulation Theory

Some nice love-letters to the 80's (The Dark Side and Thought Contagion), although the production is almost a deal-breaker at times.


19. Buke and Gase - Scholars


20. Mind Cinema - Sleep Clinic

Indietronica with some moments, but the electronic drums kind of killed it for me.


21. Facing New York - Dogtown

Fair comeback.


22. Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission

"Drowning in the Sound" is the 1 I enjoy. Sadly, I will just say most of the rest of this record lost me, Even the little instrumental interludes are just kind of meh for me.


23. Queensryche - The Verdict

No expectations. "Light-years" is decent enough.


24. Dan Mangan - More or Less
Not his best.

Mean to still hear:


Cats in Space - Day Trip to Narnia

Still need to hear.



Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana

The most recent single "L'imprevisto" is quite enjoyable. The Keith Emerson-like section in the middle is well composed and reason to want to hear the rest of this.


Radical Face - Therapy [EP]

Haven't checked it out, although I guess this is Ben Cooper's most simplistic/stripped-down record which if that is the case, I may not even bother sadly. I guess I will see if I find the time and report back.

I worry I may get a similar reaction that I did to the Amanda Palmer record unfortunately.


Alan Parsons - The Secret

I have not, but still plan to listen to this.

The new/single VIDEO for "I Get There From Here" and its connection to the 2/12-years delayed John Francis Daley film 5-25-77 adds a bit to this.

5/1/19-10/31/19 Anticipation


Arch / Matheos - Winter Ethereal

Album of the Year? the 1st 2 singles "Straight and Narrow" and "Wanderlust" are bangers and among the best songs I've heard this year.

Friday May 10th. 


Masvidal - Mythical

Yes, Paul Masvidal of Cynic's new project. This is the 1st of 3 albums coming out.


Moron Police - A Boat on the Sea
This is coming in June. the 1st single is really fun. Next one is coming next Friday May 10th and I guess is a little heavier.


The Pneumatic Transit - Chordae Tendineae
Coming on June 14th. I heard it and enjoy a lot of it, albeit a little different from the debut album. Still, they continue to be among the best jazz-rock artists currently making music.



Thank You Scientist - Terraformer 
Coming on June 14th.

Despite my issues with their vocalist sounding like Claudio Sanchez, their music and even the material I heard from this album live has me interested. This is another 2019 double album which may help or hurt this for me.


Ulver - Drone Activity
Coming on May 11th I guess. I don't need Drone music, but their last album was really good and had charm.


Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 
This is coming in September. Wikipedia already has many (8) of the confirmed tracks.

It's supposed to be heavier, probably more in the vein of What Went Down, but it was written when Part 1 was I guess.

Lumping the 2 albums together may happen as far as this blog/my aoty list. It depends.
Regardless, I'm fucking stoked for this after loving Part 1 so much. Foals more or less can do no wrong for me right now.

Titles
Dirt Poor Robins - Dead Horse
Fish - Weltschmertz
Ours - Spectacular Sight 3
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase


Some of the Artists/Bands awaiting more info: (also see this Anticipation Entry also referenced above)
Bent Knee
Disillusion
dredg
Enchant
Flying Colors
Fjokra
iamthemorning
King's X
Neverending White Lights
Pepe Deluxe
Soundscape
The Tea Party

Owel - Paris (2018-2019)

Classic Case of I've been checking out, but still have yet to hear an entire album (or heard it to form a semi-accurate opinion).

However, I've listened to about 2/3 of this album once, and some of the 1st couple of tracks a few times to know I am pretty much won over.

Credit goes to a super Mew/The Dear Hunter and PCR fan like myself named Heather whose maybe known best for her work on the MewX podcast.

Edits will likely have to happen, but this album dropped last Friday March 29th and Heather along with others comparisons to MEW along with some others (Oceansize and Kindo) had me curious.

Lorenzo from altprogcore also posted about them on twitter and his blog I assume.

Lots of great strings, namely Violin.

I hear Jazzkamikaze, Paper Route, Team Me, Ours, The Receiving End of Sirens, Aereogramme, Miracles of Modern Science, Revere and a lot of others.

The vocals are probably the biggest challenge, but technically their singer is pretty good. And the vocal lines are well-written. He just has a bit of an "Emo" or Youthful side (but not really like Anthony Green thankfully for me).

That and I suppose partially due to originality. They do remind me of a lot of other artists, however I think their songwriting is good enough it may not matter.

And this is their 3rd album, so I may have to go back to their previous two LPs eventually.

but for now, another album and ARTIST to come out of nowhere on my radar, that is doing progressive college rock with strings and dreamy dynamic parts that I totally go for.

And they're from New Jersey, so maybe I'll have a chance to see them live at some point.

Also they covered "The Crowing" from Coheed and Cambria, which I will have to check out soon.

Ours - Pretty Pain (remix)

sounds more layered and the arrangement is a bit different.

Yeah, I am very curious about the rest of the remixed Ballet the Boxer tunes now.

👍👍👍👍

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 (2018-2019)

Just posting this along with some more stuff about Part 1.

I don't have my vinyl copy yet of ENSWBLP Part 1, but given payday is Friday, I will try and find a copy in retail (Cheapo, or maybe Barely Bros?). But I guess inside it shows that cover art for ENSWBLP Part 2 and says it's coming in September.

There's some confirmed tracks included on the Wiki page linked below.



Enemy
Wiki


To follow-up, I finally got to hear all of Part 1 yesterday and here's a comment I left on rym:


last 2 mins of Syrups is gold.

These guys are incredibly consistent. Almost unmatched within the last decade.

New stripped down/raw video for "White Onions"..but yeah these guys keep doing their thing and their thing really works well. I'm not sure if/when that will not happen, but I am a happy Foals fan still with this 1st new album, and the 2nd one coming in September I am naturally just as excited for. Perhaps they can buck the trend of bands releasing 2 or double albums in 1 year and both not working. Although Ours also may buck that trend later this year as well.

And I can probably give Foals and Ours the top spots on my AOTY race already.

Jimmy Gnecco w/ Royston Langdon @ 7th Street Entry 3/7/19

This is I count the 8th time I've seen Jimmy Gnecco live, and only the 2nd Solo. The 1st Solo as a quasi-Headliner in the "Someone to Die For" tour.

The other being when he opened for Greg Laswell which oddly, I believe was the last time I saw him, at The 7th Street Entry as well in 2013? I think it was.

Just Jimmy and April Bauer, no full-band. Jimmy on Acoustic guitar and April played on a number of tunes, adding synths (mellotron patches?).

Royston aka Leeds joined Jimmy for a couple of David Bowie tunes which were fun, although I would have enjoyed Jimmy singing some on Life on Mars?

But it was pretty epic, and the set list and length was not planned.

A lot of crowd interaction and storytelling, some maybe I might try to edit-in that I don't have time right now for.

the New Age Heroine stuff was great, Fly even more stripped down, was still the epic piece that it is. And the title track.

Even Made to Love, which is 1 of the tunes I'm only luke warm about on the record, was quite moving live.


The song on setlist.fm that is "Unknown" I think I know, but am not certain if it's unreleased or a song off 1 of the versions of The Heart (The Bells?)..The Bells is 1 of my favorites and has this cool busy guitar outro, which Jimmy played on the tune that I believe is marked "Unknown."

Anyway, time is not on my side, but yeah, another epic show from Jimmy.

There's some stuff he mentioned about Spectacular Sight and other anecdotes that would be worth sharing soon, hopefully in due time.

Also a shout-out to Rachel and Beth, 2 other Ours fans who remembered me from many shows I attended in the past. Local-Ours fanatics like myself.

Red Colored Stars (Ours song)
Here Is the Light (Ours song)
I'm a Monster (Ours song)
Mystery
Fly
Bleed (Ours song)
Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie cover) (with Royston Langdon)
Life on Mars? (David Bowie cover) (with Royston Langdon)
(Unknown, The Bells?)
The Heart
Made to Love
Sometimes (Ours song)
Medication (Ours song) (Partial; straight into next song)
Dizzy (Ours song)
I Heard You Singing
Across the Clouds
New Age Heroine
The Worst Things Beautiful (Ours song)
Places (Ours song)

New Jimmy Gnecco interview

https://crypticrock.com/interview-jimmy-gnecco-of-ours/

Holy crap Spectacular Sight may have 20 songs?

epic, stadium-like?

and the proper tour for it will not be in Clubs, but bigger venues?

the Remix of Ballet the Boxer 1 sounds maybe more different than how The Heart: X Edition came out.

If I get the chance to speak with Jimmy at the show next month in Minneapolis, I may have to ask about some of this stuff.

2018-2019 Albums Anticipation

Fun year ahead as many long awaited albums from artists whose last release was many years ago, very likely will be coming.

Already Ours, 22 and some others are among my top albums.

But 1 thing I wonder about is how 2019 may be like 2009, the year the same thing kind of happened; many long awaited albums came out, or long on hiatus artists put out new albums, etc.

2009 was the end of 2000's but it was also just a year with a ton of depth.

I wonder if 2019 the same may happen.

And then of course come the end of 2019, many will be making their best of the decade and even 21st Century best of's, which is fine, although i contend many records I will hear long after the end of this year and would want to shoehorn them in post-haste.

There is something about real-time, enjoying music not long after it's released or made. But the issue always is, not hearing it at-the-time given any number of reasons.

I dunno, I guess we'll see. Certainly Pepe Deluxe, dredg, King's X, Arch Matheos and the Ours albums are among my most anticipated.

This new Amanda Palmer album is...intriguing to say the least. 20 tracks, 10 instrumentals. And 1 she spent a number of years on.

But then again, there's a good chance my top 5 or 25 albums come next November will include a percentage that aren't mentioned below. That seems to be the case every year, so I wouldn't be shocked if this year is no different.


22 - You Are Creating: Limb 2

Release in November, 2nd part of the You Are Creating concept. This also released with Limb 1, so in a way it's a double album.

I'm really enjoying this, maybe as much as Limb 1 and it makes the whole You Are Creating release even better.


Arch / Matheos

Super stoked for this album. Sympathetic Resonance is a favorite prog metal record this decade, and of course I and so many other Fates Warning love John Arch.


Bent Knee

All their albums are really good, Land Animal, their last record from 2017 among those. Ben Levin told me last Summer another album was in the works, and given how prolific they are, I would hardly be surprised.


Biffy Clyro - Balance, Not Symmetry [Original Soundtrack]
The film was shot last September, and the Soundtrack I thought was coming long before the film which comes out in 2019.

But I can't find it right now.

They also have something titled Jungle Adventures with Nick Knowles on Wikipedia for 2019.



Dirt Poor Robins

The EP's and Raven Locks graphic novel are among the biggest things I'm excited for this new music year/season. I love more or less every song they've recorded.


Disillusion
I guess a lot of it has been Crowd-aided, but the 1st new Disillusion album since Gloria from 2006 is apparently planned to come out finally in 2019. The 2016 single "Alea" is incredible.


Dream the Electric Sleep

Their 2018 release New Giants Underground was old material I guess re-recorded. But in 1 or 2 posts on Facebook, I recall Matt Page mentioned how there was a new album of new-material coming soon as well.


Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

They spent a little more time. I have yet to check out the 1st single, but many comments say it sounds like Octavarium in some ways. But also somewhat Dream Theater by the numbers.

Odds are more will find interest in it, including myself, than The Astonishing at least.


dredg

They got together at various times during 2018 to write. They've been posting here and there on Social Media about it, how it's coming in 2019. Even just today (12/10/18) they posted also a "boxed set / scrap book" release, along with a new album and touring.

Fanboy-bias..super intrigued.

Maybe a 2nd-life/comeback etc..chances are it will not resemble Chuckles, as much as I enjoy that album, many do not. I'm not sure how much they would do that thing again, at least under the dredg name.

Anyway..depending on things, as regular activity about the details will show up on my Social Media if not in here as well.

Definitely a Top 10 Anticipated.


East of the Wall
I love The Apologist and Farmer's Almanac.

Redaction Artifacts I honestly don't remember all that well. But that came out 6 years ago. Given the time they spent on this upcoming album, I'm pretty curious about it.


Enchant - Beauty and Sadness
They had a boxed set that came out earlier this year and I recall from an interview at ProgStock, with both Doug Ott and Ed Platt, they were looking to release this new album Beauty and Sadness in 2018.

I don't believe it came in 2018, so it may not be too far away.


Erthlings
(Relatively) New all-female band from down under who sound enough like Warpaint I want to check out what they do. Their 1st 2 singles came out in 2018, so 2019 may find more music coming, which given they have been together for many years, they likely have a number of songs they could record and release.



Facing New York - Dogtown
This is released this coming week, 12/14/18. 1st Facing New York album since 2008.

I was never a huge fan, but something about the long hiatus and now a new record has me curious about this.


Fish - Weltschmertz
The final proper studio album from the former Marillion frontman.
I enjoyed the A Parley with Angels EP enough to be still looking forward to this one quite a bit. Maybe given it is his retirement album, there may be a little more to it (some of the Marillion guys as guests?).


Flying Colors
Their 3rd album is anticipated, although I don't know how late in the year it may come given the schedules of so many of the members. But Portnoy has mentioned in a few interviews the plans are to make the 3rd LP in 2019.


Foals
These guys are rather prolific and have hinted on Social Media about their next album. They have 4 excellent albums, their last being What Went Down in 2015 which was one of my favorites that year.


King's X
Along with a book and documentary, a new King's X album is planned to finally come in 2019. The 1st in 11 years. I'm kind of a life-r, so I am naturally really excited for this. Their last record XV was very strong.


Local Natives
They have toured and mentioned LP4 a number of times on Social Media. And they are a bit like Foals, being pretty prolific and active. I wouldn't be surprised to see their next album come in 2019.

Sunlit Youth from 2016 was quite good and compares favorably among their excellent catalog.


Muse - Simulation Theory
This was released in November and while some of it sounds overproduced, it also has somewhat of a cool love letter to the 80's. "The Dark Side" and "Thought Contagion" maybe being my favorites.

I guess I am probably higher on it than their last record Drones, but at the same time, I don't know how often I will listen to the whole thing given the production among some other reasons.

I'd still love to see them live again.

 
Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP]
Paul Meany found some older tracks and re-mixed or even re-recorded them? I forget. The 1st 2 videos I checked I enjoyed. I don't want to look at this as a farewell as more of a transition release.

I love Mutemath though, so I'm bound to dig this, although I still haven't heard it all.



Neverending White Lights

Daniel Victor posted on Social Media a handful of times in the last year+ about writing and recording, so while that does not guarantee anything, I am hopeful the 4th NWL album will be coming soon.

Whenever it does, it is one I am very excited for as I enjoy all 3 of the records he's made under the Neverending White Lights moniker. The melancholy, therapeutic stuff never fails for me.


Ours - Part 2: New Age Heroine
This being released in early November, this is an early favorite of mine already.

"Fly" is a standout, but I enjoy almost every track on this album.


Ours - Part 3: Spectacular Sight

The 3 tracks from the sampler sent to Black Card holders in 2017 were all quite good. "Across the Clouds" maybe being my favorite.

Lot of hopes, per I love the 1st 2 Parts of course, fanboy-biased included.

I suppose my only wish is the number of ballads to be a little less, but I can't be sure about that until I hear them per I love a ton of the ballads Jimmy writes.

And it's coming soon, maybe January or February even.


Ours - (TBA)

This is the 3rd album in a year anticipated from Ours. It was supposed to be a Jimmy Gnecco solo record, but he changed his mind when he posted about all the albums last month.

I am anticipating it to be more acoustic but some wonderful tunes fans know him to have performed live for many years.

Will "Living in a Video" or "Shoot the one in the Middle" make it? Mechanical Lovers? "Hurt like a Tattoo" "Forever" "Autumn" (already released online if I recall)..then again, there's likely ANOTHER album not too far away for those if they don't.

Also the remixed version of Ballet the Boxer 1 is coming as well.


Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission
The release date of March 8th, 2019 I literally read about today (12/12/18).

I loved her last two proper studio records Theatre is Evil and Who Killed Amanda Palmer.
Like those, per the email list, she spent a ton of time and emotion into this thing. And per the track list and email list, it sounds like an epic work, having 10 songs and 10 instrumentals (or interludes I think).

I wouldn't be shocked to get pulled into this, but to be honest, it was hardly at the top of my radar, so in a way, it's a minor sleeper. Which are often records I get won over by pretty easily. It honestly happened with those other records in fact, and both were in my top 15 albums for the year they were released.

"Drowning in the Sound" is already available to the Patrons, which I am picky about given it's a min of $1 per month, but it is tempting to sign up and get that and access to a long list of other Patron-only versions of this album (along with other stuff as well like Presale codes, etc)

edit: YouTube stream for Drowning in the Sound


Pepe Deluxe

Can't wait.

a HUGE anticipation if it comes. They take-their-time for good reason as Queen of the Wave is maybe my 2nd favorite album this decade.

I hope I'm not expecting too much here, but I know when this comes out it's going to be a huge deal to me.

And they recorded a number of tracks in Germany in 2018, so stuff has been put to tape already.



Protest the Hero

Looking forward to this. Maybe playing Fortress and Kezia over the past few years brought some new found inspiration. I just hope Roddy's voice is okay, after some concerns earlier this year.


The Red Paintings
Crowd-sourced a few years back. Like Pepe Deluxe..Trash has been taking his time, but 6 years now since The Revolution is Never Coming, this one hopefully will be showing up one of these years.

Love the style, just hope it's not so hotly produced this time.


Sculptured - The Liminal Phase
Been in the works for many years, Facebook shows recording being done in 2018.

Very excited to hear something new from Sculptured as I love Embodiment which goes back to 2008, and their older albums as well.

Samples, piano, chamber instruments with organic sounding proggy black metal?..yes sir!

 
*Shels

Been many years since their last album (2011 I recall the Purple Buffalo album came out), but Facebook shows they have it in the works.

not gonna say anything about the new album - just gonna do it - it has been a beast - and we hope it'll have been worth the wait :)

I Love their use of trumpet!


Snarky Puppy
Culcha Vulcha was pretty sweet, and their live shows standout of course.

No reason to  not check it out, and this album is due in March per a recent press release for it and their tour in May.


Soundscape
Their 2018 2 singles I enjoyed in my fanboy-fashion.

Another epic gap in time since their last album, but they got together in 2018 and recorded a lot; I suspect it wasn't just those 2 new tracks.



Stateless
Like *Shels, I thought they broke up, but not the case. Wikipedia and their Facebook mentions new music coming, so another great blast from the recent past may show up in this coming year.



The Tea Party
The new song "Black River" is pretty good and a new album is likely coming.I loved The Ocean at the End, so I am naturally very excited for a follow-up from these guys.

All the Greta Van Fleet listeners need to hear this band as well (or instead). They've always carried the (Post) Zeppelin torch in a such a great way.


Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
It's been delayed obviously, as it was mentioned in 2017 and maybe even going back to 2016.  Perhaps due to their touring schedule? 

"I Love You But I'm Lost" came out that year anyway, and I would think would be on this.

I enjoy, but haven't been blown away by their post-80's albums, including Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, which 2019 will mark 15 years since.


Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands
Jon Anderson while prolific in some ways, has a million albums, projects, etc that are still yet to come. 
Topic here on progressiveears with Detailed artwork
Video interview here

There's a whose-who on that credits list and this album has been in the works for 27 years I guess. Steve Morse, Ian Anderson, Steve Howe, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chris Squire, Pat Travers, Rick Derringer, Tower of Power, Billy Cobham, Carmine Appice, Chick Corea, Rick Wakeman, Alan White, etc , etc

1000 Hands? Maybe 1000 Musicians? lol.

The record was finished, but it didn't get released this Fall which it may be due to rights and getting the labels so many of these musicians are on, to SIGN OFF on this.

Hopefully it will get cleared and can finally come out in this coming year.


Joey Eppard - Word to the Wise
Like 1000 Hands, this album has been in the works for many years. Joey has just needed the time and means to finish it I guess. But it was announced I think in 2017, with the artwork there.

 
Fjokra
More singles, an EP or an album, or all of them hopefully will be coming soon.

I've come to just hope but not expect it from Fjokra, The last couple of years, the singles and videos Fjokra has done have been great, which hopefully per their success, will lead to more soon, including this coming year.

Anything Fjokra does is a big deal to me of course.


For the Imperium
A new single came out in 2018 "Power Tan," and "Titans Fall" a few years before in 2015 (along a few others per their YouTube channel)

But  its been a number of years since their last record, Hail the Monsters from 2013.

And recently they wrote a lot and recorded 8 songs per their November 9th update on Facebook.

A new album seems likely soon given that.


Genders
Speaking to Maggie Morris last Winter at the Typhoon show where her band Sunbathe opened, she mentioned they had a new album coming.

Now the timing on it could be delayed given her work in Sunbathe, Katherine Paul's music with Black Belt Eagle Scout, etc.

But hopefully the next Genders album will be coming soon given that conversation with her and how long it's been since their last album, 2013's Get Lost , or to be fair, 2016's Phone Home EP. 

 
Gotye

He was I guess recording down the hallway or street from Kimbra when Kimbra was recording songs for what went on Primal Heart.

Been quite awhile since 2011 huge splash Making Mirrors. If I recall, he did make 3 albums with The Basics since, but I have never fully gotten into them.

I know he's done other stuff with art and music, etc which may be also why his next album hasn't come yet; even 1 or 2 stories about him retiring from music, which I thought sounded surprising.

But assuming the comment Kimbra made in at least 1 interview about him recording nearby in NYC, I would hope something from that will show up soon. Even just a new single, etc.


iamthemorning

2018's release Ocean Sounds is a live performance recorded in an isolated area of almost all previously recorded songs. I think 1 or 2 tracks were new. But in at least 1 of the notes about, mentioned a new album would also be coming soon.



Imogen Heap
New music I guess is coming, but she also is touring again. It may be singles or more. I do recall at 1 point in 2018, her posts on twitter mentioned her next recorded work.

But then again, it could be a soundtrack or something else. She is prolific, but at the same time, she has taken her time with her studio albums with many years between them. That being said, 2014's Sparks came out now 5 years ago already.

I will be totally on board whenever it does come as she's brilliant at times. I loved Sparks quite a lot.

edit: Wikipedia
In July 2018, Heap confirmed a new album has been finished, but that she is struggling with contract issues.


Jazzkamikaze

Their last all-instrumental album The Return of Jazzkamikaze was released in 2012, and they do still update their Facebook here and there. I thought I noticed something about writing and/or recording within the last year or 2, per I added them to my list last year for that reason.

Will it be purely Jazz again? we'll see. I would love them to make music with vocals like on Supersonic Revolutions, but I am skeptical ala that was a 1-time experiment. Sadly if it was, it was excellent, but I don't blame them if it wasn't in their interest to make more music like it.


Karnivool 
The 4th LP has been long delayed from anxious, hopeful fans who honestly, are far more rabid than I am about this band, despite the fact I was a fan long before many of them,

I wonder if this is a bit like Australia's Tool. They play live still, but due to time and priorities, the next record is still on the back burner.

It may come soon, or I may be here in 2022 still anticipating it.

I will certainly be looking forward to it when it is talked about, even though Asymmetry from 2013, while not bad, I found kind of forgettable. But their previous 2 LPs have a lot of good music on them as well. The mixing/production of course has been something I'll never get past with the much praised 2nd album Sound Awake.


Lehto and Wright
It's been 7 years now since their last record, 2012's November.

These guys are still among my favorite local artists and Children's Songs matches up among the best albums this decade still.

But 9 years since that came out in 2010.

I'm sure another album will be coming, it's just time and such for them I'm sure. John Wright of course has his other great band The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra who I wouldn't be surprised if an album was in the works for as well.



Spencer Ludwig
Ex-Capital Cities trumpet savant has been on Social Media and released some singles over the last year or 2. When the 1st full-length or EP even comes, I would think isn't too far away. I recall he has label support, etc which helps in terms of time and money to record in studio.

I do think Capital Cities miss him, but how the jist of his solo music compares remains to be heard still.


Moron Police
Their album Defenders of the Small Yard came out in 2014. Fun/funny energetic Hard Rock.
I know Sondre Skollevoll is now a member of Major Parkinson which may be why their next record hasn't come out yet. But I recall asking him on Facebook earlier this year about Moron Police and he said another record was in the works.


Northern Abbey

An EP was mentioned in 2018, which I can totally follow why it didn't come out yet given Nick Lambert's work with this great project being done when time allows.

But whenever it does come, I'm totally looking forward to it as I love both the EPs and the last single "Glimpses" from 2017.


Presto Ballet - The Days Between
I don't even recall hearing their last album, but this record is released this Friday December 14th.

I mainly know this heavy retro classic/prog band from Kurdt Vanderhoof of Metal Church, for their debut Peace Among the Ruins from 2005. But in scanning rateyourmusic, the previous record from 2012 Relic of the Modern World is actually their highest rated.

So beyond this album, I probably need to hear that one and possibly the other 2 records that followed their debut.


Queensryche - The Verdict
The 3rd Todd La Torre album in Queensryche Mark III or IV lineup? of sorts.

Given I can't see missing the show they are doing with Fates Warning, I may need to hear this and spend some time with those other 2 La Torre albums.

This comes out on March 1st.


Shelter Red
Facebook May 22nd, 2018

Shelter Red
"Chained On A Burning Lake"

This is just the beginning of things to come...

#SR2K18

Yeah, so a new record sounds like it could be coming, just #SR2K19 instead.

These guys along with Long Distance Calling remain probably my 2 favorite "Post Metal" bands today, if that tags fully works.


Roine Stolt's The Flower King - Manifesto Of An Alchemist
Time and mood will dictate when I check this out. It came out late last month, so it's for 2018-2019. I guess it's not exactly in the vein of many of TFK's albums, but more song-oriented, which may not matter for me. But at least it is slightly different.

the last The Flower Kings album I was into honestly was The Rainmaker.


Sigur Rós

It's been a few years since Kveikur (2013), and I know some people have mentioned they had a new album coming.

They're huge, so unlikely need money. And I dunno how extensive their tour schedule has been the last few years. But if not extensive, I would think their next record is coming soon.

I do wonder what will happen with their longtime drummer situation as Orri Páll Dýrason had to leave the band earlier this year.


Tiny Giant
Some singles over the last few years suggests a debut album was coming from Chloe Alper's current, main project since the end of Pure Reason Revolution.

They've been kind of quiet over the last year though, and there is a PRR reunion coming in June, but I'm not sure how much that means as far as new music coming from Tiny Giant.

If/when their next release comes, I will check it out as I have liked their singles.


Buke and Gase - Scholars (1/18/19)


Dan Mangan - More or Less
This was released on November 2nd, but I  have yet to hear it.


Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light (1/25/19)

The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure (1/25/19)

I know many are excited about this.


Other names?
Steven Wilson
Cloud Cult
Anathema
Marillion
The Dear Hunter
Pain of Salvation
Kindo
Sound and Shape