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KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD

Glow sticks out for the prolific Aussie group’s 25th release.

Is there no stopping King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard? Apparently not as the Melbourne group dive headlong into album number 25, and, having explored garage rock, psychedelic pop, prog and metal in their 13-year existence, it’s time for them to go all-machine space-disco-rave with The Silver Cord.

They might be ridiculously prolific, but the quality of what they do remains extremely high, even when they’re admittedly out of their comfort zone of guitar-based rock. The Silver Cord showcases their love of Giorgio Moroder, Jean-Michel Jarre and modern electronic dance music, with some new age, mystical touches on Theia and Gilgamesh. Don’t let this last reference be a turn-off; if late-period Tangerine Dream prompts a little bopping, The Silver

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PETER HAMMILL RE-RECORDS HIS ENIGMA-ERA ALBUMS
IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE
GEDDY LEE CONFIRMS SPOKEN-WORD TOUR
Five UK dates, including London, Glasgow and Sheffield, announced for December.
OPETH ANNOUNCED AS BLOODSTOCK HEADLINERS
Enslaved and Green Lung up the prog quota next year too.
MOON SAFARI END 10-YEAR SILENCE
Swedes return this December with the much-anticipated Himlabacken Vol 2.
MOTHERHOOD INSPIRES MYRKUR
The experience of childbirth has helped Amalie Bruun see the world afresh.
ELP OFFSHOOT 3 TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM IN NOVEMBER
Rockin’ The Ritz: Live 1988 makes vinyl debut.
CYAN GO BACK TO THE FUTURE AGAIN!
Rob Reed’s pre-Magenta band rework their second album for November release.
THE OMNIFIC UNVEIL SECOND ALBUM
Idiosyncratic Australian trio continue their singular low-end journey of bass-led prog.
MONG TONG AND MAYA ONGAKU TO TOUR EUROPE
Southeast Asian psych outfits will play UK in November.
FAD GADGETS
Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.
RICK ASTLEY
Inspiring the wider music world…
PROG IN BRIEF
Harp (right), the new musical project of former
THE MYSTICAL HOT CHOCOLATE ENDEAVORS
Dreamy US quartet hit the sweet spot between prog, shoegaze and psych.
SORRY, WE DON’T HEAR A SINGLE
Radio edits just don’t cut it, says a reader.
VOTCHI
Our far-out trip to far-flung prog
PROG IN BRIEF
Progressive quartet Unprocessed’s (right) new album …And Everything
POMEGRANATE TIGER
Canadian multi-instrumentalist reflects on the rise of AI with jam-packed third album.
BEN REED
British jazzer taps into the spirt of Canterbury on latest solo endeavour.
MAEBE
The British guitarist mashing up prog genres to build his ultimate wall of sound.
HEDVIG MOLLESTAD
The Norwegian powerhouse discusses her new collaborative project, retaining artistic freedom, and performing on the same bill as one of her musical heroes.
“We laughed a lot!”
To celebrate the release of Keith Emerson’s Variations box set, Rick Wakeman fondly looks back on his memories with the pioneering musician whom he refers to as his “blood brother in keyboards” and shares details of the concert that he and Emerson once dreamed of playing together.
The Talented Mr Emerson
A remarkable composer, arranger and virtuoso with a ruthless disdain for the wellbeing of the Hammond organs that became part of his signature sound, Keith Emerson built the foundations upon which progressive rock stands to this day. With help from the good and great of prog rock and beyond, here are 30 classic cuts from the genius of the Moog.
TREVOR RABIN
Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Trevor Rabin. The South African-born musician and composer is best known in prog circles for his work with Yes in the 80s and early 90s, but he began his musical journey at a very young age, joining several rock bands in his home country before eventually finding success after he relocated to California. Since the mid-90s, his name has popped up on film soundtrack scores, his credits including action movie Gone In 60 Seconds and the remake of Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. He was part of ARW with former Yes members Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson and, although the project didn’t yield any recorded material, he’s since turned his attentions back to his solo work, with the new album, Rio. He discusses his remarkable career so far and where he hopes his current path will lead
STEVEN WILSON
Modern prog’s great visionary throws away the stylistic rule book to deliver an enigmatic, luxurious post-pandemic masterwork.
EARTHSIDE
Let The Truth Speak MUSIC THEORIES RECORDINGS
DEVENDRA BANHART
Flying Wig MEXICAN SUMMER
EDGAR BROUGHTON
Break The Dark ESOTERIC
CHRISTINA
Bar Stool Prophet TIGERMOTH A
D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS
Sophomore INSIDEOUTMUSIC
DISTRICT 97
Stay For The Ending SPIRIT OF UNICORN MUSIC
THE EMERALD DAWN
In Time WORLD’S END RECORDS
GOAT
Medicine ROCKET RECORDINGS
GONG
Unending Ascending KSCOPE
BRIAN ENO
Top Boy (Score From The Original Series) MUSIC ON VINYL/BEATINK RECORDS
FISH ON FRIDAY
8mm ESOTERIC
GREEN LUNG
This Heathen Land NUCLEAR BLAST
HAWKLORDS
Space HAWKLORDS
HEKZ
Terra Nova BMH AUDIO AOR
MYRKUR
Spine RELAPSE RECORDS
HEAD WITH WINGS
Without Intervention HEADWITHWINGS.BANDCAMP.COM
INFINITE RISING
Awakening INFINITERISING.BANDCAMP.COM
JORDSJØ
Salighet KARISMA
PROGRESSIVE METAL
Dom Lawson buckles up for a delve into the darker, heavier side.
OZRIC TENTACLES
Lotus Unfolding KSCOPE
LALU
The Fish Who Wanted To Be King FRONTIERS
MANZANERA MACKAY
AM.PM BFD
MOLYBARON
Something Ominous INSIDEOUTMUSIC
MOEBIUS
Aspirin CURIOUS MUSIC
PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS
Spooky Action At A Distance INSIDEOUTMUSIC
THE RESONANCE ASSOCIATION
Choose Euphoria TRAHQ.CO.UK
JAZZ PROG
Sid Smith rounds up the best releases from prog’s jazzier reaches.
BRUCE SOORD
Luminescence KSCOPE
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
Dreams, Myths And Machines GRAVITY
STEIN ROGER SORDAL
As I Try To Remember… APOLLON
SOURCE
Emergence LISTENTOSOURCE.COM
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
Grant Moon has a rummage down the back of the Prog sofa for the ones that nearly got away…
Terror Management Theory
SEASON OF MIST An enjoyable yet formulaic introduction from the prog metal supergroup.
THIS WINTER MACHINE
The Clockwork Man WHITE KNIGHT
TIGER MOTH TALES
The Turning Of The World WHITE KNIGHT
KING CRIMSON
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic: 50th Anniversary Edition PANEGYRIC
DUNCAN PARSONS
I’m Here, All Weak DUNCANPARSONS.BANDCAMP.COM
MESHUGGAH
Chaosphere ATOMIC FIRE
STEELY DAN
Aja GEFFEN/UME
MIDGE URE
The Gift CHRYSALIS
XTC
The Big Express BURNING SHED
WHITE WILLOW
Ignis Fatuus KARISMA RECORDS
YES
Yessingles RHINO
FRANK ZAPPA
Over-Nite Sensation UMC
FRANCIS DUNNERY’S IT BITES
Live From The Black Country TIGERMOTH
1972: WHEN PROGRESSIVE ROCK RULED THE WORLD
Kevan Furbank SONICBOND
THE ROCK ARTIST’S PROGRESS
Charles Shorwell SPIRIT OF UNICORN MUSIC
STEWART COPELAND’S POLICE DIARIES
Stewart Copeland ROCKET
YES
Yes in the spotlight. Geddit? Spot-light? There are
HELD BY TREES
VENUE THE HALF MOON, LONDON DATE 21/09/2023 Though
AYREON
VENUE POPPODIUM 013, TILBURG, NETHERLANDS DATE 16/09/2023 When
ESBEN AND THE WITCH
VENUE STUDIO 9294, LONDON DATE 22/09/2023 SUPPORT PENELOPE
WISHBONE ASH
VENUE WYLAM BREWERY, NEWCASTLE DATE 19/09/2023 We hardly
BIG BIG TRAIN
VENUE CADOGAN HALL, LONDON DATE 13/09/2023 After a
TU-NER
VENUE REGGIE’S ROCK CLUB, CHICAGO, IL, USA DATE
A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER
District 97: a headline set of epic proportions.
65DAYSOFSTATIC
VENUE NEW CENTURY HALL, MANCHESTER DATE 15/09/2023 Almost
ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM
VENUE THE NIGHT OWL, BIRMINGHAM DATE 20/09/2023 Multi-instrumentalist,
ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL
Devin Townsend: when he says, “Jump” we say,
FRANCK CARDUCCI
The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds. As told to Grant Moon.
FEATURES
Music For The Head
After a short pause, Steven Wilson is back with his unexpected seventh solo record, The Harmony Codex. Across 10 new tracks, the musician-turned-producer harnesses the very latest in cutting-edge technology to make an audiophile’s must-have album of the year and his most progressive release yet. Prog finds out more about the journey that led to its organic creation.
An Extraordinary Life
Coinciding with a new biography, An Extraordinary Life, on August 3 a commemoration of the music and legacy of the much-missed John Wetton rapidly grew from a small-scale live idea into a gigantic, star-packed five-hour celebration that was streamed across the globe. Prog grabbed a golden ticket to attend the once-in-a-lifetime event at Trading Boundaries in the Sussex countryside, a night when (rock) stars truly aligned.
Odd. Weird.
Refreshed and reinvigorated from their recent live shows, Ozric Tentacles are back with a full line-up and their 16th studio album, Lotus Unfolding. Following on from 2020’s Space For The Earth and leader Ed Wynne’s solo adventures, the psychedelic warriors are bursting with creativity to bring some light to darker times. Prog catches up with Wynne Snr to find out more.
Quiet Wright
To celebrate the reissue of his 1978 solo album, Wet Dream, Prog – with the aid of daughter Gala, ex-son-in-law Guy Pratt and remixer Steven Wilson – takes a glance at the joys to be found in Richard Wright’s compact solo output.
To Boldly GO
What started in 1998 as a hobbyist seven-inch label, putting out records by pals in Bristol, has blossomed into one of the UK’s – if not the world’s – most intriguing psychedelic and experimental labels, loved by both its fans and its own acts. Praised by Stewart Lee, Julian Cope and Elijah Wood, it’s time to celebrate 25 years of Rocket Recordings.
The Dreamer’s Ball
Neal Morse has returned to the Bible to inspire his latest concept album, The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One. The singermusician has harnessed the tale of big dreams and redemption woven with sibling rivalry and betrayal and transformed it into a progressive rock epic. Morse tells Prog all about it and also details his second collaborative album with Nick D’Virgilio and Ross Jennings.
In Bloom
Sixteen studio albums in and The Flower Kings show no signs of slowing down. Mainman Roine Stolt is clearly relishing one of his most creative periods with an ongoing reissues campaign and the release of Look At You Now. Prog finds out about the latest record, gets the lowdown on his creative partnership with Jon Anderson and discovers whether he really has made his Final Flight with supergroup Transatlantic.
Dreaming From The Inside
As they approach their 40th anniversary, Galahad are facing new challenges as an independent British band. Current release The Long Goodbye finds them with a stable line-up and embracing modified recording techniques. Prog catches up with vocalist Stu Nicholson and keyboard player Dean Baker to find out about their future plans.
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