Canadian Roots, Rock, and Soul band Bywater Call release the super-charged “As If”, their third single of 2024, and the fifth song released from their upcoming studio album Shepherd. Stream the single HERE. Driven by Mike Meusel on bass and Bruce McCarthy on drums, “As If”is a dynamic funk, rock n’ soul inspired number featuring..
Midas Fall share live session video for ‘In the Morning We’ll be Someone Else’ (Live Session)
On the heels of the recent release of their highly acclaimed fifth album, 'Cold Waves Divide Us', Midas Fall unveil a live in the studio recording of 'In the Morning We'll be Someone Else', filmed at Venice of the North studio in Glasgow, Scotland, as a taste of their forthcoming tour dates in Germany and..
Night Wilds – All That Should Have Been (Gravel Road Records)
The debut album from progressive alt-rock band Night Wilds, All That Should Have Been, is both theatrically entertaining and darkly cathartic. It’s an immersive concept album that cloaks autobiography in fantastical fiction. The 17-song rock opera chronicles the story of a boy trapped in a cruel circus desperately performing for a madman ringleader. “For a long time I..
Collateral Release New Single “Just One Of Those Days” And New Album “Should’ve Known Better”
British four-piece rock band Collateral are pleased to release "Just One Of Those Days" the third single taken from their highly anticipated sophomore album Should've Known Better. The single, accompanied with an official music video, is released by Big Shot Records on the same day as the album, Friday 24th May. The single is available on all streaming platforms from https://lnk.to/KnrsIE. The..
Kaipa share “Revelationview” – second single from forthcoming album Sommargryningsljus
Sweden-borne folkloric progressive rock band Kaipa have announced their new album Sommargryningsljus, their 15th album coming 49 years after the release of their debut album. Sommargryningsljus will be released via InsideOutMusic on June 28th, 2024. Now the band are releasing the second single from the album. Listen to "Revelationview" here and watch the visualiser for the new single below. Kaipa are:Hans Lundin..
JON ANDERSON – In The City Of Angels Reissue (Floating World)
The closing Hurry Home (Song From The Pleiades) ...is a bizarrely anthemic, Celtic-influenced arena lighter-waver, with a genuinely uplifting chorus. It's sort of like Big Country crossed with a whale-song recording, but somehow it works quite brilliantly. Don't ask how, just enjoy it. The year is 1988. Jon Anderson has just left Yes following the..
Focus Release New Single ‘Fjord Focus’ From Upcoming Focus 12 Album
Spirit of Unicorn Music are pleased to announce the release of FJORD FOCUS, the new single from Focus, taken from their forthcoming album Focus 12, which releases on July 5th. Fjord Focus - as with much of the new album - was written by stalwart band leader and progressive music legend, Thijs Van Leer. About..
A Mirror Of Dreams – The Progressive Rock Revival 1981 To 1983 – Andrew Wild (Book Review – Kingmaker Publishing)
'Punk's victories were still fresh in the minds of writers, and prog had been slain ... yet here again prog was rising from the dead like some mangy hydra, smeared in grease paint and with a stack of dogeared Genesis albums in its scaly claw.' ( Joe Banks ) Mirror Of Dreams is the first..
ALT/INDIE ROCK GROUP FINISH TICKET ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘ECHO AFTERNOON’ DUE SEPTEMBER 6
Bay Area staple alt rock group Finish Ticket are excited to announce the highly awaited release of their sophomore album and debut effort via Better Noise Music, Echo Afternoon, is confirmed for September 6. Co-produced by Finish Ticket, Jim Kaufman (Danny Worsnop, Helmet, Atlas Genius), and Michael Coleman (Chappel Roan, Sure Sure, Em Beihold), Echo..
‘Portraits of Saxon – Through the Eighties’ : Rufus Publications’ photographic celebration of Saxon’s journey through the Eighties
“See the people, feel the power" Though Saxon’s origins were undeniably humble, the band made some of the finest heavy metal of the 1980s and beyond, particularly during the heady years of 1980 and 1981, a timeframe during which they released three near-perfect albums in quick succession, as well as touring with their good friends..