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ProgStock 2025 Reveals Schedule and Announces Special Events

Progressive rock festival ProgStock 2025 will take place October 10-12, 2025 at the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey. The Pre-festival event will be held on…

The album cover for Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna features a portrait of a teal-skinned, alien-like woman with glowing white eyes and elongated lashes resembling tentacles. A sequence of dark orbs traces a line across her face and neck. Behind her, a large planet or moon looms in soft pink and gray hues. The band's name appears at the top in a minimalist font, while the album title Luna is handwritten in glowing script at the bottom.

New CDs and Digital releases

Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna, Instrumental Space Rock from Finland

Prog News July 8, 2025 No Comments Juho & the Jellyfish from Jupiter Progressive rock psychedelic rock space rock

Luna, the third album by Juho & the Jellyfish from Jupiter, is a guitar-driven instrumental journey that moves from kafkaesque soundscapes to futuristic cyberpunk cities…

This album cover for Microphonic Soundbox Session by Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak (Materiaal Series Vol. 078) features a hand-drawn, collage-like illustration. A black-and-white dog labeled "she said" barks "ARF" at a whimsical analog sound machine, topped with a purple gramophone horn. The background bursts with neon yellow, green, and pink scribbles.

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Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak Roll Out ‘Materiaal 078’

Prog News July 7, 2025 No Comments Bernhard Wöstheinrich electronic music Merey Senocak

Electronic music artists Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak have just released Materiaal 078 – Microphonic Soundbox Session. This album includes an improvised session featuring the…

The album cover for NoSound – To the Core features a white background with a central mirrored image: a textured, dark figure walks upright, while its inverted reflection descends below, forming a stark vertical symmetry. Above, the band name and title appear in uppercase serif and sans-serif fonts.

Interviews

Nosound Interview – Giancarlo Erra – “To the Core”

Professor Mark July 6, 2025 No Comments “To the Core”Giancarlo Erra Italian Progressive Music NoSound Progressive rock symphonic rock

Today, I had a wonderful discussion with Giancarlo Erra in The Noble Shire of Progressive Discussion. The interview was interrupted by the forces of modern…

The album cover for Songs for a Perigee Moon by Carl Weingarten features an ornate illustration of a guitar integrated into a crescent moon, with a sun bearing a human face nestled inside the curve. Surrounding the central image are floral patterns, tree branches, distant mountains, and a starry sky, combining natural and celestial imagery in warm gold, amber, and earth tones against a black background.

CD Reviews

A Supermoon and Supergroup: Carl Weingarten Slides Into Orbit

Angel Romero July 6, 2025 No Comments ambient Americana Carl Weingarten contemporary jazz fusion jazz

Carl Weingarten – Songs for a Perigee Moon (Multiphase, 2025) Carl Weingarten’s Songs for a Perigee Moon is thematically inspired by the “perigee moon” (supermoon).…

Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei – Indindara cover artwork. A photo of the artists.

CD Reviews

Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei Venture Into Phonosymbolism

Charlie Melville July 6, 2025 No Comments avant-garde experimental Sardinian music Tenores di Orosei Zoe Pia

Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei – Indindara (Losen Records, 2025) Clarinetist and experimental launeddas player Zoe Pia joins forces with the renowned vocal quartet…

The album cover for New Life Dreaming (2024 Remaster) by Steve Roach features a landscape photograph of a vast, desolate plain with two distant figures walking along a narrow water path. A mountain range looms in the background under a pale sky.

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Steve Roach Reveals Remastered Edition of ‘New Life Dreaming’

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music New Life Dreaming Steve Roach

Electronic music artist Steve Roach has released the 2024 remaster of New Life Dreaming. The album is now offered as individual pieces, with no crossfades.…

The album cover for Trollringen by Anders Buaas features a pastoral painting of a man and woman standing in a field at dusk, both with heads bowed in a gesture of reverence or reflection. A wheelbarrow, a basket, and a pitchfork lie nearby.

New CDs and Digital releases

Anders Buaas Weaves the Musical Story of Trollringen

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments Anders Buaas cinematic music Progressive rock Trollringen

Norwegian guitarist and composer Anders Buaas draws inspiration from Sigurd Hoel’s novel Trollringen for his latest release on Apollon Records (2025). Although the album was…

The album cover for Komara – Komara II features a disturbing, humanoid figure rendered in a visceral, sinewy style, with exaggerated teeth and a partially melted or deformed head. The background is a textured, fiery orange and red. The band’s name “Komara” appears in a stylized, stacked font to the left, with “II” subtly framed in a box between the letters.

CD Reviews

Komara Refuses to Settle into Predictability

Angel Romero July 1, 2025 No Comments Komara Progressive rock

Komara – Komara II (7D Media, 2025) After a decade-long silence, the boundary-pushing trio Komara resurfaces with Komara II, an audacious return. The trio features…