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The album cover for Tomo Nakaguchi – Out Of The Blue features a colorful painting framed by a bright blue border. The artwork depicts an underwater-inspired scene with flowing, organic shapes in deep blues, oranges, yellows, and reds. The artist’s name appears in small light blue text on the upper left, while the album title, also in lowercase, sits on the upper right.

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Tomo-Nakaguchi Rises “Out of the Blue” With Expansive New Sound

Tomo-Nakaguchi – Out Of The Blue (Audiobulb, 2025) Tomo-Nakaguchi’s third release on Audiobulb, Out Of The Blue, represents a marked expansion of his sound. He…

Ravita Jazz - Alice Blue cover artwork. The band name and album title over a blue background.

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Ravita Swings the Blues: Alice in Azure-Land

Charlie Melville October 8, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz jazz Ravita Jazz

Ravita Jazz – Alice Blue (Ravita Jazz, 2025) Like Stravinsky, bassist-composer Philip Ravita’s Alice Blue (2025), builds on tradition to conjure something fresh, balancing rigor…

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StillSkin – Love Hate

Professor Mark October 7, 2025 No Comments Blindfoldead International Management Bonnie Jones Jacob Maribo Melodic Metal Michael Kristensen StillSkin – Love Hate Sweden symphonic metal

StillSkin, is a heavy melodic rock band from Sweden, who released their latest album, Love Hate, back on February 21st of this year. They released…

Stick Men - Brutal cover artwork. An abstract design.

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Stick Men Get Aggressive With “Brutal” EP

Aiden Robinson October 6, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Stick Men

Stick Men – Brutal (Iapetus, 2025) Brutal, the new 25-minute EP from Stick Men, delivers five tightly focused tracks after a multi-year hiatus. This compact…

https://amzn.to/42XTmR7 cover artwork. Three women sitting on a camel in front of the sphinx and a pyramid.

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Rubi Ate the Fig’s Desert Electric

Professor Mark October 4, 2025 No Comments Ali Paris Danny Montgomery Marc Mann Middle Eastern music Miles Jay Polly Tapia Ferber Progressive rock Rich Mouser Sharoón Eliashar

2025 has been a great year of discovery for new independent artists in both the metal and progressive rock genres. That discovery continues, even now,…

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Nick Fletcher – The Mask of Sanity

Professor Mark September 30, 2025 No Comments Caroline Bonnett Clare Lindley jazz-rock John Hackett Band Jonathan Ihlenfeld Cuniado Nick Fletcher Nick Fletcher – The Mask of Sanity Olga ‘Dikajee’ Karpova Progressive rock Roberto Porta UK

Nick Fletcher is back! Less than a year from the release of his last album, A Longing for Home, which was released on October 14th…

The cover of On The Edge (Of What Could Be) by Dave Bainbridge features a lone silhouette standing on a ridge beneath an aurora. Vivid streaks of purple, green, and pink light radiate across the night sky, converging in a burst of color. The artist’s name appears in ornate green lettering at the top left, while the album title rests at the bottom right in modern type.

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Edge Of Wonder: Dave Bainbridge’s Masterclass in Progressive Rock Craft

Angel Romero September 29, 2025 No Comments Celtic music Dave Bainbridge jazz-rock progressive folk Progressive rock symphonic rock

Dave Bainbridge — On The Edge (Of What Could Be) (Open Sky Records, 2025) With his fifth solo release, Dave Bainbridge reaches the pinnacle of…

The album cover shows a 1940s San Francisco street scene. A vintage blue car and a cable car move down a hill lined with colorful houses, while the Golden Gate Bridge rises in the background. On the right, a red sign marks a jazz club. At the top, bold red lettering reads San Francisco 1948. The bottom corner identifies the artist: Steve Rosenbloom Big Band.

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Rosenbloom Swings for the Fences with San Francisco 1948

Charlie Melville September 26, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz jazz Steve Rosenbloom Big Band

Steve Rosenbloom Big Band – San Francisco 1948 (self-released, 2025) The Steve Rosenbloom Big Band’s San Francisco 1948 presents an engaging brass fanfare: grand, bristling,…

The album cover shows a tall ship sailing on a calm, dark sea under a starry sky. A glowing neon portal surrounds the ship, casting purple and blue light across the water. At the top, the title All at Sea and artist name Daidrum appear in white text.

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Daidrum – All at Sea

Professor Mark September 25, 2025 No Comments Daidrum – All at Sea David Foster Hannah Foster Progressive rock uk progressive rock

Daidrum, is a London, UK-based band, who have released their second album, All at Sea, on April 10th of this year, independently. The Daidrum, music…

The album cover features metallic beams crisscrossing in a dark, industrial pattern, with human hands gripping through the gaps. At the bottom, the word Bakelit appears in a rugged, stenciled style.

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Bakelit – No Fear of Drowning

Professor Mark September 24, 2025 No Comments ambient Bakelit – No Fear of Drowning Carl Westholm Cia Backman electronic music Jonas Källsbäck Öivin Tronstad Progressive rock psychedelic rock Ulf Edelönn

Swedish progressive rock band Bakelit, is back with a new album, No Fear of Drowning, which will be released on the Swedish label: FOSFOR Creation,…