Brand X: Nothing Theoretical About It
Brand X — Theory Of Nothing (BrandXMusic/MoonJune Records, 2026) Nearly half a century after Brand X’s 1977 American tour, a remarkable cache of reel-to-reel tapes…

Conveniens – Victims of Convenience (Smith&Maz Music, 2024, originally released by Convenience Records in 1986) Conveniens, an American underground band, emerged in the 1980s. They…
View More Synths, Jazz, Percussion, Chaos: Conveniens Plays by No One’s RulesHats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, is one of the best progressive rock bands from the UK. This year they have released an EP, Between Two…
View More Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – “Between Two Worlds”- EPNeedlepoint – Remnants of Light (BJK Music, 2024) With Remnants of Light, their sixth album, Needlepoint continue to carve out a singular space within Norway’s…
View More A Fine Needle in the Prog HaystackAnother new metal symphonic band has been located, within a famous city in Belgium. Ghent, is the home of the famous city where the War…
View More World’s Beyond – “Rhapsody of Life”The Bob Lazar Story – Vanquisher (Bad Elephant Music, 2019) Vanquisher marked the seventh album from The Bob Lazar Story, the musical collaboration between UK-born…
View More The Bob Lazar Story – Vanquisher: Intricate, Offbeat, and Accessible Instrumental musicI found another great progressive symphonic metal, female-fronted band from France. The band is Hartlight, and they are about to release their second full album,…
View More Hartlight – “The Triumph of Metal”Imaginaerium has returned to tell several stories conceptualized on the term “siege”. The stories range as far back as the archives of the history of…
View More Imaginaerium – “Siege”Superb British progressive rock band Solstice has released the track “Firefly” from their upcoming Clann album. Clann completes ‘The Sia Trilogy’ with five new songs…
View More Solstice Launches Firefly Music VideoRegardless of the shifting musical landscape and industry pressures, the late 1970s still managed to generate one of the finest progressive rock bands of the…
View More UK, the Late 1970s Prog-Rock SupergroupMatt Panayides Trio — With Eyes Closed (Pacific Coast Jazz PJ93456, 2024) Matt Panayides, a New York City-based virtuoso guitarist and composer, is recognized for…
View More Panayides Reworks Old Jazz Tunes