Abstract Previous research, using an analysis of Google Trends, published in January 2016 suggested that interested in prog may be declining. However, very little critical and independent analysis of this question has been published since then. If prog is really dying, what theoretical hypotheses might explain this decline? Rather than use a data mining methodology, … Continue reading
A year ago, my brother Arthur and I decided to start the Proglodytes blog. I had written reviews and features for a few different music sites, and Arthur had run a rather successful music site for religious musicians who didn’t write religious music (called Linescratchers). We both decided that we would take our combined experience, … Continue reading
Hello, all you beautiful Proglodytes. The year of 2016 is drawing to a close. I’m going to guess that most of you would agree that this hasn’t been the greatest year in history, but it was a great year for Proglodytes. I wanted to share a brief retrospective on the first year of Proglodytes and … Continue reading
Big Big Train was founded around 1990 and existed primarily as the studio project of Greg Spawton and Andy Pool until 2009, at which point they largely stabilized a band lineup (‘stabilize’ being a relative term). Starting with their sixth album, The Underfall Yard, they began to enjoy some acclaim in the progressive rock community. … Continue reading
There isn’t a progressive rock fan on the planet Earth who hasn’t heard of the band Yes. They are often a young person’s gateway drug into the world of prog. However, equally trivial are the following facts that should be completely obvious and even banal to all progressive rock fans who are even somewhat familiar … Continue reading
In a previous analysis of Google Trends, I noted that it would seem that prog is a dying genre. While I made a couple loose assumptions to come to that conclusion (namely, that search engine results say something about the ultimate popularity of prog), I have been reflecting on what it might mean that prog is … Continue reading
One thing that people might not know about Thomas and me is that we’re both data nerds. I have a graduate degree in experimental psychology and Thomas is a data analyst who almost has a graduate degree in public policy. Since we’ve both undertaken to start a prog website in 2016, an obvious consideration would be … Continue reading
