I’ve been following Lexington-based band Jandergan since I first saw them open for Dream the Electric Sleep (another fantastic Lexington band). They have a unique sound that is melodic without being saccharine, and technical without being overbearing. They recently released their sophomore EP, Tilted Heads. This album seems to represent a coalescing of their sound … Continue reading
A good deal of ink has already been spilt over Steven Wilson’s new album, To The Bone. In blogs, online magazines and social media forums, a fair amount of alternating hand-wringing and canonization has been going on. Some have voiced despair that Wilson has, in some manner, jumped the shark, and abandoned the trajectory of … Continue reading
Welcome to the latest installment of the Album Reclamation Project at Proglodytes! Again, we will revisit a maligned Album of the Past and discuss whether it’s really as bad as all that. As a reminder, we will be utilizing the soon to be copyrighted Official Proglodyte Dumpster Fire Scale. Many of the previous albums we … Continue reading
Avandra is the brainchild of Christian Ayala, a progressive metal musician from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tymora was the product of several years of work and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. In the end, Ayala (who goes by the moniker Volteau) created an instantly impressive album that is abundant in melody and potential. I … Continue reading
I first heard Bent Knee around this time last year. They had been nominated for a Progressive Music Award, and I wanted familiarize myself with the artists who had been selected. I started poking around on Youtube, and I clicked on the track “Being Human”. It was love at first listen. They were progressive in … Continue reading
Big Big Train does things in threes, apparently. In September 2012, the band released English Electric Part One, followed six months later by English Electric Part Two. These two albums were then combined, shuffled and joined by four new tracks six months later in English Electric, Full Power. This makes for two and a half … Continue reading
District 97 is a band that I discovered much later than I would have wanted. I first heard about them because they were performing at Cruise to the Edge. People all over the ship were raving about them. The ship, mind you, was divided between older progressive rock fans and newer, metal leaning fans, but … Continue reading
