After a successful Kickstarter campaign, a critically acclaimed release (the delightfully epic, philosophical, cinematic double album Heterotopia– one of Proglodytes’ albums of the year in 2017), festival performances, mini-tours, and an award from Prog Magazine for Best New/Unsigned Band, Lainey decided to pause before the next step. Fans of Schooltree know that Heterotopia was an incredibly challenging … Continue reading
One of my favorite finds last year was the brilliant Heterotopia, an ambitious, melodic, multi-layered concept album written by composer/musician Lainey Schooltree. Her band, Schooltree, won a Progressive Music Awards Readers Poll for Best New/Unsigned Band, and the highly acclaimed Heterotopia made it onto numerous Album of the Year lists, including ours here at Proglodytes. Schooltree’s music manages … Continue reading
Today is International Women’s Day! Last September, I wrote a piece about how progressive rock and metal both carry the stereotype of being mostly male dominated genres, among both fanbase and artist. However, women have long been a part of progressive music. There are so many boundary-pushing female artists that have made progressive rock what … Continue reading
In the tradition of the great 20th century epics such as The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and Quadrophenia, Lainey Schooltree and her band set out to tell a modern story of self actualization and personal discovery, with a contemporary touch. Enter Heterotopia, the story of … Continue reading
