“In strange and uncertain times, such as we are living through, on occasion a reasonable person might despair. But Hope is unreasonable. And Love is greater even than this.” — Robert Fripp Each of us have spheres of responsibility: we must take care of ourselves, our families, our friends, or those in our local community. … Continue reading
Proglodytes Playlist is a curated list of songs that I’ll add to each week. Most of them will feature new(er) bands, because the most important mission at Proglodytes is to share currently active, progressive leaning groups with the world, but occasionally I will include older songs as a tribute or a commemoration of an anniversary. On … Continue reading
In our latest episode of the Proglodytes Radio Podcast, we begin our latest series: The Proglodytes Cave Council. The Proglodytes Cave Council was created to answer all of progressive rock’s lingering questions, in a talk show format. Each week will feature different guests from the world of progressive rock, ranging from bloggers to musicians to producers … Continue reading
Since 2012, progressive rock fans have been able to participate in the Progressive Music Awards, which are sponsored by Prog Magazine. We are big fans of all the pageantry and revelry that comes with an award show, and so we decided to put together the first annual Proglodytes Music Awards. Most awards shows have standard … Continue reading
In an embarrassing display of lost focus, accountant Steve Schweitzer of Hoboken, NJ completely train-wrecked the drum solo from Dream Theater’s song “The Dance of Eternity” on his after-work commute last evening. Witnesses described Schweitzer becoming increasingly agitated as a missed beat from the 13/16 measure at 0:38 turned into three lost beats as the … 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
So yeah, 2016 has been a crazy year for pretty much everything else, but it has been a solid year for music. Here at Proglodytes, we our review team picked our favorite albums of the year. Proglodette: Big Big Train’s Folklore is absolutely my favorite release of 2016. From its anthemic title track, through the … Continue reading
If you are here in the United States, and you celebrate Thanksgiving, chances are you’re probably still feeling the effects of the holiday. You’ve probably still got leftovers in the fridge. You’re probably dreading that promise you made to yourself to get fit after gorging yourself. And, if you captured the spirit of the season, … Continue reading
Proglodytes Radio Podcast is now looking for sponsors. If you have a product, service, or website that you’d like to advertise on our podcast, please contact jim@proglodytes.com. This episode features part 2 of our interview with Matt Page from Lexington, Kentucky’s fantastic prog band Dream the Electric Sleep. We also discuss whether Steve Howe was throwing … Continue reading
