What prog band did you recently discover? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have won me over with their exceptional 2017 release Polygondwanaland.

eBay

Enigmatic sound machines. hierarchies of angels. member Jeremie Arrobas was in men with hats long ago, and Thomas Szirmay used to be here on PA a lot. Good stuff.

https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds

Dai Kaht and La Fabbrica dell'assoluto

Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
c'è ancora tempo per il giorno
quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,
i miei occhi... di pianto.

Dellinger wrote:

Not exactly discover, but I finally gave a fair listen to some SBB. I really liked Wolanie and Memento. I'm listening to a bit of Ange now, but I have only given one listen to some selected albums.

SBB I never really heard (except maybe a track here or there on internet prog radio). I've never owned any Ange either. I will have to correct this before too long. For Ange apparently Au Dela Du Delire is the one usually recommended to start with.

Tuxedomoon

Actually, I've known the group by name for a long time, ever since I saw them on an advertisement sheet in a Residents album. But it was only earlier today that I first listened to their music. I am quite impressed. I'm somewhat surprised that they are not here under RIO/Avant-Prog.

Solve et Coagula (The Best Of Tuxedomoon):

No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.

La Dusseldorf and Yath Sidhra. The former is kind of Neu! inspired [I think it shares members from them as well] krautrock; they released two proper albums and both have gems on them. The latter released a singular album, a more meditative/contemplative album.

I also made furthur forays into the discographies of Faust and Guru Guru. The former had an eclectical style, ranging from almost radio friendly albums like 'Faust IV' to pure electronic experiments. Their 2017 album is surprisingly good, though their are many duds in between [especially their 90s work or their newly released box sets]. As for 'Guru Guru', I never could love this band despite listening to nearly 3 or 4 albums from them. They fall flat on me. I don't think their guitar driven style is suited for me.

cstack3 wrote:

I saw Gong in Chicago (10 March, 1996) and it was amazing! Daevid Allen, Bloomdido, Mike Howlett, Babyloni Yoni, (not sure who was on drums), and guitar/synth was managed by Steffe!! I'm a huge Steve Hillage fan, and he captured Hillage's role as well as High-T Moonweed's on synth!!

I listened to 3 albums by Gong till now starting from the debut. Sadly, I only loved one of them.The debut fell flat on me and Radio Gnome trilogy didn't get me excited either. The only album I loved was, I forget it's name, was the one Master Builder was on.

Kugelschreiber
Lunar Mistake

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

yam yam wrote:

Originally posted by I prophesy disaster

I prophesy disaster wrote:

Tuxedomoon

Actually, I've known the group by name for a long time, ever since I saw them on an advertisement sheet in a Residents album. But it was only earlier today that I first listened to their music. I am quite impressed. I'm somewhat surprised that they are not here under RIO/Avant-Prog.

It's not for lack of trying that they're not here. Four suggestions at least, one in August 2005, one in December 2007, one in May 2010 and another in February 2016.

The general consensus from the evaluation that was carried out following the second of these suggestions was that the band should be considered for Prog Related:

RIO/AvantMove

Prog-Related⁵: rileydog22, Geck0, 801listennow, Syzygy and avestin

Unsure: Bj-1

almost 17 years ago rileydog22 set section to New.

almost 17 years ago rileydog22 voted Time.

almost 17 years ago Geck0 voted Unsure.

almost 17 years ago Bj-1 voted Unsure.

over 16 years ago rileydog22 voted Prog-Related.

over 16 years ago 801listennow voted Prog-Related.

over 16 years ago Syzygy voted Prog-Related.

over 16 years ago Geck0 voted Prog-Related.

over 15 years ago avestin set section to Move.

over 14 years ago avestin voted Prog-Related.

I don't know if a Special Collaborator ever prepared a case and submitted it to our admins though.

Thanks

I have already looked through two threads recommending them to this site, one of which saying they had already been rejected. I think they belong here under RIO/Avant-Prog for the same reason that Cardiacs belong here. But whereas Cardiacs combine prog with punk, Tuxedomoon combine prog with post-punk New Wave (bearing some similarity to Snakefinger, IMO).

According to AllMusic, their "Influenced By" list is:

Brian Eno, Gong, Henry Cow, John Cage, Kraftwerk, Philip Glass, Robert Wyatt, Roxy Music, Terry Riley

which to me reads like a prog supergroup.

No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Kugelschreiber
Lunar Mistake

You saw them listed on the top 50 billboard pop charts right? Wink

Kugelschreiber has Cardiac, North Sea Radio Orchestra related people in it so found them through that social media. Lunar Mistake has Matt Lebofsky of Mirthkon and Secret Chiefs 3 in the band along with Dave Shamrock of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Matt mentioned them on PE.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 01 2025 at 06:41

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/