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... forgot to include Crisalida, Terra Ancestral to my list. Even though I first heard them at Baja prog in 2014, getting an album of theirs this year was way overdue.  Fantastic, somewhat Latin-flavored hard-Neo Prog!
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Sticking with albums... 



Banchee - Thinkin' [another incredible gem from 1971 in that proggy heavy psych style, well worth checking!]

Black Midi - Cavalcade [was sceptical after I found their debut over-hyped, but really enjoyed this]

Colosseum - Live! [gutted I only just discovered this after years of playing Valentyne Suite to death]

Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth... [not strictly prog but it's on the website! Was pleasantly surprised]

Greenslade - Bedside Manners are Extra [a cracking little gem]

Jack O' The Clock - Repetitions of the Old City II [got really into this group in 2021, check them if you haven't!]

Monobody - Raytracing [incredibly tasteful mathy prog which I usually grow really tired of, but this hits the spot]

David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive [took me a while to get around to this but worth the wait]

Trees - The Garden of Jane Delawney [preferred to On the Shore for sure]
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Wippy Bonstack. Most incredible music I've heard in a long time. Would have never found this if I hadn't read Mirakaze's recent review. Much thanks.
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Originally posted by zwordser zwordser wrote:

  ^ Nice list.

I too "discovered" Steeleye Span (heard before, but not in depth) purely by chance--found three of their albums while browsing in thrift shops; 

I would strongly recommend Dirty Rotten b*****ds by them which is something of a modern classic imo. 
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I don't think I've made enough effort but I did come across the Norwegian band Krokofant and their Fifth album that is entitled 'Fifth'. I put that only behind Frost* -Day and Age as far as 2021 releases go.
Black Midi , Needlepoint and Shamblemaths also came to my attention but I don't like them as much as Krokofant at the moment. That can change I'm sure..
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Cardiacs. Found them through William D.Drake. I can listen to (and watch the videos for) 'R.E.S.' and 'Tarred and Feathered' all day long!!
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Black Country, New Road
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Hi,

Sad to see in many lists a lot of old folks and bands, that in all reality do not really have the touch anymore and are, somewhat, repeating themselves.

There is too much music out there, and thanks to at least one post with an insane listing, and Guy Guden from Space Pirate Radio, in general, for me, the "NEW" music is not going to come from any listings in PA at all, but from the places where the music actually is ... and while someone here can list them, and yeah, what a list that is, the sad part is that the majority of folks here, will not even bother to check 5 of those bands out because their old favorite has a new album of the same old stuff, and smelly carpet!
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My first guess would maybe be Big Hogg - which has released its third album last year but I didn't know about the band being around since 2015 and its previous two albums

Soooo that's it for discovering new or unknown to me artistes 

my discoveries fave been albums, be they the latest or their first one..


Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Mainly jazz & the London Windmill scene

Windmill
black midi
Black Country, New Road
Squid

Jazz
Ill Consider
Jaimie Branch
Daniel Casimir
Graham Costello
Fela Kuti
Binker & Moses

Avant Prog
Primate 3
Wax People
Camberwell Now
Android Trio
Alex Ward
David Bordens
The Holy Family
Bisbâyé

like Ian (with the notable exception of Fela Kuti ), 98% of my 2021 discoveries have been 2021 releases or the last two preceding years  - so you may want to look up my list of top 2021 posted on the collab top 2021 thread.




Edited by Sean Trane - March 08 2022 at 08:35
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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