Looking for recommendations
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Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
Forum Description: Make or seek recommendations and discuss specific prog albums
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132856
Printed Date: November 23 2024 at 19:35
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Topic: Looking for recommendations
Posted By: Rick67
Subject: Looking for recommendations
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 04:25
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Hi, I am looking for some recommendations. I am going to list the bands that I absolutely love and never tire of. The big problem I have is that I dislike 95% of the prog that I hear, so I always feel like I am trying to find some hidden gems. If anyone can discern a pattern here and make some recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if the band isn't relatively obscure, odds are I will have heard them before. Steven Wilson, Big Big Train, Izz, Karfagen - all the stuff at that level I would likely heard of before. Also, I am not into prog metal. Yes King Crimson Gentle Giant The Flower Kings Moon Safari A.C.T (about as metalish as I would want to go - love these guys though - so melodic) echolyn Modest Midget Madrigal - the 80s/90s band - On My Hands and Waiting... Yezda Urfa Ritual (Hemulic Volunatary Band much more than the others) Hasse Froberg and Musical Companion Magma - I love the live album from 1975 but haven't gotten into their other stuff as much. I am sure I am missing a few, but those are the main ones. I also like Fetish from Seven Steps to the Green Door but not the other stuff I have heard so much. Also, for non-prog, I am a huge Steely Dan fan. I like some of The Tangent but not at the level of the bands above. Ditto Transatlantic (Love Roine but I am not a Neal Morse fan). |
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 05:32
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Here are some obscure ones to try. There is much out there, you just have to find it. Good luck. Wippy Bonstack Thieves' Kitchen Rubber Tea Frogg Cafe Eyeless Owl Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 06:35
I have only heard of Mike Keneally on this list, but I haven't really listened to him. I just listened to the whole album 22 by Wippy Bonstack and loved it! Thanks! I am looking forward to listening to the others. How do you find this stuff? I occasionally just click on random bands that are listed here on this site and listen to them, but that has a really high miss rate for me. So do most of album rankings. A few other notable omissions from my initial list are Anekdoten and Bubblemath. I also like Cheeto's Magazine but not as much as some of the other bands. Wippy Bonstack is right up my alley. My post has already paid off!
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Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 06:52
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If you like Moon Safari and Roine/TFK, you're gonna love Tardigrade by Simon Says! ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 07:00
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Check out the band Empire, with Peter Banks ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 07:11
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Wippy doesn't get much mention on PA. Glad you enjoyed! Check out Mike Keneally's song "Cornbread Crumb" on YouTube. It has a Steely Dan vibe to me. Keneally has a lot of weird stuff, I would recommend his album "Dancing" for newbies and then venture into his avant stuff. Bubblemath is one of my favorites, you have good taste! Do you like fusion? There is lots to recommend for that genre... Nova Collective, Panzerballett, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, etc. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 07:19
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I'd like to recommend two albums by The Worm Ouroboros, a non-English 'Canterburians' from Belarus. They put out two albums, both of which are masterpieces of the contemporary 'Canterbury' genre. You can get both albums on Bandcamp. |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 08:21
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I am listening to that Simon Says tune right now. Sounds cool! It will take me a while to check all this stuff out. I am glad I started the thread. |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 08:27
I was a huge fusion fan years ago but transitioned more into a mainstream jazz guitarist a couple of decades ago (I play in a quartet). These days, it's more Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, Monk, Coltrane, etc., for me. Years ago, I used to listen to a ton of Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Dregs, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Kazumi Watanabe, Jeff Berlin, Fire Merchants, Jean Luc-Ponty, etc. I still listen to some fusion occasionally, but my listening is mostly divided between prog and non-fusion jazz. Some classical thrown in every now and then too.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 08:56
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^Love Monk. Have you heard New York Stories Vol. 1 with Danny Gatton on guitar? Welcome to the forums. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 09:29
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The progressive rock genre tradition serves as the foundation for the contemporary band Napier's Bones' sound. Their primary emphasis lies in dramatic storytelling that resonates with modern audiences. Music with a strong emphasis on the present and hints of the past. Since 2014, this quintessential English prog band has released seven albums, which should all be a rather good treat for enthusiasts of the genre and are available on Bandcamp. |
Posted By: Valdez1
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 12:21
| https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/the-princess-of-tisul" rel="nofollow - https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/the-princess-of-tisul |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 12:42
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I don't know if you'd like it, but Birds and Buildings' Bantam to Behemoth was the first to comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncyLV8cTuL-zrm_Bqams1P2ySG_dUbo2Q" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncyLV8cTuL-zrm_Bqams1P2ySG_dUbo2Q ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 16:02
I have not heard that one! |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 16:05
| I don't think I have heard any of what has been posted here. I think I may have heard the birds and buildings album a while back, but that's it. I will have plenty to digest. I was on the forums here years ago, but my email address for that account is no longer valid, so I couldn't recover my password. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 16:11
| Sorry I deleted my post because I realized most were too well known and you probably knew them already. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: April 20 2024 at 16:16
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The Emerald Dawn is a band from St. Ives, Cornwall, in south-west England. The name of the band is a reference to an environmentalist-led revolt. They play enthralling and dramatic symphonic rock music. The progressive music internet radio stations have globally played The Emerald Dawn a lot, so they are not an unknown band in the circles of fans of the genre. They have released five albums since 2014. You can find all of their albums on Bandcamp, and I highly recommend them. |
Posted By: Rick67
Date Posted: April 21 2024 at 13:46
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I will definitely get to all of these recs. I struck gold with Grumpyprogfan's Wippy Bonstack recommendation. I want to digest those albums for a week or so before moving on. They triggered the rare experience for me of hearing some new prog that I loved instantly. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 21 2024 at 15:42
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You have plenty of suggestions but Im a fan of Sanguine HUm...all their lps are good...a song from a newer one...they fall in the Canterbury school and they also have lps under the name Antique Seeking Nuns. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: April 22 2024 at 14:29
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Since Gentle Giant was mentioned, I'd give a shout-out to Quebec's Opus-5: 1976's Contre-Courant, and 1977's Serieux Ou Pas. Also some of the Gryphon albums (Red Queen to Gryphon Three, Raindance, Treason).
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Posted By: projeKct
Date Posted: April 22 2024 at 18:24
Wow, it seems we have pretty similar taste in music! Anyway, here are 33 album suggestions for you. Hope you will enjoy them!
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 22 2024 at 18:29
| Magic Pie Start with their first one motions of desire. I'll post more when I think of them. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 22 2024 at 19:03
| How about Hybris from Anglagard? That one's wonderful. Now, you already mentioned you didn't like Porcupine Tree, and I guess Steven Wilson goes included in the package, but have you particularly heard The Raven that Refused to Sing? That one sounds very much like classic prog. Also, have you heard some Rock Progresivo Italiano? There are many gems within that sub-genre that would be worth checking out. I would particularly think about Banco del Mutuo Socorsso (Darwin to begin with, perhaps). |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 23 2024 at 16:19
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You need some Anathema in your life the last 4 especially but virtually anything from 1999's Judgement is worth a try. They are doom metal, post rock, spiritual and alternative all rolled into one. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: April 24 2024 at 01:54
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I would like to recommend London's five-piece female-fronted sympho-rock combo, The Far Meadow. If you are looking for something fresh and bracing yet intricate, then checking out this band is ideal. They released three full-length albums, which are all beautiful and powerful. It is definitely must-have stuff for fans of contemporary symphonic rock. The albums are available on Bandcamp. |