Altsounds — ASIA, rock’s first important super-group of the 80s - featuring members from Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and The Buggles – will release Omega, its highly anticipated new album of original material. The record is due in ... more info

Guardian Music — If Darth Vader was in a band, then this would be his chosen instrumentWhat is it? In our previous column, we looked at synthesisers that pretend to be guitars. Now we take a look at the keytar's evil 1980s twin-synthesisers pretending to be guitars. ... more info

KEXP Seattle — You know who doesn’t get a lot of respect these days? The prog rockers. Yeah, that’s right: the noodlers, the wankers, the incessant time-signature-changer-uppers, the guys with boards full of effects for their guitars and lyrics about larks’... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top 100 published in 2009. 1. Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby Careers in Jazz by Bill Anschell Published: August 18, 2009 2. General Articles Sepa... more info

Guardian Music — These cerebral prog-poppers prove that Manchester is finally producing innovative, intelligent music againHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Duncan Wallis (vocals), Robin Richards (bass), Pete Broadhead (guitar), Dan Spedding (guitar), Andy Proudfoot (... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Built To Spill gets no respect. Without BTS...there would be no Modest Mouse. Without Modest Mouse...there would be no 764-HERO...or I mean there would no Against Me! They were the unsung Pink Floyd of grunge. The King Crimson of Seattle. The ugl... more info

All About Jazz — In conjunction with the upcoming 40th Anniversary of its original release (Oct 12, 1969) as a track on King Crimson's first album, entitled In the Court of the Crimson King, the iconic rock anthem "21st Century Schizoid Man" has been re-recorded and ... more info

Guardian Music — The Den, TeignmouthPopMuse The Den, Teignmouth ∂∂∂∂∂William Blake, who knew a bit about fantastical entertainment, said that the fool who persists in his folly shall become wise. This aphorism could be the official mot... more info

Stereogum — Ancestors' second full-length Of Sound Mind isn't out until October, but the Los Angeles quintet's packed these eight new songs with enough layers of progressive doom expansiveness that you should start listening now. The group name checks Neurosi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Little Tony Negri said...I.H.C. Founded in 1998 by producer/drummer David Nerattini and brothers Paolo and Pino Pecorelli in Rome, Italy, I.H.C. is a band that reaches beyond the confines of any single musical category. Drawing from a broad scope of ... more info