There must have been something in the water in Providence, Rhode Island around 2004: Dirt Poor Robins emerged and started their artistic journey, culminating in their latest record and silent film, “Queen of the Night”. Mastermind Neil DeGraide told us everything about it!
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Pondering the similarities of Hip Hop and Psychedelic Rock while talking about Progressive Metal: Canadian-born, Leipzig-based guitarist Morgan Reid presents his very first solo album Terran.
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Joe Branton, bassist and designated mic-duty guy of London/Brighton instrumental proggers Poly-Math talks standard Fripp tuning, the very broad church of prog and of course “Zenith”, Poly-Math’s brand new album, out Nov. 18 on Nice Weather For Airstrikes!
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Avandra Mastermind Christian Ayala called from Puerto Rico shortly before boarding the plane to ProgPower Europe to talk about power blackouts after hurricanes, the new album “Prodigal” coming in November and more upcoming Avandra plans.
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Danish prog newcomers Feather Mountain return with a very personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel Lohmann and drummer Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness and why they don’t play Bossa Nova.
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One last Progtalks episode before our summer break: Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri talks about different approaches to composing, sound design and of course the most anticipated album of the year in the Prog world: “Closure/Continuation”.
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Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen, the driving duo behind the newly founded High Castle Teleorkestra, talk about the creation of “The Egg That Never Opened”, the first part of a planned trilogy based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Radio Free Albemuth”.
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The Aristocrats drumming powerhouse and resident master of polyrhythmic insanity, Marco Minnemann, talks about their newest album with the Primuz Chamber Orchestra, his other main projects and more on this new Progtalks episode.
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French accordionist Charles Kieny told us everything about the debut album of his new Gregorian Jazz Metal project Ckraft, their debut album “Epic Discordant Vision” and how to properly modify your accordion.
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After keeping busy with other projects such as Abnormal Thought Patterns, Cynthesis or A Dying Planet for well over a decade, master shredder Jasun Tipton returns to his riff heavy roots in Zero Hour, presenting a strong reunion album with “Agenda 21!
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Teddie Burton, drummer of French avantgarde prog punkers !GeRald! talked to us about his love for everything that makes noise, the rare infusion of a punk ethos into proggy music and the making of their debut album “The Lost Tapes”.
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¾ of UK Newcomers Giant Walker joined the Progtalks today to reveal the origin of the band name, their primary influences and how important it is to have music that gets you through hard times. Their debut album “All In Good Time” is out on Friday, May 13.
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Pure Reason Revolution guitarists/vocalists Jon Courtney and Greg Jong called from Berlin and Portland/Oregon respectively to talk about the European tour with Gazpacho they just finished, the new PRR album “Above Cirrus” and more…
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Norway’s Delvoid take their time with their studio albums. So we took some time to talk with vocalist Alex Delver about their third full length offering, “Swarmlife”, vocal influences and of course the meaning behind the band name.
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Songwriter John Boegehold keeps churning out the music with Pattern-Seeking Animals. Their third album “Only Passing Through” is out since April 1st, so we called him up to talk about his influences, the perfect album length and a bit of prog history.
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French disney djent phenomenon Soledad is back as a full band 3 years after “Catharsis”. Bandleader Lola Damblant-Soler and producer Lucas de la Rosa talk about the new album “XIII”, their favourite classical composers and more.
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One week before the 2nd edition of the Prognosis Festival will finally go down, we rang up Paul van Berlo (Loudnoise) to talk about the challenges they had to face as well as plans for the future of Prognosis. See you April 15/16 in Eindhoven!
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Alyson Blake Dellinger & Max Mobarry from Tennesseean genrefluid metal gang Flummox talk about their “heavy, queer sounds for the strange & nocturnal”, how they reworked old songs into what would become “Rephlummoxed” and how simply being a transfem frontperson will automatically make you an icon.
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Iago Franco Gonzalez and Lucas de la Rosa from Berlin based international prog metal project Aquae Furtivae tell us everything about the debut album “Road to Square One” on this new episode of the Progtalks.
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Stefan Altzar of Swedish Prog Rockers PreHistoric Animals talks about his love for It Bites, the importance of humour in music and of course their brand new album “The Magical Mystery Machine – Chapter Two”.
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