Prog
DREAM THEATER LIVE LP INCOMING
The LP celebrates Mike Portnoy's return to the band he formed 40 years ago.
1 min |
Issue 164
Prog
VIPER SOUP COMPLEX
Maltese avant-proggers eyeball the path to success via performance art.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
SUEDE
Some of the more disparaging reviews of Suede's second album accused it of being pretentious, overblown and pompous.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
"It's an honest, autobiographical album."
In a state of flux and floundering after the commercial flop of their first two albums, Supertramp were close to throwing in the towel in early 1973. Enter producer du jour Ken Scott, hired in a desperate attempt to harness the creative yin and yang of songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson. The result was Crime Of The Century, an album that changed everything, and set the group on the pathway to artistic longevity and blockbuster future success.
8 min |
Issue 164
Prog
GAZPACHO
Feeling lucky, punk? The Norwegian art-rockers explore randomness, chance and more focused songwriting on their 12th album.
3 min |
Issue 164
Prog
NEW BIOGRAPHY ON PETER HAMMILL DUE
Upcoming book includes exclusive and revealing new interviews.
1 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Time Is Relative
Barclay James Harvest's co-founding singer and guitarist John Lees has been leading his iteration of the prog overlords since the band split into two separate entities in 1998. With a new studio album - their first in 12 years - having recently landed, Lees joins Prog to chew over the band's legacy, the perils of playing to 250,000 fans by the Berlin Wall, and why the door has seemingly been left ajar for future live dates and, whisper it, even a reunion.
7 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Green Awakening
The Emerald Dawn have placed the climate emergency at the centre of their sixth album, The Land, The Sea, The Air. Ally Carter and Tree Stewart tell Prog how the first volume of this ambitious two-album set came together and how a new-found love of fusion has bolstered their sound.
5 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Elegy In Sound
Prog's favourite dog whisperer Rick Wakeman has taken an unexpected path on his latest release, Melancholia. The virtuoso musician explains the inspiration behind his new piano album of originals and reveals his exciting plans for the English Rock Ensemble, which include a \"full-on\" prog record with a tribute to his old friend David Bowie.
6 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Living On The Edge
Luke Machin is one of modern prog’s brightest sparks, but with his solo debut as Soulshine he wanted to do something completely different. The soul-heavy, genre-twisting album features a healthy number of guest spots from prog luminaries as it teeters off the edge of the genre's borders. That, says the guitarist, was intended and Prog catches up with him to find out more.
5 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Bewitched And Bedazzled
Pagan folk-rockers Spriggan Mist were virtual unknowns in prog circles. Then came their breakthrough set at HRH Prog, which launched them as one of the most must-see live acts. With the release of their seventh studio album, The Glare, Prog sat down with husband and wife founders Baz and Maxine Cilia to talk faeries, festivals and friendly feuds.
4 min |
Issue 164
Prog
No Reservations
After 10 wildly eclectic albums, Between The Buried And Me are changing tact. In The Blue Nowhere, the fictional hotel in which their latest concept album lives, the best and worst of humanity can be found. A gradient of genres conveys its chaos and calm, making for their brightest and boldest record to date. Prog checks in to find out more.
5 min |
Issue 164
Prog
ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL
Named after a mathematical calculation, ArcTanGent is a haven for prog-leaning music fans, and 2025 brings another kaleidoscopic lineup that twists the genre's tropes through a modern lens.
5 min |
Issue 164
Prog
AURI
As the moonlight pierces through the stained glass windows of the Union Chapel with the stage illuminated by lanterns, Johanna Kurkela takes to the stage in a dazzling ballgown, opening the show with Those We Don’t Speak Of before the rest of Auri join her on this autumnal night.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
YES TO TOUR FRAGILE IN THE UK NEXT YEAR
They also revisit Fly From Here - Return Trip and hint at the release of new material.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Goodbye Stranger
When Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies' death was announced in September, the prog world mourned the loss of a great talent. We pay tribute to the British-born singer-songwriter by looking back over his remarkable career, which spanned nearly six decades, and place some of his best-loved songs under the microscope.
8 min |
Issue 164
Prog
ADAM WAKEMAN
He's played live with everyone from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne to Tony Hadley this year, and before some rare shows by his band Headspace, the keyboardist reflects on a very busy 2025.
4 min |
Issue 164
Prog
A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER
We're off to Balham in south London for the sixth annual A Sunday In September, a 'boutique' all-dayer in the delightful music room of The Bedford.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
SOEN ANNOUNCE HEAVY NEW ALBUM RELIANCE
Upcoming release is previewed by emotive single Primal.
1 min |
Issue 164
Rolling Stone UK
THE ESSENCE OF BIFFY CLYRO
On their 10th album, Futique, one of Britain's biggest rock bands emerge from a rough patch with startling clarity and a new mantra: “Let Biffy be Biffy!”
7 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
PERRIE 'I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO WRITE MY OWN MUSIC'
As she releases her debut solo album, Perrie Edwards explains how she overcame impostor syndrome to establish a sound that's all her own
6 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
PLAY NEXT MUDI SAMA "THIS WAS THE PUREST FEELING FROM ME'
With his newly released debut EP, Will I Make It Out Alive?, the indie artist is setting out his stall as a guitar hero of the future
4 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
RENEE RAPP 'I'M REALLY FUCKING STUBBORN AND VERY DEFIANT'
The star took a much-needed break and made one of the years most exciting pop albums
6 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
WOMEN TO THE FRONT
Sally Wainwright’s new all-female British rock drama Riot Women reignites the feminist fury of the riot grrrl movement, while also setting the stage for new contemporary voices, as alt-rock duo ARXX provide the original music
10 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
HOW REPARTO BECAME THE HEARTBEAT OF CUBA
Raw, raunchy, and self-referential, reparto has emerged as the island's dominant sound
3 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING
Fifty years after Queen recorded 'Bohemian Rhapsody' for their seminal 1975 album, A Night at the Opera, Rolling Stone UK takes a Rolls-Royce on a trip to speak to those who met the band in the rural idylls where the record took shape, from one woman's childhood memories in an English country vicarage to the founder of the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales...
8 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
If you could only have one car for the rest of your life, for everything, this is likely it: the supreme off-roader that doubles as a supercar and dances like nobody is watching
3 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
SUTARA GAYLE: PIONEERING REGGAE ARTIST, ACTRESS AND ACTIVIST
From the Brixton riots to the first UK Black Pride, Sutara Gayle – aka Lorna Gee – has been a defining force in UK culture for over 40 years. Here, ahead of her one-woman solo tour in October and November, she tells her story
4 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
In search of sisterhood
A first for the writer, director and one of its stars, Brides is a gripping feature about two Muslim besties who set off in search of freedom and belonging.
2 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
GIVING VOICE
When the pandemic hit in 2020, an Irish touring drummer locked himself away for six months, got sober and emerged as “angry, one-man-operated punk band\" Meryl Streek, with a mission to address injustice through music. Here, he traces his touring days and writes about his creative transformation
10+ min |