Prog
ALL CHANGE YET STILL THE SAME
Now a band in their own right, the Spock's Beard alumni are back with Pattern-Seeking Animals and their fourth album, Spooky Action At A Distance. This provides the perfect opportunity to catch up with multi-instrumentalist and founder John Boegehold, to discuss changing things up, bonus tracks, and what the future might hold for P-SA.
6 min |
Issue 147
Prog
Hello, I Must Be Bowing
Experimental cellist Jo Quail has harnessed primal and spiritual elements in her latest releases, the dual EPS Invocation and Supplication. Comprising two three-song cycles and the distinctive vocals of Heilung's Maria Franz and O.R.K's Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, the EPs find The Cartographer musician moving into new sonic worlds. Quail shares the story of their creation and reveals her new-found passion for the trombone.
5 min |
Issue 147
Prog
Work To The Rhythm
Six decades into his career, Trevor Horn has finally released a third album under his own name. Echoes - Ancient & Modern finds the musician and superproducer infuse a second collection of reimagined pop songs with his magic. He discusses reworking 80s anthems with Steve Hogarth and Robert Fripp, the Yes years and why he loves nothing more than making mischief.
8 min |
Issue 147
Prog
Strange Band
One of the great and most original progressive bands of the late 60s/early 70s, Family were an influence on so many groups that came along after them. Fifty-two years after its release, Prog talks to Roger Chapman and Poli Palmer about one of their best albums, Bandstand.
7 min |
Issue 147
Guitarist
Power Of Three
Bucking the recent trend for compact heads, PRS goes large with its latest signature amp for Mark Tremonti
4 min |
March 2024
Guitarist
Air Supply
Boss's new Katana addition pumps up the volume - suited to serious players looking for a compact, wireless amp solution
2 min |
March 2024
Guitarist
WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR
Off the radar since The Stone Roses reunion burnt out - and largely absent from the studio for two decades - John Squire's collaboration with Liam Gallagher reclaims his place among the greats. He invites us to his studio to talk classic riffs, career-ending injuries, getting snubbed by Gibson, and why music keeps pulling him back in
10+ min |
March 2024
Guitarist
HISTORY REPEATING
Gibson's highest-tier replicas of famous Les Pauls are commanding almost as much as vintage guitars these days. We find out what all the fuss is about and examine a rare recreation of Jimmy Page's fiendishly complex #2 Les Paul Standard
10 min |
March 2024
Prog
DIRTY SOUND MAGNET
Swiss rockers embark on a psychedelic journey with latest release.
2 min |
Issue 147
Prog
HANDS OF THE HERON
British trio combine multilayered instrumentals and vocals with spellbinding results.
2 min |
Issue 147
Prog
HILARY WOODS
The Irish artist evolves into a creator of totally immersive states.
2 min |
Issue 147
Prog
Fantastic Voyage
Recorded while he was still the guitarist in Genesis, Steve Hackett's debut solo album Voyage Of The Acolyte and its commercial success gave him a confidence he had previously lacked. Along with what he saw as winds of change blowing through Genesis, it helped him to soon make the decision to follow his group pal” Peter Gabriel out of the band.
10 min |
Issue 147
Prog
Whale Tales & Circus Trails
With his first proper concept album in almost 50 years, guitarist Steve Hackett transports the listener back to bombsite-littered post-war London, with the record's fictional character, Travla, telling a symbolic tale of a journey towards self-actualisation. \"It's been extraordinary making this record,\" he tells Prog. \"I grew up in a time when music changed the world, and I've always felt the album can be a really powerful force. I really hope people enjoy listening to this one.\"
10+ min |
Issue 147
Prog
JANE WEAVER GOES "HEAVY MELLOW" ON HER LATEST ALBUM
With a major 17-date tour to follow, the contemporary psychedelicist moves into a new direction on her forthcoming LP with the help of celebrated producer John Parish.
2 min |
Issue 147
Guitarist
FOR THE ROSES
Ivison Guitars has only been in business for six years, but its Dakota model has already headlined Glastonbury with Guns N’ Roses star Richard Fortus. We meet founder Neil Ivison to find out how he's making new electrics that evoke the raw spirit of retro tone
8 min |
March 2024
Prog
Through The Prog Window
After years spent wandering the dark caves of the extreme-metal underworld, with 2003's Damnation album, awash with that most un-metal instrument the Mellotron, Opeth emerged into the light with leader and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt now flying the flag of a card-carrying progressive rock fan. Ahead of the album's 20th-anniversary reissue, Prog spoke to him about a record he says was \"a normal prog-rock record, but for Opeth was completely new and unique.\"
8 min |
Issue 147
Guitarist
Golden Brown
Last year we were mightily impressed when we looked at builder Rich Jones' Parlour and Orchestra acoustics. This time it's the turn of his entry-level, all-mahogany dreadnought
5 min |
March 2024
Prog
"WE DIDN'T SEE A FUTURE BEING IN A BAND!"
After they released 2020's Rise Radiant into a world in facing the unknown, Caligula’s Horse began to question their existence as a band. However despite creative uncertainty and line-up changes the Aussie prog rockers persisted to make their heaviest and most ambitious material. Guitarist Sam Vallen tells Prog about Charcoal Grace's black heart.
7 min |
Issue 147
Guitarist
Standard Shimmers
Back in 2023, revitalised Brit-maker PJD rejigged its range to start with the new solidbody hardtail Standards. Need a vibrato? No problem: here comes the Standard Plus
4 min |
March 2024
Prog
Sonic Odyssey
Its mood consistently dark and ominous, with songs about climate change, disinformation and the reigniting of the Cold War, Pallas's latest album, The Messenger, is certainly far from easy listening. Only their eighth album in their 48 years, it was also - as usual - far from being a rush job.
6 min |
Issue 147
Guitarist
Vibe 'n' Drive
Eventide's latest dot9 series pedal combines two independent effects for some classic vintage-rock sounds
2 min |
March 2024
Guitarist
Face Lift
Flattley releases an upgraded 1960s-style silicon fuzz with a buffer and extended tonal options
2 min |
March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
Brent Faiyaz
The R&B superstar on bad habits, zodiac signs, mob movies, and raising the bar for live vocals on tour
4 min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
THE WORLD BELONGS TO 21 SAVAGE
He became your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper while overcoming all manner of turbulence. We ride along as Savage heads to Europe and starts a new chapter in one of hip-hop’s most unique stories
10+ min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
Sleater-Kinney are living for today
After a shocking tragedy, the punk band found a new level of intensity in its music
3 min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
IT MUST BE LOVE
On their fifth album, TANGK, rock band IDLES lean further into experimentation and softer textures while focusing on a central theme: love. At his home in Bristol, frontman Joe Talbot explains how making an album of love songs helped him to heal, while the band's guitarist and producer Mark Bowen explains the key to their writing partnership
10+ min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
SNOOP DOGG & LATTO
Two uniquely charismatic rappers, from two different generations, sit down and go deep on their come-up, their studio secrets, the importance of fighting hate with love, and that time Pharrell got too high and left Snoop alone to produce Stevie Wonder
10+ min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
BIG BOI & J.I.D
Two of the sharpest lyricists in Atlanta meet up at Stankonia Studios the birthplace of too many classic verses to count to trade industry stories and favourite bars, and talk about how they want to see hip-hop keep evolving
9 min |
February/March 2024
Rolling Stone UK
TO CAPTURE A FIRE
Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir on playing Jamaica's most famous son, reggae icon Bob Marley - a role he embodies with the full support of the Marley family-in forthcoming biopic, One Love
10+ min |
February/March 2024
Record Collector
Stairway to Avon
Record label Sarah was almost militantly sensitive. The next logical step after Postcard Records' \"worldliness must keep apart from me\" defiantly innocent ethos, its roster (The Field Mice, Heavenly, The Sea Urchins) had a quietly punk-fuelled ethos - feminist, socialist, anti-capitalist - yet was widely mocked and disparaged by the music press. Located in the heart of Bristol, Sarah were as far removed from \"baggy\" and Britpop as you could get. Jane Duffus, author of a new book about the label's enduring legacy, explains its appeal in the introduction below, then selects 14 \"hits\" from its catalogue.
6 min |