Avant Garde/Experimental – Progressive Rock Journal https://progrockjournal.com Webzine Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:45:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://progrockjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-01-Cross-1-32x32.jpg Avant Garde/Experimental – Progressive Rock Journal https://progrockjournal.com 32 32 [News] Lunatic Soul launch new single “Ardour (Reimagined Version)” https://progrockjournal.com/news-lunatic-soul-launch-new-single-ardour-reimagined-version/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-lunatic-soul-launch-new-single-ardour-reimagined-version/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83360 Lunatic Soul is releasing a new single entitled “Ardour (Reimagined Version)” today via InsideOut Music. “Ardour” originally appeared on Lunatic Soul’s 8th studio album “The World Under Unsun” (2025), but this new version shows the song in a completely reimagined version, as Lunatic Soul’s Mariusz Duda commented: ““Ardour” is a song about passion. About racing thoughts that transform into […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-lunatic-soul-launch-new-single-ardour-reimagined-version/feed/ 0 PRJ Compilation Vol. XVIII – Across The Meridians https://progrockjournal.com/prj-compilation-vol-xviii-across-the-meridians/ https://progrockjournal.com/prj-compilation-vol-xviii-across-the-meridians/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:39:25 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83351 “PRJ Compilation Vol. XVIII – Across The Meridians” does not stay in one place. It was never meant to. Five tracks, five countries, five traditions pulling in different directions — and yet something holds. A Dutch-British Art Rock producer sharp enough to turn corruption in sport into a prog statement. A British Jazz musician whose […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/prj-compilation-vol-xviii-across-the-meridians/feed/ 0 [News] Boozewa announce first West Coast tour for July https://progrockjournal.com/news-boozewa-announce-first-west-coast-tour-for-july/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-boozewa-announce-first-west-coast-tour-for-july/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:22:11 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83338 Pennsylvania Noise and Grunge power trio Boozewa will make their long awaited West Coast debut this July, bringing their loud, Heavy, and unmistakably strange sound across California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Utah. Formed in 2020, Boozewa features Jessica Baker on bass and vocals, Rylan Caspar on guitar and vocals, and mRc on drums. The trio […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-boozewa-announce-first-west-coast-tour-for-july/feed/ 0 [News] French TV unveil the title-track from their new album “The Spanish Caper” https://progrockjournal.com/news-french-tv-unveil-the-title-track-from-their-new-album-the-spanish-caper/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-french-tv-unveil-the-title-track-from-their-new-album-the-spanish-caper/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:13:19 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83321 American Progressive Band French TV unveils “The Spanish Caper,” fulfilling founder/bassist Mike Sary‘s bucket list dream and celebrating the band’s prolific, four decades+ run. Released as double album on Cuneiform Records, “The Spanish Caper” features one disc of new French TV compositions conceived on an idyllic residency in Northern Spain, and one disc of covers […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-french-tv-unveil-the-title-track-from-their-new-album-the-spanish-caper/feed/ 0 [Editor’s Pick] What You Shouldn’t Miss — April 27, 2026 https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-april-27-2026/ https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-april-27-2026/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:46:15 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83296 A week that stretched across continents and centuries. From the improvised cosmic architecture of a Scottish quartet to the buried Symphonic Prog of 1980s Mexico City, from an Austrian Heavy Psych debut that doesn’t sound like one to the ghost of a 1972 UK band finally getting its proper hearing — and a Doom metal […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-april-27-2026/feed/ 0 [News] Cigaro unveil the official video for the single “Sogen” from their new album “Towers” https://progrockjournal.com/news-cigaro-unveil-the-official-video-for-the-single-sogen-from-their-new-album-towers/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-cigaro-unveil-the-official-video-for-the-single-sogen-from-their-new-album-towers/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:08:52 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83286 Nashville, Tennessee based Progressive Rock/Metal power duo Cigaro have unveiled the official video for the single, “Sogen” taken from their new album, “Towers,” released on April 15, 2026. Watch the video for “Sogen” via the YouTube player below: Video shot and edited – Henry Patricy (Anchor 52) | Mixing & Mastering – Kelly Cook “Towers” […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-cigaro-unveil-the-official-video-for-the-single-sogen-from-their-new-album-towers/feed/ 0 [News] Slip Madigan unveil first single “Rhythm of the Rain” from upcoming album “Electric Illusion” https://progrockjournal.com/news-slip-madigan-unveil-first-single-rhythm-of-the-rain-from-upcoming-album-electric-illusion/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-slip-madigan-unveil-first-single-rhythm-of-the-rain-from-upcoming-album-electric-illusion/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:27:32 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83275 Buffalo, New York based Experimental Psychedelic Folk Rock band Slip Madigan have unveiled the first single, “Rhythm of the Rain” taken from upcoming album, “Electric Illusion,” set for release on May 01, 2026. Purchase and Stream “Rhythm Of The Rain” via the Bandcamp player below: Electric Illusion by Slip Madigan Slip Madigan’s fully-realized follow-up to […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-slip-madigan-unveil-first-single-rhythm-of-the-rain-from-upcoming-album-electric-illusion/feed/ 0 [Exclusive Interview] Coma: “Financial Tycoon” and the Art of Disappearing https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-coma-financial-tycoon-and-the-art-of-disappearing/ https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-coma-financial-tycoon-and-the-art-of-disappearing/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:31:53 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83262 Few records carry the weight of genuine obscurity the way “Financial Tycoon” does. Born from the far northern edges of Denmark in the early 1970s, Coma was never a band that sought approval — they provoked it, or ignored the question entirely. Rooted in collective improvisation, Dadaistic humor, and a restless refusal to stay still, […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-coma-financial-tycoon-and-the-art-of-disappearing/feed/ 0 [News] Esoteric Reactive re-press Tangerine Dream: “The Bootleg Box Vol. 2” on 7xCD Remastered Boxset https://progrockjournal.com/news-esoteric-reactive-re-press-tangerine-dream-the-bootleg-box-vol-2-on-7xcd-remastered-boxset/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-esoteric-reactive-re-press-tangerine-dream-the-bootleg-box-vol-2-on-7xcd-remastered-boxset/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:29:49 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83259 This 7xCD clamshell boxed set features a selection of recordings made at five concerts recorded between November 1976 and June 1983 by different incarnations of the sonic pioneers. The first two concerts recorded in Nottingham in November 1976 and Washington in April 1977 feature the legendary line-up of Edgar Froese, Chris Franke and Peter Baumann. […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-esoteric-reactive-re-press-tangerine-dream-the-bootleg-box-vol-2-on-7xcd-remastered-boxset/feed/ 0 [News] Esoteric to release Popol Vuh: “Affenstunde” on Vinyl Edition https://progrockjournal.com/news-esoteric-to-release-popol-vuh-affenstunde-on-vinyl-edition/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-esoteric-to-release-popol-vuh-affenstunde-on-vinyl-edition/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:54:28 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83233 Originally released on the Liberty label in 1970, ‘Affenstunde’ (translated as ‘Hour Of The Monkey’) was one of the earliest albums to feature the use of a Moog synthesiser as a compositional tool. Florian Fricke’s compositions possessed a unique otherworld-like quality which would influence successive generations of musicians. ‘Affenstunde’ was greeted with acclaim upon release […]

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