The Modern Progressive Rock Appreciation Thread. - Page 13

 

 I do remember seeing the original Can line-up live in a small club downtown LA about 12 years ago, they don't get to the States that much. I don't know if they play live anymore but it was great. The guitar player had a couple of effects pedals and a Cry Baby Wah pedal which he used to a perfect art. I only have a double vinyl greatest hits record from them. I have the Neu CDs. Some of it sounds old some never does.

 

Really there is nothing wrong with bringing up old prog in this thread. Why would it open a can of worms? I still play old Faust, and Zappa older Kraut-rock, if it still sounds fresh. All the musicians who play modern progressive rock listen to old prog, so I don't see why it would be bad to bring up old releases that are an influence.  

 

Zappa seems to still sound fantastic. Maybe Zappa will end up being timeless. That would be cool. I can't play 200 Motels anymore. Zoot Allures is great though. Apostrophe is fantastic.  

 

 

 

    We were 13 year old pot smoking kids when this came out. This was the album that all the older brothers played and it garnished a ton of respect.

Edited by Redcarmoose - 1/15/12 at 11:49pm

Because there is so much of it. So many great albums and live preformances, it is outside the scope of the "modern prog rock thread".
Therefore we should start a thread for it.

 

Sorry, had to quote that in full because every time someone around here mentions Umph I have to give it a massive "Hell yeah!" and hope that someone goes and buys some.

 

This thread was exactly what I was looking for today because I've got De-loused in the Comatorium playing (I've had it on my hard drive for nearly two years and I swear I've never got around to listening to it properly) and I'm ready for more along those lines.

 

(Speaking of which, no mention of Coheed and Cambria? How come?)
 

 

 

I like Coheed and Cambria and own all of their albums.  Really dug their sound after hearing a couple of tracks from Good Apollo Vol I get airplay on the radio here back when it was released.  The subject matter and Claudio's vocals may not be for everyone, but they do rock.  There's been a bit of upheaval with their band line up the past year but hopefully it doesn't affect their sound too much. 

 

Edited by daigo - 1/19/12 at 4:11pm

I've found a lot of great and interesting new music from this thread so wanted to make my first contribution:

 

 

Influences and styles are quite varied from very Rush inspired guitar/drums/bass, to a bluesy sax infused number and a cover of Bowie.

 

Oh, and I know this isn't news to the world, but putting my plug in for MOG as the absolute best way to explore new music. Some bands are not to be found, but most of what I look for I find.

 

Enjoy.

Edited by ontherivet - 2/6/12 at 9:56am

I'm back to recommend two albums, both released this year.

 

The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet: Weird ass "heavy prog" saturated with sound effects and distortions, but I like it

 

 

 

Gazpacho - March of Ghosts: Gazpacho released a few weeks ago this new album. I really enjoy this one.

 

 

Edited by ewalcacer - 4/10/12 at 11:45pm

Noctourniquet rocks 

 

Koenji Hyakkei - Angherr Shisspa

I found this in some list on /mu/'s essentials archive. Really quite amazing album, and I guess if I were to put it under a specific genre it would be Progressive Rock. According to wikipedia the genre is 'Zeuhl', whatever that means.

 

That's a hell-hound (if I'm not mistaken), the album features an Oni, which is an ogre-like demon.

Know the difference!

Before subscribing to this thread, I like Porcupine Tree, Tool, Radiohead, Coldplay, Keane and Travis (sorry I guess some on this list are not really Prog Rock). Call me standard typical in terms of music preference. More suggestions welcome. Thank you.

Edit:
I have finished reading this thread and found the following bands that i like: Transatlantic, A Perfect Circle, Marillion and Dream Threater.
Somehow I am not too into Opeth and Symphony X. I guess I personally do not like too much Metal element (especially dark-sounding vocals) in Prog Rock.
Edited by zzffnn - 4/20/12 at 7:53pm

Holy ****, what a masterpiece! It's like listening to Grace for Drowning for the first time... I hope I listen to new shocking albums like this every year! Some might say it is not modern. The thing is, it's modern based on the 70's psychedelic prog rock aka Pink Floyd and stuff but it is modern. 

Astra - The Black Chord

The RX Bandits are far and away the best I've ever seen live.