Mike Maidment 
Its mostly Spring across the land despite our Mostly Autumn opening track as we peregrinate our way through the genres like Gandalf on his way to the Rivendell Curry House after an evening on the Sauron Super Mead. Enroute we encounter psychedelic rock, post punk, Zappa (a category apart), jazz fusion and post rock before … Read more
Our zeit has never been so geisted at Progtastic HQ as we find ourself at the vanguard of popular culture for the first (and probably only) time in our short but illustrious history as we feature a track from Steven Wilson’s album The Overview which hit Number 3 in the actual pop charts this very … Read more
Progtastic goes Fish-tastic to celebrate the last tour of his royal Fish-ness along with new tracks from Maruja and Nad Sylvan, some Zappa madness from the ZERO Ensemble and an early Simple Minds track. It’ll be reel-ly good and I’m angling for your approval and await your feedback with bait-ed breath. OK I’ll stop now. … Read more
We’re back with the Prog of a thousand places. Including cool new sounds from Europeans M’Z and Psychowatermelon, a Zappa classic from Scotland’s own Pygmy Twylyte and quality tunes from Rush, Fish, Sky and King Crimson. Let face it, it would be a cheek to pay lip-service to this episode (Yes I am doing puns … Read more
Progtastic #50: Something proggy this way comes but fear not as we help you navigate fab sounds old and new from Gilgamesh to Griffiths and Hollingsworth and the slightly catchier named Psychowatermelon. 1. Steven Wilson – Impossible Tightrope 2. Griffiths and Hollingsworth – The Library 3. Strikemaster – Time is on my Side 4. Thymeshift … Read more
Progtastic #49: This week Progtastic takes a nostalgic rummage through a few early influences plus a few recent belters. 1. Talk Talk – Happiness is Easy 2. Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express 3. Simple Minds – Boys from Brazil 4. Gary Numan – Bed of Thorns 5. The Stranglers – North Winds Blowing 6. Porcupine … Read more
Progtastic #48: Highlights of 2024: A celebration of some of the splendid sounds that have been created this year by the beautiful, talented people of Planet Prog. And also a big shout out to all of you who support all these great musicians. This show is for all of you – people of Progland, I … Read more
Progtastic #47: A Prog Christmas Party Special -direct from the snug of the Rising Parsnip: We’ve got a veritable plethora of festive related treats for you tonight so put your feet up, grab a glass of something tasty and join me for a yuletide musical feast. 1. The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t let the … Read more
Progtastic #46: Bringing it home this week are, er, Home. On the way we take in some splendid aural architecture from Godley & Crème, Saro Cosentino, The Cyberiam and Glenn C Victor. We stop off for a bit of Al Stewart and The Empty Pockets plus check out Zappa, Farm and Ultravox for good measure … Read more
Progtastic #45: A Prog-packed show tonight featuring Arthur Brown, The Pineapple Thief, Kansas, Unitopia and new tracks from The Vegetarians and Blacksmith Tales. Plus a bit of fusion from the Fents, psychedelic rock from Wellington and, er, Yngwie Malmsteen. How did he get in here? 1. Jean Michel Jarre – Ethnicolour 2. The Vegetarians – … Read more