Cirrus Bay, because I think there is more to them than they are given credit for.
Sanguine Hum, because I think they should be more well known.
Big Big Train, for such great production and mood.
Ciccada, because I recently heard of them, and they still sound fresh. Perhaps that will wear off, but for now they are sounding great.
I think the 2nd and 3rd Singularity CDs are brilliant and everyone should listen to. Also The Mandrake Project kills me. I'm so sad they are no more.
"The woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best..." - Henry David Thoreau
An advocate here on the forum... or to the general public? I look through my meager CD collection and realize that the only bands the general public would recognize are CCR, Yes, Tull and Rush.... and even some of the people I know are unaware of Yes, Tull and Rush. So I'm an advocate for any of my favorite prog, prog-metal or stoner bands to anyone who's willing to listen.
Perhaps the most frustrating thing is knowing someone who SHOULD be into our "unknown" bands, but isn't. A guy who works nights at my workplace used to be a drummer, was a big prog fan in the 70's. He often references bits from Tales from Topographic Oceans and often plays his ELP Pictures at an Exhibition CD. He has no idea of any prog beyond the 70's. I tried introducing him to some of our modern bands from the 90's and onward, and he was unmoved! When that was me circa 1999, discovering the Flower Kings, Spocks Beard, Echolyn, Iluvatar, Rocket Scientists, and a gazillion other bands playing the music I had been missing since the 70's, I was ECSTATIC!!!
You say Mega Ultra Deluxe Special Limited Edition Extended Autographed 5-LP, 3-CD, 4-DVD, 2-BlueRay, 4-Cassette, five 8-Track, MP4 Download plus Demos, Outtakes, Booklet, T-Shirt and Guitar Pick Gold-Leafed Box Set Version like it's a bad thing...
Among "second tier" 70's bands with prog leanings, I'm a big advocate of Be Bop Deluxe, Angel and Horslips.
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I have the first Singularity and its not bad. I didn't realize they'd recorded any more. So there is improvement on the 2nd album then?Originally Posted by gryphs also
Distillerie di Malto
Una Volta Eravamo in Sette
Cuprum
Poco Loco
D'Accord
London Underground
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Yeah Ernie, I've told many people about Bad Dog U and several others on here like Eccentric Orbit, but as with much of this music that we care for it's so obscure that people just shrug it off and say "that's pretty good" or something to that affect and then it never enters their mind afterwards.Thanks for being our advocate, Todd!
It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it.
If my radio show counts as a place to promote/advocate bands:
From the 70s - Nektar, Be-Bop Deluxe, Gentle Giant, 10cc, stuff like that.
Newer: It Bites, Marillion, Tinyfish, Kino, RPWL, many more!
Newer stuff outside the prog realm:
The Running Jumps - wonderful mix of power-pop and prog !
Jonatha Brooke - fantastically creative songwriter, hard to just pinpoint as a typical 'Singer/songwriter'
Elbow - they have the anthemic thing down pat. Love their lyrics too.
Calexico
Crowded House
And of course... always ... Sandy Denny
Univers Zero, among others.
Yes them
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
The Flower Kings
Deerhoof
These New Puritans
Kayak
Nektar
XTC
Guided By Voices
and even if they don't really need it: YES
The Prog Corner
There are very few bands I try to turn people onto anymore. But anyone willing to listen, I'll try to turn them on to Echolyn and most recently, District 97.
"The Bill of Rights says nothing about the freedom of hearing. This, of course, takes a lot of the fun out of the freedom of speech." - Pat Paulsen
My Art- http://www.facebook.com/williamallenrenfro -My Life
Red Masque
Scarlet Thread
WÖYH
Riutta
Sammal
Also Agitation Free
Spirit
Hunger
Biosphere
Niemen
Iron Maiden and Metallica. I can't stop gushing about them to people.
For prog it's Gentle Giant. The pearl in the ocean of prog. Loved this band instantly.
I do this with a lot of bands really. But one that comes to mind is Steve Unruh and Resistor. I'm often trying to spread the word as much as I can without boring people in the process. I think he's fantastic on his own and Resistor is a great little band too.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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But honestly,what's worth to advocate such a group like this.
Magic Pie
Sonus Umbra
Little Atlas/Strattman
Moon Safari
Might Could
Heliopolis
District 97
Credo
Zip Tang (Chicago band who should be heard by many more people - outstanding)
All of these bands contain friends of mine, some, very close friends.
I always advocate for friends.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
TEE, for sure. Love both their albums, and hope for more!
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
And it's too expesive.
Aha stalinisists
Necromonkey
Cardiacs
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Thank You Scientist
Knifeworld
the cellar and point
Supersister
And others I'm forgetting!
Ian Beabout
Mixing and mastering engineer. See ya at ProgDay !
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.co...m/bakers-dozen
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.co...-and-holland-3
colouratura.bandcamp.com
Really, REALLY looking forward to purchasing/hearing this.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Saw them on Friday, terrific band.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
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