Who are the young'uns?

[Paulrus]

...
Syd Arthur
...

I wish I knew what the hell was going on with those guys. After busting out huge in 2014 they've decided to slow things down considerably this year. They've avoided coming to the states entirely and have only been doing a few UK festivals. Their regular drummer Fred Rother is MIA with another Magill brother occupying the chair lately. Hopefully they're at least working on a new album and that 2016 sees them returning to the level of activity that got them where they are to begin with.

EDIT: I just checked their FB page and they're actually in LA as we speak working on a new album. Huzzah!

[NogbadTheBad]

Wow, lots of great suggestions so far.

[SteveSly]

Lots of great suggestions already mentioned that I agree with. I don’t think anyone has mentioned Thank You Scientists or Dream The Electric Sleep yet.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Thank You Scientist

And a few more:

The Cellar and Point
Druckfarben
Alco Frisbass
It's the End
Corima
Stars in Battledress
SKE
Herba d'Hameli
Stabat Akish
Afuche
Crown Larks
Rhûn
Nooumena

[ytserush]

All my favorites (Wobbler, Astra, Syd Arthur, Aquaserge, Trojan Horse--there's threads for all these bands on this site) have been named. My favorite album from last year was Trojan Horse's, so here be video: :

Thanks! Looks like I need to pick this up.

Rush? Check.
King Crimson? Check.
Dream Theater? Check.


I just realized that this band is in the middle of a HUGE list of bands that I need to check out that I've been culling from Prog Magazine.

[Baribrotzer]

Thanks! Looks like I need to pick this up.

Rush? Check.
King Crimson? Check.
Dream Theater? Check.

Ummmm, check this out. It is like none of those bands at all. Almost sounds like Cardiacs - not the vocals so much as the general goofiness.

[Reginod]

Two(ish) that haven't been mentioned that I really like:

Hiatus Kaiyote (Aussie neo-soul-art-rock, really quirky with lots of left turns, odd meters, and inventive electronics)

http://hiatuskaiyote.com/







And also really kind of a nexus of three related bands/projects from Sweden:

Villebråd (At first they were carelessly lumped in with Anekdoten, but they're a a really finely nuanced band with a rare harmonic awareness and emotion. IYAM)

http://prog-sphere.bandcamp.com/album/ampersand

Klotet (punkish instrumental prog, reminds me at times of some of Kultivator's music)



Chords & Melodies (fantastic electronic music, free album!)

http://chordsmelodies.bandcamp.com/

[Scrotum Scissor]

Ummmm, check this out. It is like none of those bands at all. Almost sounds like Cardiacs - not the vocals so much as the general goofiness.

They specifically mention Cardiacs, along with XTC, Tears for Fears, Wyatt's Rock Bottom and Soft Machine's Volume Two. Have to say that I hear preciously little Rush, the very odd Krims - but some folks like this might even be offended by the DT comparison, for all I know. Trojan Horse's roots lay most pronouncedly in various styles of independent rock. There's the obvious parallell to Shudder to Think in places, other times even NoMeansNo and that kind of stuff. Great band all the same!

But hey, people may hear what they hear, of course.

[ytserush]

They specifically mention Cardiacs, along with XTC, Tears for Fears, Wyatt's Rock Bottom and Soft Machine's Volume Two. Have to say that I hear preciously little Rush, the very odd Krims - but some folks like this might even be offended by the DT comparison, for all I know. Trojan Horse's roots lay most pronouncedly in various styles of independent rock. There's the obvious parallell to Shudder to Think in places, other times even NoMeansNo and that kind of stuff. Great band all the same!

But hey, people may hear what they hear, of course.

My comments were limited to that first song, which was all I had to go on at the time.

Nothing wrong with versatility. I don't really have a strong indy background, but I like what I heard from the second song too. Worth further investigation for sure.

[PeterG]

Genuine Q: do any, many or most of the young bands actually apply the term prog band to themselves, or do they come under various of the other many new genres, e.g. chill out, retro rock, post-folk, freak folk, indie folk, etc?

[alanterrill]

Genuine Q: do any, many or most of the young bands actually apply the term prog band to themselves, or do they come under various of the other many new genres, e.g. chill out, retro rock, post-folk, freak folk, indie folk, etc?

Some of them are happy to describe themselves as prog - Trojan Horse used the term 'prog nouveau' which I rather liked.

[Steve F.]

Genuine Q: do any, many or most of the young bands actually apply the term prog band to themselves, or do they come under various of the other many new genres, e.g. chill out, retro rock, post-folk, freak folk, indie folk, etc?

Plenty do

Plenty don't

[Steve F.]

And a few more:

Afuche

Sadly gone right after the album's release.

Along with Algernon, another one sadly gone right after the album's release and another band that fit into the OP's inquiry.

[NogbadTheBad]

Sadly gone right after the album's release.

Along with Algernon, another one sadly gone right after the album's release and another band that fit into the OP's inquiry.

Afuche and Algernon were excellent

[PeterG]

Some of them are happy to describe themselves as prog - Trojan Horse used the term 'prog nouveau' which I rather liked.

I like that prog nouveau, new prog, neo prog.....oh hang on...oops

[Reginod]

Genuine Q: do any, many or most of the young bands actually apply the term prog band to themselves, or do they come under various of the other many new genres, e.g. chill out, retro rock, post-folk, freak folk, indie folk, etc?

We've had discussions about this kind of thing around here before; I still feel like using "prog" as some kind of qualifier for measuring musical worth is a useless thing to do.

"Prog" is pretty much a descriptor that we can use to get into the ballpark concerning the music we're talking about, and really not much more.

As far as bands labeling themselves that way . . . . . . . . their choice I guess. Seems like they could be painting themselves into a stylistic corner, but it's their decision.

[jlneudorf]

Druckfarben
Tea Club

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

painting themselves into a stylistic corner, but it's their decision.

Indeed... not sure too many musical artists like to pidgeonhole themselves like that

[Scrotum Scissor]

Afuche and Algernon were excellent

Indeed. As were such a dominant portion of the contemporary progressive (note: sans quotation marks!) rock bands Steve signed this last decade; Ahleuchatistas, Mats/Morgan, Upsilon Acrux, Sonar, Guapo, Chrome Hoof, Pixel and the *impossibly* amazing (and much lamented) Time of Orchids.

The true finesse about Algernon was their ability to sound post-, math-, jazz- and prog-rock in just about equal levels, merging the finest of all parts and coming up with a sound so inviting that it's difficult to bring across to anyone who didn't have the pleasure of hearing them. I always thought of it as how things would have come out if someone like Jaga Jazzist's Lars Horntvedt had written music for Battles (the band). Fabulous record, that one.

[Steve F.]

^ ^ ^

50% of Time Of Orchids made a digital only CDEP as Infantephant. I think it's quite groovy.

http://infantephant.bandcamp.com/alb...tippopacalypse

[MJBrady]

European Mantra


Fresh



Lagitagida

[miamiscot]

Simeon Soul Charger
Purson
Black Moth
Airbag
Abigail's Ghost
Eversham
Slow Earth
Pleasures (ex-Son of Hippies)

Purson is brilliant!!!

[progeezer's ghost]

Anyone heard "Next to None", featuring Portnoy's kid? These are apparently teens.

http://www.nexttonone.net/

This is the first I've heard of them (though I knew Max Portnoy is a drummer).

If these kids are this good now, I can't wait to hear what they come up with in their 20s and 30s.
Thanks for sharing!

[rickawakeman]

I think this (Next to None) was released on Friday, just saw it at Newbury Comics in the New Releases.

[Baribrotzer]

This is the first I've heard of them (though I knew Max Portnoy is a drummer).

If these kids are this good now, I can't wait to hear what they come up with in their 20s and 30s.
Thanks for sharing!

They can play their asses off, but damn, they sure sound like Dream Theater Junior.

Slightly more "extreme" vocals, with an Ozzy-like tone, croaking, shouts, and obvious Autotune but no Jimmy The Cheese operatic bellow.