current progressive bands

[hpdrifter]

So I know I'm going to get slammed for this but are there any other fans of current progressive bands on the BBMB?

Oceansize
Porcupine Tree
Muse

I really like Oceansize, I think of the three they have the best balance of being creative and progressive without sounding bloated or pretentious. I haven't heard their new one, Frames, because its only been released in the U.K. It might be available on iTunes. To be honest, I haven't checked.

[paul jones]

I heard that Emerson Lake and Palmer track on the radio the other night

the one that's all spacey stuff ummm hang on ...


fanfare for the common man

[Guy Incognito]

what exactly is a current progressive band?

do you mean like prog rock or what?

[paul jones]

I like the new Fiery Furnaces album a lot

that's all over the shop in a proggy sort of way I suppose

[hpdrifter]

I guess there isn't a great word for it. The three bands I mentioned tend to do longer songs with lots of parts and don't use the typical verse chorus verse structure. There are a lot of instrumental parts.

Not prog rock in the sense of Rush, Yes, and early Genesis, it’s a more current version of that, I guess.

[Guy Incognito]

I heard that Emerson Lake and Palmer track on the radio the other night

the one that's all spacey stuff ummm hang on ...


fanfare for the common man

good tune - originals better though , ELP's goes on a bit but i guess thats prog rock for you

[Guy Incognito]

i always liked spiritualized , they were a bit proggy. the album that looks like a pill packet was really good - the chemical brothers mix of i think im in love is a thing of greatness

[hpdrifter]

Spiritualized, huh?

Artistdirect.com lists them in some pretty eclectic company:

Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, My Bloody Valentine, The Stooges, Stereolab, the Verve, and Miles Davis.

I'll consider that a good sign. What album do you like the best?

[hpdrifter]

I guess the Mars Volta would probably fit in this category too.

[saz]

prog, space rock, psychedelia, shoegaze et al, there's quite a few (y)

dungen
verve
spectrum
spiritualized
dead meadow
curve
outrageous cherry
the go
psychic ills
the church
my bloody valentine
brian jonestown massacre
bardo pond
the quarter after
black mountain
acid mothers temple
dead confederate
primal scream
the dolly rocker movement

i wouldn't categorize the stooges into any of these genres though.

[jabumbo]

i like a fair amount of the mars volta's stuff, and primal scream is alright


but emerson lake and palmer can't be beat!

[Guy Incognito]

Spiritualized, huh?



I'll consider that a good sign. What album do you like the best?

This one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_and_Gentlemen_We_Are_Floating_in_Space) or This one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazer_Guided_Melodies)

[taquitos]

dead meadow is very good, despite their name.
most of the other names in that big list i'm either not familiar with or don't care too much for.

edit: i dont think dead meadow is really a prog rock band, if thats what this thread is about

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

electrelane.
akron/family.
battles.
black mountain.
secret machines.
a silver mt zion.
voice of the seven woods.

i may be stretching yr definition of 'current' in a couple of cases. :)

[saz]

edit: i dont think dead meadow is really a prog rock band, if thats what this thread is about

that's why i mentioned similar genres in my original post.

[taquitos]

word (y) these genres are confusing.

[Miho]

Porcupine Tree and Mars Volta are my favorites.

[b-grrrlie]

I guess the lines are pretty thin on some of the genres, but I've noticed that I really do dislike prog but I love psychedelic,
thus (y) BJM, Spriritualized, Verve, Coil, MBV, Primal Scream, TSOOL, Warlocks,
Black Ryder, Black Angels, Blackstrap, Dead Meadow, The People's Revolutionary Choir
and (n) Mars Volta, Muse, Porcupine Tree, Dungen, Träd Gräs och Stenar, November.
My friend's daughter went to see Mars Volta the other day and while we were waiting for her after the gig
I could hear more than half an hour of their gig and I was oh so glad I wasn't inside the venue!
Saw Black Mountain on Conan last night and they reminded me sooo much of Jefferson Airplane
so I didn't quite know which category to put them. Gotta give them further listen...

[RobMoney$]

I heard that Emerson Lake and Palmer track on the radio the other night

the one that's all spacey stuff ummm hang on ...


fanfare for the common man

ELP covered that tune, it's originally written by Aaron Copland.

The Stones have been opening their shows to that piece for years (y)