Latest articles by Jeremy Allen
“The mixing of old and new is exemplary”: Tangerine Dream’s Coventry Cathedral 22
An impressive account of the electronic pioneers’ return to the Midlands half a century after their legendary show
Frank Zappa’s unaired TV special Cheaper Than Cheep is a recovered gem
A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog titan’s basement
Black Country, New Road battled steep odds to make Forever Howlong - but they won
Line-up changes, cancelled tours, shyness, outside commitments left the Canterbury crew with no option but to gamble on their future. Their third studio album proves they won
What if I told you A-ha’s Hunting High And Low is really a prog album?
Believe it or not, the 1985 pop record emerged from a background of Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Morten Harket singing along to Queen songs
How Gary Kemp came back from his post-pop wilderness to join the Pink Floyd family
Ex Spandau Ballet member and movie star discusses being inspired by David Gilmour, Syd Barrett and Mick Ronson, the attitude-crushing mid-90s experience that derailed his career, and what drummer Mason is really like
Gong’s 10th anniversary edition of I See You casts Daevid Allen’s final work in a new light
Subtle touches mark the full-circle moment when Allen – who still had plenty to say – put his band in the hands of Kavus Torabi, and the wheel moved on
"People are listening to Rick Astley. You’ve got to draw a line”: Mogwai and The Bad Fire
Stuart Braithwaite found himself unexpectedly inspired by King Crimson on his band’s 11th record – and the influence of Pink Floyd could appear on their next
Mercury Rev are a new animal after a humbling experience
Latest line-up’s new album Born Horses is many things, but Jonathan Donahue says it’s not pop-friendly, radio-friendly, pristine, clear, easier to mix… and it’s not de-seagulled either
Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq. says he’s a pessimist with impostor syndrome
He says his natural negativity didn’t top him presenting a positive take on Amelia Earhart’s final adventure on latest album The Last Flight, as he considers where the emotional power of his band’s output comes from
The Flaming Lips’ Blu-ray edition of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Lauded concept album from Oklahoma City’s finest has lost nothing in 22 years, while gaining new nuance in Dolby Atmos
Aphrodite’s Child witness the end of the world again with a repackaged 666
The Greek trio’s musical take on the apocalyptic Gospel of John returns 52 years on with far less controversy and unbroken artistic impact
Hawklords’ Relativity casts them as worriers on the edge of time
Jerry Richards’ band delivers grooves, hooks and vitality on 11th album, amid a concept story of AI and machines
“A cornucopia”: Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe (’) 50th anniversary edition
Dazzling deluxe expansion of his best-loved solo album
“From beauty to absolute hideousness”: The roots of Tim Bowness’ Powder Dry
Struggling to express conviction, the serial band member and collaborator went it alone for his most experimental album to date… although he didn’t use the pedalboard Peter Hammill lent him
When Marjana Semkina realised she couldn’t ignore her native Russia’s war on Ukraine
Her second solo album, Sirin, finds her in a more confident and assertive place – she’s even reverted to the original spelling of her name
“A mighty and nimble love letter to home”: And So I Watch You From Afar’s Megafauna
Northern Irish art rockers’ seventh album proves yet again they can deliver emotion without language
Why Portishead’s Dummy qualifies as a prog album
Many progressive musicians would recognise and admire the attention to detail in the band’s 1994 debut
“Meditative passages, bravely expansive”: Bass Communion’s The Itself Of Itself
Noise and abstract beauty abound in a work that slows the world down to the point of being liminal
“It throws up the confounding realisation that the world’s most famous fusion violinist is au fait with drum’n’ bass”: Jean-Luc Ponty’s Life Enigma reissue
“Fusion violinist proves he’s au fait with drum’n’ bass”: Jean-Luc Ponty’s Life Enigma
“Sounds like the musique concrète pioneers they were”: Pink Floyd’s Animals Dolby Edition
Pioneers’ ‘punkest’ record gets the Atmos Blu-ray treatment to impressive effect, claiming the music back for proggers
Hawkwind return to the cosmos with the transportative Tales From Time And Space
The space rock icons’ late-career renaissance continues on their 36th studio album
Peter Gabriel's i/o. "The world has changed since 2002, mostly for the worst, but it’s a better place with i/o in it."
The ex-Genesis singer returns to the big time with his first album in 21 years to reassert his place as the doyen of cerebral art-pop.
“It’s ostentatious and even maddening at times, but there’s no faulting the ambition”: XTC’s The Big Express
Neglected 80s progressive pop gem gets the Steven Wilson treatment
