AmericanPrög

21/03/2024

There’s a remastered repeat up this Sunday, whilst Brian gets ready to move house.

25/01/2024

19/01/2024

05/01/2024

Prog Ensemble Circuline Launches Ambitious Virtual Tour January 2024

Prog ensemble Circuline’s 2024 “C.O.R.E.” Virtual Tour begins Friday, January 12th, 2024, and will consist of 57 events in 48 weeks, with Single releases, Lyric videos, Official videos, “Behind the Scenes” videos, and Livestream Q&A events where the band is able to connect with their fans around the world.

Six years in the making, Circuline’s new album “C.O.R.E.”, released on the Inner Nova Music label, will be available as an album of eight tracks available in a gatefold digipak CD, with an eight-page booklet of lyrics and liner notes. The album explores themes in romantic relationships, surviving abuse, finding one’s own personal power, and the turbulent times in which we live. “C.O.R.E.” will be released on Friday, September 20th, 2024.

Circuline has a new lineup, with new band members Shelby Logan Warne (Kyros) on bass and vocals, and Dave Bainbridge on guitars (Strawbs, IONA, Lifesigns). Guest Artist Joe Deninzon (Kansas, Stratospheerius) on electric violin. Keyboardist/vocalist Andrew Colyer (Robert Berry’s 3.2 Band, The Tubes), drummer Darin Brannon (Downing Grey, Surface Tension), and lead vocalist Natalie Brown (Evita, Rocky Horror Picture Show) complete the band’s lineup.

Says Andrew Colyer, “With this international virtual tour, we have two goals: First, we want to get our music exposed to as many people as possible, to continue to grow our fanbase worldwide. Second, we want to deepen our relationships with the fans who are the most passionate. Releasing singles, lyric videos, and official videos accomplishes the first goal, and by doing these in-depth, ‘Behind the Scenes’ videos, we accomplish the second goal. Packaging everything together into a single 12-month celebration of the new album will hopefully capture more attention for future opportunities for live performing and touring, with this fantastic new lineup.”

Number #1 in Portugal. Top 10 in Japan. Prog-Award Nominated. Global Music Award Winning. With sales in 23 countries, Circuline’s fanbase is growing daily. The band has toured with Glass Hammer, repeatedly co-headlined the three-day Sonic Voyage Festival, and toured England opening for IO Earth. Circuline has performed at the International Rites of Spring festival (RoSfest), Philadelphia's Liberty Music Fest, Chicago’s Progtoberfest, New Jersey’s ProgStock, and England’s Harmonix Festival.

Says Andrew, “We’ve had so much fun creating all the videos for this Virtual Tour! We’ve been ‘on location’ in train stations, on rivers, in parking lots, and on soundstage studios. The ‘Story Behind the Song’ videos were done in our newly remodeled studio, with professional documentary filmmakers. The ‘Gear Behind the Music’ videos were done on cell phones. The ‘Behind the Official Video’ series utilizes B-roll shot on location, with band members doing over-the-top commentary. This has been a lot of work, and a ton of fun! We hope the fans enjoy it.”

C.O.R.E. Virtual Tour Dates:

January
12 - Song #1 - Single Release
19 - Song #1 - Gear Behind the Music
26 - Song #1 - Lyric Video

February
2 - Song #1 - Story Behind the Song
9 - Song #1 - Official Video
16 - Song #1 - Behind the Official Video
18 - Song #1 - Livestream Q&A
23 - Song #2 - Single Release

March
1 - Song #2 - Gear Behind the Music
8 - Song #2 - Lyric Video
15 - Song #2 - Story Behind the Song
22 - Song #2 - Official Video
29 - Song #2 - Behind the Official Video
30 - Song #2 - Livestream Q&A (Sunday is Easter)

April
5 - Song #3 - Single Release
12 - Song #3 - Gear Behind the Music
19 - Song #3 - Lyric Video
26 - Song #3 - Story Behind the Song

May
3 - Song #3 - Official Video
10 - Song #3 - Behind the Official Video
11 - Song #3 - Livestream Q&A (Sunday is Mother’s Day)
17 - Song #4 - Single Release
24 - Song #4 - Gear Behind the Music
31 - Song #4 - Lyric Video

June
7 - Song #4 - Story Behind the Song
14 - Song #4 - Official Video
21 - Song #4 - Behind the Official Video
23 - Song #4 - Livestream Q&A
28 - Song #5 - Single Release

July
5 - Song #5 - Gear Behind the Music
12 - Song #5 - Lyric Video
19 - Song #5- Story Behind the Song
26 - Song #5 - Official Video

August
2 - Song #5 - Behind the Official Video
4 - Song #5 - Livestream Q&A
9 - Song #6 - Single Release
16 - Song #6 - Gear Behind the Music
23 - Song #6 - Lyric Video
30 - Song #6 - Story Behind the Song

September
6 - Song #6 - Official Video
13 - Song #6 - Behind the Official Video
15 - Song #6 - Livestream Q&A
20 - Album Release Day!
20 - Song #7 - Single Release
21 - Album Release Livestream
27 - Song #7 - Gear Behind the Music

October
4 - Song #7 - Lyric Video
11 - Song #7 - Story Behind the Song
18 - Song #7 - Official Video
25 - Song #7 - Behind the Official Video
27 - Song #7 - Livestream Q&A

November
1 - Song #8 - Single Release
8 - Song #8 - Gear Behind the Music
15 - Song #8 - Lyric Video
22 - Song #8 - Story Behind the Song
29 - Song #8 - Official Video

December
6 - Song #8 - Behind the Official Video
8 - Song #8 - Livestream Q&A
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ColyerMusic Darin Brannon Shelby Logan Warne

05/01/2024

This is tremendous!

8 track album

01/12/2023

IZZ is pleased to present our reimagined version of the classic Christmas song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Tom Galgano)

https://izzmusic.bandcamp.com/track/have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas-2

This release is also serving as a way for you to help support the new IZZ album which will be released in the first half of 2024! We are pricing this single at $5 which is unusually high for just one song, but everything earned from this release will go into the fund for our new studio album so we hope you view this not only as a way to listen to a new song but also as a way of helping support IZZ as we finish our new album.

IZZ has always preferred the "classic" method of releasing an album: The band writes and records the songs without anyone hearing them, and on that magical day - "Release Day" - you buy the album in any format you prefer. So we have always stayed away from pre-orders and kickstarters and the like. There are so few surprises in life. Purchasing this single is a way for you to help us surprise you with new, original music in a few months' time. And we hope this song brings some joy and inspiration to your Holiday season!

Thank you!

29/11/2023

‘Murica!

17/11/2023

Spock's Beard is super stoked to announce our upcoming UK tour and NL show! It's been wayyy too long, we can't wait to see our UK and NL friends again!

These dates are firm, we WILL be there. Hope you will be too, we must ROCK!

01/26/24 Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms

01/27/24 - UK Glasgow, The Classic Grand

01/28/24 - UK Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

01/29/24 - UK Southampton The 1865

01/30/24 - UK Thekla Bristol

01/31/24 - UK Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

02/01/24 - UK London, 229

02/03/24 - NL Utrecht, MidWinter Prog Festival – Tivoli

31/10/2023

We're slotting in a repeat in November, as Brian is away and Mike is under investigation by HMRC.

31/10/2023

This is wonderful, chums.

8 track album

25/10/2023

We are thrilled to announce the return of drummer Mike Portnoy to Dream Theater! We will be going into the studio to begin working on our 16th studio album and the first with MP since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings!

“I understand Dream Theater’s decision to get Mike Portnoy back at this time. As was said from Day 1, my place was not to fill all the roles that Mike held in the band. I was to play the drums in order to help the band carry on. My main role of keeping our live show working tightly on a nightly basis was an intense and rewarding experience. Thankfully, I got to experience playing music with these iconic musicians, as well as some fun times laced with humor. I also really enjoyed spending lots of time with the crew. And then there’s the GRAMMY® win, which was amazingly satisfying. To the fans: thank you so much for being amazing to me. I cherish the pictures I have of you all losing your minds and having fun. Finally, I really love the band, crew and management and wish them and the entire organization all the best.” Mike Mangini

“Mike Mangini’s drumming is otherworldly and I’m extremely grateful for the time he spent with us in Dream Theater. I’m very proud of all the amazing music we made together that culminated in our first GRAMMY win last year and the countless magical moments that we’ve shared on stage over the past 13 years. I wish him all the best of success in his future musical endeavors. I’m incredibly excited to welcome Mike Portnoy back into Dream Theater! As an original founding member, longtime friend and incredibly talented and creative drummer, I know that his return will bring a renewed spirit, passion and energy into DT that all of us, including our fans, will joyfully welcome. I can’t wait to roll up our sleeves and get back into the studio together!” John Petrucci

“It's great to be back true to form with our original drummer Mike Portnoy. We started playing together as Majesty almost 40 years ago and I am excited to see what this next phase of Dream Theater creates for the future. I wish nothing but the best for Mike Mangini for all the blood, sweat and tears he put into DT during his 13-year tenure with the band” John Myung

“Having Mike Mangini with us all these years has been, quite simply, a terrific ride. He is one of the most amazing and naturally gifted drummers I have had the pleasure of working with. Thank you Mike. Life is a very strange ride and I guess that’s what makes it all the more interesting and forever engaging. Having Mike Portnoy back in the band is exactly where we and things should be. Things have a way of going full circle and in this case, it makes perfect sense. I am excited with the prospects of this classic DT lineup being reunited. I can say with absolute confidence this will be the final incarnation of DT with many chapters still to be written well into our future. Onward and upward guys!! Welcome back MP”. James Labrie

“Mike Mangini is one of the most exceptional drummers on earth and I feel privileged that we got to create a whole body of work with him. I will always be grateful for the time we shared in the Dream Theater Universe. We are so excited to reunite the core Dream Theater family. There is a resonance of spirit and vision that is unique and goes beyond words within our relationship with Mike Portnoy. On the stage and off there is no denying the magic that happens when we are together. I’m thankful we have the opportunity to work together again as Dream Theater and am looking forward to sharing our excitement and passion with our amazing fans for a long time to come.” Jordan Rudess

“I am overwhelmed with joy to be returning home and reuniting with my brothers! There is so much shared history between us all…so many memories, so much music…to think we’re coming up on 40 years since this journey began! The idea of creating new music together is so exciting and I absolutely cannot wait to hit the road and get to play live for a whole new generation of fans that weren’t ever able to see this lineup before…There’s no place like home!!” Mike Portnoy

23/10/2023

✔️ Over 45 minutes of music from Award-winning Modern Progressive Rock Band ✔️ This DEEPLY DISCOUNTED AUTOGRAPHED PRE-ORDER BUNDLE will NEVER be available again!

28/09/2023

Here's the latest Roncast for your listening pleasure, featuring these fine artistes:

Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere (live)
Neal Morse - Prologue
Explosions in the Sky - Moving On
High Pulp - Dirtmouth

Pat Metheny - P.C of Belgium

The Flaming Lips - In the Morning of the Magicians
Thirteen of Everything - Count All the Days
Gov’t Mule - Gone Too Long
Flor de Loto - Nasca Lines

John Carpenter - Chariots of Pumpkins

Dead Bob’s Shellac Attack: Side B of ‘Perilous’ by Glass Hammer

- We Slept, We Dreamed
- The Years Were Sped
- Our Foe Revealed
- Toward Home We Fled

Focus - Hocus Pocus (US Single Version)

Pomegranate Tiger - Metasphere
Derek Sherinian and Simon Philips - Seven Seas (live)
Dream Theater - The Alien
D’Virgilo, Morse & Jennings - Anywhere the Wind Blows

  Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere (live) Neal Morse - Prologue Explosions in the Sky - Moving On High Pulp - Dirtmouth   Pat Metheny - P.C of Belgium   The Flaming Lips - In the Morning of the Magicians Thirteen of Everything - Count All the Days Gov’t Mule - Gone Too Long [...]

23/08/2023

Big shout out to Steve Blease for this.

01/08/2023

Loving this band

the official web space of progressive rock band Falling Edge

01/08/2023

Here's the Roncast for July, Featuring these wonderful artistes:

Craig Wedron - Reno 911!

OFF! Worst Is Yet to Come
Sandriver - Dogwater
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
Glass Human - The Martyr

Mammals - Expanding Majesty
Rainbows Are Free - Lady of the Woods / Psychonaut
Rose Windows - Seasons of Serpents
Gov’t Mule - Head Full of Thunder

Dream the Electric Sleep - Beyond Reapair
Modest Mouse - The Ground Walks,With Time in a Box
Wippy Bonstack - Dancing with the Monks

Shellac Attack - Side ’Sublime’ of ReImaginos by Albert Bouchard
- Siege and Investiture …
- Girl That Love Made Blind
- Astronomy

Falling Edge - I, Awake

Craig Wedron - Reno 911!   OFF! Worst Is Yet to Come Sandriver - Dogwater Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy Glass Human - The Martyr   Mammals - Expanding Majesty Rainbows Are Free - Lady of the Woods / Psychonaut Rose Windows - Seasons of Serpents Gov’t Mule - Head Full of Thunder   [...]

20/07/2023

The Roncast for The June 2023 AmericanPrög Show, with me and Mike is here, featuring these great artistes:

Craig Wedren - Reno 911!

The Michael Dunn Project - Another Day in the Modern World
K’Mono - Mind Out Of Mind
Life in 24 Frames - June

Dead Bob’s Record of the Week: ‘Ardis’ by Ten Jinn

- Brotherhood of Man
- The Red Virgin

Great Wide Nothing - The Portal and the Precipice
Arnoldo’s Lizards - Tonight
Envy of None - Lethe River

Dead Bob’s Shellac Attack: Side Dance of ‘Re-Imaginos’ by Albert Bouchard

- Black Telescope
- Magna of Illusion
- Les Invisibles
- Imaginos Overture

Focus - Hocus Pocus (US Single Version)

Ice Age - Riverflow
Trailight - Mirrors
The Nerve Institute - Knives of Summer

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius - Game of Chicken (live)
Spock’s Beard - June (live)

Craig Wedren - Reno 911!   The Michael Dunn Project - Another Day in the Modern World K’Mono - Mind Out Of Mind Life in 24 Frames - June   Dead Bob’s Record of the Week: ‘Ardis’ by Ten Jinn - Brotherhood of Man - The Red Virgin   Great Wide Nothing - The Portal [...]

02/07/2023

the official web space of progressive rock band Falling Edge

17/06/2023

Planning for the June show is well underway. Will we play ‘June’ by Spock’s Beard? Yet again? Will it be cat-themed? Who knows. All we can say is that it will probably be excellent. A solid B+ at worst.

29/05/2023

Amidst a flurry of Bobcasts, here's the latest Roncast. Mike was away doing merch for Dead Bob at his sellout run of Zulu! The Musical shows at Kidderminster Conservative Club, but he was with Brian in spirit. Ask him how many plastic novelty spears he got the team here at SHR. Go on, we dare you...

Whilst you ponder that question (it's thousands!!! btw) consider this amazing list of wonderful artistes who helped us out this month:

Craig Wedren - Reno 911!

Zombi - America
SPACEHOG Official Facebook - In the Meantime
Thirteen of Everything - The Penultimate Flight of Armando the Pigeon

Jan Rivera - Existential Paranoia
The Sword - March of the Lor
Mammatus - Expanding Majesty

Elder - Merged In Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra

Dead Bob’s Shellac-Attack: Side A of ‘Half Life’ by IZZ

- The Soul of Music
- Into The Sun
- Half Life
- The Wait of It All (live)

Focus - Hocus Pocus (US Single Version)

Tides of Man - Empire Theory
Jellyfish - Joining a Fan Club
Rick Massie - Mysterious Ghost (excerpt)

Mos Generator - Until We Meet Again - Pt. I-IV (extended excerpt)

Styx - Come Sail Away

Roncast – The AmericanPrög Show, May 2023 Craig Wedren – Reno 911!   Zombi – America Spacehog – In the Meantime Thirteen of Everything – The Penultimate Flight of Armando the Pigeon   Jan Rivera – Existential Paranoia The Sword – March of the Lor Mammatus – Expanding Majesty   El...

01/04/2023

The latest Roncast is now available. Featuring these fine artistes:

Rush - New World Man
Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back
Television - Marquee Moon

Syzygy - Dialectic

Orpheus Nine - The Fall of the House of Keys
Steve Tibbetts - Three Primates
Alien Ant Farm - Homage

Surfing Arcanis - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

Crown Lands - Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II

Helen Wheels - Tattoo Vampire
Blue Öyster Cult - The Alchemist
Wippy Bonstack - Insatiable
The Mommyheads - Stop Squeezing Ni***es

Life In 24 Frames - March
Aisles - Time
Moon Letters - The Hrossa

https://progzilla.com/roncast-the-americanprog-show-march-2023/

07/03/2023

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04/03/2023

Redeye flight? Check. Lost bass guitar? Uh huh. Flat tyre on the rental van? Yup. Our UK trip has brought us some unexpected twists, but we're making the best of it. And today we plan to have a blast performing at Fusion 4, headlined tonight by IQ.

We take the stage around 5:50 PM. Join us at The Civic, or stream the event online. Either way you'll find the full details at www.fusionmusicfestivals.com .

Here we go!

01/03/2023

Here's the link to the latest Roncast, for February's AmericanPrög Show, featuring the following most excellent artistes:

Bill Bressler - The Walk
Phish - Mike’s Song (live)
Weezer - I Want A Dog
Sloan - Human Nature

Auric Echoes - The Man In My Castle
Rush - Animate
Goose - Valkyrie
Blondie - Picture This

Finch - New Beginnings
Focus - Hocus Pocus (US Single Version)
High Castle Teleorkestra - The Aramchek Accusation
Polyphia - Playing God

House of Lords - Saints and Sinners
Freedom Hawk - Age of the Idiot
Fordham Road - Space by the Sea
Mos Generator - Bonehenge Pt 1 & 2
Seawind of Battery - Light on the Horizon

Transatlantic - Rose Colored Glasses (live)

https://progzilla.com/roncast-the-americanprog-show-february-2023/

12/02/2023

For all those of you having Superb Owl parties Ron and his Excellent Kestrel Maurice wish you all the very best. May the best team win. Which by definition means that if yours doesn't then they aren't. Stay Classy.