Fans of Rock in Opposition will find this to be familiar territory. The music is definitely freeform and strange.

I struggled with where to put this release. The music here is dark and leans toward techno or industrial.

This is an unusual and intriguing album. It might not fit under the progressive rock heading.

This is pretty amazing. If you believe the story behind this (more about that shortly) this is a band that played famous clubs like the UFO in London on this 1960s.

As you might guess, I hear a lot of new music. It takes a lot to really excite me.

The latest set from Xavier Boscher, this is truly a solo effort as he does everything here.

I am sure a lot of people will argue with this being put under the progressive rock heading. If you are looking for old-school 70s prog, you'll be disappointed.

This is a compilation of music from a Danish progressive rock act that went by the name "Culpeper's Orchard." I really like this double disc set a lot.

This live set from The Cyberiam was recorded at ProgStock 2019.

This upcoming digital release from Pablo Embon will be available on February 27th. It's definitely the kind of quality release I've come to expect from Embon.

This new live disc from Hawkwind was recorded on their 50th Anniversary tour. Having seen Hawkwind live several times, I can tell you that I don't think there is ever a disappointing Hawkwind show.

This album is an instrumental set. This quartet hails from Connecticut and create a brand of music that has plenty of fusion built into it, but also plenty of hard rock, pure prog, space rock and more.

This new set is an instrumental one. That said, there are voices, but they are spoken ones, coming from sound bites of interviews and such.

"JCA" stands for "Jazz Composers Alliance." That fact should tell you that this live performance will include plenty of jazz.

This instrumental set is dramatic and intriguing. It has quite a wide range of sounds from jazz oriented to more pure prog and even some other things.

This compilation set from Tim Morse is classy. I like the mix of sounds here.

This new edition of Procol Harum's Something Magic album is all class.

I have reviewed quite a bit of music from this band. Their sound, with its almost raw garage-band edge applied to jazzy progressive rock concepts is unique and entertaining.

We've reviewed several releases from The Reformation in the past at MSJ.

This new box set celebrates an interesting era in the history of the Residents. With three albums they brought their own flavor to three types of American music - or perhaps movements.

The Residents' brand of sonic strangeness is not for everyone. I like it, but I completely understand why people don't.

This is just one song, so it's a single, but given the epic length of the piece, over eleven-minutes, it almost feels more like an EP.

I have reviewed several discs from this act in this issue of Music Street Journal. This is a disc from 2015, and it showcases their usual blend of prog angles from psychedelia to alternative rock and more.

This is an intriguing set, but you can pretty much say that about everything from this act. This 2014 release is apparently a concept album that almost qualifies as musical theater.

I'm reviewing a number of releases from this act in this issue. That is in addition to some others I reviewed in the past.

You might notice that I have done quite a few These Curious Thoughts reviews for this issue. In fact, I think, with the ones already in the archives included, we might now have all their albums reviewed.

This is a classy set. I used to own the Medusa album on vinyl many years ago. I don't remember being all that impressed with it.

This collection of music is very cool. Not everything here is prog, but the vast majority is at least proto-prog.

I have to admit that I never heard this band before I got this box set. Sure, I had heard of them, but I never actually heard them.

I've landed this under metal, but that is only so accurate. I could just as easily have put this under non-prog.

This collection of three albums from Manowar is classy. It includes a poster and a booklet along with all three CDs (in separate cardboard album cover sleeves) in a cardboard clamshell box.

Warlock may be no more (at least in name), but the music they created has really stood the test of time. It's a strong metal that fits well under the power-metal heading.

This is a new album from this vintage band. Part of the 1980s hardcore movement, Adolescents broke up for a while before getting back together in 2001.

Back Street Crawler is an interesting act, that is perhaps almost more a music history footnote than anything else. That said, their music is strong enough that they deserved better.

Long ago Alice Cooper was a band. The lead singer, Vincent Furnier took the name Alice Cooper as his own, but the first few albums were recorded by the band Alice Cooper.

This is an intriguing disc. It's a re-master of Joe Bonamassa's first album.

The Burrito Brothers were one of the original country rock acts. It's good to know that they are still keeping the musical concept alive in the 21st century.

I would not call myself a fan of The Coasters. The kind of old-school vocal music they do is not a musical form that I like enough to make me a fan of these guys.

This set comes from a southern California outfit.

This new set is somewhat moody and dark, but I suppose you'd expect that given the title.

This is a four-song EP that runs about 12 minutes or so long. These tracks were recorded by an early lineup of the band.

This new album is so cool. It features covers of songs from the New York scene.

This is an intriguing alternative rock set. It's often rough around the edges.

This is a good album, but there are some songs that definitely miss the mark for me. The music is largely in the singer-songwriter vein, but lean toward classic rock and country a lot of times.

This short collection of songs is perhaps more effective than it is consistent in terms of style.

Bear Family Records really delivers quality. This new collection of Jerry Lee Lewis tunes is no exception.

This new CD single includes two versions of the same song. The tune has an intriguing sound that leans toward proggy art rock in some ways.

This is an unusual album. It has a lot of varied elements and leanings that come together to create something cohesive and unique.

This collection of old music with spooky concepts is a class act. Then again, everything from Bear Family Records is class.

The subtitle on this pretty well tells you what you need to know about the content of the compilation. It comes from Bear Family Records.

This collection of songs about telephones and telephone calls is a mixed bag. That's generally common of something like this, so it's not a big surprise.

This new set from The Vibrators includes Chris Spedding on guitar. I bet you get that from the cover and title, right?

I’ll admit it, I was a huge Def Leppard fan back in the 80s.  When I first heard On Through The Night on the radio, I was hooked, and I was a first day purchaser of their records up until Hysteria. 

Evergrey is one of those bands that I (unfortunately) got into later (when they released The Inner Circle). 

Rush is one of those bands that seems to have gotten more popular through the years, but their most beloved music was created and released in the 70s and very early 80s.