New Prog (sometimes called "Nu Prog" or "post-prog") is a term used to describe a number of recent alternative rock bands who incorporate elements from progressive rock. For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...

Bands described as "New Prog" include:

• Doves,^[1]
• Mew,^[2]
• Muse,^[3]
• Mystery Jets,^[4]
• Oceansize,^[5]
• Pure Reason Revolution,^[6]
• Coheed & Cambria,
• The Cooper Temple Clause,
• dredg,
• My Vitriol,
• The Negatones,

Key albums in the genre include: Doves is a British indie rock band from Manchester, England. ... Mew is an indie rock band from Denmark. ... For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). ... Mystery Jets are an English five-piece band based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London. ... Oceansize are a five-piece progressive rock group based in Manchester, England. ... Pure Reason Revolution are a British rock group formed at the University of Westminster in 2003. ... Coheed and Cambria publicity photograph c. ... The Cooper Temple Clause was a five-piece post-hardcore band originating from Wokingham, Berkshire, England. ... dredg is a progressive alternative band from Los Gatos, California, USA. // History Their first studio album, Leitmotif, was released by the Universal music label on September 11, 2001. ... My Vitriol are an alternative rock band formed in 1999 in London, England. ... The Negatones is a Brooklyn, New York based band, founded by siblings Jay Braun (vocals, guitar, synthesizers) and Justin Braun (vocals, bass, synthesizers) with Jun Takeshta (guitar, synthesizers, vocals, mallot instruments) and Jesse Wallace (drums, electronic drums, percussion, vocals). ...

• Mew: And the Glass Handed Kites
• Muse: Origin of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations
• Mystery Jets: Making Dens
• Oceansize: Effloresce, Everyone Into Position
• Pure Reason Revolution: The Dark Third
• Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

The term in this sense is relatively new and other labels such as Post-prog have been suggested or used.^[7][8] The term has also been used for some earlier bands, like Radiohead.^[3] "New prog" has connections and overlap with the post-rock movement, but is distinct from the much earlier genre of neo-prog. And the Glass Handed Kites is an album by Danish band Mew, released in 2005. ... Origin of Symmetry is English rock band Muses second album, released in the summer of 2001 on Mushroom Records in the UK. Plug In Baby, New Born, Bliss, Feeling Good and Hyper Music were the singles from this album; the latter two were released together as a double-A... Absolution is the third studio album by English rock band Muse. ... Black Holes and Revelations is the fourth studio album by English rock band Muse, released on July 3, 2006. ... Making Dens is the debut album from Mystery Jets, due for release in the UK on the 6th March 2006. ... Efflorescence, in chemistry, is the loss of water of crystallization from a hydrated salt to the atmosphere on exposure to air. ... Everyone Into Position is the second album by British progressive rock band Oceansize, released on 19 September 2005. ... The Dark Third is the first full-length album by Pure Reason Revolution. ... Radiohead are an English rock band that formed in Oxfordshire in 1986. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Neo-progressive (or neo-prog) is a sub-genre of rock music, a form of progressive rock developed and briefly popular in the 1980s, although it lives on today. ...

External links

• "Prog rock? Just say yes (The Times)
• Prog's progeny (The Guardian) Rick Wakeman recommendations
• Spin Magazine November 2005

References

1. ^ Doves transcend Manchester rock history to make some of their own. Eye Weekly (June 13, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
2. ^ Mew. Guardian Unlimited (July 29, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
3. ^ ^{a b} My journey into sound. Guardian Unlimited (September 7, 2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
4. ^ Prog rock? Just say yes. Times Online (January 28, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
5. ^ There's Nothing Progressive About It. Pop Matters (21 July 2004). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
6. ^ Pure Reason Revolution - The Intention Craft. Music OMH. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
7. ^ Prog Rocks Again. Entertainment Weekly (May 9, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
8. ^ Prog rock? Just say yes. Times Online (January 28, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-11.