Kevin Comeau, Guitarist/Bassist/Keyboardist for the Canadian duo Crown Lands talks about the band's history, recent success, meeting Alex Lifeson, and their new album Fearless.

Fearless is out on March 31st, 2023.

Andy Foster, the multi-instrumentalist behind the band Kite Parade, joins the podcast to talk about his history, launching Kite Parade and the latest album 'Retro', which is out now. 'Retro' is the second release from Kite Parade. The debut, released in 2022, was featured on the Prog Report 2022 best of podcast.

Long-time keyboard and vocalist for legendary band Styx, Lawrence Gowan, joins the podcast to talk about his long history with the band, their most recent album Crash of the Crown, the current tour and more.  Joining the podcast with Roie is author and music veteran Jeff Wagner.

Ross Jennings and Charlie Griffiths of Haken join the podcast to talk about their new album Fauna and help us make the Ultimate Haken Album with songs from their impressive catalog.

Check out an accompanying playlist on Spotify, or in the description on the YouTube video of the podcast.

Periphery drummer Matt Halpern returns to talk about the band's new album Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre. Kyle Fagala and Roie Avin talk with Matt about making the album, his work as a mental health advocate, his drum company Get Good Drums and more.

Mike Portnoy returns and joins Roie, Geoff, and Nick to discuss some of the classic albums released in 1973 that are turning 50 years old this year.

Former Sound of Contact members Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom join the podcast to talk about their new band eMolecule and the debut album The Architect which is due out on Feb. 10th.

Niklas Sandin, bassist for Sweden's Katatonia joins the podcast to talk about the band's new album Sky Void of Stars which was just released.

Riverside's Mariusz Duda returns to talk about the band's new album ID.Entity which is out on Jan 20th. 

Roie Avin and Kyle Fagala discuss some of their favorite non-prog albums from 2022. ***Apologies for some of the mic issues.