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This is a podcast by a group of lifelong friends and appreciators of music discussing the greatest progressive rock bands, album by album.
Unknown Host hosts Progressive Palaver, a music show with 352 episodes published.
SCS45 – King’s X in Houston TX, May 2026 It had been almost three years since Joe had seen King’s X, so when the opportunity came to catch them at Scout Bar in Houston, there really wasn’t much question about whether he
Episode 185 – Dada Part 5, Dada Let’s cut to the chase, Dada’s fourth, self-titled album is a masterpiece. It’s that plain. Working with the absolute legend, Danny Kortchmar, the members of Dada were able to craft the pe
Special Episode – Interview with Pat and Dan of The Tea Club, July 2026 When Technology Meets the Body: T-Club's Most Personal Album Yet Rarely does a band wrestle so openly with what it means to be human. T-Club's sixth
Episode 184 – Dada Part 3, El Subliminoso A sad day in Palaver history. My podcast mates don’t seem to perceive the unmitigated genius in El Subliminoso in the same way I do. Dada’s third record shows the brilliant trio
Topographic Topics – July 2026 The big news driving the episode is Asia's upcoming album *Indigo*, releasing November 6th via Frontiers Music. It will be their first studio album since 2014, which makes the announcement
Episode 183 – Dada Part 2, American Highway Flower Is American Highway Flower a genius follow-up to Dada’s spectacular debut of Puzzle? Is a good album but suffering a bit from the sophomore slump? The truth likely lies
SCS44 – The Eagles in Arlington TX, May 2026 Rarely does a legacy act manage to silence a skeptic, but the Eagles did exactly that at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Joe went in with reservations and came out genui
Episode 182 – Dada Part 1, Puzzle With this episode we start a new short segment on an unexpected band, Dada. A serendipitous find from 1992, Puzzle is Dada’s debut album and is a true gem. Dada were a genre-bending deli
Bonus Episode – Ranking Porcupine Tree Albums After eleven episodes exploring the complete Porcupine Tree studio catalog, it's finally time to rank the albums. Joe, Paul, and Ken compare their personal Top 11 lists, deba
Bonus Episode – Ranking Porcupine Tree Album Covers From the dreamlike mystery of On the Sunday of Life... to the haunting gaze of Fear of a Blank Planet, the surreal imagery of Deadwing, the minimalist design of Closure
Episode 181 – Porcupine Tree Part 12, The Incident For a long time, The Incident was the finale of Porcupine Tree. It’s an album that may or may not be reviled by the band themselves. As with many records in the genre, t
Topographic Topics – June 2026 Rarely does a single episode pack in Rush's triumphant return, the latest release from Prog cornerstone Yes, a sprawling Devin Townsend epic, and a children's book about stage fright, but h
Episode 180 – Porcupine Tree Part 11, Fear of a Blank Planet Rarely does an album get called a band's *true apex* when the world has already crowned a different record their masterpiece. That tension sits at the heart of
Episode 179 – Porcupine Tree Part 10, Deadwing The Palaver returns with an exhaustive exploration of Porcupine Tree's eighth studio album, Deadwing (2005). The group dissects this often-overlooked masterpiece, often unfa
Episode 178 – Porcupine Tree Part 9, In Absentia At long last, the beginning of the “main sequence” for Porcupine Tree, In Absentia! Enter Gavin Harrison and larger-than-life riffs. In Absentia is an album that heralds a
Topographic Topics – May 2026 Rarely does a single episode pack in studio obsessions, art world acquisitions, and a 19-minute prog epic all at once. The group sits down for a genuinely exciting conversation that covers a
Episode 176 – Porcupine Tree Part 7, Stupid Dream Things are heating up here on the Palaver. Stupid Dream shows us Porcupine Tree as a band that is on the very verge of realizing their potential. Song-driven. Direct. Unm
Episode 175 – Porcupine Tree Part 6, Signify Signify presents Porcupine Tree taking another step toward their ultimate identity. Songwriting and recording begin to materialize and point the way forward. From Signify we a
SCS42 – The Hooters in Glenside PA, Oct 2025 Rarely does a concert fulfill decades of anticipation, but Ken's long-awaited bucket list experience seeing the Hooters at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, Pennsylvania did ex
Episode 174 – Porcupine Tree Part 5, The Sky Moves Sideways This episode dissects an album that divides opinion. Joe warmed to it despite feeling it stepped back from *Up the Downstair*. Paul and Ken acknowledge early sk
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