Mike Pollack
Host of The Progressive Tracks Show.
Prog/Avant/Space/Fusion/Psych/Stoner/Doom.
"It's all the music you can't dance to..."
"It's all the music your spouse can't stand..."
Come for the DJ... Stay for the music!
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #451 (“How High Do You Crank YOUR Tunes?”)
Mike Pollack January 25, 2022THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #451 (“How High Do You Crank YOUR Tunes?”) We all do it… or have done it in the past. Say What?!! Mike plays music best served… LOUD. Get ready to dust off those woofers and annoy the neighbors! NOTE: Not responsible for hearing loss. PLAYLIST: Marco Mattei – “Picture In A […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #450 (“Emerging From The [main]Stream”)
Mike Pollack January 18, 2022THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #450 (“Emerging From The [main]Stream”) Free at last! Mike emerges from 12 days of forced winter seclusion to bring you music that’s outside the mainstream. Warning: There may be some ‘cabin fever’ evident… PLAYLIST: Consider The Source – “There Was Time Now” from Hybrid Vol. 1: Such As A Mule on […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #449 (“Best of Prog – 2021”)
Mike Pollack January 11, 2022THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #449 (“Best of Prog – 2021”) This week Mike celebrates a “baker’s dozen” of what he considers the best progressive music of 2021. All he said is that his list is not like the others… PLAYLIST: Kairon;IRSE! – “An Bat None” from Polysomn on Svart Records (2020) ***The One That Got […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #448 (“Traveling Inside Your Brain”)
Mike Pollack January 4, 2022THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #448 (“Traveling Inside Your Brain”) This week I reveal what I’ve REALLY been doing all these years with The Progressive Tracks Show. I hope you don’t mind… PLAYLIST: Atavismo – “Psicopatías del 2021” from Psicopatías del 2021 – Single on Spinda Records (2021) Hypnotic Floor – “Toxo” from Odd Conjectures […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #447 (“Banging Headlong Into 2020 Too”)
Mike Pollack December 28, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #447 (“Banging Headlong Into 2020 Too”) The last show of 2021 should reflect the year’s many achievements, as well as hope for the new year ahead. Yeah, right… At least this show’s gonna rock! PLAYLIST: Upwell – “The Unknown” from The Unknown – Single on Upwell (2021) Maragda – “The […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #446 (“The Non-Conformist, Holiday-ish [ProgMas?] Show”)
Mike Pollack December 21, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #446 (“The Non-Conformist, Holiday-ish Show”) The Holidays. Great for some… Painful for others… We’ll explore the spectrum of moods this week. PLAYLIST: Et Cetera – “Et la musique tourne” from Et Cetera on Unidisc Music Inc. (1976) Trifecta – ”Lie 2 Me And Take My Money” from Fragments on Kscope (2021) […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #445 (“The Low Sparks”)
Mike Pollack December 14, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #445 (“The Low Sparks”) “Low Sparks”…refers to the high-spirited, rebel-like undercurrent of the street. And that certainly applies to the artists and music in this particular show. PLAYLIST: Alexander Page – “Mirage” from Mirage – Single on Independent (2021) Malady – “Alava Vaara” from Ainavihantaa on Svart Records (2021) Traffic – […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #444 (“Quaternity”)
Mike Pollack December 7, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #444 (“Quaternity”) Numerical Consistence Achieved! Musical Consistence? Ha! Are you kidding me?! PLAYLIST: London Underground – “What I Say” from Four on Musea (2018) Alan Gowan/Phil Miller/Richard Sinclair/Trevor Tomkins – “Fourfold” from Before A Word Is Said on Floating World (1982) GruGrü – “5et pour 4et” from GruGrü on Independent (20120 Alan […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #443 (“Cathartic Journey”)
Mike Pollack November 30, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #443 (“Cathartic Journye”) Trippy new tunes… and a classic trippy Golden Tracks album feature. The music will fill in the colo(u)rs for you… PLAYLIST: Psilocibina – “LSD” from Psilocibina on Abraxas Records (2018) Red Kite – “Astrology (The Only True Science)” from Apophenian Bliss on RareNoise Records (2021) electric orange – […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #442 (“Gratitude For A Cryme”)
Mike Pollack November 23, 2021THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #442 (“Gratitude For A Cryme”) It’ll soon be Thanksgiving in the United States, and I’m grateful that Progressive Rock is still moving forward on its long journey of over 50 years. This week we’ll explore some great new music, and feature a Golden Tracks album that may be responsible for Prog’s […]