Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> My favourite TMBG album has got to be Factory Showroom or Spines. As for 
> other guys... if you haven't heard Tangerine Dream, give it a whirl. If 
> you enjoy crazy synthesizer music, that is...

I have actually heard some Tangerine Dream, though I don't actually own 
any of their music.  As I recall I enjoyed it, perhaps I'll take another 
look.

> I have run into the name "Mogwai" several times though. I have no idea 
> what that sounds like.

It's post rock, so the musical content tends to be built up by slowly 
evolving repetitive patterns.  Sort of like Radiohead but more so, and 
with a bit more emphasis on drums and less on voice.  They're good 
though, and the repetitive nature makes it good music to work to.  If 
that's a bit hard to picture, you can listen to some of their tracks here:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1641

If you do like it, I'd also recommend Sigur Ros.


> Similarly, every time I go into a music shop I 
> find myself wanting to by YES albums just to look at the pictures... no 
> idea what the music sounds like.

Conveniently, the same site also has some tracks by Yes:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=105

I'd say that "Close to the Edge"  Is my favorite song listed there, if 
you're only going to listen to one.

On a very related note, www.progarchives.com is a great site to find new 
progressive rock artists, as it will generally include both reviews and 
sample tracks for each band.  You could start at this page:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp

which should list the major bands from each subgenre and then go to the 
pages for them to listen to some of their songs.  Also, this page is a 
very good one to look at if you're interested:

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp

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