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 #533 (“A Lot Has Changed”)
Mike Pollack September 12, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #533 (“A Lot Has Changed”) In the 22 years since 9-11 the world has changed immensely, including the music. This week Mike plays post 9-11 music and muses a bit about all those changes. PLAYLIST: Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet – “Melting Chariots” from The Apocaplypse Inside Of An Orange on Infrasonic Sound […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #532 (“It’s Fifty-Fifty That I Have Something To Say”)
Mike Pollack September 5, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #532 (“It’s Fifty-Fifty That I Have Something To Say”) There’s so much great new music this week that Mike will feature TWO Golden Tracks albums to balance things out. But does he really have anything to say? PLAYLIST: Rush – “Working Man (Vault Version) from Working Man (Vault Version) – Single […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #531 (“Soft Seven”)
Mike Pollack August 29, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #531 (“Soft Seven”) Mike not only features some excellent new music, but a Golden Tracks album that deserves better recognition than it sometimes gets; so it’s time for a revisit! PLAYLIST: The Ever Nothing – “The Weight” from The Ever Nothing on Screamtank (2023) [01:33] Circle Back Again – “Wandering Soul” […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #530 (“International sTRANGE Music Day 2023”)
Mike Pollack August 22, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #530 (“International sTRANGE Music Day 2023”) Mike once again celebrates the day dedicated to listening to music you usually don’t listen to: International sTRANGE Music Day! If you’ve never heard ProgTracks, perhaps now’s the time to try it. And if you have, it’s guaranteed to be a bit different. PLAYLIST: Cosmos […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #529 (“All Work And No Play…”)
Mike Pollack August 15, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #529 (“All Work And No Play…”) Mike explores music about how a job can consume you (yes, even a DJ job). There’s also a Golden Tracks Album Feature from 1973 of one of the very best Prog albums, period. PLAYLIST: So Far As I Know – “The World Is No Longer A […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #528 (“Seemingly Random – AKA The Show of Bad Transitions”)
Mike Pollack August 8, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #528 (“Seemingly Random – AKA The Show of Bad Transitions””) Mike does a show… with music… great music… and hopes it all fits together somehow. You’d think he’d learn by now, right? Or maybe it’s all intentional. PLAYLIST: Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – “Whenever You’re Ready” from Closer To It! on […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #527 (Post-Desert Reflections)
Mike Pollack August 1, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #527 (“Post-Desert Reflections”) Mike has lots of wonderful new music discoveries… and some thoughts about life in this week’s show. PLAYLIST: Jukka Haavisto – “Four Days After” from Reflections on Eclipse Music (2022) [01:46] *** Martin Miller – “Fragments“ from Maze Of My Mind on Independent (2023) [08:14] Klidas – “Shores” […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #526 (“The Server Returneth”)
Mike Pollack July 25, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #526 (“The Server Returneth”) Mike returns to the mic to give you what you’ve come to expect. Uh… new and interesting music. Yeah, that. As always, you’ll get what you put in… so relax and have a good time learning about yourself… and the music. PLAYLIST: gaslight – “Tea Time” from […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #525 (“Randomized”)
Mike Pollack July 11, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #525 (“Randomized”) Mike is moving… and the studio is a mess. So why not just pick music off the floor and play it? Uh… OK, he’s the DJ, I guess. PLAYLIST: Neon Rain – “Der Golem” from Neon Rain on Independent (2017) (Not available for purchase) [01:26] Emerson, Lake & Palmer […]
PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #524 (“Born On The 3rd Of July”)
Mike Pollack July 4, 2023THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #524 (“Born on the 3rd of July”) Mike celebrates his independence by letting the music do the talking on this show that examines the current state of the union. PLAYLIST: Fleetwood Mac – “Oh Well, Pt. 1” from Then Play On (Remastered) on Reprise (1969) [01:31] Third Wave Mansion – “Remember […]