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Porcupine Tree - Put Out New Music Video

Porcupine Tree have shared a Miles Skarin-directed video clip for the track "Herd Culling". The song taken from their 2022 album Closure / Continuation, released in June.


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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 02.09.2022 by conscientiousnes | Comments (0)


Porcupine Tree - Back In The Saddle, New Album Coming Next Year

The reactivated prog masters Porcupine Tree are happy to unveil details and first single in connection with their new full length effort, entitled Closure / Continuation. More than a decade in the making, the new music offering will land in stores on June 24th, 2022 through Music For Nations/Sony. Pre-orders in several formats available at this location. The new song "Harridan" and accompanying music video can be streamed via YouTube down under.

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Source: porcupinetree.com
Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 01.11.2021 by Abattoir | Comments (8)


Porcupine Tree - Unauthorized Biography Coming This Year

Author Rich Wilson has announced that he's working on a new book titled "Time Flies: The Story Of Porcupine Tree". It is described as the first in-depth investigation into the Steven Wilson-fronted band and it's expected in late 2017. This is Rich Wilson's second book, following "Lifting Shadows, The Authorized Biography Of Dream Theater".

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Source: porcupinetreebook.com
Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 09.05.2017 by nikarg | Comments (1)


Gavin Harrison - Drummer Releasing Album Of Reworked Porcupine Tree Songs

Porcupine Tree's drummer Gavin Harrison (also in King Crimson and with a solo career) will release a new album, Cheating The Polygraph, on Kscope in early April featuring surprising new arrangements of many of his favourite Porcupine Tree songs, boasting performances from some of the world's best contemporary jazz players. This could be interesting. What do you think?

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Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 25.01.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (9)


Porcupine Tree - Steven Wilson Confirms That Band Is On Hold

Unsurprisingly, Steven Wilson has confirmed what most Porcupine Tree fans already suspected by now and became apparent for quite some time: his solo band is his priority at the moment and Porcupine Tree will have to wait until he has time to break out of their inactive state. The band is not over but at this time there are no plans to revive it.

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Source: progrockmag.com
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Posted: 21.04.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (16)


Porcupine Tree - Live Track Available For Streaming And Download

Prog masters Porcupine Tree might be dormant in terms of new studio releases but at least they are releasing a new live CD/DVD on November 19th.

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Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 24.10.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Porcupine Tree - New Live DVD Release

Porcupine Tree will release a brand new live DVD/Blu Ray, entitled Anaesthetize.

Filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at Tilburg, The Netherlands, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour in October 2008, this deluxe special edition includes a 130 minute concert film on both standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-Ray disc. The package also includes two audio CD's of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film.

Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a beautiful cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years.

Anaesthetize cover art] tracklist:

DVD / BLU-RAY:

01. Intro
02. Fear of a Blank Planet
03. My Ashes
04. Anesthetize
05. Sentimental
06. Way Out of Here
07. Sleep Together
08. What Happens Now?
09. Normal
10. Dark Matter
11. Drown With Me
12. Cheating the Polygraph
13. Half-Light
14. Sever
15. Wedding Nails
16. Strip the Soul / Dot Three
17. Sleep of No Dreaming
18. Halo
19. Outro

Extras (on Blu-Ray only):
01. Way Our of Here (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
02. My Ashes (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
03. Wedding Nails (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
04. Strip the Soul / Dot Three (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)

Audio CD 1:

01. Intro
02. Fear of a Blank Planet
03. My Ashes
04. Anesthetize
05. Sentimental
06. Way Out of Here
07. Sleep Together
08. Prodigal

Audio CD 2:

01. What Happens Now?
02. Normal
03. Dark Matter
04. Drown With Me
05. Cheating the Polygraph
06. Half-Light
07. Sever
08. Wedding Nails
09. Strip the Soul / Dot Three
10. Sleep of No Dreaming
11. Halo

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Source: burningshed.com
Band profile: Porcupine Tree
Posted: 23.04.2010 by Dominus | Comments (4)


Porcupine Tree - New Album Samples Online

UK metallers Porcupine Tree have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"A medley of extracts from "The Incident" is now available to listen to on the Porcupine Tree MySpace page, or the Roadrunner UK website.

Written and recorded between September-May, "The Incident" is the tenth studio album by Porcupine Tree. Released worldwide by Roadrunner on 14th September (one week earlier than previously announced in order to coincide with the first tour dates), the album is a 2 disc set, the first disc containing the 55 minute title track / song cycle, and the second CD featuring 4 shorter pieces. There will be 3 editions of the album; a standard 2 CD set, a deluxe edition (contents to be confirmed), and a double vinyl version."

More details about "The Incident" were previously reported at this location.

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Posted: 14.07.2009 by ArtiA | Comments (5)


Porcupine Tree - New Album On The Way

Original news, posted on 19.06.2009

As stated on the official MySpace blog of the band a couple of days ago:

"Porcupine Tree are happy to announce the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album "The Incident". The record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.

The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as "a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that 'after this, things will never be the same again'."

The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions that developed out of band writing sessions last December - Flicker, Bonnie The Cat, Black Dahlia, and Remember Me Lover feature on a separate EP length disc to stress their independence from the song cycle.

Video footage of the band in the studio working on The Incident, as well as audio previews, will be available online soon. The band will tour extensively to promote the album from mid September onwards."

UPDATE (thanks to 1304)

Tracklist and cover art for the upcoming Porcupine Tree album "The Incident" have been revealed. The cover image and subtitles to the various parts of the long song cycle that takes up the whole of the first CD were revealed at a playback in New York earlier this week. The cover was photographed by Lasse Hoile and designed by Carl Glover.

Disc I
01. The Incident
1 - Occam's Razor
2 - The Blind House
3 - Great Expectations
4 - Kneel And Disconnect
5 - Drawing The Line
6 - The Incident
7 - Your Unpleasant Family
8 - The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train
9 - Time Flies
10 - Degree Zero Of Liberty
11 - Octane Twisted
12 - The Séance
13 - Circle Of Manias
14 - I Drive The Hearse

Disc II
01. Flicker
02. Bonnie The Cat
03. Black Dahlia
04. Remember Me Lover

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Posted: 24.06.2009 by Daggon | Comments (22)


Porcupine Tree - New Steve Wilson Cover Version Single Available

Porcupine Tree's official site and Steven Wilson's official site announced the following post :

"The fifth and penultimate in the series of Steven Wilson's Cover Version singles is now available to pre-order from Headphone Dust. As with the first 4, the single contains a surprise cover version and a Steve Wilson original, the original this time being a reworked version of a song previously heard on the Steve Wilson Myspace page, "Well You're Wrong". The previous 4 cover version singles are all still available and there is currently a special offer to get all 5 for £15. Any single Cover Version CD (including the new one) is now at the reduced price of £3.50.

The series is planned to conclude with Cover Version 6 (not recorded yet so don't ask when!), which will come in special packaging to house all of the singles."

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Posted: 16.07.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (2)


Porcupine Tree - Prepare For Another DVD

The band posted the following a week or so ago:

"Porcupine Tree will play 2 shows at 013, Tilburg, the Netherlands, on 15th and 16th October.
The short run of European shows (sorry no US shows this time) during October is in order to shoot a DVD based on the Fear of a Blank Planet album cycle, and the main body of the filming will take place at Tilburg, where the band will play as much different material as possible during the course of the 2 nights. So please come along and help us to make the atmosphere very special and get yourself in the film!

Tickets are on sale from the 7th June from www.013web.nl."

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Posted: 20.06.2008 by Damnated | Comments (6)


Porcupine Tree - Album Retail And New Video Online

"Nil Recurring" is finally given a full retail release today , and Peaceville have a micro site Link] dedicated to the album which includes a new video by Lasse Hoile for the song "Normal". The retail edition of the album is identical to the original mail order version except that it comes in a super-jewel case with a card slipcase, instead of the digipack Transmission version. Both this and the "We Lost The Skyline" CD are now shipping from the PT Store.

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Posted: 24.02.2008 by Damnated | Comments (7)


Porcupine Tree - Tour Dates For Australia

Porcupine Tree have confirmed their first ever live concerts in Australia in April:

Friday 25th April
Melbourne, The Metro (18+)

Saturday 26th April
Sydney, The Enmore (Licensed All Ages)

Sunday 27th April
Brisbane, The Tivoli (18+)

Tickets are available here.

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Event: Porcupine Tree: Australian Tour
Posted: 23.02.2008 by Nox Lux | Comments (2)


Porcupine Tree - Received A Grammy Nomination

Porcupine Tree 's "Fear of a Blank Planet" album has received a nomination at this year's Grammy awards, for "Best Surround Sound Album". The full list of nominees is available on the official Grammy website

In other news, Snapper Music will gradually make Porcupine Tree catalogue available for digital download (including most of the band's music originally issued between 1992-2000) over the next few months. The albums will be made available in chronological order, starting with "On the Sunday of Life..." (1992) and the updated 2005 version of "Up the Downstair" (1993), which will be available from 11th December. The micro-site for the downloads can be found here.

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Source: porcupinetree.com
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Posted: 25.12.2007 by Damnated | Comments (22)


Anathema - Tour With Porcupine Tree & News About The New Album

Guitarist Daniel "Danny" Cavanagh has posted the following update on the official Anathema website:

Porcupine Tree have kindly asked Anathema to support them on their full European tour in the autumn... This tour is still in the planning stage and will cover alot of territories.

Anathema have decided that - rather than rushing into the studio to finish the album in time for the tour, (and not being able to work with the producer we would like) - it will actually benefit the band and the new album to play the new songs live before recording them.

So you can expect to hear songs like 'Angels Walk Among Us', 'Paradigm Shift', 'Hindsight', 'Get Off, Get Out' 'Lightning Song', 'One Day', 'Summernight Horizon', 'Further', 'A Simple Mistake' and others on the tour with PT...

Our new american manager is helping to put everything in place for us to record and release this ambitious music. He is negotiating deals in the USA and advising us on our best way to go. The response from record companies has been very positive. We intend to record approximately 85 minutes of music for this album and at least 14 songs. The idea AT THE MOMENT is to release a double album called simply..

'Paradigm Shift'

Again this is not confirmed, PLANS CAN CHANGE.

A double album WILL NOT mean it will be a huge, overbearing, very long album... It may only be two groups of seven songs, split over two CD's in order to be easily digested by the listener. It definately will not be a self indulgent album and it's not a 'concept album'. Themes of life, healing and unity will run through some of the songs...

The recent shows we have played this year have been great. We had some great nights, some great audiences and great laughs. Thanks for everyone who helped make it happen. Special thanks must go out to Derek and Alx at the agency, Mick Reed, Milly Evans, Raymond, Ian, Loz, Ozzy and Hans for making it all work. We have loved playing. We look forward very much to introducing this intense, passionate new music to the public on tour with porcupine tree. We then look forward to recording what i personally think will be a wonderful record after the tour. It is the first album we have made that will be truly complete. It will change lives. Hopefully beginning with ours.

Wishing you all the best.

Danny.

PS: A full tour of TURKEY has been confirmed for october. Dates will be online very soon..

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Source: anathema.ws
Band profile: Anathema
Posted: 24.08.2007 by Jeff | Comments (9)