Sep
21
Porcupine Trees Steven Wilson Announces North American Tour For New Album ::Steven Wilson News Two key take aways : Porcupine Tree and Blackfield star will be touring in support of his new solo album, Grace For Drowning, which will be released next Tuesday, September 27th via Kscope. November In North America 8th – Orlando, FL …
Sep
06
I thought this was a novel way of ranking the Tree albums – and ‘the man’ [correction - Casey is actually a lady] obviously loves them !! (And no – this is not the cover of the ‘winning album’ – just happens to house one of their best ever tracks (IMHO). This is how my …
May
23
Recordings was released in 2001, not long after Lightbulb Sun. It was limited to 20,000 copies and sold out as the band became more popular. Mostly composed of outtakes from the Lightbulb Sun and Stupid Dream recording sessions, Recordings became the favorite of some fans. And single copies have been sold for hundreds of dollars …
May
16
Just listening to the very first ever album by Renaissance – by the band that never quite managed to do the second album – despite number one being awesome – and the band had prodigious talent. Still – there you go. I looked them up on Wikipedia – and found 1) quite an interesting way …
May
12
I wrote an email to a friend this morning who needed an introduction to Porcupine Tree. Thought I would share what I came up with. Be interested to see if there are any additions or modifications to the thinking. FIRST READ THIS : http://www.kscopemusic.com/stevenwilson/insurgentes/ipod-destruction.html
Feb
28
Steven Wilson and kscope have introduced me to a lot of music over the years. So, why not a podcast? This one is worth a listen as it’s accomplished via an introductory (and closing) interview with Steven. Lots of interesting commentary including status of the Insurgentes movie. Also, a couple of nice songs from North …
Jan
18
I kid you not – and yours truly has a ticket .. Courtesy of my good friend Stephen (T) … He who spotted that they were playing a small gig in Foop – Camden Town – SW and 150 of his closest friends – well that is how I see it
Jan
17
Porcupine Tree will return to North America in April for the second leg of the Incident tour, concentrating on many cities that were not included on the first leg. Of course, I will make the 3 hour trek to Charlotte. It’s odd there is nothing on the west coast (sorry John) but perhaps that’s where …
Jan
04
Over the years Steven has released what is known as “Cover Version”. To date five have been released (known as CVI, CVII, CVIII, CVIV, CVV). Each Cover Version includes a cover of another artist’s song plus an original Steven Wilson song. The covers have included the likes of Alanis Morisette (Thank You) and The Cure …
Sep
29
Me – big fan of Spiritualized – ever since Mark M put me on to the in the days of Ladies and Gentlemen … So imagine this that I have just found : ” Harmony 1 (Mellotron)” – 0:24 “Sweet Talk” – 4:05 “Death Take Your Fiddle” – 3:14 “I Gotta Fire” – 2:28 …
