Porcupine Tree- band related releases in 2008
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Topic: Porcupine Tree- band related releases in 2008
Posted By: Endless Wire
Subject: Porcupine Tree- band related releases in 2008
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 16:58
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Check this out
from http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=13505 - http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=13505
The live album and DVD is particularly exciting to me. I heard somewhere that SW's upcoming solo debut is supposed to be incredibly diverse, covering all of his influences. If this is the case it should be really interesting. I know some of this is old news, but for those who haven't heard it all here it is. ------------- . |
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 17:47
| I am going to see Crimson in New York in August......Hooray for me....... |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 18:07
| Going to see Crimson as well in New York hopefully. Can't wait for that one. With regards to PT I'm also really looking forward to the new DVD. I think the Arriving Somewhere DVD was done very well so I have high expectations for them. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 18:22
| The live DVD will be God . . . this I prophesy |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 18:23
| Going to see PT on 4th july in Finland, tickets here already :D |
Posted By: Wotgorilla
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 10:00
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It's just over 2 weeks to their first show in Australia, which I will be attending (Melbourne). I'm so excited I need to be "Anesthetized"!!! ------------- "Thru the darkest age we can surely fly, thru the darkest age with the Fist of Fire" |
Posted By: Paper Champion
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 10:03
Oh yeah. Unbelievable!!! 
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Endless Wire wrote:Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 14:32
I thought I heard he was going to try and get another pressing of Recordings fit in there as well. Maybe that is pushed back to next year, the lazy bum. 
------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 16:51
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Lightbulb at long last .. Brilliant.. Cant wait for the DVD either.
Also, the solo albums.. and.. oh god, I am so going to spend a lot of money ha ha. ------------- The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock |
Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:00
Sweet. Damn, if this isn't the best active band in the world right now, I don't know who is. The Pink Floyd of the New Millineum (I know they don't like those comparisons). If the music business was like it was circa 1975 or so, including FM radio, this band would easily be the biggest selling, most well known band of this era. Radiohead my arse.
Also can't wait for the live album and DVD, I hope they don't go crazy with the cutaways and the mixture of color and black and white on the live DVD though. Just give us a straight "You are there" view of the gig. No need to be artsy. Let the video footage do that.
You got to love how prolific Wilson is..........
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Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:15
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Everybody here should check out some of the previews for the new No-Man album. It looks like it'll be a great one, if not one of Steve's best. Also his solo album should be great. Here's a video for one of the songs on the new No-Man album, Truenorth: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkDOXuGtB_o - http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkDOXuGtB_o |
Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:27
| I will be at ALL NYC Crimson shows in the orchestra section woot!...but look forward to all the releases sans Barbieri's and Edwin's work...as they don't really do much for me. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 23:13
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I will be at one of the NYC KC shows hopefully (if I convince my dad). I am extremely excited for the new PT concert dvd and cd....one question I have though is if they are going to be doing the same sort of thing Opeth did with the Roundhouse Tapes...recording and filming the same gig..releasing the recording first and the dvd at a much later date..but I'm not sure if it's the same show being recorded...does anyone know about that? ------------- 
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Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 01:50
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Pre ordered Lightbulb Sun and Schoolyard Ghosts today.Got my tickets for the Melbourne show already.I'm a sucker for anything SW related. ------------- "There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about" MJK |
Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 14:26
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Squonkman.. I find your comment about Radiohead uncalled for, Radiohead are fantastic.
Obviously you havent given Radiohead a good listen.
Anyways, bring on Porcupine Tree :)
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 14:29
Yeah I'm really looking forward to Schoolyard Ghosts, the previews that have been released are excellent. |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 14:57
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Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 15:44
I have listened to a lot of Radiohead, and I am going to see them in a few months. Simply put, PT blows their doors off. I want Radiohead live to really impress me, so I am keeping an open mind, but they will be hard put to top live Porcupine Tree. Radiohead for some reason became a media darling, while PT gets little ink and lives in relative obscurity. Based on talent alone, there is no reason for this dichotomy. For one thing, Wilson has a much better voice than Thom Yorke. That in itself puts Radiohead behind big time. I have to like the lead voice or its a tough listen. Second, PT has a much more melodic sense, with more varied influences. Wilson can go from pop to metal without blinking. Radiohead is not as versatile IMO.
I don't deny Radiohead some props and influence. Heck, Wilson is a fan of Radiohead, and so they have influenced PT. My comment was a statement at the over the top "anointing" of Radiohead as THE cerebral band, THE new Pink Floyd etc, when based purely on musical terms, PT shreds Radiohead to ribbons and is much more deserving of the "new Pink Floyd" label if that has to be used as a demarcation line.
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Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 16:52
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100% agree after reading that now Squonkman. Fully appreciated your reply. ------------- The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 17:11
does swilson need a solo album? I was under the impression he wrote everything already 
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Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 17:19
I too am a little surprised he's doing a solo album, given that he writes most if not all the PT tunes, has the side project No Man, AND does Blackfield, which I thought was his outlet for the more pop oriented side. Sometimes when artists get too spread out like that, the main band suffers. I hope he doesn't spread it too thin.....
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 17:22
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eh, I sort of understand wanting to have another outlet for different styles of music, perhaps he just ran out of clever names to put it out under
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Posted By: jme
Date Posted: April 11 2008 at 09:55
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i wish i could see king crimson again. nashville would be about a 6 hour drive for me, but the closest. be sure to buy tix as SOON AS THEY GO ON SALE! they sell out FAST! i think i got one of the last tickets when i saw them in asheville.
anyhow, they must be the best show i have ever seen! ------------- "gravity: it's what's for dinner!" |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: April 12 2008 at 17:05
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Don't forget also the re-release of Recordings and the 2LP vinyl version of Lightbulb Sun at some stage (can't wait for that!) Anyone got any idea if Recordings will get the vinyl treatment as well? |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 02:04
| He is also producing Orphaned Land's CD. |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 19:16
It is April 21! Lightbulb Sun is supposed to be available! Not at my internet retailers. How much longer do I have to wait?! Has anyone bought the new edition yet? I need to know that it actually exists. ARRGGH
------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 20:47
All those who pre-ordered it should have it by now. Sounds wonderful. Commercially, I don't think it is available until some time in May. Be patient. |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 10:00
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Thanks, rushaholic. I have been patient since I bought In Abstentia. I bought it on a whim in 2002 from seeing reviews on Amazon. I wasn't into my prog rebirth yet. I loved it and thought I should look at their back catalog. LS and SD were the natural choices. But they weren't available. Out of print. Six freaking years later I have one but not the other. Can he draw it out a little longer?
------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 16:15
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You should be able to get Lightbulb Sun from Burning Shed but it will be a considerably more expensive than waiting for Amazon etc to get it. To be honest though you should have preordered since the first 3000 orders at Burning Shed came with a free bonus CD which has Novak and an instrumental version of Buying New Soul on it. |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 16:26
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Just saw it will be available on Amazon in the US on May 27. I don't use them much anymore so I wasn't looking at them. Oh, well. What's another month. ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: April 24 2008 at 16:31
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I just bought the re-issue of LS today at my local record shop. I've only waited three years for it so not nearly as long as you, Johnobvious, but the wait felt long enough!
The sound on this CD is great as could be expected, of course. Over the years I've heard nearly all of the songs on it on live recordings and over at YouTube but there were four tracks I heard for the first time today. Feel So Low was one of them and I already frigging love that track, a true PT gem... ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: April 25 2008 at 09:06
Thanks, Fritha. Glad to know it does indeed exist. Just like the new Magenta, looks like the states has to wait quite a bit longer than Europe to get it. But I got the new Magenta yesterday so I'm pretty darn happy anyway.  ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |