Prog Fetish

Rolling Stone magazine’s David Fricke has chosen Porcupine Tree as one of his “Fricke’s Picks”. Fricke, one of the few remaining writers at RS to actually remember the glory days of Prog, writes:
Wilson started Porcupine Tree in 1987 as a home-studio experiment that has since evolved, live and on an extensive series of records, into [...]

Classic Rock Magazine held their third annual awards show this past Monday. The ceremony at London’s über-posh Landmark Hotel was awash with rock royalty. Winners of the Prog persuasion included:

DVD Of The Year: Frank Zappa Classic Albums
Band Of The Year: Rush
Album Of The Year: Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree will stream their set from tonight’s Voodoo Music Experience live at www.iclips.net - for FREE. The streaming is set to begin at 6:55PM, Eastern.

Park Ave. CDs in Orlando, FL will host an “instore” performance by Porcupine Tree on October 4th, at 6PM. CDs will be signed as well.

From their official website:
It seems so many people want to get the Transmission digipack version of the Nil Recurring mini album, that we are repressing it, and it’s available to pre-order now from our PT on-line Store. The idea was never to make this music available only to a select few people, we just underestimated [...]

Porcupine Tree has announced 4 new items available for pre-order from their online store, including the brand new “Nil Recurring” mini album, which for the time being is exclusive to the store.

PORCUPINE TREE – Nil Recurring (CD mini album)
PORCUPINE TREE – Fear of a Blank Planet DVDA
PORCUPINE TREE – Fear of a Blank Planet (2LP [...]

Porcupine Tree have confirmed three French dates for their forthcoming European tour, including a show at the prestigious Olympia Theatre in Paris. Opening band will be Anathema.

19th Nov - Bikini, Toulouse
2nd Dec - La Cooperative de Mai, Clermont Ferrand
3rd Dec - Olympia, Paris