porcupine tree Archive
30 Mar 2025
Take Five: Porcupine Tree Classics
Guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter Steven Wilson is a progressive rock hero for the 21st century. As a remix master extraordinaire, he has overseen new mixes of classic albums by […]
21 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Porcupine Tree and More
When I first discovered Porcupine Tree around the time of Fear of a Blank Planet, not only did I fall head over the heels for the music, but I was […]
28 Feb 2023
Interview Roundup: Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson is one of the busiest and most fascinating artists working today. His list of credits is massive and ever-growing. Once thought of as a progressive rock artist, today […]
14 Apr 2020
Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree’s ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ at 25 (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … The nature of the music on The Sky Moves Sideways gives bassist Colin Edwin comparatively little to do as well: while he’s an instrumentalist of […]
13 Apr 2020
Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree’s ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ at 25 (Part 1)
Today, Steven Wilson is widely known –and acclaimed – as one of the busiest and most creative figures in music. Though he came to wider notice as a kind of […]
02 Jul 2019
Stranger by the Minute: Porcupine Tree’s ‘Stupid Dream’ at 20
Porcupine Tree began as a ruse; Steven Wilson concocted a backstory for a fictitious band. But the prodigiously talented multi-instrumentalist crafted music to go with the legend, and thus the […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Steven Wilson — 4 1/2
File Next to: Radiohead, Opeth, Peter Gabriel Steven Wilson is possibly the busiest musician of the 21st century. Beyond his leadership of the now on-hiatus Porcupine Tree, he’s recorded and/or […]
05 Jan 2016
Colin Edwin: Progressive in Any Language (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Add to that challenge the expansiveness of the North American continent; the major markets – New York, Chicago, Los Angeles – are much farther apart than, […]
04 Jan 2016
Colin Edwin: Progressive in Any Language (Part 1)
Some years ago in a print feature, I characterized Colin Edwin – then the bass player in Porcupine Tree – as “eternally bemused.” The music of Porcupine Tree is adventurous, […]
12 Jul 2010
DVD Review: Porcupine Tree – Anesthetize
From the opening menu of Porcupine Tree‘s latest concert DVD, 2010’s Anesthetize, it’s clear that the band is striking a decidedly different tone this go-round. It’s been four years since […]
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