If you're reading this, do I even need to say anything else? Nope. DREAM THEATER - AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES Wednesday October 29 - The Palais, Melbourne Thursday October 30 - The Big Top, Sydney 'An Evening With Dream Theater’ Exclusive Pre-Sale from 9.00am Monday 18th August General Ticke ...
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PROGFEST is back in 2014 and this year our national headliner is the quirky prog outfit CLOSURE IN MOSCOW! I've been a massive fan of the band ever since seeing them open for Coheed & Cambria back in 2008 - and whilst they've shifted gears with a new sound for this year's 'Pink Lemonade' a ...
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We sent one of our honorary prog writers MIKE MILLS of Toehider along to check out The Crimson Projekct in Melbourne. Here's his take on the progressive rock masters: One of the great things about progressive rock (and all that tag has come to encompass), is that it is cross-generational. Fro ...
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We sent one of our honorary writers LAURENCE ROSIER STAINES down to check out The Crimson Projekct in Sydney in June - here's what went down: I'd like to begin this review by politely sending anyone unfamiliar with King Crimson (and exactly what they mean for progressive rock) to the albums Di ...
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Ahead of their first Australian tour in six years, I caught up with Pelican's guitarist Trevor de Brauw to chat about their changed approach to the band & life in general. Aspiring touring musicians, this is one you might be particularly interested in this one. Hi Trevor, nice to speak ...
Continue ReadingHere at OzProg we have all kinds of colourful contributors and without a doubt, one of the most charismatic is 'Dirty Big Bilky.' I interviewed the man recently to get his thoughts on the new Dream Theater & Karnivool albums which dropped last year, as well as a bunch of other wide-ranging to ...
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Dylan Carlson is bringing Earth back to Australia for the first time since 2012. Playing at Hobart's Dark Mofo Festival along with a series of headline dates presented by life is noise, the man spent a few minutes with us to chat broadly about Australia and his career in music. OzProg: Hey Dyl ...
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Wollongong prog-folk-metal outfit TROLDHAUGEN have joined with Sydney-based label Bird’s Robe Records for the release of their second album ‘Obskure Anekdotez for Maniakal Massez.’ They have also announced an extensive European tour, supporting pirate-metal giants ALESTORM on their massi ...
Continue ReadingThe support acts for Earth’s upcoming Australia tour in June have been announced. In Brisbane, you can feast your ears on the hypno-blues of Dreamtime and the dark sludge of A Savage God - made up of No Anchor’s Alex Gillies and cast of some of Brisbane's finest. In Perth, Racha ...
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Sydney post-rock legends sleepmakeswaves have released the first taste of their new album 'Love of Cartography' in the form of an electronic-rock epic called 'Something Like Avalanches'. In a bit of a coup for the local progressive scene, it's been picked up for triple j rotation. You can l ...
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