Live Review: Anubis + Toehider + Pirate @ The Bald Faced Stag, Sydney – 25 July 2014 It’s mid-winter, Sydney is cold and on a Friday, traffic is bad. But for 120 or so punters in need of an epic showcase of progressive rock, that was no obstacle to attending this double album launch for An ...
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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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SO in one of the more unlikely moments of my prog-loving life, I got to interview the legendary TONY LEVIN (of King Crimson, The Stickmen, Liquid Tension Experiment, Peter Gabriel etc etc etc) ahead of his Australian tour with The CRIMSON PROJEKCT this June. For all you readers who submitte ...
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Ahead of the release of Closure in Moscow's second album 'Pink Lemonade' due out this Friday May 9th, I caught up with their singer Chris to chat about making the album, what took them so long (it's been 5 years since 'First Temple') & of course, pink lemonade. Based in Melbourne but ha ...
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