Live Photos - Distance and Myriad Drone - Napier - 22nd February 2025
Photos By: Andrew Caldwell
Artist/Band: Distance, Myriad Drone Supported by Fvkvshima
Venue/City: Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 22nd February 2025
Concert Review - Distance and Myriad Drone - Napier - 22nd February 2025
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: Distance, Myriad Drone Supported by Fvkvshima
Venue/City: Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 22nd February 2025
Caligula's Horse announce exclusive acoustic sets + support acts
Australia’s foremost authority on progressive rock, Caligula’s Horse, are just weeks away from kicking off their Let It Grow tour which will celebrate their cult classic The Tide, The Thief & River's End and breakout progressive masterpiece Bloom by playing them back to back!
Interview: Seas of Conflict
Catching up with friends who are musicians at their gigs is always an odd, awkward, rushed affair between sets, pack-down, or a series of inaudible shouts as another band plays. So with the release of the new Seas of Conflict single Monachopsis, I thought it was time I simply scheduled time for a chat, not only once but twice--due to technical issues--with guitarist Declan Storrie.
Live Photos - Jordan Rudess - Auckland - 25th November 2018
Photos By: Mark Derricutt
Artist/Band: Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre)
Venue/City: The Tuning Fork, Auckland
Date of Event: 25/11/2018
Interview: Jordan Rudess
By Mark Derricutt
Breakups are never easy - whether it's a romantic tryst, a teenage crush, or with a young Mark and his favourite band Dream Theater, that dark moment when founding keyboardist Kevin Moore left the group in 1994.
Interview: Steven Wilson
By Mark Derricutt
There's no denying that at my core, I'm a lover of progressive music - whether that means I love "prog" music or not is a question for another day, and is a topic which I touched on whilst talking to Steven Wilson the other week regarding the upcoming To The Bone show at Auckland's Bruce Mason Centre.
Concert Review with PHOTOS - Intervals
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Intervals
Date / Venue: Wednesday September 26th, 2018 - Whammy Bar, Auckland
Live Photos - Intervals - Auckland - 26th September 2018
Photos By: Mark Derricutt
Artist/Band: Intervals (with Ovus and Plaines)
Venue/City: Whammy Bar, Auckland, NZL
Date of Event: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Live Photos - Samsara Blues Experiment - Auckland - 10th September 2018
Photos By: Mark Derricutt
Artist/Band: Samsara Blues Experiment (Supported by Bloodnut and Arc of Acent)
Venue/City: Whammy Bar, Auckland, NZL
Date of Event: Monday 10th September 2018
Live Photos - Biffy Clyro - Auckland - 24th April 2018
Photos By: Mark Derricutt
Artist/Band: Biffy Clyro with support from Skinny Hobos
Venue/City: Spark Arena, Auckland
Date of Event: 24/04/2018
Concert Review - Mike Portnoy with PHOTOS
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Mike Portnoy
Date . Venue: Thursday November 16th, 2017 - The Studio, Auckland
Caligula's Horse set for Australia tour
Caligula’s Horse, a band at the forefront of Australia’s progressive rock scene, begin their Australian tour this Thursday.
The Musical Box to tour the Genesis album 'Selling England By The Pound'
Licensed and supported by Genesis and Peter Gabriel, Montreal-based Genesis’ tribute The Musical Box recreates the iconic show featuring music from the prog pioneers 1973 album Selling England By The Pound.
Live Photos - Steve Hackett - Auckland - 28th July 2017
Photos By: Megan Moss
Artist/Band: Steve Hackett
Venue/City: Auckland Town Hall, Auckland
Date of Event: 28/07/2017
Interview - Nigel Powell
By Jennifer Quinlin
After reviewing the latest album by The Sad Song Co. I wanted to sit down and chat more with Nigel Powell about how it came together, and how being a solo artist fits into his life touring with Frank Turner.
Mike Portnoy announces 'Shattered Fortress' tour of NZ & Australia
Drum wizard Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors) brings the Shattered Fortress to Australia and New Zealand this November!
Interview - Devin Townsend
By Mark Derricutt
Over the last week there have been lots of discussion surrounding the unfortunate events at last weekend's Windhand/Cough show at Auckland's 'Kings Arms Tavern', and if there's one one thing to take away from it - it's that you should always be prepared for the worst, and have some form of plan for dealing with it.
Live Photos - Sleepmakeswaves - Brisbane - 8th April 2017
Photos By: Matt Young
Artist/Band: Sleepmakeswaves
Venue/City: Max Watt’s, Brisbane
Date of Event: 08/04/2017
Steve Hackett from Genesis announces NZ show
As the powerhouse guitarist for inarguably one of the most important progressive rock bands ever, Steve Hackett has been a guiding influence for musicians and guitarists for over 40 years.