Interview: Seas of Conflict
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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.

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Interview: Jordan Rudess
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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.

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Interview: Steven Wilson
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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.

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Interview: Devin Townsend
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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.

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Steven Wilson
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Steven Wilson

By Mark Derricutt

20 years ago I started an adventure, leaving home in Napier and moving to Auckland; on that and many journey’s back and forth I would pass this giant brain on the side of the road just north of Hamilton. In time I would discover this to be “Cranium Records”, an off beat specialty store for psychedelic, stoner, and krautrock, and subsequently a regular travel stop.

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