"This is not a Paul Simon Concert." Porcupine Tree Concert Review

 Sunday night concerts are not popular among any crowd, though for more than 500 local and out of town fans, Porcupine Tree was a hot ticket!

Their on stage presence was immediately established in a few riffs, then quickly went mellow, as they went into playing songs from their new album “The Incident”. After a few songs it became apparent that front man Steven Wilson is the conductor of this five piece Progressive Rock Symphony. Wilson's energy on stage would fit more in a several thousand seat arena, and his talent appears to be unlimited. The overall quality of Porcupine Tree's performance surpasses anything not heard in person.

Porcupine Tree sets the bar for the next generation of Progressive Rock very high, from the lyrics to the keys. Porcupine Tree gets no where near the attention from the music world that it deserves, like other talents in Prog Rock. If you ever have the opportunity to see Porcupine Tree, go see them, you will not be disappointed.

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MGMT Congratulations Album Review

The duo is back and going in a different way that is still very much Indie. They are back with there second album, Congratulations. If you are looking for anything Ocular Spectacular in this album, there are a few things but not many. Congratulations has had a few issues keeping itself out of the radar until the release date, due to it being leaked and shared all across the Internet. MGMT released this statement on their website soon after, “Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn't make sense to anyone but us”. MGMT now has full streaming of the album on their website.

Congratulations starts off at a slow pace compared to the last album, but it functions more like a book, starting off slow, then the climax near the end, and then two chapters to tie everything leaving the listener content, and immediately starting from track one. Congratulations maybe best to listen while in complete darkness. Some tracks are hypnotic, especially Siberian Breaks. Unlike Ocular Spectacular, not every song is an instant favorite. I found that three tracks on the album can be little a hard to listen to, with songs that are much longer than most are used to hearing. Though followers of MGMT should be nothing less than thrilled with Congratulations, which is due out April 13th.

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