"Just consider this line-up: with Stolt are legendary skin-beater Marco Minneman (also singing and playing guitar), the one and only Jonas Reingold on bass, Renaissance's Tom Brislin on keyboards/vocals and Pain of Salvation's Daniel Gildenlow on lead vocal and guitar. Flying Colors' vocalist Casey McPherson appears on three songs and will be touring with the band. Add to this already intimidating list the names of guest artists Jon Anderson (yes, him), Jordan Rudess (yes, also him) and Steve Hackett's woodwind player Rob Townsend, and you have a list of names that will draw collective, and very expectant, breath in Prog world. Talk about an "all-aboard" line-up. Wow - "

" When there are expectations this large, it can be a little unfair on the creators of the work. Is it quite as brilliant, special and perfect as the pundits have demanded it to be? At many points, yes, though at a few, perhaps not. But this is no temporary life-raft. On the contrary, there are some songs here that already place The Sea Within at the crest of a burgeoning Prog wave. The vessel has launched successfully, and even greater oceans await. With a little editing and more consistent production, the band is destined for some very exotic voyages indeed. There are masterstrokes on The Sea Within’s debut album – more than enough to augur well, if not guarantee, a massively fulfilling voyage, now and in the future." PN-TPR



Essential Track: "'Goodbye' is, for me, the high watermark of this album. It begins with a quirky, staccato 7/8 Prog bass-riff that is very unusual and immediately entrancing. This intriguing riff remains throughout, but also morphs into a delayed-gratification verse by McPherson, and a glorious chorus. It is hopeful, happy and fulfilling 'Recounting my life, it wakes my soul, here I'm free, the river is an ocean, I'm a river'. There is something about the nature of McPherson as a performer that is of itself uplifting, and his voice, especially when counterpointed against the other vocalists in the band, is perfect for this varied Prog arrangement. The lead solos interspersed in the song are superb. While reminiscent of Stolt's '70's melodic Prog influences, he stamps his own unique sound on to them. At times, the song sounds like it could have been done by Yes if they had progressed compositionally into 2018 (though it is true that not even a Yes drummer has ever played double kick drum quite like Minnemann does here.) The whole song is a triumph, and the wild expectations of the band's potential fans around the world will be fulfilled by this song. It is no surprise that 'Goodbye' was a collaborative composition between all five main band members. This is the compositional structure that works best for The Sea Within, and they should create more songs like this gem, which has everything." PN-TPR



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Click on the following link for a complete list of bands that have played for the NewEARS Art Rock Series

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2018-07-17
Coheed and Cambria at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA at 06:30 PM
With Special Guests Taking Back Sunday
$29.50 - $59.50

2018-07-17
Faust at Space Gallery - Portland, ME at 08:00 PM
With Special Guests Video Nasties
$16 adv, $20 day of show

2018-07-18
Faust at Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA at 08:00 PM
With Special Guests ALEC K REDFEARN AND THE EYESORES, CREATIVE HEALING
$20 adv, $23 day of show

2018-07-19
Bent Knee - The Paper Earth Tour at The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA at 08:00 PM
With Special Guests Gatherers
$15

2018-07-21
Between The Buried And Me as part of The Summer Slaughter Tour at The Palladium - Worcester, MA at 01:00 PM
With Special Guests 14+ more bands
$29.50 - $35.00

2018-07-21
Blackmore's Night at Academy of Music - Northampton, MA at 07:00 PM
$38.50 - $48.50

2018-07-27
Mary Fahl of the October Project - performs her reimagining of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" in it's entirety plus more at Iron Horse - Northampton, MA at 07:00 PM
$25 adv, $30 door

2018-07-28
Radiohead - Dead Air Space Tour at TD Garden - Boston, MA at 07:30 PM
$49.50 - $89.50

2018-07-28
Blackmore's Night at Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, CT at 07:00 PM
$52.50

2018-07-29
Radiohead - Dead Air Space Tour at TD Garden - Boston, MA at 07:30 PM
$49.50 - $89.50

2018-07-29
Brit Floyd - Eclipse World Tour - 45 Years of The Dark Side of the Moon at Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH at 08:00 PM
$25 - $65

2018-08-04
Yanni 25 - Acropolis Anniversary Concert Tour at Providence Performing Arts Center - Providence, RI at 08:00 PM
$29.50 - $250 (Premium Package)

2018-08-04
Thomas Dolby: An Evening of Music & Storytelling at TCAN (The Center for the Arts in Natick) - Natick, MA at 08:00 PM
TBD

2018-08-04
Thomas Dolby: An Evening of Music & Storytelling at TCAN (The Center for the Arts in Natick) - Natick, MA at 10:30 PM
TBD

2018-08-05
Yanni 25 - Acropolis Anniversary Concert Tour at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA at 08:00 PM
$40 - $280 (Premium Package)

2018-08-24
Jean-Luc Ponty – The Atlantic Years at The Cabot Theater - Beverly, MA at 08:00 PM
$38.50 - $58.50

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German Krautrock legends faUSt will be embarking on their Vagabondages in North America tour in July 2018! faUSt is an experimental rock band which came out of the Hamburg music scene in the late sixties. Formed in Wümme in 1971, faUSt were the first band to have the term "krautrock" applied to their music, and to the genre that ensued. German for "fist," and also the protagonist of Goethe's eponymous play, faUSt were one of the first bands to use the recording studio as an instrument. Their live appearances were explosive (literally), as the pinball machines and jack-hammer legends detail.

Featuring founding member Jean-Hervé Péron, faUSt's North American tour begins on July 11th in Chicago. There will be line-up changes and guest additions at various points of the tour - founding member and drummer Werner 'Zappi' Diermaier will join the ensemble in Brooklyn on July 22 to the end of the tour. Also featured with the band is guitarist Amaury Cambuzat.

Hello faUSt friends in Canada and USA! As for 1994! and for the fifth time now, faUSt will ride again the highways of your continent, up and down from Chicago/IL to Montreal/QC, across and back, from Brooklyn, NY to L.A., CA, spreading the good words of DadaKrautRock.

Here all musicians involved in the tour... well, almost all because we do have "last-minute guests"...

In the North East faUSt will be: Jean-Hervé Péron aka art-Errorist (voc, strings, wind and tools), Amaury Cambuzat (guit, voc), Tim Barnes (drums and sounds). In Chicago we will share the stage with Bobby Conn (guit, voc), Monica Boubou (voc, violin) and Josh Johannpeter (drums). In Brooklyn we will meet up with Braden Diotte (bass and sounds)... and Zappi, yeah! That's "ze big man wiz ze big nose!" on drums, voc, tools and metal.

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2018-07-13: Playing From The Heart taught by Jamie Glaser (Jean-Luc Ponty band) launched on Gotocyberschool
Playing From The Heart is a course to help you improvise without “thinking” when you play. No more tired licks and patterns. Play what you have in your head and heart.

2018-07-13: For krautrock icons Faust, the revolution goes on
For decades, says Jean-Herve Peron, the idea of pleasing an audience was totally out of the question for his long-running band, the experimental German group Faust. “I would say in the past we did not consider at all the impa

2018-07-12: Haken finish album no.5 and announce co-headline tour with Leprous (and Bent Knee)
Haken have checked in from the studio to reveal that they’ve completed work on their fifth studio album. The band produced and mixed the record with Adam "Nolly" Getgood, with drummer Ray Hearne reporting last month that the

2018-07-12: Soft Machine Announce New Album Hidden Details & World Tour Dates, with First North American Dates Since 1974!
In support of their forthcoming new album, British music legends Soft Machine will embark on their first North American tour since 1974 in October 2018, followed by the second North-American leg of the tour in January/Februar

2018-07-11: Advance Tickets For PROGDAY 2018 Are Now On Sale!
Join ALEC K. REDFEARN & THE EYESORES, FERNANDO PERDOMO & THE OUT TO SEA BAND, PIXIE NINJA and SOFTEN THE GLARE for the twenty-fourth edition of ProgDay. ProgDay is a two day outdoor festival of progressive rock. ProgDay 2018

2018-07-11: Long Distance Calling: announce new live dates in support of latest album Boundless
German instrumental rock powerhouse Long Distance Calling released their sixth studio album ‘Boundless’ earlier this year, and followed it with European headline dates. Now they are pleased to announce the second part of the

2018-07-11: Caligula’s Horse : release first two albums on vinyl for the first time
Caligula’s Horse, a band at the forefront of Australia’s progressive rock scene, recently announced a European tour for October – November 2018. To coincide with this, InsideOutMusic will issue the band’s first two albums, Mo

2018-07-11: Fourteen Genesis albums set for vinyl reissue
A total of 14 Genesis studio albums will be reissued on heavyweight vinyl next month via UMC / Virgin EMI. Trespass (1970), Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972), Selling England By The Pound (1973), The Lamb Lies Down On Broa

2018-07-10: Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen Announce Generation Axe Tour
Steve Vai's progressive guitar supergroup Generation Axe have announced a 32-date North American tour that will run from November through the end of the year. The trek begins in Oakland at the Fox Theater on Nov. 7. Generatio

2018-07-10: Light Freedom Revival Releases Second Album ‘Truthonomy’ Feat. Jamie Glaser, Billy Sherwood and Oliver Wakeman
John Vehadija has reunited with his cast of high class musicians for ‘Truthonomy’, the new album by Light Freedom Revival, which is released on July 3rd, 2018. Along the bright sounds of Jamie Glaser’s acoustic guitar, and Ve

2018-07-09: Watch Rare Pink Floyd 'Apples and Oranges' video
Pink Floyd have unearthed a rare video for “Apples and Oranges,” the band’s third single, which was originally released in 1967 and was also the last track Syd Barrett wrote with them. The clip, which was recorded in a fruit

2018-07-09: Watch Tool’s Danny Carey Play Peter Gabriel Song With Primus
Tool drummer Danny Carey joined old friends Primus onstage recently to cover Peter Gabriel’s track “Intruder.” The jam took place at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles and also included Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor. You can wa

2018-07-08: Innerview: Security Project interview w/Trey Gunn, Jerry Marotta & Happy Rhodes + KC & PG Stuff
When people think of tribute bands, they usually consider the musicians involved as following a safe, populist, tried-and-true path. Security Project is different. The group focuses on Peter Gabriel’s most experimental output

2018-07-07: The Samurai of Prog #Omnibus - The Early Years" out this Fall
The Samurai of Prog's steam house is on its way to You. This 4 CDs box-set is slated for an Autumn release... it includes our first three albums re-mixed, re-vamped with additional bonus tracks and a lot more friends musician

2018-07-06: Hawkwind announce new album Road To Utopia
Hawkwind have announced that their new studio album will be released later this year. Titled Road To Utopia, it will launch on September 14 on CD and LP and sees the band hook up with songwriter and conductor Mike Batt to rei

2018-07-06: Devin Townsend Project: release a new live video of "Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre" which is out now!
On the 22nd September 2017, Devin Townsend Project played a special show at the Ancient Roman Theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the landmark Ocean Machine album in full, as well as a set of fan