PORCUPINE TREE's Gavin Harrison has scheduled a Vic's drum clinic on Thursday, January 31st at 7 PM, at Cobra Lounge in Chicago, IL.

All ages are welcome and tickets are $8. Further details at this location.

Porcupine Tree released Octane Twisted, a double-disc live set recorded at The Rivera, Chicago, Ill. and Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, in North America on November 20th via Kscope.

Porcupine Tree has launched a contest to celebrate the release of Octane Twisted and Record Store Day 2012 - a recognition of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the US, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Fans can enter online at this location for a chance to win an EBS OctoBass pedal autographed by Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin, as well as a Porcupine Tree t-shirt.

The Octane Twisted album track, 'Dislocated Day', can be streamed below:

Porcupine Tree previously posted a live video of the band performing 'I Drive The Hearse', taken from the Chicago performance offered on the two-disc set. Check it out below:

Octane Twisted consists of The Incident - the band's 10th studio album - live in its entirety recorded in Chicago. The second CD contains five classic Porcupine Tree tracks also recorded in Chicago, along with three highlights from the band's landmark show at Royal Albert Hall. All the songs were recorded during the tour that supported The Incident, which went Top 30 in both the US and UK in 2009.

Tracklisting:

CD 1 - The Incident - Chicago:

'Occam's Razor'

'The Blind House'

'Great Expectations'

'Kneel And Disconnect'

'Drawing The Line'

'The Incident'

'Your Unpleasant Family'

'The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train'

'Time Flies'

'Degree Zero Of Liberty'

'Octane Twisted'

'The Seance'

'Circle Of Manias'

'I Drive The Hearse'

CD2:

'Hatesong

'Russia On Ice / The Pills I'm Taking'

'Stars Die'

'Bonnie The Cat'

'Even Less'

'Dislocated Day'

'Arriving Somewhere But Not Here'

The track, 'I Drive The Hearse', is streaming in the widget below. Fans who sign up for the Porcupine Tree mailing list will receive a free download of the track.

Porcupine Tree is unquestionably one of the most difficult-to-categorize and innovative bands working today. The band is fronted by Steven Wilson, who also is well-known for his work producing other artists, from Swedish progressive metal group, Opeth, to Norwegian chanteuse, Anja Garbarek.

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