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LIVE REVIEW: Tesseract with Plini and Astronoid at Metro Chicago, May 19th, 2018

Kyle Gaddo
May 25, 2018
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With their fourth album having recently entered their catalog, it only seemed proper for Tesseract to embark on a tour to promote it! Sonder isn't a huge deviation from Polaris, both of which are a sonic and to... Read More...
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Skyharbor’s Second Album, Guiding Lights, Is Out November 10th

Kyle Gaddo
August 21, 2014
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That beautiful artwork, though. Mostly Indian djent/progressive outfit Skyharbor are now set to release their second album, Guiding Lights, via Basick Records on November 10th. ... Read More...
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Skyharbour Hit the Campaign Trail for Second Album

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May 16, 2014
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The question of crowd funding music is one that is not going to go away. On the contrary, as more and more platforms enable this sort of transaction we're probably going to see an increasing number of bands t... Read More...
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Year End Non-metal Roundup, Day Two: Absent Hearts and The Neighbourhood

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December 11, 2012
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Metal is full of creative voices. In fact it's filled with some of the most creative and innovative voices of the generation. Some voices however, carry an extra context. This post is about one of Dan Tompkin... Read More...

Basick Records Offer Update On Skyharbor’s Blinding White Noise

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February 10, 2012
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With the release of Chimp Spanner's exemplary All Roads Lead Here now in the past, Basick Records have wasted no time in announcing the next release, which is to be November singing Skyharbor's album Blinding... Read More...
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Tesseract Reveals New Video For “Eden” 2.0, With Elliot Coleman On Vocals

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October 28, 2011
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Not content with just having the one of the best albums of the year in One, TesseracT got Ganesh Rao to direct one of the best videos of the year. Not only that, but the re-working of "Eden" is fantastic. Whi... Read More...

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