Hello folks - if you haven't already we advise you to follow the band's official twitter feed here. porcupinetree.com will be the place to get major updates as always, but the twitter feed will contain daily info and occasional messages from the band, links to reviews, forthcoming release updates, and links to photos and video footage from the road (a short clip of Gavin sound checking yesterday in Cleveland has just been posted.)

Gavin has launched his new website here.

Finally there is an official Porcupine Tree twitter feed here. Go sign up!

Burning Shed now have the double DVD of Lasse Hoile's film about SW "Insurgentes" up for pre-order. The first 2,000 copies from the store are going to come with a little extra free gift too! The 2 disc set comes in a hardback digibook with 64 page book, and includes a lot of bonus video and audio material.

Also announced is that there will be pre-release screenings of the film, with question and answer sessions with SW and director Lasse Hoile, at Prince Charles Theatre in Leicester Square, London on 2nd September, and at the IFC Centre in New York City on 21st September. There are a small number of tickets available to the public for each of these screenings. NYC tickets are now available from the Burning Shed, with London tickets available directly from Prince Charles here

Meanwhile, the fourth of Steven's columns in Electronic Music appears in the September issue, or can be viewed on line here.

Fighting against their jetlag, PT nevertheless turned in a stonking performance at San Francisco’s Warfield according to this review of last night’s gig.

Just added to the band’s itinerary: Aarhus, Denmark at Train on October 4th. Tickets go on sale on August 11th and will be available from here

Elsewhere, there’s a bit of a blast from the past to be found in this video interview with SW and Gavin dating from 2007. Including some brief footage of the band soundchecking prior to a gig at Falls Church, VA, SW and GH talk about the virtues of surround sound.

SW has made a contribution to a new book called “Mixing, Recording, and Producing Techniques of the Pros: Insights on Recording Audio for Music, Video, Film, and Games” by Rick Clarke. OK, so it may not be the snappiest title in the world but it does exactly what it says on the tin. SW contributes a chapter on approaches to surround sound mixing. Check out the Amazon page for the book here.

There are a few of the limited edition crystal reproductions of The Incident cover artwork still available. Check out the website for further details.

Finally, in case you missed it first time around, you can listen to a SW interview over on the Gagliarchives talking about the release of The Incident and beyond. Catch it here .

Although its been around since The Incident was released, this interview with Steven is a timely reminder as to what he gets to in between this summer’s gigs. No mention of ever sleeping though!

SW's remixing of King Crimson's 1970's back catalogue with new Stereo and 5.1 mixes continues apace with In The Wake of Poseidon (1970) and Islands (1971). You can get full details here.

Richard Barbieri is singled out for praise by No-Man vocalist Tim Bowness in an interview marking the re-issue of Wild Opera. “Richard is a true original in his approach of music and sound. I think he is of the same importance as people like Brian Eno. Just listen to Japan’s Tin Drum. What Richard does on that album is of sheer brilliance. He also really likes more heavy music so his enthusiasm of playing with Porcupine Tree is genuine. His saves his love for more subtle music for his solo albums.” Read the rest of the interview with Tim here.

Gavin Harrison’s book, Rhythmic Designs, has been awarded no less than five stars in the latest edition of Modern Drummer. Exploring and explaining the rhythmic ideas and concepts behind his albums with bassist / singer 05Ric, Drop and Circles, the reviewer notes “The package is very well thought out. Harrison meticulously explains, dissects, and performs examples from each track on the double-sided DVD, while the book helps you follow and learn the written notation of each complete drum track, painstakingly transcribed from the original CDs by Modern Drummer contributor Terry Branam.

Harrison is articulate and entertaining as he recounts the construction of his advanced odd-meter and oddly grouped groove patterns. There are also MP3 play-alongs on the DVD. This is an affordable, educational journey into heavy concepts from the creative mind of a modern-day rhythmic genius.” Copies of the book are available from the store .

The second album with 05Ric, Circles, is also being remixed for 5.1 surround sound and being reissued on K-Scope. Find out more details and pre-order, here.