2011 - Very disapointing so far?
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Topic: 2011 - Very disapointing so far?
Posted By: seb2112
Subject: 2011 - Very disapointing so far?
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:50
| Aheulchatistas, Wobbler, Battles, and now Cheer-Accident, every record I was expecting so far this year was nothing but disapointing! Anything left to come out this year that I should get my hopes up for? |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:52
| The progressive side of 2011 is weak, but the reast gives me quite some satisfaction. Better than last year so far. |
Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:54
| Jardon De La Croix was decent, but nothing special. Still makes it album of the year so far... |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:01
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Neal Morse's "Testimony 2" came out, I'm enjoying it. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:05
I thought the same of last year until October (I'd only had UZ's clivage), but most of the interesting releases came in the last quarter year... and 2010 turned out to be a better-than-expected year.
soo far this year, I've only found VdGG's album worthy of buying immediately, but it's not as good as trisector....
as for the Wobbler and consorts (or later on this year Anekdoten) I'm not holding my breath. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
seb2112 wrote:Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:08
| Yeah, but all of the big names are releasing albums, Symphony X, Yes, Rush, Dream Theater, Primus... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:11
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the only two 2011 albums I have are the new Beardfish - "Mammoth" and the new Neal Morse - "Testimony 2" and they are both highly enjoyable. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:14
New Beardfish and Phideaux I thought were stellar; likewise with new Magic Pie and Neal Morse, and we still have new Yes, DT and Opeth coming out... I'm enjoying 2011 quite a bit!  ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:15
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Aheulchatistas's new one is great. So noisey. Way better than their other albums I heard.
As for 2011...it's been pretty good. Some good releases, some disappointments, some things I still haven't gotten too, and still a good number of releases I'm looking forward to. I would say on par with 2009, perhaps a bit better at this point at least. Little too early to be definitive about it. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:22
I like White Fence's Is Growing Faith very good psych rock |
Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:31
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2011's been good to me so far! New Phideaux, Beardfish and Amplifier (2011 for the non-members!) all have had stellar releases and I'm even enjoying Pendragon's new album. I still have Wobbler's new album coming in the mail and then new releases by Riverside and Sky Architect to look forward to. I even saw that Mars Hollow has a new album coming out this year and new Steven Wilson solo!
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Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:37
| For me, Snowtorch has been the best release but I haven't heard all of Testimony 2 yet (so far so good). Plus, a new Karmakanic album is in the works. Even if Snowtorch are the only good albums this year, I will not be disappointed because of how great Snowtorch is. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:41
I'm not worried. I remember people complaining in 2009 that that year was disappointing 
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:44
| I have Gloss Drop pre-ordered. They work incredibly well without Tyondai. Phideaux put out some great regressive rock. Also, the new Fleet Foxes album was fantastic. I think it's been awesome so far. The King Of Limbs wasn't bad either. |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:53
lolwut, 2009 was incredbile. Part the Second, E-Ré, The Underfall Yard, Vehicle, Barbaro (ma non troppo), Crack the Skye... ------------- 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:01
Hmm - will check this one out |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:10
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Year has been fine to me so far. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:12
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Hmm... I disagree. I think Mammoth (Beardfish), Testimony 2 (Neal Morse), and The King of Limbs (Radiohead) are excellent. Snowtorch (Phideaux) and Take Care (Explosions in the Sky) are good too. I'm not getting my hopes up for Fly From Here though. I'll probably just listen to it on youtube... Hopefully the new Symphony X album will be as good as the last one. Also the new KC album should be good. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:23
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TRy Beardfish, Phideaux and VDGG for great 2011 albums. I heard the new Kate Bush and this is great as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:26
New Mars Volta album. 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:34
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More like "new Negura Bunget" Also, Radiation10 is supposed to put their album out this year |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:49
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Laurie Anderson has a new one out this year, you all should try it because only an expert can deal with a problem.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:53
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Opeth, 2 (3) Devin Townsend albums, Symphony X all yet to come out And several quite good albums already out. BtBaM's is their best work yet. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:59
Everytime I see this I read Loni Anderson. Listening to too much WKRP or something.
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Posted By: The Willow Farmer
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 20:04
| New Decemberists, Blackfield, and Fleet Foxes have all been really good! |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 20:10
This. And Opeth, DT, and Agents of Mercy. I'm feeling good about the future. -------------  |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 20:26
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 20:26
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And GY!BE album could come out this year. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Don of the Dead
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 23:45
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Don't forget Big Big Train's English Electric everyone.
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Posted By: TheOppenheimer
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 00:57
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Fen - Epoch Ulver - War Of The Roses two albums i really find NOT-disapointing ------------- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A veces es cuestión de esperar, y tomarte en silencio. |
Posted By: SoundscapeMN
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 00:59
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well, there's not a ( http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/2011__anticipation" rel="nofollow - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/2011__anticipation ) a whole lot coming the rest of the year or anything. ------------- http://rateyourmusic.com/SoundscapeMN/"> 
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 01:20
This year has already seen some really amazing albums. IMO you should re-think your strategy: Instead of working up your expectations on a very small number of albums, branch out and see which albums other users have found to be great. Have a look at album charts both here at Progarchives, but also Progfreak: http://progfreak.com/Charts-50699.html" rel="nofollow - http://progfreak.com/Charts-50699.html There you see the top albums of the current year and you can also browse each user's favorites ... from the albums you mentioned I recommend that you check out avestin's favorites. Many of the albums are available from Amazon or eMusic, which means that you can listen to extensive samples - 30 seconds from each track, which can seem disappointing if you're used to sampling full songs, but you can listen to those samples consecutively and that will give you a good overview of the album. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 01:35
| I like Alta Via's debut album Girt Dog but that's the only new album from this year I have purchased. I seem to end up buying endless remasters and reissues! |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 02:33
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Well I usually don't enjoy New albums for a few months, most to me seem a disappointment at first but eventually click -------------  
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 02:56
I am pretty sure someone makes this thread every year. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68760" rel="nofollow - 2010 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56459" rel="nofollow - 2009 And I couldn't find one for 2008, and now I'm tired of looking, but you get the idea.
There is no way that is happening. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 03:08
This. Tons of brilliant stuff out this year (in particular, hardcore and metalcore stuff). Not much prog that I've liked so far though. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 03:21
The new Battles album isn't out for a week yet. Where have you heard it? |
Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 03:32
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Don't forget new Meshuggah either!
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 03:34
http://beachsloth.tumblr.com/post/5373428602/when-will-the-gloss-drop-by-battles" rel="nofollow - The internet tells me it leaked over 2 weeks ago. (All information on tumblr is 100% accurate, right?) ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 04:01
I think that some albums are simply more polarizing than others ... and those also tend to be the more interesting ones. That's why at PF albums receive a ranking bonus the more extreme their ratings distribution is. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 04:07
Just discover something old instead. Why waste time being dissapointed about brand new mediocre crap, when there's tons of unheard mastepieces out there from all times? |
Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 04:09
Another superb year of prog music, IMO! For me best albums so far are made by Phideaux, Nemo and Wobbler. Another high class albums include Van der Graaf Generator, Magic Pie, Le Orme, Pandora, Stratovarius. Not what expected by Pendragon and Beardfish. That's my conclusion for the prog year so far. And we are still expecting Yes, Dream Theater, King Crimson projekt and Symphony X as well as Sky Architect. So it's just inspiring, what is gong to be... |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 04:26
Fair enough. Leaking albums before their release date is such a supremely tossy thing to do, isn't it? |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 04:32
Meh. Debut album by Fleet Foxes was breathtaking, but the new one is, well, more proggy and much less inspirational. Apart from that, I'm quite happy with King Of Limbs. Edit: OH!! I forgot the new Brian Eno  |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 06:13
WALTER? IS THAT YOU?? |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 07:00
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2011 is looking like a very good year actually. Fen's Epoch is a masterpiece and the best thing released this year so far, but Altar of Plagues, Between the Buried and Me, Credo, Enslaved, Grails, Grayceon, Hiromi, Mastodon, Moonsorrow, Obscura, Paatos, Pendragon, Phideaux, Protest the Hero, The Tangent, Tartar Lamb, Ulver, Unexpect, and Virus have all released excellent EP's, studio or live albums, and the albums from Pallas and VdGG are decent as well, though I wasnt expecting them to really impress me anyway. Plus, I just got the new King Crimson ProjeKt and My Dying Bride albums in teh post this morning and I'm still to listen to the new Karda Estra. Wobbler's Rites at Dawn has been the only disappointment so far this year, which when you consider the amount of music I've bought from the first 5 months thats quite impressive. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 07:22
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I dig the archives (he digs the archives)<female backing singers and give the old stuff a second life (second life!) in 2011, I listen to recordens from the beach boys band of choice like their voice the towllet was moist (???) last year was ELO I think I can go a million years without hearing any of this 2011 stuff with too much peer yeahr |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 08:00
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the first thing that struck me when I listend/heard this beardfish song from mammoth, was that it was very similar to Procol Harum (Brokan Barricades) in sound and bombast, but very good music the song is called Without Saying Anything -------------  
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 08:51
Ha-ha, no. My point is: Every year I discover loads and loads of music/artists/bands from the last (couple of) hundred years or so. If none of my discoveries released something memorable the year I heard them for the first time: So what? I actually don't know if I've heard any album from 2011 yet (Ok, I bought the latest Radiohead), but I still got myself atleast 50 or 60 new albums, and heard the fantastic Linda Perhacs for the first time. I just don't understand why "new" music has to be from 2011. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 08:53
Well this a thread specifically dedicated to music released in 2011. There is a "your latest discoveries" thread somewhere around. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 08:55
I think it leaked more than a month ago. Nobody even talks about them anymore.  (I'm sure Tyondai did it to them  ) |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 09:15
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Hmmm...was excited about Battles. I guess I'll wait until the legit reviews start coming in. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: treebeard
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 09:55
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Can't agree, I was just saying to another mate who likes prog that the year was going well, and as others have already said:
Phideaux : snowtorch, was brilliant, possibly the best album of the year
Magic Pie: superb, gets better with every play
Coming is a new Yes album with a Roger Dean cover
A new Live Dvd From The Flower Kings
A new Union DvD from Yes
a new Neal Morse album
A new Karmamanic album in the summer...
The Tangent : Comm in Sept
Stephen Wilson 2 disk solo cd
we had a great festival in Blackpool, first prog festival in the North West...
I wish every year was this good..
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 11:31
I know. It was just a how to stop being dissapointed tip, comment, opinion or whatever. |
Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 11:37
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Oh, you can call 2011 in music anything but disappointing! This year's masterpieces will soon outnumber those of 2010. Alright, let us count: 1. Par Lindh Project - Time Mirror (an album that was released in very late 2010, so I think most of us heard it in 2011) 2. Bernd Kistenmacher - Let In Out! (first proper 2011 album I've heard, and what an album! The most intense Berlin School music) 3. Van Der Graaf Generator - A Grounding In Numbers (not much describing needed; Some may disagree, but I find this album of by any means VDGG quality, both musically and by the concept.) 4. Pendragon - Passion (great album. One more step in the course taken with Pure. When I put this album, I usually play it 2-3 times in a row) 5. Phideaux - Snowtorch (I had great expectations, which this album fulfilled) 6. Credo - Against Reason (simply wonderful! As much as I love Rhetoric, this album may even be the improvement over it!) 7. Ulver - Wars Of The Roses (I approached it with great reservations after their Epochal "Shadows Of The Sun", but this latest album cast away all my doubts, it's nothing like Shadows, but it's has it's own magic.) 8. Fen - Epoch (absolutely fantastic prog-metal album... This band was unexpected revelation for me.) 9. Pandora - Sempre E Ovunque Oltre Il Sogno (this has to be, IMHO, a very strong contender for an "Album Of The Year" title. There is sooo much passion and sincerity put in this record... Even for RPI. ) 10. Riverside - Memories In My Head (EP) (Even though, I've heard much of Riverside, I find this EP their best release. Mariusz Duda never sounded so good to me. Every second of this record takes your breath. Although this EP is longer than other bands' some albuims (32-33mins) I wish it was much longer...) 11. Grails - Deep Politics (This is just beautiful. Every ony I know who listened to this album had the same astonished reaction) 12. Wobbler - Rites At Dawn (I see some will disagree with me here, but I found this album very strong) This list is not even remotely comprehensive; it lacks many band's albums that I liked: Von Hertzen Brothers, Virus, Nemo, Introitus, Moonsorrow, Le Orme, This Will Destroy You, Uriah Heep... Beyond strict progressive boundaries, I was very much impressed with Fleet Foxes and Tim Hecker's albums... Both are masterpieces to me. And keep in mind, only half an year has gone.... We're waiting for Yes, Believe, Rhapsody, Symphony X, Fripp / Collins / Jackzyk and many more. So, to put it short, this year, IMHO, is close to "progheads heaven". |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 12:22
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Not the greatest year so far but I'm very happy with the new albums from Nemo, Presto Ballet, Pandora, Magic Pie and Uriah Heep.
On average I probably buy around 40 - 50 new releases each year and this year I've only bought 15 so far and we're nearly half way so I'm certainly down on amount of new albums I've been tempted by.
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Posted By: anaesthetist
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 12:44
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Some albums are "growers" and I've been quite impressed with the latest from Beardfish,Magic Pie and Pallas but a little disappointed with Blackfield
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 13:03
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I haven't bought as much as I did the equivalent time in 2010 (blame Cameron's pay freeze for us hard pressed civil servants), but what I've got I've really enjoyed. Top of the tree are Pendragon, Phideaux, and Decemberists - all fine albums. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 14:44
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Actually, it's been a great year looking back. How the heck can anyone be dissapointed?
Plus it's only halfway through.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 14:51
This. It's already better than 2010.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 14:56
And 2010 was also a good year. 
I honestly think that music hasn't had a bad year since maybe the eighties.
Some dissapointments tossed in but there's always been numerous albums I enjoy. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 15:27
| I'm surprised how good the new Mogwai album is. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 16:43
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Currently listening to the Unexpect album that dropped yesterday (free streaming through their bandcamp)
HOLY FRIKKIN SHILT!!!
This may be the best year of all time in prog metal. I've heard all of Devy's Decon and it's his most prog metal album ever made. But I'm not sure it's as good as this. For those that know me, that should tell you something. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 17:45
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I think this year is pretty bitchin in prog, actually. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 17:59
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I've only listened to four albums frtom 2011 and I can say most of them are pretty good. Grails: pretty good and very enjoyable Magic Pie: It took me a wile to digest it, but it is a very solid and enjoyable album. Fen: It's pretty average/bad IMO. It's too cold and apathetic, but maybe I need to give it more tries. Phideaux: terrific album! Wobbler's I have listened on the internet and I'll probably not buy it. -------------   
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Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 18:13
leaked on-line. pretty easy to find just google it |
Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 18:14
Thats exactly what I'm doing, I only got into fusion last year so I'm still discovering some of the maserpieces of the 70's. |
Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 18:18
I thought Virus' new album come out late 2010, but you're right its a 2011 release. It's easily album of the year so far for me, such a good album, it really delivered on the potential that the black flux had shown on the better tracks |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 18:38
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Yeah, except for Phieaux' album, I don't think there were many impressive albums so far.
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 19:53
Fixed. As for 2011, we're seeing selections from these prog and non-prog classics: VDGG The Feelies Kate Bush Jakszyk/Fripp/Collins Peter Murphy Sonic Youth Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd David Sylvian The Cars Thurston Moore The Flaming Lips That's nearly as great as being back in the last worthwhile decade in the history of recorded music! |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 20:27
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Gotta love them trolls. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 20:33
| Just giving the people some well-deserved truth and honesty. Someone has to stand up to the lies and deception that constantly keep people from quality music. Who cares if modern hacks are making trash in 2011? What matters is that real artists are still keeping the vibe alive. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 20:40
I found The BlackFlux pretty lackluster to be honest but The Agent that Shapes the Desert takes the same style and really develops some very interesting music out of it. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 21:50
I'm just curious, do you listen to new albums and sit through them in complete outrage and then say how you hate them? Or is this just a long-running act.... |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 22:10
| The Cars still exist? |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 00:36
He does listen and probably enjoys post-89 bands but it's comparable to a teenager watching porn. He doesn't want mom to catch him. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 02:02
God damn it, people, calling Walter a troll completely defeats the purpose of "don't feed the trolls." If nobody ever responded to his shtick he would stop doing it! But people on PA don't understand how the internet works.
They reformed in 2010 after breaking up in 1988, so I guess "still" isn't quite the right word to use. This video was released back in February, I guess you should pay more attention. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 03:39
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Zombi's new CD Escape Velocity is killer! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 06:14
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Maybe it's the problem: there had been a lot of interesting records these last years, coming from veterans or newcomers, and one can feel numbed by this "flood" of releases. Maybe, and I say "maybe", when you heard about new albums by Yes, VdGG, King Crimson (Fripp, you don't fool anyone, your new band IS King Crimson), Opeth, Zombi, etc... you begin to feel unimpressed, because the "exceptional" becomes the norm. |
Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 07:54
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What about the new Yes album?Has someone already enjoyed some of its songs?Listening to Neu at the moment,great! ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 08:18
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I went back and looked at the last 5 years and I'm pretty certain 2011 will probably eclipse all of them.
2010 and 2006 seemed especially weak. 2007 with Fear of a Blank Planet, etc. was very strong at the top, but fell off. 2009 had lots of great albums but no true banners. But I challenge anyone to do the same and think of this year's crop of albums.
One caveat is that I think if you don't listen to prog metal at all, then it's going to skew your view of modern prog. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 08:47
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The year is really solid so far. Make A Rising, Tartar Lamb, Between the Buried and Me, and Protest the Hero have superb albums out. Grayceon, Ulver, Human Abstract, Scale the Summit, Man Man, and Radiohead have good albums out. There's plenty more on the way too. We're only at the halfway point. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 09:17
I agree with the caveat Jay. I think this year is particularly strong on the metal side, if that ain't your cup of tea you'll probably have a different take on how the year is shaping up. Hell, I'm far from a huge prog metal fan, and I'd say my most anticipated albums this year are all prog metal. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 09:34
| I'm not really a metal fan and so far this year has impressed, although I've only heard three albums. There's still a lot on my radar I'm excited to check out ... Gosta Berlings Saga, Cheer-Accident, Grails, Korekyojin, Dear Hunter, etc... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 13:11
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As far as prog metal, I'm not the biggest fan, but many interesting albums are coming out. The new Symphony X seems interesting, being a double album, and it's been while since their last album. Dream Theater, Opeth, and Pain of Salvation are all coming out with a new album around September. DT is, of course, a highly awaited and controversial release. Opeth peaked my interest with what Akerfeldt was saying about the new album, and that new cover art got me excited, so we'll see. PoS; well, I have trouble getting into them, but by the sound of what Road Salt 2 is going to sound like, I'm interested. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 17:17
The Black Flux had 2 excellent songs (one of which was a re-recording of a song they released back in the Ved Buens Ende days) and the rest was indeed lackluster. The new album is all at the same level of those 2 tracks |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 17:24
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Hell no. 2011 has been a f*cking great year so far, especially for prog metal. We've already seen some spectacular releases this year from Between the Buried and Me, Cave In, Earth, Graviton, Grayceon, The Human Abstract, Jesu, Protest the Hero, Scale the Summit, *shels, TesseracT, Ulver, UnexpecT, Virus, and Windmills by the Ocean, and there are too many other good releases on the horizon to even list. Even on the non-metal side we've had some great releases from the Dead Kenny G's, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Tartar Lamb, and Thomas Giles, with bands like Battles, Fair to Midland, Primus, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor releasing things later this year, it's hard not to be excited for what's in store too. The only really disappointing albums I've heard this year have been the new things from the Decemberists, dredg, and Periphery.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 02 2011 at 18:02
| Tartar Lamb II is awesome |
Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:23
| Generally I think it's been good year. Revou$ion by Nemo, Deep Politics by the Grails(my fav), Testimony 2 and Summereve are all fantastic. Snowtorch, Passion by Pendragon and Mammoth are very good. Wobbler's Rites At Dawn is a disappointment for me. Still need to listen to other releases to really give a more definite answer. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:46
Well, I'll be honest. I only really started to follow new releases towards mid 08 (thus prior to things kind of fuse together and I'm not all too sure what came out when) but...
2010 was easily the best year in music since I started to really listen to music (back in 05, with the caveat I stated above). Three five star albums IMO, which doesn't even come close to any of those other years. (Even though 08 and 06 have a six star album each
 .) For me, 2011 is more or less equal to 09 at this point. Some really good stuff, but nothing overly the top great, at least not yet. Still plenty to listen to, both released and not as such.As for your caveat...I do like certain prog metal, but admittedly I'm not in a very metal mood right now so I still need to listen to some of the bigger releases (Fen, AoP, Grayceon), which of course I will do by years end. And the best releases have been outside of the metal world for the most part in these 5.5 years, again IMO. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:48
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2010 was brilliant, I'm not expecting 2011 to top it, but it may come close. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:59
I beg to differ. I thought 2010 was a particularly dull year for progressive rock. Only a handful releases registered on my radar. So far 2011 has been very interesting with, Snowtorch; Kate Bush's Directors Cut, The Decemberists and Beardfish just to name a few off the top of my head. I am also looking forward to hearing new releases from Yes and Opeth and there are lots of releases that I am itching to get my hands on like Grail and Hiromi. 2011 does indeed seem to be more promising than 2010 ever was! ------------- 
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Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 04:43
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I think there have been a few outstanding releases in 2011 so far Testimony 2 : Neil Morse The Suffering Joy : Magic Pie - this is amazing Snowtorch : Phideaux Mammoth : Beardfish That's just off the top of my head. Thanks for the thread though. its pointed out one or two that I missed
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:44
OMG I thought I saw James trolling us with Neil Morse and Magic Pie  
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:50
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^I fell for that a couple of days ago, took me a while to work out Pauls avatar isnt animated!
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:14
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Hahahahaha.
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Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:18
Whoops, it's hard to find an avatar thats new  I'll try and find something unique That said, I still think Magic Pie 'The Suffering Joy' is the best prog album this year so far
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:20
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Even I got confused! I didn't remember posting that and then I realised it wasn't me. But wow, you joined in 2005 and only 185 posts? Oh and don't worry, I stole my avatar from someone on last.fm. -------------
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:35
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Sepparated at sign-up?
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:51
Wait that wasn't James? ha I was slightly confused at the Neal Morse compliments  -------------
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