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Points: 1589 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2008 at 11:20
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Have all these all these albums been released officially yet? I doubt at least the Kayo Dot and Secret Chiefs 3 ...
 
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Have all these all these albums been released officially yet? I doubt at least the Kayo Dot and Secret Chiefs 3 ...
 
Kayo Dot is available for free full streaming.  SC3 is not out yet.
 
My top five (released releases only)
 
 
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (world music/pop/afrobeat)
4. Meshuggah - obZen (extreme metal/thrash metal)
3. Food for Animals - Belly (avant-garde hip-hop)
2. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (avant-garde/jazz)
1. Portishead - Third (trip-hop)
 
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The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
The Sword - Gods of the Earth
NIN - Ghost I-IV

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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 23:05
5 eh? Well... don´t know if I even have 5 2008 albums jejeje or at least 5 good ones

5. Ayreon - 01011001 (not that good, but I have grown a bit tired of this type of metal)
4. Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky (technically just an EP, the main 30 min epic is pretty good, but the rest is so so)
3. Meshuggah - obZen (excellent stuff, this guys do not disappoint... and the first track is not out of place)
2. The Mars Volta (it took a while, but I really like it, it´s got balls!)
1. Opeth - Watershed (...ah Akerfeld, you talented b*****dHeart)
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Points: 8890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 22:03
So far, I only have 3 2008 CDs.  There is so much great music I need from earlier decades it's hard to keep up, but I'd rank them like this.

1. VdGG - Trisector.  So far, the songs are hit and miss.  I really like the 12 minute one, and a few others, but some haven't done anything for me yet.
2. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant.  This is an indie EP, I got it cheap and this band rocks, looking forward to buying their debut album in a few months.
3. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath.  Pretty disappointed, I enjoy Frances the Mute and Amputechture, but this album just doesn't really do anything.  I might sell it and buy the debut instead (I had it downloaded a while ago but I think it got deleted or misplaced..)
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1. Radiohead - In Rainbows (hey it came out on CD Jan 1st)
2. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (not prog in the least, but fun!)
3. Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth (very prog and very fun. diverse and amazing)
4. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath (their worst but still better than most releases)
5. Kayo Dot - Blue Lamency Downward (heard once; mind=blown)
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Not by order:
 
Sculptured - Embodiment
Make A Rising - Infinite Ellipse and Head With Open Fontanel
Opeth - Watershed
Moonsafari - Blumljud
Birds & Buildings - Bantam To Behemoth
Wrong Object - Stories From The Shed
Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuiine
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Ayreon - Y
Tempano - Selective Memory
Gurth - Tormentes
 
Still need to listen to:
Krobak - Diary of the Missed One
Moongarden - Songs From The Lighthouse
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic II
Zorn - The Dreamers
Guapo - Elixirs
Panzerballett - Starke Stücke
Thieves' Kitchen - Water Road
Ihsahn - angL
Saena - s/t
Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Hands - Strangelet
Hostsonaten
Secret Chiefs 3
 
Heard but were only ok (or less):
Messhugah - Obzen
Caamora - She
Virgin Black - Requiem Fortissimo
Tiles - Fly Paper
Magenta - Metamorphosis
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
Tangent - Not as good as the Book
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 19:03
Kayo Dots is officially released this week, but has been available for free streaming for a couple weeks now.

1. Dark Suns- Grave Human Genuine
2. The Mars Volta- The Bedlam in Goliath
3. Van der Graaf Generator- Trisector
4. To- Mera- Delusions
5. Krobak- Diary of a Missed One
6. Day Without Dawn- Understanding Consiquences
7. Ayreon- 01011001
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 17:20
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Have all these all these albums been released officially yet? I doubt at least the Kayo Dot and Secret Chiefs 3 ...
 
Kayo Dot's is available for online streaming, but it hasn't been officially released.
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Points: 21596 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 16:53
Have all these all these albums been released officially yet? I doubt at least the Kayo Dot and Secret Chiefs 3 ...
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 16:24
Hmmm...Probably These:
 
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Protest the Hero - Fortress
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Meshuggah - obZen
 
Noteworthy:
Pat Metheny Trio - Day Trip
Russian Circles - Station
 
These aren't great to me, yet, but I hear the quality of the visions and maybe they will grow on me:
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues...
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
 
Non-Prog notables:
Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
Thrice - The Alchemy Index, Vols. III & IV
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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2008 at 15:01
There have been around a hundred prog and related releases in these first four months of 2008 and hopefully you've been trying as much new music as I have. Anyway, I've finally heard enough relevant music to scrape together a rudimentary top eight:

08. Meshuggah - obZen
Good as ever, just not exciting. Also, the opening thrash song is misplaced. =P
07. Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth
This is OK. Adventurous while still being identifiable as 100% prog. Ranges between ambient, trippy rock and Koenji madness.
06. Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuine
It's not like me to rate such an album - I think it's "Flies in Amber" that made me give the whole album more attention that I would have normally. I enjoy that it's not too Tool-ish or too PoS-ish, etc.
05. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
When this type of band dares to be something more than ambient, love occurs. Really memorable sloganeering too - makes me WANT punks in the palace. o:)
04. Out of Focus - Palermo 1972
I've decided live chronicles count as much as studio albums because it helps me to flesh out this list. Notably, I've listened to this three times; twice it was relevatory and the other it left me *completely* unaffected - I'm not consistently a space child.
03. Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan
Is it premature to rate this album so highly?
02. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Is it premature to rate THIS album so highly? =P
01. Guapo - Elixirs
While BLD is still growing on me I find myself preferring Elixirs because it's so much more *solid* and lovable. This is right at the centre of my tastes.

Krobak's ninth. best album by a PA regular so far.
I suspect that when I hear the latest albums by Greaves and Frith this list will expand to a top ten.

anyone else out there listening to new music? =)
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