Quote Originally Posted by Troy
I'll have to look for that Booker T disc. I have "Melting Pot" and love it, but I also have "Green Onions" and find it to be a bunch of cheesy cover songs.

Buncha new to me stuff over the past week:

Secret Chiefs 3- "Book of Horizons".
Mr. Bungle side project. Defies description, part middle eastern space rock, part mind bending trip hop, part growly over-the-top death metal. Great cover of "Exodus". When it's good, it's a stunner. When it's bad (the death metal parts) it sends me leaping for the skip button. 4.5 stars from AMG, check it out:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...3:5wfjz2oheh2k

Land of Chocolate-"Unikorn on the Cob" and "Regaining the Feel".
Excellent modern progrock with some ties to the band Echolyn. Amateurish vocals over some of the most interesting abuse of time I've heard in a long time. Fans of Echolyn are sure to dig this. Quirky, low budget and fun.

Tony Banks- "Seven"
Orchestral album from founding Genesis keyboardist. Rather bland. Doesn't rock.

Eloy- "Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes"
Late 70s German Pink Floyd rip off, long considered one of those long-lost prog bands that many have wondered about, but never heard. Sounds good, but it's awfully derrivative. Not that that's really bad by itself . . . Fans of "Wish You Were Here" will enjoy this.

FM- "Survellance" and "Headroom"
Another long lost 70s prog band, these are both dubbed from vinyl to CD. Survellance is the Canadian trio (members later worked with Rush on the Signals album) blending a more pop sound with heavy symph leanings. Pleasurable album that brings back good memroies. Nice to hear it again. Never heard Headroom before. It's an early studio improv disc. Two 16 minute tracks that are alternately spacy and jammy in a 1974 kinda way. Non-essential.

Helmet of Gnats
Stupid name for a band that sounds just like a cross between the Dixie Dregs and Brand X. But not as good as either of those bands. Still it has it's moments. I need more time with this one.

"Tool" and "A Perfect Circle" comp
Same guy sent me this too with no track list so i don't even know which band does which songs, but I don't like ANY of it so it really doesn't matter. Boring teenager angst metal.
How's the audio on the Helmet of Gnats? I heard it was stellar.