Hey! Someone forgot to start the Tuesday thread!!!

[Duds]

Helmet - "Betty" and "Aftertaste" these guys f'ing rock, two great albums.

IQ - "Subterranea" and "The Seventh House" - pretty good stuff so far, these guys are new to me but i'm diggin them.

Clutch - "Pure Rock Fury" and "Elephant Riders" love these guys, probably one of the best live bands i've seen.

Katatonia - "Viva Emptiness" and "The Black Sessions" box set. Just got into these guys too, cant get Viva out of my cd player!!!! liking the box set too, but Viva takes the cake so far.

[-Jar-]

Helmet - "Betty" and "Aftertaste" these guys f'ing rock, two great albums.

It's kind of weird to think back to when BETTY came out and how negative we (by "we" I mean the noise rock scene) all reacted to it. I remember I wrote a review just slamming the album. Going back now, I do like it a lot more and I think the more experimental tracks were a cool idea, but unfortunately for them, it was the wrong idea at the wrong time. They really needed to put out another MEANTIME to solidify their base before they went all experimental with BETTY. It got so that Page stopped doing interviews the reaction was so negative.. I feel kind of bad that I was a part of it, but not so bad because I was far from the only one. AFTERTASTE was a nice return to their earlier sound, and I gave it a very postive review, but I don't think the songs were quite as memorable. Some of the riffs they came up with on the first two albums are just so classic to my ears. I mean, how many times has the riff to "In the Meantime" been copied by lame nu-metal hacks?

-jar

[Duds]

I hear ya regarding the nu-metal hacks!!! they cant write an original riff if their 15 minutes of fame depended on it..

Do you like the new Helmet disc? i think its a solid disc all around, maybe a few tunes i could do without, but just glad to hear soemthing new from them. They were great live with the updated band, which included Frank Bello, Chris Traynor, and John Tempesta. Page sounded great.

[Stone]

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
This is still in heavy rotation, to the exclusion of most everything else.

Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

Portishead - Dummy
Massive Attack - Protection
I put both of these on to have some "softer" sounds on during the weekend.

I also listened to MIA, Kasabian, Go-Betweens, and Celibate Rifles.