Rate 2009 music wise so far.

Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Gamingcucumber

Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Gamingcucumber

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"] I'm seeing them at Vic's theater in Chicago... Same with me on the friends. My only 2 friends that like them can't go. One won't be 18 at the time of the concert, and one is at army training until November. :(Guppy507

I hope the their live show in september is better than the last one of theirs I saw. I saw them in Los Angeles during their fear of a blank planet tour when they had that band 3 opening for them and the sound system they had at the venue was awful. Way too much treble and most of the vocals were drowned out. Have you seen them live before? Do you know who their opening band is yet? If not who do you want it to be? I kinda hope Isis is their opening band, or maybe Oceansize.

No, I've never seen them live before. I just looked, and they didn't say anything about the opening band...

@Diverge: No they aren't going to Florida. :(

They tend to wait until pretty close to the show to announce the supporting band. I would love a different band though, like Riverside:D

[QUOTE="Gamingcucumber"]Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Darth-Caedus

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="Gamingcucumber"]Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".DivergeUnify

People really need to explore modern music more. There are tons of great bands if people just look for them.

[QUOTE="Gamingcucumber"]Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Darth-Caedus

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="Gamingcucumber"]Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Gamingcucumber

You should check out some of the bands I listed, they are all worth a listen.

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I hope the their live show in september is better than the last one of theirs I saw. I saw them in Los Angeles during their fear of a blank planet tour when they had that band 3 opening for them and the sound system they had at the venue was awful. Way too much treble and most of the vocals were drowned out. Have you seen them live before? Do you know who their opening band is yet? If not who do you want it to be? I kinda hope Isis is their opening band, or maybe Oceansize.

Film-Guy

No, I've never seen them live before. I just looked, and they didn't say anything about the opening band...

@Diverge: No they aren't going to Florida. :(

They tend to wait until pretty close to the show to announce the supporting band. I would love a different band though, like Riverside:D

Riverside would be amazing! :o

all the "popular" music on the radio is allllllll terrible. but the stuff i listen to it's been good so far. 9

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

No, I've never seen them live before. I just looked, and they didn't say anything about the opening band...

@Diverge: No they aren't going to Florida. :(

Guppy507

They tend to wait until pretty close to the show to announce the supporting band. I would love a different band though, like Riverside:D

Riverside would be amazing! :o

Indeed that would be a great combo. I think a Gazpacho would be an even better supporting band though. What band would be your ideal supporting band for porcupine tree?

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="Gamingcucumber"]Music is a non-existant term nowadays. Now it should be called "just sounds lining up to be slaughtered by a mainstream artist".Gamingcucumber

What do you mean by ****cs and also what kind of videogame music do you enjoy the most?

I also believe Converge is coming out with a new album this year. I'm still looking for Jane Doe in stores, as I don't want to order it. I have a copy of it at 128, but the music is too chaotic for such bitrate :(

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

They tend to wait until pretty close to the show to announce the supporting band. I would love a different band though, like Riverside:D

Film-Guy

Riverside would be amazing! :o

Indeed that would be a great combo. I think a Gazpacho would be an even better supporting band though. What band would be your ideal supporting band for porcupine tree?

Frost*, Anekdoten, Riverside, Pure Reason Revolution, etc... mainly my favorite prog rock bands. :P

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

Riverside would be amazing! :o

Guppy507

Indeed that would be a great combo. I think a Gazpacho would be an even better supporting band though. What band would be your ideal supporting band for porcupine tree?

Frost*, Anekdoten, Riverside, Pure Reason Revolution, etc... mainly my favorite prog rock bands. :P

I know that pure reason revolution was their supporting band during their last tour in europe. Pure reason revolution's new album would not really suit porcupine tree though since its much more electronic focused. I still like it though most dont. Frost would be good, did you think their new album experiments in mass appeal was as good as their first?

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

Indeed that would be a great combo. I think a Gazpacho would be an even better supporting band though. What band would be your ideal supporting band for porcupine tree?

Film-Guy

Frost*, Anekdoten, Riverside, Pure Reason Revolution, etc... mainly my favorite prog rock bands. :P

I know that pure reason revolution was their supporting band during their last tour in europe. Pure reason revolution's new album would not really suit porcupine tree though since its much more electronic focused. I still like it though most dont. Frost would be good, did you think their new album experiments in mass appeal was as good as their first?

I liked Experimants in Mass Appeal more. Almost EVERY song on that album is amazing. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Milliontown was great too, but its not at the same level.

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

Frost*, Anekdoten, Riverside, Pure Reason Revolution, etc... mainly my favorite prog rock bands. :P

Guppy507

I know that pure reason revolution was their supporting band during their last tour in europe. Pure reason revolution's new album would not really suit porcupine tree though since its much more electronic focused. I still like it though most dont. Frost would be good, did you think their new album experiments in mass appeal was as good as their first?

I liked Experimants in Mass Appeal more. Almost EVERY song on that album is amazing. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Milliontown was great too, but its not at the same level.

Yeah I agree, i think Frost are better than Pure reason revolution too imo:P

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I know that pure reason revolution was their supporting band during their last tour in europe. Pure reason revolution's new album would not really suit porcupine tree though since its much more electronic focused. I still like it though most dont. Frost would be good, did you think their new album experiments in mass appeal was as good as their first?

Film-Guy

I liked Experimants in Mass Appeal more. Almost EVERY song on that album is amazing. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Milliontown was great too, but its not at the same level.

Yeah I agree, i think Frost are better than Pure reason revolution too imo:P

Frost is better than all prog rock bands except PT imo. My 5 favorites in order:

Porcupine Tree

Frost*

Pure Reason Revolution

Dredg

Anekdoten

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

I liked Experimants in Mass Appeal more. Almost EVERY song on that album is amazing. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Milliontown was great too, but its not at the same level.

Guppy507

Yeah I agree, i think Frost are better than Pure reason revolution too imo:P

Frost is better than all prog rock bands except PT imo. My 5 favorites in order:

Porcupine Tree

Frost*

Pure Reason Revolution

Dredg

Anekdoten

Modern prog wise I mostly agree with your top 5. This is mine though:P

Frost*

Porcupine tree

Gazpacho

Phideaux

Anekdoten

I was gonna add Spocks Beard, and The FLower Kings, but they are pretty generic these days imo. Also do dredg really count as prog? I thought they were more art rock. Did you hear their last album the pariah, the parrot, the delusion?

9/10. Easily beats last year.

Anaal Nathrakh's In the Constellation of the Black Widow, and Fleshgod Apocalypse's Oracles are some of the best albums to come out since 2007. Then there's great albums like Drudkh's Microcosmos and Behemoth's Evangelion as well...

A lot of the big names in the music I listen to are coming out this year, and they're all impressing rather than disappointing.

Modern prog wise I mostly agree with your top 5. This is mine though:P

Frost*

Porcupine tree

Gazpacho

Phideaux

Anekdoten

I was gonna add Spocks Beard, and The FLower Kings, but they are pretty generic these days imo. Also do dredg really count as prog? I thought they were more art rock. Did you hear their last album the pariah, the parrot, the delusion?

Film-Guy

They're progressive rock, but I don't think they're very progressive though. I have their latest album. Not as good as Catch Without Arms, but it was pretty good.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

Modern prog wise I mostly agree with your top 5. This is mine though:P

Frost*

Porcupine tree

Gazpacho

Phideaux

Anekdoten

I was gonna add Spocks Beard, and The FLower Kings, but they are pretty generic these days imo. Also do dredg really count as prog? I thought they were more art rock. Did you hear their last album the pariah, the parrot, the delusion?

Guppy507

They're progressive rock, but I don't think they're very progressive though. I have their latest album. Not as good as Catch Without Arms, but it was pretty good.

My favorite of theirs is stll El Cielo, though their first CD Leitmotif is pretty good too though the recording quality isnt too good. Here are some other modern prog favorites of mine for your enjoyment:D

Martigan

Satellite

Pendragon

Giant Squid

Ageness

Paul Cusick

Peter Hammil

Guy Manning

Kotebei

Gargamel

Quantum Fantasy

Beardfish

Apocalypse

KarmaKanic

birds and buildings

Lunatic soul

the Tangent

Simon Says

Tempano

Fromuz

The Gourishankar

The Reasoning

Nemo

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

Modern prog wise I mostly agree with your top 5. This is mine though:P

Frost*

Porcupine tree

Gazpacho

Phideaux

Anekdoten

I was gonna add Spocks Beard, and The FLower Kings, but they are pretty generic these days imo. Also do dredg really count as prog? I thought they were more art rock. Did you hear their last album the pariah, the parrot, the delusion?

Film-Guy

They're progressive rock, but I don't think they're very progressive though. I have their latest album. Not as good as Catch Without Arms, but it was pretty good.

My favorite of theirs is stll El Cielo, though their first CD Leitmotif is pretty good too though the recording quality isnt too good. Here are some other modern prog favorites of mine for your enjoyment:D

Martigan

Satellite

Pendragon

Giant Squid

Ageness

Paul Cusick

Peter Hammil

Guy Manning

Kotebei

Gargamel

Quantum Fantasy

Beardfish

Apocalypse

KarmaKanic

birds and buildings

Lunatic soul

the Tangent

Simon Says

Tempano

Fromuz

The Gourishankar

The Reasoning

Nemo

Damn, big list... :P I'll save that for later, the only 2 bands there I've listened to are Beardfish and Simon Says.

Disappointing/10. Outside of Veckatimest nothing has really impressed me, although to be fair most of the albums I've been buying lately haven't been 09's.

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

They're progressive rock, but I don't think they're very progressive though. I have their latest album. Not as good as Catch Without Arms, but it was pretty good.

Guppy507

My favorite of theirs is stll El Cielo, though their first CD Leitmotif is pretty good too though the recording quality isnt too good. Here are some other modern prog favorites of mine for your enjoyment:D

Martigan

Satellite

Pendragon

Giant Squid

Ageness

Paul Cusick

Peter Hammil

Guy Manning

Kotebei

Gargamel

Quantum Fantasy

Beardfish

Apocalypse

KarmaKanic

birds and buildings

Lunatic soul

the Tangent

Simon Says

Tempano

Fromuz

The Gourishankar

The Reasoning

Nemo

Damn, big list... :P I'll save that for later, the only 2 bands there I've listened to are Beardfish and Simon Says.

Lunatic soul is a slower paced version of Riverside that was started by their guitarist I think.