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seb2112 
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:50 |
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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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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:52 |
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The progressive side of 2011 is weak, but the reast gives me quite some satisfaction. Better than last year so far.
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seb2112
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 17:54 |
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Jardon De La Croix was decent, but nothing special. Still makes it album of the year so far...
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King Crimson776
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:01 |
Neal Morse's "Testimony 2" came out, I'm enjoying it.
The new Beardfish is weak, the Phideaux... from what I heard, is just more Phideaux. Er, new Blackfield, not so good, Presto Ballet, just ok... BTBAM, surprisingly good, much more lush and varied in its instrumentation than the last one. The new Van der Graaf sounds disappointing... geez. Wonder how the new Yes will be. Don't care much about the Kate Bush "Director's Cut" thing... what else, Magic Pie, Uriah Heep, Pendragon, Nemo...
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:05 |
 seb2112 wrote:
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? |
Difficult to judge, sooo early in the year...
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.
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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
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Mushroom Sword
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:08 |
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Yeah, but all of the big names are releasing albums, Symphony X, Yes, Rush, Dream Theater, Primus...
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darkshade
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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.
Edited by darkshade - May 31 2011 at 18:12
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VanVanVan
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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! 
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:15 |
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.
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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.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:22 |
I like White Fence's Is Growing Faith
 very good psych rock
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MillsLayne
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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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Garden of Dreams
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:37 |
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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.
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darkshade
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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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Slaughternalia
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:44 |
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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.
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 18:53 |
darkshade wrote:
I'm not worried. I remember people complaining in 2009 that that year was disappointing
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lolwut, 2009 was incredbile. Part the Second, E-Ré, The Underfall Yard, Vehicle, Barbaro (ma non troppo), Crack the Skye...
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Padraic
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:01 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Aheulchatistas's new one is great. So noisey. Way better than their other albums I heard.
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Hmm - will check this one out
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:10 |
Year has been fine to me so far.
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Earendil
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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.
Edited by Eärendil - May 31 2011 at 19:23
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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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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Horizons
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Posted: May 31 2011 at 19:26 |
New Mars Volta album. 
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