Seeing the Mars Volta next month.

Thu 1 Nov – Isis, Oxbow, 27
Arrived at the show around 6:40 to a somewhat empty Fillmore. When the show started I was under the soundboard, later I moved to the barricade.

27 was fun, not really familiar with them but they put on a good show. There was one song toward the end of their set that I really liked; wish I knew what the title. Cavalla was an awesome closer, I liked that flute. :D

The Oxbow show reminded me of the Melvins show I went to a few weeks ago. Like the Melvins show, Oxbow had…

For the past three weeks I have been really inconsistent with my music. Mainly because nothing important is happening in my life right now.
I usually listen to relax, even when a song isn't exactly a quiet ambient sound scape. But now with everything already so calm, I really don't need my music as much as I used to.
Regardless, I went out and bought Amputechture a few days ago. I appreciate everything by the Mars Volta, but this album isn't my favorite. I would say that I like this more than De-Loused in the Comatorium and less than…

Just a review of my aural year.

Talk Talk 79 plays - Relatively not a large number, but these guys are the most recent group I've started playing. My appreciation for this group stems from that of Porcupine Tree. You can definitely find a Talk Talk influence if you listen to Porcupine Tree's earlier albums like Up the Downstair and Recordings. However, the most interesting thing about Talk Talk is how they managed to completely overhaul their sound from album to album. From the new wave album It's My Life to the ambient and jazzy post-rock Spirit of Eden. Overall,…

This song is called Pocket.

Major_Stars_Pocket.mp3

I hope to pick up their Syntoptikon album from my trusty CD shop tomorrow.

I'm gonna make these pointless uninformative posts a habit.

Hooray, I have the album right this moment in my hand.
What a weird cd case, it looks kinda like a fanny pack.
(Who would expect Tool to be different?) :P

Inside there seems to be a really large booklet.

To all of you who are going on about how 10,000 days is a Laturalus II:

They could make more sequels to Lateralus than their are for Police Academy, and each album would still be amazing. Other than that I can't really comment on what the album sounds like yet.

Wow, Stereophonic lenses you say?

http://www.sitefights.com/community/art/brembo//dsc01320__small_.jpg
http://www.sitefights.com/community/art/brembo//dsc01324__small_.jpg

Hahaha, these lenses…

And in with Foobar2000.

I think its time I enjoyed some gapless playback.

The improvement in sound quality is terrific.

Now I know about Meshuggah, Morbid Angel, and Mastodon, etc. But I'm looking for a group with a vocalist I can listen to. No offense to the fans of the aforementioned bands, but I just can stand screaming and death grunts.
If anyone knows of any heavy bands that have a more harmonic singer rather than a screamer, please let me know about them.

I guess you can call them experimental, post-rock, psychedelic? I dunno.
Heres a download link just for you.
RIGHT CLICK, SAVE AS…
http://www.thepsychicparamount.com/The%20Psychic%20Paramount%20-%20Live%20in%20Rome%202002.mpg

The Psychic Paramount make psychedelic music, so we're going to pick a psychedelic drug that most closely resembles their style to make this review more clear. This is not your mom's shrooms. This isn't the music you would hear in your head if you were tripping the day away at your local park, watching the blueprints of the universe being refracted through the public fountain while blowing on a dandelion to watch the seeds…

Go here and listen to this with your headphones on. Its called holophonic sound, you'll swear someone is behind you.
http://www.2loop.com/hsound.html