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Gotta love Oysterhead. I listened to this album for a few years before even bothering to ask myself "who's the other singer.... who's IN this band with Les?" and finding out it was Anastasio and Copeland was jaw-dropping information. I was luckily able to enjoy the hell out of this album without the thought ever crossing my mind of whether they were 'trying to figure out if they were a Primus or a Phish' or a Police. I don't think the album has that problem, but perhaps the individual listener might have to come to terms with the information and process it. I think it's generally great musicianship and quality songwriting.

Frog Brigade just has an utterly awesome lineup. If nothing else, Live Frogs 2, the Pink Floyd Animals cover, is worth getting and adoring forever because its not just Animals done by Claypool and friends. It's a whole new flair for the Animals album. I prefer the Frog Bridage to the original now, and that's not to say I no longer enjoy the original. Love the Frog Brigade.

My favorite non-cover song they do is "Running the Gauntlet" in which the other performers all (I believe) get prominent solos. Skerik, Todd Huth, Eenor, etc. and it comes together as such a fantastic little song. I love the lyrics, I love the playing, I love the members. I've dug deep to find all of Skerik's works since finding the Frog Brigade over a decade ago and still can't find the bands Crack Sabbath or Dead Kenny G's (Skerik bands) or anything the other guitarist, Eenor has put out (if anything), but what I've taken from Frog Brigade alone is enough to soothe my soul for years.

I mentioned this in another Les Claypool related thread, but I just don't understand how Primus or Claypool fans in general don't see Green Naugahyde and/or the stuff Les has done in side projects the last 10 years as just as great as his 90s material. Maybe it's a matter of aging or the times. I'm not sure. I don't listen to Claypool stuff every day like I used to, but I still hold him near and dear to my heart. I adore his work. I love his patented bass funkiness and never once ever considered it pretentious or wanker-y.

I don't get the idea that they're not for me anymore. I don't know who they'd be for? Kids? Doubt it. And I refuse to admit that Claypool and his type of music might cease to exist sooner than later. I want him to make records forever and ever as impossible as that is. I'm not sure what makes a certain fan tick and not enjoy the Claypool family and their work anymore, but I'm happy I haven't reached that point and hope I never do.

On the new album there's "Last Salmon Man", the fourth part of The Fisherman's Chronicles series that sporadically appear throughout Primus' discography. I think it's poignant and rockin'. And I'm glad he's tying things together on a macro level. Most know Les is a big fisherman type and it's nice to have this little mini-series of fishing related songs. "Fish On" is one of my favorite Primus songs. "Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon" is another in the series as well as "The Family and the Fishing Net".

Besides the fishing and what, I think G N has a solid bunch of rockin tunes to be enjoyed on album and live. Extinction Burst, HoinFoDaMan, Moron TV (is awesome), Lee Van Cleef, Tragedy's a Comin, Eternal Consumption Engine, Hennepin Crawler. I dunno, the album is full of singles in my opinion that I'm more than happy to play along side some of the classics. Almost more so.

I think the weirdest thing Claypool did was The Fancy Band, which I had the pleasure (yeah, I still call it a pleasure) of seeing live. The highlight of the fancy band by far is Skerik on sax, because I adore his style. The young lady Gabby La La was what made it weird with the ukelele, the theremin, and the sitar, but weird is ok. She's quite good at what she does and she worked herself into the group well, I just think it was one of the more 'off' projects Claypool's done. I think this is the moment I've pinpointed as where fans of Claypool started to scratch their heads and wonder if they were ever going to hear a Primus album or anything similar again, and most in fact assumed they wouldn't and left Claypool by the wayside. As G N came out, only some of those fans that left came back to give Primus a new shot.

I still love them. I have no qualms. Everyone in the Claypool universe is amazing at what they do, they're all still having fun I think and that's important, and I hope Les continues on and on.

Wow I wrote and wrote didn't I?

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No problem This is a really great album. I'm eagerly waiting the Part 2. I think it was supposed to be released this year also but I think it's been postponed and they´re releasing it early next year or something.

I should listen to some Sunn 0))) myself. I've only listened to Black One, Monoliths & Dimensions and the Boris split Altar. Altar is really amazing but other than that Sunn O))) is quite difficult to listen to at times. I would love to see them live since I imagine it to be quite an experience to feel the music played so loud.

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World's End Girlfriend - The Lie Lay Land

This is so many things I love in music all wrapped up into one diverse, sometimes-haunting, frequently beautiful post-rock package. Number one post-rock album yet.

Howard the Duck

groovy extreme metal

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DoctorSoft

This album is a lot more lo-fi than all his other stuff I've heard, which is mainly just Labor Days and a few songs from None Shall Pass. He still has the fantastic, almost non-sensical flow from Labor Days, just with much more raw sounding beats.

centermez

Flaws by Bombay Bicycle Club

Acoustic. Very chill. Very very good listen. I probably listen to it about 3 times a week. It's pretty short too- 30 minutes or so and done- but totally worth your time. Favorite song is Rinse Me Down
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For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver

This guy recorded the whole album by himself in a cabin. It's about as chill as you get. Favorite track is Re: Stacks.
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Bitte Orca by The Dirty Projectors

You definitely have to be in the mood for something new. They're all over the place. Cannibal Resource is a really cool song.


I would have put pics, but alas- I haven't reached the prestigious hight of 15 posts.

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Really digging Circle Jerks' debut 'Group Sex'. Very explosive, energetic and angry. Just how punk should be.

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Sneer

Unwound - Repetition

Reacquainted myself with this album earlier this afternoon after what must have been a two-year hiatus. The love I originally had for it has not diminished in the slightest, just great post-hardcore. Unwound are definitely one of, if not my favourite, exponents of the sound.

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The beats on this are really chilled out and the lyrics are pretty trippy. I really like Microphone Mathematics and Low Class Conspiracy.

Insane Guest

^ I'll be checking out all those albums, I've wanted some new post-rock.



It's unreal how good this albums is. Great beats and the use of samples makes it perfect.