Larrok

@shirubvr: what?!?!?! The Red Sparowes would be similar to Porcupine Tree? Beyond the totally different context of genre and compositional approach, this comparison is striking due to the qualitative disparity and the difference in originality between the artists in question... Porcupine Tree is a decent band that in their more successful works (the early ones) tries to reproduce the aesthetic standards of faux-psychedelia à la Dark Side of the Moon without achieving great originality, though they are still commendable. The Red Sparowes have released 2 magnificent albums that have nothing to do with Wilson and co.'s records, rightfully placing them among the greats of post-rock (albeit a few years late), creating music that has nothing plastic about it; a plasticity that unfortunately can be found in various productions of PT...

Damn Stoney, you’re absolutely right... unfortunately, it’s not just a flaw of DT fans, but more generally of those who listen exclusively or primarily to metal/hard rock thinking that Glam-hair-metal is a classy genre and that the METAL of guys like Manowar and similar characters is the pinnacle of music. In the Hard Rock scene, you find millions of Motley Crue fans and very few who even know the Fu Manchu by name. If I play Kyuss for one of these ecstatic ignoramuses, they laugh at me thinking I’m a loser who doesn’t know what real hard rock is, which in their view means Europe and those kind of jerks. P.S.: there’s no better sound for a guitar to me than the fantastic clean or the tasty crunch coming from a Strat connected to a tube amp... no dear metal friends, I’m not talking about Van Halen’s 5150 (“man, this kicks ass”).

I change my vote again.

among the best releases of 2007...the singer has a voice reminiscent of Vedder, plus the soundscapes are dreamy and melancholic. Truly excellent. Great review.

not bad this album... in some tracks it's engaging, but it remains a step below travelling...

more likely the second hypothesis...

Sonata Arctica??? Tokyo Dragons??? Arcturus??? Can’t you see you’re digging your own grave? How can you still consider Sonata Arctica or Stratovarius after listening to "Spiderland" by Slint? It's just not plausible...

Being in many to tell her doesn’t justify the nonsense. But then excuse me, I repeat that the riff is not an indispensable thing in rock. An enormous array of great artists has never made a song with a riff or a guitar solo. Assuming, though, that the riffs you like are the same old worn-out hard rock and metal riffs, which have 10% originality and 90% purely aesthetic and completely impersonal repackaging of canonized stylistic elements from the past. If, on the other hand, certain riffs are reintroduced within an original reinterpretation, they can hold some significance. Come on with IRON, METALLICA, LED, DEEP...my goodness, how obsessed you are, a living stereotype of the typical superficial fan.

Listen to "Fare Forward Voyagers" by John Fahey... that’s rock too, if taken in a broad sense... Rock isn’t just "Smoke on the Water," it’s also albums like "Islands," "Third," "Harvest," "Hot Rats"...

I don't agree: the albums by My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to Mars are already recognized as pointless and predictable, and in ten years, they'll be seen the same way. Meanwhile, albums like "Siamese Dream" were appreciated by many alternative music lovers at the time and still have a moderately educated audience today. And come on, are you only looking for "a nice riff" and "a great solo" in a song? The more bands you name that you listen to, the more I realize how limited your tastes are IN THE ROCK DOMAIN. I'm not talking about other genres; this is about ROCK, so don’t bring up jazz, classical, or opera, what do they have to do with it? It’s in rock that it seems you should delve deeper...