Alright, so far my album of the year award goes to THE MARS VOLTA for their debut album, DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM, released yesterday. From their official site: De-Loused In The Comatorium consists of eight continually shifting tracks which variously recall Led Zeppelin, Fugazi, Jane’s Addiction, Can, Santana, Spirit, ‘70s Miles Davis, ambient Dub… and even At The Drive-In, very occasionally. It’s unapologetically progressive music: unencumbered by genre, unafraid of seriousness, reverberating with new ideas at every turn. For those who haven't heard of the Mars Volta, their lineup features two former members of At The Drive-In, an amazingly creative post-hardcore band. In addition to the influences mentioned above in their biography, their music brings to my mind other influences such as Radiohead, Rush, and Pink Floyd. It's jaw-droppingly original and damn good music. Anyways, check out their official site if you'd like. It's pretty awesome. http://www.themarsvolta.com/ And for a limited time, you can hear their new album, DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM, in its entirety on the Rolling Stone site. Go to this page, and click the WMA link at the top. http://www.rollingstone.com/dds/track.asp?rid=40085&listen (So far, 373 listeners have rated the album an average of 4.9 out of five stars - better than the new Radiohead album, for comparison's sake.) Oh, by the way - the album is retailing for $6.99 at every record store I've checked. Go pick it up!
I love this band! Being a huge At the Drive-In fan for a few years I was naturally disappointed when they broke up, but this album is just exceptional. These guys are fast becoming one of my favorite bands of all time. Definatly the album of the year.
YO- god: The mars volta kicks all kinds of ass. But my bias may be based on the band having ties to At the Drive In since they're nowhere near as good. But still pretty damn good. Seen their website? groovy. woop- never mind. You've got a link up. Why the hell did ATDI have to fucking split up anyway? they rocked. Audioslave's not bad either.
At The Drive-In > Audioslave (in my opinion, of course.) yeah, and the mars volta album is already in my top ten of all time.. easily in a class all its own.. this is one for the ages....
ATDI totally kicked ass.. too bad they broke up i'm checking mars volta today.. thanks for the link (I like their name already Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Cool, let me know how you like it! You can hear the entire album through that link too. If anyone else wants to check out THE MARS VOLTA, even just for the sake of commenting on this thread, go right ahead... Hey FRAGGLE ROCKER, I'd like to hear what you think of them. You're very well-versed in music.
