Back 'atcha, Wuss (feels weird calling you that!). Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands is probably my favourite Who tune, and Sell Out has a massive chunk of my favourite single tunes out of all their albums.   Anyone else find themselves holding "cut-n-paste b-side" albums higher than a band's...

Wow, some really great recommendations in here. Big thumbs up to The Move! "The Stars were Fair..." is one of my favourite weird folk albums of all time. A few others to complement:   Forest   Vashti Bunyan  

I'm weird once again, but I'll state with no uncertain terms that Relayer is Yes' best piece of music. However, you can't go wrong with any selection between The Yes Album and Relayer, it's all very, very good.   I do have a soft spot for their debut, too (OP, don't confuse "The Yes Album"...

Deep Funk, if you're liking the ear-bleeding fuzz of Kyuss that much, I really need to recommend "God Luck and Good Speed" by Weedeater. It's slower by comparison and you may not like the vocals but I'll mail you a kidney if it isn't one of the best-recorded examples of tube-fuzz glory I've ever...

Yea, give it a chance. Blood Mountain was a major disappointment for me, but Crack the Skye surpassed expectations and is their most ambitious effort to date. Took me a few listens to really start loving it.

I personally could never get used to the stick method vs. Dpad. I think what got me was the lack of a tactile indicator whether you were holding up, down or neutral. Of course, the 360 Dpad sucks too...   Lots of positive reviews regarding the Mad Catz fight pads (nice rocker pad design and...

I'm not as qualified to post here as I once was, but there are a few bands in this genre that I still actively listen to, and so should you!   Propagandhi: Today's Empires Tomorrow's Ashes, Potemkin City Limits, Supporting Caste   Their first two albums are decent enough, but it wasn't...

Stan Getz/João Gilberto/Astrud Gilberto - The Girl from Ipanema

My god, someone else who recommends Firewood over The Alchemist? You, sir, are my favourite.   And I'll pipe in with heavy Om love. Excellent, atmospheric and minimalist. These guys are superb.   Quote:

In the sense that Dio was a true Metal legend, yes. Along with Halford and Dickinson, he was one of the great voices in early heavy music.   In the sense that he was the voice of no less than three bands recommended in this thread (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell), yes, very important...

Dio is dead? WHAT??? Between he and Frazetta, we've just lost two classics of the Swords & Sorcery ilk.  

Hmm... is it perhaps a good time to recommend Battles? I'd consider them progressive... but not "rock", by traditional standards. Worth looking into, anyway. Their album Mirrored was tied with Baroness' Red album for my favourite release of 2007.     [EDIT] If we start getting into...

Possible that I'm forgetting my own words here, but I don't think I mentioned either band. I do like Kyuss (and would suggest that 'Blues for the Red Sun' is the go-to album in their catalogue), and I KNOW I couldn't have brought up Nirvana; I was never really a fan, although I liked a lot of...

Despite my general recommendation earlier that Lizard is a worthwhile and enjoyable listen, if you haven't already, please consider Larks Tongues In Aspic first. Once again, I'm an oddity in this regard, but this is, in my humble opinion, their most exciting and rewarding album.   While I'm...

Some more masterstrokes, this time from The Bicycles:    

"Fish Fight" - King Khan & BBQ Show. Truly important work here people.  

I agree Lizard isn't their best, but I feel like it's the most "progressive" (by modern standards) of their earlier output. And yes, sorry I should have been more clear: Probably wrong to do so, but I kind of put Larks'/Starless/Red into an era of it's own, distinct from their output through to...

Quote: Opinion only, of course, but Lizard is the only must-own album (other than In the Court...) from KC's early set. The title track alone is worth the price of admission, and it's the first of their albums that truly feels progressive from a contemporary perspective. In the Wake of...

If you haven't already, have a look at Digg.com's iphone app - it's essentially a dedicated RSS feed based around user submissions. Obviously, if you're looking to specifically brand it as a Head-Fi app, you have some correspondence with Jude to deal with, but an application that ties in with...

Nolan's capable hands are exactly why a story like The Long Halloween could be incredible on screen. But, I would really doubt that WB is willing to put the Falcones so squarely in the limelight. Not to mention the fact that, y'know, Falcone is dead at this point. Which makes it that much...

Catwoman, no questions asked. I couldn't pick two villains, and since Catwoman is too conflicted as a character to be considered a true arch-nemesis, I'd like to see Nolan tackle a complex romantic plot amidst the backdrop of a madman running amok...   ...which makes me want to place an...

I'm not 100% sure how I found myself so completely head-over-heels about this band. By all rights, my reason for despising Rush (i.e.: Geddy Lee's voice exclusively) should firmly apply here as well. But it doesn't, and I'm hooked. Like...

Quote: No, just a few of the sound clips peppered throughout are. I question the value of binaural recording on a madhouse Grindcore album anyway.

People put CRASS on a pedestal? Yipes.

I'm not entirely sure what I was saying either. Chalk it up to trying to form a well-developed piece while bouncing back and forth between work duties. At any rate, hopefully it does contribute to the discussion, rather than detract from it.