I didnt like zeitgiest, its probebly because im still holding out for them to reform (properly this time) and make an album as good as Siamese Dream. Oh well

I've found this year extremely disapointing so far. I did kinda dig the last Wolf Eyes record though and im still holding out for the new Radiohead album to change my life. I want another summer like 2005

But have the Meat Puppets done a good album since Up on the Sun, which was a dissapointment in retrospect compared to II?

My God, haven't heard anyone mention Nile for years now. Saw them what seems like a million years ago, they were, and probably still are, an awesome live band.

I doubt I've heard anything released this year yet, but I was quite disappinted in a Matsudaira record I bought. And I heard the first bit of Toru Takemitsu's that was rubbish on the radio last week, does that count?

The weirdness too. Zeitgest is OK in my opinion.

I was also very disappointed by the new Laura Veirs, but it's still better than many releases of other artists.

Up On The Sun was their best by far. Much better than the patchy (but still great) II.

Monsters is a fantastic album, as is Huevos.

I'm also a big fan of Too High To Die.

All their other albums are really good, each having moments of greatness.

Rise To Your Knees is failing to do anything for me so far.

Too High To Die was their best record since Up On The Sun and easily their best record in the 90s.

the weirdness and beyond, of course.

actually, i think it's good dino and the stooges released those this year as any other crappy album is not going to seem that bad in comparison.

not bad but disappointing: city of echoes, friend opportunity, you you're a history in rust.

i don't care what meat puppets fans say, rise to your knees is one of the best albums around.

i didn't like nile's annihilation of the wicked with the exception of that song that's like 12 minutes long, that one is amazing; the rest of the album is too meh. haven't heard the new one.

ohh, i remember another one: the new angelcorpse album, let me down a lot.

actually, yeah, the new pelican wasn't very good, was it?

to me, they sound like lesser songs recorded during the fire in our throats... sessions, the ones they threw away and now they gathered them for their next one.

not bad, but certainly underwhelming, i did expect another statement like the fire...

I thought the new Deerhoof was disapointing to be honest.

Big Agree on the Pelican record... meh.

Big Disagree on Annihilation of the Wicked. Best. Nile. Record. Ever.

In my opinion...

t.i. vs. tip

i like City of Echoes.

I think it's interesting because a band like pelican (or isis or neurosis or etc) is going to get a lot of publicity and people sucking their dicks just because it's, well, pelican (or isis or neurosis or etc). i mean, it's not like they technically got worse, but man.. that sound can be taken in the wrong direction.. a more boring direction.. and certainly, you can only make certain statements a few times before it gets tired.

Not a fan, but i like them.
I don't "hate" Beyond, but it was a huge disappointment.

but look at it this way, pelican started with australasia, which was cool but it was more like isis without the vocals, same arrangements, same sounds, some of the songs were really good in this style but certainly not mindblowing, very by the numbers. then, they release the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw and it's "holy fuck! they sound like pelican now" they looked at the parts of their sound that separated them from all the quote/unquote "post metal" bands and exploited them to make themselves stand out.

now that i'm thinking of it, it's not so surprising they chose this path for city of echoes. and still, it's not a bad album, i liked it but i can't get excited about it and, if i want to listen to a pelican album right now, my first choice would be the fire in our throats...

come to think of it, judging by how their career cycle has gone, i'm very excited for their next album.

Yeah, now they gotta show up all the haters.

The weirdness was a major bummer because I love the stooges, Mike Watt and Steve Albini.

I haven't heard most of the new Meat Puppets album, but my hopes arn't that high. Up on the Sun is one of my favorite 80s records.

I thought the new Dinosaur Jr album was great. One of the better reunions, for sure.