The Analog Cub

This game is far from over. Go Ass, hail Satan!

The final album, 10 years ago. And in my opinion, one of their absolute best. A lot of bands with that kind of lifespan make crap in their later years, this was a late career gem.

I just moved into a new house (my first!) Most of the basement is finished, with the exception of a storage area and an unfinished bedroom space with an egress window. I decided the unfinished room was going to be my guitar room, so I've moved everything down there (5 electrics, one 12-string acoustic, amp head/cabinet, smaller amp, and a bunch of pedals and cables) and have an area rug over the concrete floor. I'm learning the joys of homeownership and I'm starting to have concerns that over time this might not be the best environment for this stuff, since Iowa weather can get humid as hell in the summer, and have really cold and dry spells in the winter. Anybody have any opinions on this? Will they be okay, should I consider upping my electric bill with a dehumidifier, etc. I read somewhere along the lines of "if you're comfortable in the room, they should be fine too" but I could definitely use more opinions from other homeowners with guitars

The album is great. I still like it after repeated listens, and there have been many! It's headed in a pop direction that I hope doesn't forecast something even further in that direction on album #5, though. I'd like to see the pendulum swing back the other way.

I'm really f***ing sad. This sucks. One of my favorite musicians ever. Brought so much energy and fun to one of my favorite bands

The drums seem better than ever before though don't they? How do you pay attention to the drums when the melodic hooks are so good? Can only speak for myself, but I always keep an ear out for the drumming. To me, lacklustre drumming really let's an album down for me. This new Ghost album, and the latest from DT, Mastodon and Epica are actual highlights for me as far as drumming goes. I think the latest Ghost is fantastic, with the drumming being some of the best I've heard in an album so rich with melodic hooks. Every performance on this album has a moment to shine, the drummer for me has the most! Yeah, everything sounds great as a whole on the album. I haven't really honed in on the individual instruments yet but obviously if the drumming isn't good then everything else suffers. All I know is everything sounds good together here. Easily Tobias's best lyrics to date as well. Really feel in love with the album after a few listens. I'm similar to Segue but for bass guitar. With all the hard rock/heavy metal I digest it's easy to appreciate great guitars and drums because they're so abundant in the genre but a melodic bass player elevates everything so much for me. Geddy really spoiled us. These days I get my lead bass fix with Mariusz Duda in Riverside, he's absolutely magic in that stuff. Impera definitely got a drum and guitar upgrade. I think I'll be trying to nail down some of these parts for a while on the guitar. Meliora is the best album, but a lot easier to play.

All fantastic albums, including the two that were eliminated. Echo was also great. The 21st century had a sharp decline in quality but these guys were real pros at their craft.

@73, unsure if it's been called out already, but trying to navigate to search results consistently bombs for me. Search itself works, clicking any result causes it to spin before eventually hitting the nginx 404 page.

Rest in peace. Xanadu will be played today

Echo is a great album but it's time to go. Of what's left these are all good. It should go down....swingin'!

The Pineapple Thief 1. Dissolution 2. Your Wilderness 3. Versions of the Truth 4. Magnolia 5. Someone Here is Missing 6. All The Wars 7. Tightly Unwound 8. Variations on a Dream 9. 10 Stories Down 10. Little Man 11. 137 12. Abducted at Birth They got really good starting at Someone Here is Missing and had nowhere to go but up especially after Gavin Harrison jumped aboard. Everything pre-Tightly Unwound is too far into Radiohead or indie territory for me. Bruce Soord was definitely a late bloomer for songwriting

LMU out now, I'd probably eliminate Echo or Long After Dark next.

Been giving it more listens over the weekend and I think that Meliora and Prequelle are better, but I like this more than the first two albums. The pop is a little too much in areas but there are Ghost classics in here. Watcher in the Sky is the best one.

Need to spend some time with it to see how I stack it up against Meliora and Prequelle but the album as a whole has me hooked. It's good.

Which is the bad one? Twenties. I just don't get how it made the cut. Other than that it's a good album. Yeah Twenties is not for me...too "musical theater" for my tastes. Pretty kitschy, and that's saying something for Ghost.

Halfway through it and it's certainly epic. Good stuff so far! If I'm being picky I'm pretty bummed Watcher in the Sky got a fade-out ending instead of something proper. This one better get played live, it'll bring the house down.

Out today! Giving it a spin this afternoon

Hypnotic Eye wasn't bad but it wasn't really memorable either. Mojo's an album I straight up can't get into.

Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson - once I got past the first 6 it got pretty hard 1. Fear of a Blank Planet 2. In Absentia 3. Hand Cannot Erase 4. Lightbulb Sun 5. Deadwing 6. The Raven That Refused To Sing 7. The Incident 8. The Future Bites 9. Up The Downstair 10. Insurgentes 11. Signify 12. Stupid Dream 13. Grace For Drowning 14. To The Bone 15. The Sky Moves Sideways 16. On The Sunday of Life

We not including his solo albums? Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers are some of Petty's absolute best, even if they're not technically Heartbreaker albums

Yeah his departure was never addressed since PT announced their return last fall apart from him not being mentioned anywhere. I believe SW just played bass everywhere on the new album. John Wesley is not expected to return as touring guitarist/vocalist either.

Harridan kicks ass. Of The New Day feels a bit like a SW solo track or something off of The Incident. Not bad but it's not grabbing me as much yet.

Riverside 1. Love, Fear and the Time Machine 2. Anno Domini High Definition 3. Shrine of New Generation Slaves 4. Second Life Syndrome 5. Out Of Myself 6. Wasteland 7. Rapid Eye Movement

Good song, wish it had a bit more music. Feels just a tad short. Best version is the louder version on Rush in Rio