GrainWetzky

So guys, what do you think of this years Sigur Rós album Kveikur? I think it's much better than the previous album Valtari although still not as good as their older stuff like Agaetis Byrjun, Takk or the Brackets album. I finally had time to listen to Queens of the Stone - Like Clockwork and imho, the album is much better than Era Vulgaris. I especially like songs Like Clockwork, The Vampyre of the Time and Memory, Kalopsia, I Appear Missing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-m0Vutqes On the other hand, the new Nine Inch Nails album is utterly boring... :/ I am not much of a The National listener (actually I think I have heard only one older album twice), but my friend has persuaded me to go with her on their concert in September. She's a huge fan, so I hope I won't disappoint her by not being amused by the band. :D I remember when I was at U2 concert which was awesome, but before U2, Snow Patrol were playing and even though I liked their older albums (they had their huge radio hit chasing cars at that time) I was totally bored by their dull live performance. btw: if you know of any good concerts in September/October, post here guys, or is there a specific thread for that?

Downfall - an indie horror adventure game in retrographics (AGS).

New Sigur Rós album Kveikur is great. Much better than their last one - Valtari, which was a disappointment.

I am looking forward to this weekend to return back to my childhood and play Space Quest IV, V and VI. I've bought them recently on GOG.com to finally play through it, since I haven't finished a single one when I was a kid (way too difficult for me back then). I love these old sierra adventures, especially Gabriel Knight and Quest for Glory series (I've finished all games in the series a couple of times, even with an imported character from the first game to the last one.).

I had some time to finally play ME 3: Citadel DLC this weekend and it was really good. The best thing about it was that they were breaking or making fun of many cliches from the series. Too bad that the original game wasn't this quality. The only downside of the DLC were the Anderson's audiologs, they were full of pathetic patriotic crap.

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Yeah baby, Godfather IV in the making! So what did I miss? This was the last time I read about the case. They are still in the stalemate? And most importantly will Philip Seymour Hoffman play Ford in the movie?

So what do you think of new Tricky's album guys? I gave it a few spins and even though the first single Nothing's Changed is one of the best tracks on the album, the whole melancholic "attitude" of the album reminds me of a more ambient version of Massive Attack's Mezzanine (in a good way).

This is how I imagine acoustic chillout music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_9EBL7JUw0

This year looks grim for a progrock fan like me: The Mars Volta is disbanded already for a few months and Steven Wilson put Porcupine Tree on hiatus. :/

If these http://jaybanks.ca/v...vancouver-2013/ are the best concerts of 2013, then

Not playing anything at the moment. I really need at least one of these oldschool isometric Kickstarter funded RPGs to be finished. I've played all infinity engine games and Fallouts way too many times and I am not satisfied with those modern day dumb-downed wannabe RPGs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg8cNiwb8kE

I am really looking forward to new album by Tricky. I can't wait till the end of May. :X

Iron was previously on his EP called Iron, from 2011. It was made popular by appearing in a trailet to a video game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. To tell the truth, I liked the EP more than the LP as I wrote in my previous post, the arrangments are not so original if almost every song on the album follows the same routine. And for those that liked The Raven That Refused to Sing, check out this project called Storm Corrosion. It's a collaboration between Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth. Album is pretty much in the same vein as the composition The Raven That Refused to Sing, + there is also a great video to one song:

Sith Lords is a classic, I've played with a restoration mod last year, it added back some dialogues and content that made more sense of the story. Anyway I've finally finished Might and Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven last month. After years of trying (I can't believe that the game will have 15 years in a few months). I've started Might and Magic VII, although I've finished this part a few times, it's still very atmosphere-absorbing.

This year is good so far, we're still in March and we have "new classics". I really like new Nick Cave album and The Next Day by David Bowie. I am a big Bowie fan, but I was afraid that by not releasing anything in almost a decade, he'd be mediocre at best. I'm glad that I was wrong. Sure, it's not as good as some of his old stuff like Scary Monsters or Station to Station, but it's still much better than most of today's production. Another albums I've got the chance to listen to this year: Low - The Invisible Way This one is actually quite good, their last album c'mon was a bit of letdown for me, so I am glad that they made up their reputation. :D Woodkid - The Golden Way I anticipated that this album could be a good one, with slightly different sound than what is offered even in the alternative radios, but the structure of songs are way too similar, as well as the arrangements (overuse of strings, brass and heavy percussions). It should have been at least a bit more minimalistic like Baltimore Fireflies or Brooklyn, but no, every song tries to sound like his hit Iron... For progressive rock/metal enthusiasts it's a pretty good year too. New album by Polish band Riverside (I especially recommend their 2007 album Rapid Eye Movement) has the atmosphere a bit like Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet, but the music is great and original, although a bit softer than before (that's not a problem). Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing Now this is tough one. I didn't like his previous solo album. I felt that it was dull for me. But this one is interesting although it's nothing that you'd like on the first spin. It's a difficult music, but also a grower. Especially the title song grew on me: Apart from that I am looking forward to new album by Tricky and I've got Daughter debut (she had two great EPs in last few years), but I haven't got a chance to listen to it.

Nick Drake - Day is Done