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[Liz]

Jens.

Jens.

You cannot always be right, no matter how much I like you. It is okay.

[RedLion]

Anyway, I think Opeth has gotten better as they've gone along, although their most recent wasn't as good as Ghost Reveries. I really think they started hitting their stride around Blackwater Park and have only gotten better since then.

[Thrillho]

In a similar vein to a previous thread I made..

 and then their second is either shit (The Strokes)

The fuck? Room on Fire wasn't as great as Is This It, but it was still a good goddamn album.

Fine, I will say this again as you are something like the third person that has said this without reading further into the thread, or not getting what I (apparently failed to) put across in the original post.

The examples I posted were just examples of widely-held music press opinions, much like the 'sophomore slump' is a cliche in there as well. I have never even heard Is This It all the way through, let alone Room On Fire. As far as the singles, I heard, the only Strokes tune I listen to regularly is from the second album, and that's 'Reptilia,' which I think blows away everything of theirs I've heard outside of possibly 'Juicebox.'

[Liz]

Heathen.

Aww, that's so sweet of you.

[Thrillho]

That's a good album by David Bowie while we're talking about getting better with age. It's not getting better so much as 'still being pretty fucking good.'

[sean]

Anyway, I think Opeth has gotten better as they've gone along, although their most recent wasn't as good as Ghost Reveries. I really think they started hitting their stride around Blackwater Park and have only gotten better since then.

Am I the only one who thinks Watershead truly fucking blew? As far as I'm concerned they peaked at Blackwater Park, kept it up mostly for Damnation/Deliverence, then started fucking up bigtime.

[Nodaisho]

Corrosion of Conformity went from decent stuff that I wouldn't really listen to to awesome (blind), slightly less heavy awesome (deliverance), southern-fried awesome (Wiseblood), mediocre (America's Volume Dealer), Oh-my-God-I-just-wet-myself (In the Arms of God).

[David_Dovey]

You remember Jeff Buckley right?

Man it was a simplification, give a brother a break.

[Jackie Blue]

Wait wait wait.

Guys.

People actually like The Strokes?  Seriously?

[billiumbean]

Interestingly enough, this band I listen to called Eulogies have just released a new track and announced an EP.  I listened to the track, and it sounds like the band's balls have really dropped and I'm psyched shitless for their EP now.

[Trynant]

Damn, someone already said Sonic Youth (who really have expanded their music rather than getting better since EVOL IMHO) and Pavement (although I don't think their later albums were better than their first couple).

I'm liking new Melt Banana as opposed to old Melt-Banana, but that's just me.

The Black Keys latest album Attack and Release is my favorite of theirs so far (mostly because of the singles on it).

Iron ans Wine's The Shepard's Dog blows his other albums out of the water.

[soundgarden]

Pearl Jam

I think Pearl Jam get more matured as time goes on, first Ten and Vs. or heavier and then Vitalogy was the experimental album, and then No Code, Binaural, Yield and S/T are kinda mellower with the occasional heavier song, and I love that stuff.

[imagist42]

Interestingly enough, this band I listen to called Eulogies have just released a new track and announced an EP.  I listened to the track, and it sounds like the band's balls have really dropped and I'm psyched shitless for their EP now.

What the fuck? Eulogies have a new track? Man, I loved their S/T to death.

[Kyros]

Has anyone mentioned The Wrens yet? They got substantially better over the course of their 3 Full Lengths.  I don't think the world is prepared for any follow up they might ever release to The Meadowlands.

[Chesire Cat]

I considered the Wrens but since they are defunct its kinda moot.

[hemphilla]

I find Death Cab for Cutie an interesting case. I absolutely love everything from Something About Airplanes through The Photo Album. I liked Transatlanticism but it sounded to me like the band was restrained, almost robotic. Then Plans came out, which I couldn't care less about, but then all of a sudden they unleash Narrow Stairs, which I believe is their best album to date. With Narrow Stairs they've matured but managed to keep things sounding organic while avoiding self-parody.

Modest Mouse failed to do that with We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, which managed only a couple of inspiring moments but failed to satisfy as a whole due to the ridiculous over-production and over-use of Brock's bark. I believe March Into the Sea and Invisible are the only tracks that really make use of the production, but I believe they still need to bring back Brock's sensitive side. One of my favorite things about Modest Mouse has been their fragility---Brock's barks were always balanced with his sympathetic, high-pitched croon. His screaming then had some effect.

I also believe Iron & Wine is a perfect example of getting better with age. They've actually gotten *more* interesting as they've expanded their sound. It's always nice when that happens.

[Johnny C]

Rah Rah, my fav Regina band, forever gets better.

Dude, what the fuck

[RedLion]

Anyway, I think Opeth has gotten better as they've gone along, although their most recent wasn't as good as Ghost Reveries. I really think they started hitting their stride around Blackwater Park and have only gotten better since then.

Am I the only one who thinks Watershead truly fucking blew? As far as I'm concerned they peaked at Blackwater Park, kept it up mostly for Damnation/Deliverence, then started fucking up bigtime.

Blackwater Park was great but it was no way their best. Ghost Reveries was a masterpiece, at least as close to one as their genre of music can get.

[valley_parade]

I think Clutch have gotten monumentally better from about Pure Rock Fury onwards.

[sean]

Blackwater Park was great but it was no way their best. Ghost Reveries was a masterpiece, at least as close to one as their genre of music can get.

I would then argue that Opeth has altered what genre they have been over time. Blackwater park is mostly a death metal album with touches of prog in it. Ghost Reveries is basically a prog-metal album. I see them as two different types of Opeth.

[Chesire Cat]

Dude, what the fuck

They opened for Amy Milan (I think, or some other mediocre show) and brought the roof down at the exchange and really returned my faith in live music.  Since then Ive seen them play 5 or 6 times and each time there is new songs that I havent heard before that are better than the old stuff.

You would think I had a crush on a band member or something