Car Bomb - Centralia
Possibly one of the most original and bizarre death metal groups (if you can even call them that) to come across these ears, Car Bomb seem prime enough to even outdo an album like Gorguts - Obscura in terms of heavy, complex and forward thinking music. Over its 32 minute length it takes elements of death and grind and produces a number of absolutely awe inspiring, gymnastic pieces, showing no attraction to mundane tones or rhythms, the guitar player creating a sound that reminds me of experimentalists like Fred Frith at times, the music about as conventional as a Captain Beefheart album. It’s probably one of the most progressive CDs I’ve heard in the last decade, truly a fun and unpredictable ride. I’m hoping to come back and call masterpiece on this one soon.
Grant Green - Blues for Lou
 A perfect calm down after the frenetic Car Bomb, this isn’t particularly unusual among Grant Green releases, but is, as the package states, blues, and Green, Ben Dixon and John Patton lay down the good stuff. If I’m not mistaken, this is one of those Green sessions that wasn’t released until much later than the 63 recording dates, but I enjoyed this about as much as I enjoy most of Green’s work, bop or funk. It’s that tone, I just can’t escape how big it is and it’s perfectly suited for the type of laid back blues on display here. A pretty great trio session.
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou
There’s a duff track on here somewhere, maybe one more, but for the most part this is just fantastic groovy, even slightly psychedelic funk/rock, made so by a prevelance of wahwah tones on both guitar and electric piano. I’m riding an 11 pretty strong now, but I can see a leap some day as there’s very little not to like. Listening to it, I was actually kind of baffled that I’d never discovered them earlier, there’s certainly some slight similarities between this and krautrock in the jammier sections.