(V) (LP) 11/9/2004 TracksCredits 1 Overture (Intro) 2

TracksCredits 1 Overture (Intro) 2 The Great Divide 3 Eventide 4 One More Flag in the Ground 5 Opus of the Night (Ghost Requiem) 6 Midsummer's Eve 7 Bloodmoon 8 Nightsky 9 The Looking Glass 10 New Babylon 11 Willow 12 My Pantheon (Forevermore) 13 Ephemera (Outro) Genre: Rock

The full-bodied band helps accentuate how much stylistic ground Ween covers on this debut -- they essentially laid down markers for every direction they'd pursue over their career -- but it's also more exciting to hear a full group lay into these weird songs

"Storm the Embassy

Velvets fan/friend Brigid Polk brought her home cassette machine to this gig at one of the band's favorite NY haunts to record it for herself

(V) (LP) 11/9/2004 TracksCredits 1 Overture (Intro) 2L. A. hardcore staples the Bronx arrive at eponymously titled album number five (V) having spent much of the previous decade operating under their Latin alter ego, Mariachi El Bronx. With three of the group's last four releases dedicated to their unlikely passion for mariachi music, they once again tip the scale back to creating blistering heavy rock with a proper Bronx LP. Produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, FIDLAR, Elliott Smith), V finds the quintet