Germ War wrote:I enjoy both of these bands. I find it silly that people have to argue about either one's merit, or whether or not it qualifies as "art".

Given the desert island option, however, I would easily go with Dirty Three. In my mind, their music is much more dynamic and emotionally evocative and therefore easier to have an attachment to it.

Lightning Bolt, in my opinion, has yet to make an album that is great from start to finish, and I actually thought they were kind of treading water with "Hypermagic Mountain" by trying to just up the intensity instead of seeing where else they could go. Conversely, Dirty Three's "Cinder" is one of the best records I've bought in the last 12 months.

No contest.