If you wonder too long about where to place a band like dredg, you'll miss where they're going. The band slips between the cracks of whatever rock classifications you try to stuff them into. Likewise, the Bay Area is just a mailing address; dredg isn't evocative of any particular place or scene. So what do we make of a band that makes music that's heavy, pretty, experimental and tuneful -- sometimes all in the same song? You can be frustrated that dredg rejects the idea that the goal of music is to be easily described as a couple of buzz words. Or with attentive ears and an open mind, you can enjoy the hell out of them.