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Bad Astronaut Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem

Bad Brains Bad Brains

Quite easily the best hardcore album ever. Super fast, concise, adrenaline-fueled rage with a message. And a couple of great reggae tunes thrown in too. Don't listen to anything that fool below me says, these guys are by far the most musically talented hardcore band out there even today. Dr. Know is probably the best punk guitarist in history bar-none, H.R. was the most possessed, manic frontman ever at the time, and the rhythm section smokes it. Nothing has touched it in the whole 26 years since its recording and that should say it all.

Bad Religion No Control

Cave In Jupiter

Deftones White Pony

Faith No More Angel Dust

Glassjaw Worship and Tribute

There isn't much more to say that hasn't been said - Worship & Tribute is, by far, one of the landmark, must-have post-hardcore albums of all time and for good reason. While perhaps not as good as EYEWTKAS song-to-song, as an album this flows like no other. Absolutely amazing lyrics, incredible rhythms, some of the best vocal work this side of Mike Patton, and the best genre-jumping you'll hear on one CD. From the aggressive, unrelenting "Stuck Pig" to the soft inflections of "Must've Run All Day" to the crushing melodies of "Trailer Park Jesus", to the climatic tension of "Two Tabs Of Mescaline"... I could go on forever about the near-perfection of W&T, but instead I'll say this album slays without quarter and you owe it to yourself to get it NOW.

Minus The Bear Planet Of Ice

Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral

Prince Sign O' The Times

Propagandhi Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes

Radiohead OK Computer

Radiohead Kid A

Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come

Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream

Strung Out The Element of Sonic Defiance

The Beatles The Beatles

Weezer Pinkerton

4.5 superb

A Wilhelm Scream Career Suicide

Alice in Chains Dirt

Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged

Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue

Haters are gonna hate, but this record is undeniably good. The combination of Cantrell and DuVall on vocals, while not quite reaching the heights of the Layne years, do AIC's legacy more than just a little justice, and personally I think DuVall's vocals add a new dimension and twist to the AIC sound while Cantrell's singing keeps that classic sound. Musically this is vintage AIC, complete with crushing riffage and oppressive atmosphere. And it's REALLY heavy, probably their hardest record yet. Just repeat after yourself: this kicks the crap out of anything in modern rock today, Layne's dead, and despite that fact, Black Gives Way To Blue is still really good.

At the Drive-In Relationship of Command

Bad Astronaut Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment

Absolultely stunning album. It's not Houston, We Have A Drinking Problem (a personal classic and near-perfect album), but considering that half of the album was recorded post-humously without Derrick Plourde, AND that the album was considered unlistenable for a while, Joey Cape gains new respect here. From the guarded optimism of "Good Morning Night" to the jarring trainwreck rock of "Best Western", the haunting, folksy acoustic melodies and brooding strings of "Minus", and all the way to the eight-minute masterpiece of "The F Word", Cape and Co. pulled out all the stops here to give Derrick and Bad Astronaut their final send offs. Not surprisingly, Plourde's signature drumming leaves an unmistakable mark on the music, reminding everyone that he was truly a giant among men. The album has a truly schizophrenic quality here, with the post-Derrick tracks sticking out, but the incredible catharsis present here will truly touch anyone with a heart who's ever lost someone. Despite its unfinished/broken sound, this is arguably Cape & Bad Astronaut's finest performance. Buy this NOW.

Bad Brains Rock For Light

Bad Brains I Against I

Bad Religion Against The Grain (re-issue)

Bad Religion The Process of Belief

Bad Religion Generator

Bad Religion Against the Grain

Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique

Between The Buried And Me Colors

Boston Boston

Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends

Botch We Are The Romans

Brand New The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New Daisy

Brand New follow up everyone's favorite record, TDAG, with a very dense, strange record that's sure to alienate their pop fanbase that nutted over Deja Entendu and may even confuse those that loved the previous record. BN do away with most of the pop hooks and have instead focused their energies on a record that is lean, mean, and at times jarring to listen to, but not without it's own level of brilliance. Songs like "Vices" and "Gasoline" merge raw noise breaks with Lacey's piercing screams (sounding very reminiscent of In Utero) whereas songs like "At The Bottom" and "Bought a Bride" often come across as a mix of the newer sound with flashes of TDAG. I guarantee a lot of their fans will hate this, but those who like growers are going to love this, and Daisy is a strong record as any to go out on.

Candiria Kiss The Lie (Vinyl/Digital)

Candiria 300 Percent Density

Coheed and Cambria Second Stage Turbine Blade

Coheed and Cambria Neverender DVD

Converge Jane Doe

Converge Axe To Fall

Godfuckingdammit Converge, I was all set with my 2009 AOTY until you came and done fucked my shit up sideways! In all seriousness, Axe To Fall after even one listen pretty much destroys any and all competition for the top honors, and aside from Jane Doe (and that might be tentative) this is the best shit this band has EVER written. I don't know how Converge got even more brutal AND catchy at the same time and I don't care - this record eats the competition, shits them out and beats the pile with a sledgehammer. Fuck I might even give this a 5, which happens to be the same amount of fingers that fit into radianteclipse's vagina!

Cynic Traced In Air

Dag Nasty Can I Say (Reissue)

Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist

Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters

Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Deftones Saturday Night Wrist

Pretty damn near incredible album. There's really so many great moments on this record it's hard to list. It's not quite at the level of White Pony (and really, what is?) but it's most likely second-illest. Chino's singing is better than ever with some truly awe-inspiring moments ("Combat", "Cherry Waves", "Rats!Rats!Rats!"), Chino and Stephen's guitar interplay is the best yet (and possibly last since Eros is all Stephen), Chi actually writes some sick basslines ("Cherry Waves"), Frank Delgado puts out his finest keyboard/DJ work yet, and Abe is as smooth and sick as ever. The strongest part of the album is the experimentation, though. The sonic backdrops provided by Delgado work perfectly with the ambient, major-key melodies that litter this record. Not to mention that there's hardly a single weak track on the whole album (with the obvious exception of "Pink Cellphone" and the monotonous, pointless inclusion of Serj on "Mein"). The second-best Deftones record and a personal fave.

Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion

Depeche Mode Violator

Dr. Dre The Chronic

dredg El Cielo

Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime [Reissue]

Drive Like Jehu Drive Like Jehu

Eagles Hotel California

Eric Clapton Unplugged

Gatsbys American Dream Ribbons and Sugar

Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About

Gospel The Moon is A Dead World

Green Day Dookie

Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction

Helmet Meantime

HORSE The Band The Mechanical Hand

HORSE The Band Desperate Living

1-2-3 H the B, 1-2-3 H the B. HORSE the motherfucking band, motherfucker. Yeah this rules

Hot Cross Cryonics

Hot Cross Fair Trades And Farewells EP

Incubus S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jeff Buckley Grace

Jerry Cantrell Degredation Trip Volumes 1 & 2

Completely and criminally neglected, this album may just be the best AIC album never released since 1992's Dirt. Simply put, more people should listen to this. Amazing songwriting, nostalgia (the vocal harmonies are simply awesome and pure AIC), haunting atmosphere and mood (the album was dedicated/written right after the tragic death of Layne Staley), and a stellar rhythm section (provided by none other than Rob Trujillo of Metallica/Suicidal Tendencies/Infectious Grooves on bass and Mike "Puffy" Bordin of Faith No More/Ozzy fame) make this album the one that Alice In Chains should've gone out on. Cantrell proves that he was the real man behind the curtain in a LOT of AIC's best material, and the result of Degradation Trip 1&2 is simply that both discs are better than just about all modern rock/alternative rock out today. Covers so many moods and styles with great guitar riffs/solos and highly emotive singing courtesy of Cantrell. Get this right effing now.

Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love

John Mayer Continuum

King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King

Lagwagon Let's Talk About Feelings

Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II

Lifetime Jersey's Best Dancers

Lifetime Hello Bastards

maudlin of the Well Bath

maudlin of the Well Leaving Your Body Map

Megadeth Rust In Peace

Metallica Master of Puppets

mewithoutYou Brother, Sister

Michael Jackson Thriller

Minor Threat Complete Discography

Modern Life Is War Witness

Muse Origin of Symmetry

Nine Inch Nails The Fragile

Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York

Nirvana In Utero

Nirvana Nevermind

NOFX The Decline

NOFX So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes

NOFX Punk In Drublic

NWA Straight Outta Compton

Opeth Blackwater Park

Outkast Aquemini

Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (III)

Pink Floyd The Wall

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here

Poison The Well The Tropic Rot

Wow. Fucking wow. This album RIPS. Definitely what Versions should have been. Amazing guitar work, insane drumming, some highly-improved clean vocals and a crushing, oppressive atmosphere, along with some varied songwriting and highly seductive melodies. The coolest thing is that just about everyone wrote these guys off years ago, but The Tropic Rot should change that pronto. Could be the best post-hardcore of the release of the year. We're waiting, Glassjaw.

Prince Purple Rain

Propagandhi Supporting Caste

Umm did anyone really doubt this would be spectacular? Supporting Caste is pretty much the ultimate Propagandhi record. It combines the aggression and brilliant guitar of TETA with the longer, epic prog moments hinted at on PCL (check out the insane rhythms of "Night Letters") combined with the catchy songwriting of Less Talk, More Rock. Only turned up to 11. The musicianship is just unf*ckwithable and the lyrics as always are intelligent and in-your-face. The first half of this record is pretty much classic while the second half even in its weaker moments slay most other bands' full-lengths. The strongest aspect of the record is undeniably the guitar interplay between Chris and The Beaver, which should by all means blow your mind if you have a pulse. The album, unlike Potemkin, never gets too long in the tooth and wastes not one second or falls flat musically. Might just top TETA with time and it flat-out blows Potemkin out of the water. Album of the year contender without a doubt.

Queens Of The Stone Age Songs For The Deaf

Quicksand Slip

Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine

Rush Moving Pictures

Slayer Reign in Blood

Slayer South of Heaven

Sonic Youth Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (Deluxe Edition)

Soundgarden Superunknown

Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood

Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn't Stand the Weather

Stone Temple Pilots Purple

Strung Out Exile In Oblivion

Strung Out Live in a Dive

Strung Out An American Paradox

Strung Out Twisted By Design

Television Marquee Moon

The Beatles Abbey Road

The Beatles Revolver

The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is A Dead Scene

The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity

The Fall Of Troy Ghostship Demos

The Police Synchronicity

The Police Regatta de Blanc

The Police Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings

The Police Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (CD/DVD)

After a 23-year absence, The Police return in (almost) all of their former glory. One of the best things about this live album is the extended jams, solos, and re-arrangements that breath fresh air into the old songs ("Wrapped Around Your Finger", "Driven To Tears", "King Of Pain", and the "VIMH/WTWIRDYMTBOWSA" medley simply destroy the old album cuts), which of course still sound fresh even today. Sting's bass work is stronger than ever and pushed up in the mix. Stewart Copeland is still a drumming prodigy and the star of the show, playing tastefully and unloading the heavy artillery when needed. Andy Summers fiery playing belies his 64 years of age, tossing off solos left and right along with his trademark chorus/effect-laden chordal patterns. The band truly sounds amazing, hands-down. Despite a few stumbles ("Don't Stand So Close To Me" is a bit too pedestrian, "Truth Hits Everybody" is about half-speed, and Sting can't quite hit those notes like he used to) the band is tighter and better than ever before, and like Sting said, they were really good to begin with. Simply put, there aren't any bands like this around anymore and that's a shame.

Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures

Thrice The Illusion of Safety

Thrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...

Thrice Vheissu

Tool Aenima

United Nations United Nations

F*cking insane grindcore meets Thursday meets Daryl Palumbo ripping his vocal chords to shreds over some insanely technical guitar riffs and insane drumming, with some killer melodies thrown in to make it sexy. Finally, a Daryl P. side project that doesn't suck ass. But yeah, T.S.R.

Weezer The Blue Album

Weezer Blue Album Deluxe Edition

4 excellent

30 Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds to Mars

311 Transistor

311 311

A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms

A Wilhelm Scream Ruiner

A Wilhelm Scream Mute Print

A Wilhelm Scream A Wilhelm Scream

AFI Sing the Sorrow

AFI All Hallow's EP

AFI Black Sails in the Sunset

AFI The Art of Drowning

Alice in Chains The Essential Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains Jar of Flies

Anthrax Among the Living

At the Drive-In This Station is Non-Operational

At the Drive-In Vaya EP

At the Drive-In In / Casino / Out

Bad Astronaut Acrophobe

Bad Religion Live at the Palladium (DVD)

Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First

Bad Religion Suffer

Beastie Boys The Sounds of Science (Anthology

Beastie Boys Aglio e Olio

Beastie Boys Ill Communication

Beastie Boys Check Your Head

Beatallica Beatallica

Between The Buried And Me The Silent Circus

Between The Buried And Me Alaska

Between The Buried And Me The Great Misdirect

While IMO this doesn't top the ambition and overall feel of Colors, The Great Misdirect is easily BTBAM's most fluid, cohesive listen yet. The tech is off the charts and I'm happy they're putting the metalcore on the backburner for a more progressive sound. Really really awesome stuff.

Black Star Black Star

Blacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God

blink-182 Dude Ranch

Botch American Nervoso

Brand New Fight Off Your Demons (Untitled Demos)

Brand New Deja Entendu

Candiria Surrealistic Madness

Candiria Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Candiria Toying With The Insanities Vol. 1

Candiria Toying With The Insanities Vol. 2

Cave In Perfect Pitch Black

Cave In Planets of Old

Cave In Until Your Heart Stops

Choke Slow Fade Or: How I Learned To Question Infinity

Sprawling, catchy, magnificently written, and progressive in the truest sense of the word, this band (and album) caught me completely by surprise. Choke just may be Canada's best-kept secret. Take a little Rush, a little Thrice, and some Drive Like Jehu time signature change-ups and sprinkle a heap of melody, and you've got these guys in a nutshell. Beautiful ambient parts mesh with furiously tense, interweaving guitar parts that never seem to repeat, hard-hitting drumming with subtle meter/time shifts all over the place, and a vocalist who oftentimes doesn't seem to be singing the same song the band is playing, and yet it all makes perfect sense. And when the swirling maelstrom of noise comes together, it will send chills up your spine. BUY THIS ALBUM.

Choke There's A Story To This Moral

Circle Takes The Square As The Roots Undo

City Of Caterpillar City Of Caterpillar

Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV...

Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

Converge When Forever Comes Crashing (Remastered)

Converge You Fail Me

Converge Petitioning The Empty Sky

Cream Disraeli Gears

DangerDoom The Mouse & The Mask

Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin

David Gilmour Live in Gdansk

Dead Kennedys Bedtime For Democracy

Death By Stereo If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die

Death By Stereo Into the Valley of the Death

Death By Stereo Day of the Death

Death By Stereo Death Alive

Deftones Around The Fur

Depeche Mode Playing The Angel

Depeche Mode Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode Black Celebration

Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe

Descendents Milo Goes to College

Dillinger Four C I V I L W A R

DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

dredg Leitmotif

Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full

Eric Clapton From The Cradle

Fair To Midland Fables From a Mayfly

Faith No More King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime

Faith No More The Real Thing

Fear Before The Always Open Mouth

Fear Before Art Damage

Finch Say Hello To Sunshine

Easily the best and most underrated Finch album. Say Hello To Sunshine is a much darker, heavier affair, forgoing the pop-punk stylings of their debut album (the incredibly overrated What It Is To Burn). Everyone in the band stepped up their game here, especially Nate with his vocals. He has a Mike Patton Jr. thing going here and he pulls it off pretty flawlessly. The band's rhythm section has improved tremendously, favoring odd-time signatures and sudden meter shifts while the two guitarists trade off with some killer, off-kilter guitar riffs reminicient of Thrice making love to The Mars Volta. Aside from a few semi-clunkers (Hopeless Host, Bitemarks And Bloodstains), this is about as flawless mix of post-hardcore, prog, and alt-rock as you'll get.

Finch Finch (EP)

Frodus And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea

fun. Aim and Ignite

Garbage Garbage

Gatsbys American Dream Gatsby's American Dream

Gatsbys American Dream Volcano

Give up the Ghost Year One

Glassjaw El Mark EP

Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere

Good Riddance Bound by Ties of Blood and Affection

Green Day Nimrod

Green Day Insomniac

Green Day Kerplunk

Heiruspecs A Tiger Dancing

Hella There's No 666 In Outer Space

House Of Blow Myspace Songs

HUM Downward Is Heavenward

Husker Du Zen Arcade

Ignite Our Darkest Days

Ignite A place called home

In Flames The Jester Race

In Pieces Lions Write History

Incubus Make Yourself

Isis Panopticon

Japandroids Post-Nothing

Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Jawbreaker Dear You

Jeff Beck Blow By Blow

Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix First Rays of the New Rising Sun

John Mayer Where the Light Is

John Mayer Trio TRY! John Mayer Trio in Concert

Judas Priest Painkiller

Kayo Dot Choirs of the Eye

Kid Dynamite Kid Dynamite

Kid Kilowatt Guitar Method 1996-1999

Kidcrash Jokes

Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing

Kiss Kiss Kiss Kiss

Kyuss Blues for the Red Sun

Lagwagon Resolve

Lagwagon Blaze

Lagwagon Double Plaidinum

Lagwagon Hoss

Lagwagon Trashed

Lagwagon Live In A Dive

Led Zeppelin Presence

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III

Lifetime Lifetime

Lifetime, after a ten-year break, are back and in charge again. Forget FOB, Bayside, etc... this is the real pop-punk deal. Sweet-like-candy hardcore with heartfelt lyrics, breakneck tempos, and all-around incredible energy. This album pretty much picks up right where Jersey's Best Dancers left off... this album could've easily been made in 1999 and if it had, I'm pretty sure Lifetime would be far bigger than the underground (yet highly influential) cult following they have. It's not quite as good as Jersey's Best Dancers (which I consider a melodic-hardcore masterpiece), but more than effective on its own rights. If you even remotely like pop-punk or hardcore you owe it to yourself to get this now. Welcome back guys.

Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing

Marathon Marathon

Mastodon Leviathan

Mastodon Crack the Skye

ZOMG this album doesn't own, it rapes your soul! And stuff. To be honest, this is probably Mastodon's most cohesive album yet. The hooks are better than ever, Brann lays back just enough to let everyone else shine a bit more, and both guitarists have stepped the game up considerably with some quite awesome guitar solos. Buuuuuuuuut the vocals still suck 50% of the time, the concept is incredibly mind-numbingly retarded (I mean seriously read the excerpt from Brann Dailor on Wikipedia), and some of the songs go a little too far up their own asses. Otherwise, solid, kick-ass metal record but there's no way in hell this is 2009's Traced In Air as there's no comparison to that record.

maudlin of the Well My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible

maudlin of the Well Part the Second

Album is really really good. But a little less first half "Heaven And Weak", a little more second half "Heaven And Weak" next time dudes. Not to say it isn't great - it most certainly is - but one of the best attributes of motW was how they juxtaposed crushingly heavy sections with absolutely beautiful passages in the blink of an eye. The record is quite pretty but I want some fug in there too.

Megadeth Endgame

Metallica ...And Justice for All

Metallica Ride the Lightning

Metallica Live Sh*t: Binge and Purge

Metallica S&M

Metallica Death Magnetic

Method Man Tical

Michael Jackson Off The Wall

Millencolin Pennybridge Pioneers

Million Dead A Song to Ruin

Minus The Bear Menos El Oso

Minus The Bear Highly Refined Pirates

Minus The Bear They Make Beer Commercials Like This

Minus The Bear Acoustics

Minus The Bear do it again, offering up a collection of their staple tracks (along with a brand new one) and giving them the acoustic once-over. Many of the tracks stay very true to the original arrangements, but considering that many of MTB's riffs are sampled/looped, the fact that it's all transcribed onto acoustic is pretty cool. Unlike many bands who just throw a few generic open chords together to make the "Acoustic Version", MTB go the Thrice route and re-arrange the songs, some with just enough subtleties ("Knights"), others a complete reworking ("Burying Luck", "Throwin' Shapes") to effectively make them sound fresh and new.

Minus The Bear Into The Mirror EP

Minus The Bear return from 2007's brilliant Planet Of Ice with this teaser EP, consisting of "Into The Mirror" and "Broken China". The former song sounds kind of like a sleazy porn film, bolstered by sparse, staccato keyboard chords and complete with plenty of references to coke ("There's a mirror for the 'cane in the bathroom"). The song itself may be one of the catchiest MTB has written yet. "Broken China" is probably the heaviest and weirdest MTB song released so far, with heavy downbeats and some awesome guitar freakouts in the bridge. Appetite whetted yet? Get it now since it's only $2.

Misery Signals Mirrors

Misery Signals Controller

While it doesn't smack you in the earhole like Mirrors did front-to-back, Controller is Misery Signal's most polished, complete outing, and Karl's vox absolutely slay. The band have stepped it up in the melody department while simultaneously coming up with some of their most punishing riffs and songs ever. Possible heavy/metal record of the year, at least until Deftones/Glassjaw/Metallica (yeah j/k) drops, anyways.

Mr. Bungle California

Mr. Bungle Disco Volante

Muse H.A.A.R.P

Muse Black Holes and Revelations

Muse Absolution Tour [2004]

Muse Hullabaloo [Live CD or DVD]

MxPx Let It Happen

Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine

Nine Inch Nails And All That Could Have Been

Nine Inch Nails Year Zero

Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV

Nine Inch Nails Broken [EP]

Nine Inch Nails The Slip

The increasingly prolific Trent Reznor does it again. A scant two months after the release of his massive Ghosts I-IV album, Reznor drops The Slip (for free no less). This is some of the man's strongest work in years, combining the slick atmosphere and sonic landscapes of Ghosts and The Fragile with some of With Teeth's pop/rock aesthetic. While it's no The Downward Spiral or The Fragile (and really, stop expecting the sequels fanboys), the songwriting is more accessible and focused than Year Zero and stronger overall than any of With Teeth. The end result is a great record that is arguably Reznor's finest work in the last eight years.

Nirvana From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

Nirvana Incesticide

No Knife Riot For Romance!

No Knife Fire In The City Of Automatons

No Trigger Canyoneer

No Use for a Name Making Friends

No Use for a Name Hard Rock Bottom

No Use for a Name More Betterness!

NOFX Never Trust A Hippy EP

NOFX The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us)

NOFX 10 Years Of Fuckin' Up

NOFX Pump Up The Valuum

NOFX I Heard They Suck Live!!

NOFX White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean

NOFX Ribbed

NOFX 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough

NOFX They've Actually Gotten Worse Live

NOFX Coaster

After spending some quality time with the album today, I've changed my mind a bit. Through-and-through it doesn't touch the mid-90's stuff, but Coaster is definitely the best record NOFX has done since Pump Up The Valuum. While it's their most mid-tempo, poppy outing yet, the songs are all overwhelmingly good, minus a few clunkers ("Creeping Out Sara", "The Quitter"). "Eddie, Bruce & Paul" might just be the best song the band has done since the SLATFATS days (musically, not counting The Decline), the variety of music is excellent, and the songwriting is what Wolves In Wolves' Clothing and War On Errorism should have been. The true star of the record is El Hefe, who proves his name by laying down some REALLY excellent solos and leads all over the place and it's about time Fat Mike let his skills really shine. It's no Punk In Drublic or SLATFATS, but Coaster is a more than worthy addition to NOFX's catalogue.

NOFX/Rancid NOFX/Rancid - BYO Split Series Vol. 3

Oasis Whats the Story Morning Glory

Operation Ivy Energy

Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera Cowboys From Hell

Parkway Drive Killing With A Smile

Pearl Jam Ten

Pelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...

Pennywise Straight Ahead

Pennywise Full Circle

Peter Gabriel Up

Peter Gabriel So

Peter Gabriel Us

Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (II)

Prince Musicology

Prince 1999

Prince LOtUSFLOW3R

Propagandhi Potemkin City Limits

Public Enemy Fear Of A Black Planet

Queen A Night at the Opera

Queens Of The Stone Age Rated R

Queens Of The Stone Age Over the Years and Through the Woods

Queens Of The Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze

Radiohead The Bends

Radiohead Hail To The Thief

Radiohead In Rainbows

Rage Against the Machine Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium (DVD)

Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire

Rancid Rancid [2000]

Refused Refused Are F*cking Dead

Refused Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent

Righteous Jams Rage of Discipline

Rise Against Revolutions Per Minute

Rush Permanent Waves

Rx Bandits Mandala

Santana Abraxas

Saosin Translating The Name (Death Do Us Part)

Sepultura Beneath the Remains

Shadows Fall The Art of Balance

Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered

Silversun Pickups Swoon

Slayer Christ Illusion

Slayer Seasons in the Abyss

Slayer Still Reigning

Slayer Decade of Aggression

Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Smashing Pumpkins Rotten Apples

Snoop Dogg Doggystyle

Sonic Youth Murray Street

Sonic Youth Goo (Deluxe Edition)

Sons Of Abraham Termites In His Smile

Soundgarden Badmotorfinger

Sparta Porcelain

Sparta Wiretap Scars

Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap

Stevie Ray Vaughan Soul to Soul

Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux: 1982 & 1985 (DVD)

Stevie Ray Vaughan In Step

Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying

Sting Ten Summoner's Tales

Stone Temple Pilots Core

Stone Temple Pilots Thank You

Strung Out Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues

Strung Out Agents Of The Underground

Very very good record. Melds the pop with the punk/metal superbly and does it a lot better than Blackhawks Over Los Angeles did, but in general has a bit more of an aggressive edge than the aforementioned album while retaining a distinct melodic nod to their Twisted By Design/STWB days, so musically it seems to be the culimination of Strung Out's long and celebrated line of stellar releases. One very cool thing is the production, which while distinct is quite raw and the virtual opposite of the gloss and overproduction (especially on vocals) of Exile and Blackhawks. Jury's still out on whether it will stack up to Exile In Oblivion, AAP or Element, but this is hovering right around them. Here's to 20 more years dudes.

Sublime Sublime

Sublime 40 Oz. to Freedom

Suicidal Tendencies Freedumb

Superjoint Ritual A Lethal Dose of American Hatred

System of a Down Steal This Album!

System of a Down Toxicity

System of a Down System of a Down

Television Live @ The Old Waldorf, San Francisco 6/29/78

The Beatles Let it Be

The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles Rubber Soul

The Beatles Rubber Soul (US)

The Black Keys Attack & Release

The Clash London Calling: Legacy Edition

The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine

The Doors The Best Of The Doors

The Fall Of Troy The Fall Of Troy

The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound

The Lawrence Arms The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta The Bedlam In Goliath

The Mars Volta Frances the Mute

The Nation of Ulysses 13-Point Program To Destroy America

The Nation of Ulysses Plays Pretty for Baby

The Ocean Precambrian

The Offspring Ixnay On The Hombre

The Offspring Smash

The Police Outlandos d'Amour

The Police Zenyatta Mondatta

The Sound of Animals Fighting Tiger & The Duke

The Strokes Is This It?

The Who Who's Next

The Who Tommy

The XX xx

Thin Lizzy Jailbreak

Thrice If We Could Only See Us Now

Thrice The Artist In The Ambulance

Thrice Red Sky EP

Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV...

Thrice Beggars

Thrice continues to surprise with Beggars. The album is definitely a bit more uptempo (in spots) than either Vheissu or The Alchemy Index, but unlike past works, Thrice has learned how to really groove within a song as opposed to letting the structure control the music ("All The World Is Mad", "The Weight"). The band has also continued their unabashed love of Radiohead ("Circles", In Exile") and has almost completely jettisoned their post-hardcore past, with the exception of "Talking Through Glass" (which just may be one of the best songs they've ever done). Let's face it, Thrice will never put out Illusion Of Safety 2. The record does slip a little with some of the slower, quieter numbers as they all sound very similar to one another, and the album lacks the epic production/composition of Vheissu and Alchemy, but this record is far and away the most cohesive work they've done since Vheissu.

Thursday A City By the Light Divided

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits

Tomahawk Tomahawk

Tomahawk Mit Gas

Tool Lateralus

Trophy Scars Hospital Music

Trophy Scars Bad Luck

Tub Ring The Great Filter

U2 Achtung Baby

U2 War

U2 The Joshua Tree

Underoath Define the Great Line

Unearth III: In the Eyes of Fire

Unearth The Oncoming Storm

Van Halen 1984

Van Halen Fair Warning

Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

White Zombie Astro Creep: 2000 -- Songs of Love, Destruction, a

ZZ Top Eliminator

3.5 great

311 From Chaos

311 Soundsystem

A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step

A Static Lullaby A Static Lullaby

Alexisonfire Alexisonfire

Alice in Chains Facelift

Anamanaguchi Dawn Metropolis

Anberlin Blueprints For The Black Market

Anberlin Never Take Friendship Personal

Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen

Bad Brains Build A Nation

Bad Religion The Gray Race

Bad Religion All Ages

Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction

Bad Religion Recipe for Hate

Bad Religion Back to the Known

Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Bad Religion New Maps Of Hell

Battles Mirrored

Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs

Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill

Beloved Failure On

Between The Buried And Me The Anatomy Of

Billy Idol Idol Songs: 11 of the Best

blink-182 blink-182

blink-182 Enema Of The State

blink-182 Cheshire Cat

Candiria What Doesn't Kill You...

It's pretty disgusting when a band as revolutionary in sound as Candiria is gets absolutely no respect or recognition outside of the NYC hardcore fans. Candiria showed everyone on this record that they had quite the melodic side as well, mixing their mathy hardcore-meets-jazz-meets-metal sound with some honest-to-God pop sensibilities ("Remove Yourself" is INSANELY catchy). Carley Coma's vocals improved tenfold, capable of going from guttural roars into smooth melodic crooning. The band themselves have become even better, with Kenneth Schalk laying down some truly awe-inspiring grooves amidst the crazy technical drumming. Newcomer Micheal MacIvor's bass lines provided a newfound melodic counterpoint to John LaMacchia and Eric Matthew's palm-muted angular riffs. While labeled by many as a "sell-out" (and there are definitely cheesier moments that are clearly trying to be overtly radio-friendly), What Doesn't Kill You... brought a whole new dish to Candiria's table, which contributed to the alt-metal assault of their final record (and IMO, magnum opus), Kiss The Lie. So yeah get this.

Candiria The C.O.M.A. Imprint

Casket Salesmen Sleeping Giants

Cave In Antenna

Cave In Tides of Tomorrow

Chevelle Wonder What's Next

Chevelle Point #1

Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll

Classic Case Dressed To Depress

This album has a definitive "it" factor. While not the most original band to ever come along, Classic Case do the whole emocore/post-hardcore thing with a surprising freshness, keeping it heavy and ultra-melodic without overdoing either aspect. You'll hear a wide variety of musical tastes all throughout this record - some Glassjaw, a little Quicksand, even some U2 and The Police are in there. Nary a scream to be found here, which is great and (sadly) unusual for a post-hardcore group. These dudes write some seriously catchy songs without sacrificing the tech or emotion... listen to "Revival", "Elegy", or "Hospitalized" to get a fair idea of what you're in for. Some seriously excellent drumming here, too, courtesy of Durijah Lang (of current Glassjaw fame), decent lyrics, and overall excellent musicianship (they actually solo!). Look for some big things in the future by this band (new album Losing At Life out on 2/20/07).

Clipse Hell Hath No Fury

Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo...No World For Tomorrow

Coheed and Cambria Live At La Zona Rosa

Coldplay Viva La Vida

Converge No Heroes

Corrosion of Conformity Animosity

Darkest Hour Deliver Us

David Gilmour On An Island

De La Soul 3 Feet High And Rising

Dead Kennedys Mutiny On The Bay: [Live]

Death By Stereo Death for Life

Def Leppard Pyromania

Deftones Deftones

Denali The Instinct

Denali Denali

Depeche Mode Ultra

Descendents Cool To Be You

DMX Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Eric Clapton Journeyman

Faith No More Album Of The Year

Faith No More This Is It-The Best of Faith No More

Fall Out Boy Folie a Deux

Forgive Durden Wonderland

Foxboro Hot Tubs Stop Drop and Roll

Foxy Shazam The Flamingo Trigger

Fugazi 13 Songs

Funeral Diner The Underdark

Gang Of Four Return The Gift

Ghostlimb Bearing & Distance

Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple

Gogol Bordello Super Taranta

Green Day American Idiot

Green Day International Superhits

Green Day 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

Greg Graffin Cold as the Clay

Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy

He Is Legend 91025

Heaven and Hell The Devil You Know

Hopesfall A Types

Hopesfall Magnetic North

HORSE The Band R. Borlax

HORSE The Band A Natural Death

Hot Cross Risk Revival

Hot Snakes Audit In Progress

In Flames Come Clarity

In Flames Reroute to Remain

Incubus Light Grenades

Incubus A Crow Left Of The Murder

James Brown Live At The Apollo

Jerry Cantrell Boggy Depot

Jimi Hendrix Blues

John Mayer Battle Studies

Album's really really good but it's no Continuum. I see this being a grower though.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Plastic Fang

Julian Casablancas Phrazes for the Young

Jurassic 5 Quality Control

Kanye West The College Dropout

Kanye West Late Registration

Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache

Lagwagon Duh

Lagwagon My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon

Lamb of God Sacrament

Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door

Led Zeppelin Coda

Mad Caddies Rock the Plank

Maps and Atlases Tree, Swallows, Houses

Mastodon Blood Mountain

Matchbook Romance Voices

Matisyahu Live At Stubb's

Metallica Metallica

Metallica Kill Em All

Mike Patton and The X-Ecutioners General Patton Vs The X-Ecutioners

Minty Fresh Beats Jaydiohead

Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

Mos Def The New Danger

Muse Showbiz

Muse Hullabullo Soundtrack

Mute Math Mute Math

MxPx Life in General

Nine Inch Nails With Teeth

Nirvana With the Lights Out (Boxed Set)

No Doubt Tragic Kingdom

No Use for a Name !Leche Con Carne!

No Use for a Name All The Best Songs

No Use for a Name The Feel Good Record of the Year

NOFX War On Errorism

NOFX Heavy Petting Zoo

NOFX Surfer EP

Only Crime Virulence

A very very good album, although it falls short of expectations. I mean, come on! Let's all consider that this band is made up of vocalist Russ Rankin (Good Riddance), drummer Bill Stevenson (those little bands Black Flag, Descendents, ALL...), guitarists Aaron Dalbec (Converge, Bane, Hagfish) and Zach Blair (GWAR, Hagfish), and bassist Doni Blair (Hagfish, Armstrong). I mean this should be the best f*cking hardcore band EVER. And even at this seemingly 50% effort, they churned out a record as excellent as Virulence. The album is far more focused and heavy than To The Nines could've hoped to be (although the first record is in fact very good). Their next album is what I'm really looking forward to. It's a bit of a letdown that this album shat on Good Riddance's latest record, considering how great Russ' voice and lyrics are here. A must-buy for melodic hardcore with a dissonant edge, not to mention absolutely superb musicianship (especially Bill's drumming) and lyrics.

Opeth Watershed

Outkast ATLiens

Ozzy Osbourne Live and Loud

Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (IV, or Security)

Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (I)

Plus 44 When Your Heart Stops Beating

Poison The Well Versions

Poison The Well You Come Before You

Prince 3121

Prince Batman

Prince MPLSoUND

Probot Probot

Propagandhi Less Talk, More Rock

Propagandhi How to Clean Everything

Protest the Hero Fortress

Rage Against the Machine The Battle Of Los Angeles

Red Hot Chili Peppers BloodSugarSexMagik

Refused The EP Compilation

Rise Against The Unraveling (Re-Issue)

Rise Against Siren Song Of The Counter Culture

Rise Against The Unraveling

Saetia A Retrospective

Shadows Fall The War Within

Shadows Fall Of One Blood

Shadows Fall Fallout From The War

Shai Hulud Misanthropy Pure

SikTh Death Of A Dead Day

Slayer Hell Awaits

Slayer World Painted Blood

LOL at the people bitching as to why Slayer didn't change their sound. Uh fucking A Thor you gave Christ Illusion a 4 and this is virtually the same record, maybe give or take some br00tality + a ridiculously shit mix courtesy of the guy that killed Death Magnetic (yeah you fucking asshole Greh Fidelmann, you fucking suck and never get near a mixing board ever again). Dudes this age are usually planning their check-out ticket, not delivering thrash that (no matter how crap compared to RIB/SOH) still kicks the crap out degenerates like Metallica and breaks necks everywhere.

Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist

Sonic Youth Rather Ripped

Sonic Youth Goo

Soundgarden Down on the Upside

Sparta Threes

Spinal Tap Break Like The Wind

Spinal Tap Back From The Dead

Stone Temple Pilots No.4

Stone Temple Pilots Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican...

Strung Out Crossroads and Illusions

Strung Out Blackhawks Over Los Angeles

Sublime Acoustic - Bradley Nowell & Friends

Sum 41 Does This Look Infected

Sum 41 Half Hour Of Power

System of a Down Hypnotize

System of a Down Mezmerize

Team Sleep Team Sleep

Testament The Gathering

The Beatles A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles Please Please Me

The Black Keys Thickfreakness

The Fall Of Troy Doppelganger

The Fucking Champs III

The Fucking Champs V

The Fucking Champs IV

The Mars Volta Tremulant

The Network Money Money 2020

The Number Twelve Looks Like You Mongrel

The Offspring Americana

The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds

The Police Ghost In The Machine

The Police Live!

The Prodigy The Fat Of The Land

The Strokes First Impressions of Earth

The Strokes Room On Fire

The White Stripes Elephant

Thin Lizzy Bad Reputation

This Is Hell Sundowning

This Is Hell This Is Hell EP

This Is Hell Misfortunes

Thrice Identity Crisis

Thrice Come All You Weary EP (iTunes)

Thrice Best Buy CD Sampler

Thursday Common Existence

By far the most consistent record Thursday has done since War All The Time. Common Existence is a focused, aggressive record that more or less erases the doubts anyone had following their last lukewarm effort. The screamo-meets-Envy sound attempted on the Thursday/Envy Split is now perfected and pays off in spades. Although there are still a few minor production flaws, songs like "As He Climbed The Dark Mountain", "You Were The Cancer", "Friends In The Armed Forces", and "Unintended Long Term Effects" show why Thursday is and always will be a head above their post-hardcore brethren. Now go tell Daryl to finsh the f*cking Glassjaw record, Geoff.

Tool 10,000 Days

Tool Undertow

Tool Opiate

Trocadero Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue

Unearth The Stings of Conscience

Van Halen Van Halen

Van Halen Van Halen II

Velvet Revolver Contraband

Weezer Maladroit

Whole Wheat Bread Minority Rules

Zozobra Bird of Prey

3 good

30 Seconds to Mars A Beautiful Lie

A Static Lullaby ...And Don't Forget to Breathe

A Wilhelm Scream Benefits of Thinking Out Loud

AFI I Heard a Voice DVD

AFI Shut Your Mouth + Open Your Eyes

AFI Answer That And Stay Fashionable

AFI Very Proud Of Ya

Alexisonfire Crisis

Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

Bayside The Walking Wounded

Beastie Boys Hello Nasty

Beastie Boys The Mix Up

Bigwig Stay Asleep

Blaqk Audio CexCells

blink-182 The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show

blink-182 Buddha

Bloodhound Gang Hooray For Boobies

Box Car Racer Box Car Racer

Bright Eyes Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Bullet For My Valentine The Poison

Chevelle This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)

Chevelle Vena Sera

Chevelle Sci-Fi Crimes

Chickenfoot Chickenfoot

Children Of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?

Chimaira Impossiblity of Reason

CKY Volume 1

Classic Case Losing At Life

Coheed and Cambria Live at the Starland Ballroom (DVD+CD)

Darkest Hour Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation

Darkest Hour So Sedated, So Secure

Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism

Deftones Adrenaline

Depeche Mode Exciter

Depeche Mode Some Great Reward

DMX ...And Then There Was X

Drist Orchids And Ammunition

Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden

Every Time I Die The Big Dirty

Fall Out Boy Infinity On High

Fall Out Boy From Under The Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy Take This To Your Grave

Glassjaw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang EP

This is the album where Glassjaw began to really start to develop it's current sound. Not to mention the Hannukah Grinch, Justin Beck himself, plays the drums on this album/lineup. "Star Above My Bed" and "Black Coffee" are some of their fan-favorite songs and display a staggering mix of power where good ol' Long Island HC came together with Glassjaw's growing fascination with Stillsuit-style post-hardcore, which continues even into their current-day sound, tremendously on Worship And Tribute. This EP is notoriously hard to find, but can be found on Glassjaw.net if I'm not mistaken. A more-than-worthy listen to anyone who even remotely likes post-hardcore.

Glassjaw The Don Fury Sessions 1&2

Green Day Warning

Green Day Shenanigans

Green Day 21st Century Breakdown

They're not getting a free pass on this one. Whereas American Idiot was a fresh new take on the Green Day sound (for the most part), this record takes BJ Armstrong's obsession with The Who just a little too far. The consistency is simply not there and while the melodies and songwriting are all pretty standard-issue Green Day (i.e., catchy and fun), there's no musical substance underneath the proceedings. And come on, 18 songs of three-chord jams? They could have taken six off and it would have been much better in the end. And wtf is with these lyrics? Armstrong was never a literary wordsmith but these are TOYPAJ blink-era bad, if not worse. Overall, not shit but certainly GD's weakest album in a long time.

Hatebreed Supremacy

Hatebreed Perseverance

He Is Legend I Am Hollywood

Head Automatica Decadence

HORSE The Band Pizza EP

HORSE is back a scant year after the release of The Mechanical Hand with the Pizza EP. The good news? It's HORSE. The keyboards are in full swing here, serving up deliciously twisted melodies (check out the bridge and outro of Crippled By Pizza) and walls-of-sound that serve as sonic backdrops to Dave Isen's fleet guitarwork. Band-wise, everything's tight. The not-so-good? The songs here just aren't anywhere as good as their previous work. I mean Pizza NIF is great, Werepizza and Antipizza rock, and the TMNT theme is absolutely classic, but the super-clean production takes a lot of the aggression out of HORSE's sound, the drumming is off in parts (they've since kicked Eli out), and David Isen's manic guitar work from The Mechanical Hand is nowhere to be found here, not to mention the guitars are buried in the mix to the point that you can barely hear them. Oh yeah and Werepizza is too damn long and doesn't really go anywhere. Maybe the lessened quality is because EVERY song is literally about pizza, but it seems HORSE is taking an even more commercial tack this time around and I'm not sure that's a great idea. Hopefully their new album (out in 2007) will be a bit better.

Incubus Morning View

Isis Wavering Radiant

Jimmy Eat World Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World Clarity

Kanye West Graduation

Lagwagon Let\'s Talk About Leftovers

Linkin Park Meteora

Linkin Park Hybrid Theory

LOURDS LOURDS

Matchbook Romance West For Wishing EP

Midtown Living Well is the Best Revenge

Modest Mouse Sad Sappy Sucker

Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West

Moneen The Theory of Harmonial Value

Mute Math Armistice

MxPx Teenage Politics

MxPx Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo

My Chemical Romance The Black Parade

Nervous Light of Sunday 弱心光景

New Found Glory New Found Glory

New Found Glory From the Screen to Your Stereo

Nine Inch Nails Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D

Nirvana Bleach

No Use for a Name Keep Them Confused

No Use for a Name The Daily Grind

NOFX Wolves in Wolves' Clothing

NOFX S&M Airlines

NOFX Pods And Gods EP

Panic! At the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Papa Roach Infest

Pennywise Unknown Road

Pennywise Land Of The Free?

Protest the Hero Kezia

Album is MAD overrated but not total garbage. The singing can be pretty unbearable at times in how he overuses that pop-punk warble mixed with hair-metal backup harmonies and flagrant, ridiculous dramaticism that would make Matt Bellamy and Freddie Mercury wince simultaneously. The guitarists have some serious jack-off competitions seemingly every other bar, seemingly trying to fit as many crazy sweeps into one second as possible (regardless of sense/purpose/taste), the drummer plays the same ol' hardcore/thrash cut-time beats with little variation, and the music/lyrics reek of religious lofty pretentiousness. In other words, a great Victory Records band. And the production, especially on the drums, sounds completely fake and ProTooled up. Oh yeah is there bass on this record? Despite all of that, it's hard to ignore the band's talent and knack for catchy melodies and progressive experimentation. They will certainly be huge in the future with their mix of pop-punk, metal, thrash, and progressive styles so long as they reign in their giant egos. But come on people... we have all heard this music before, somewhere, sometime, probably better done and Kezia isn't half as innovative or classic as anyone says it is.

Puscifer V Is For Vagina

Queens Of The Stone Age Era Vulgaris

Rancid Indestructible

Rancid Let The Dominoes Fall

Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium

Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness

Rob Zombie Educated Horses

Saosin Saosin EP/Warped Tour EP

Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy (re-release)

Shadows Fall Threads of Life

Slayer God Hates Us All

Smashing Pumpkins Judas O

Smashing Pumpkins Machina II - Friends and Enemies of Modern Music

Sonic Youth A Thousand Leaves

Story of the Year Page Avenue

Strike Anywhere Exit English

Strung Out Another Day In Paradise

Sum 41 Chuck

Sum 41 All Killer No Filler

Superjoint Ritual Use Once and Destroy

Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends

The Beatles Help!

The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works

The Fall Of Troy Manipulator

The Mars Volta Amputechture

The Offspring Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

Thrice First Impressions

Tomahawk Anonymous

Transplants Transplants

U2 No Line On The Horizon

Underoath The Changing Of Times

Weezer The Red Album

Weezer Raditude

Holy crap, Weezer put out a record that's mostly listenable?! I've accepted that they'll never return to the brilliance of Blue and Pinkerton, but for a modern Weezer with four relatively crap records under their belt, this isn't bad at all, but it's also not great either. There's very few standout tracks - the most obvious being "If You're Wondering" and "I'm Your Daddy", along with "Trippin' Down The Freeway - but everything is pretty much just middle-of-the-road 'good' to f*cking terrible ("In The Mall" srsly what the fuck?). The lyrics are laughably bad (which I believe is quite intentional; the guy's an English major from Harvard for Christ's sake), and it's unabashedly pop, but Rivers writes a catchy fucking tune. And "Get Me Some" fucking shreds with the sw33t lixx.

Welcome the Plague Year Welcome the Plague Year

Will Haven The Hierophant

Yellowcard Ocean Avenue

2.5 average

A Day To Remember For Those Who Have Heart

A Day To Remember And Their Name Was Treason

AFI Decemberunderground

Armor For Sleep What To Do When You are Dead

Atreyu Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses

Bad Religion New America

Bad Religion Tested

Bayside Sirens & Condolences

blink-182 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (Bonus Tracks)

Blues Traveler Four

Brand New Your Favourite Weapon

Chevelle Live From The Road

Circa Survive On Letting Go

Death By Stereo Death Is My Only Friend

Death Cab For Cutie We Have The Facts And We\'re Voting Yes

Depeche Mode Construction Time Again

Depeche Mode Speak And Spell

Dream Theater A Change of Seasons

Eighteen Visions Obsession

Good Riddance My Republic

Hatebreed Rise of Brutality

Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies

Lucky Boys Confusion Commitment

Matchbook Romance Stories and Alibis

Metallica Load

Metallica Reload

Midtown Forget What You Know

Minus The Bear Interpretaciones Del Oso

Here's a perfect example of why the majority of remix albums suck. Menos El Oso was a quality album that was better left alone. The album was spectacular in almost every way. The myriad of DJs/artists present here on Interpretaciones Del Oso simply miss the mark 80% of the time on this record. When they're not completely stripping any vestige of resemblance from great songs ("Hooray", "The Fix"), they're butchering it with ill-advised sampling and/or unnecessary "ambience", oftentimes mixing the vocals right out of the track in question. The only remix I truly didn't despise was "Drilling", which kept the original vibe/melody while changing everything else. The rest? Go listen to Menos El Oso instead and avoid this like the plague.

Muse The Resistance

Album isn't horrible but by far Muse's weakest effort. While it's definitely very well-made (i.e., spent a lot of money on super-sparkly production), there's a lack of rock on this one and too much keys/piano. Musically it's still Muse, only watered-down, and not even in the same league as Absolution or OOS. "Unnatural Selection" is easily the best song on the record (probably because it sounds like an Origin cut), but "MK Ultra" (did anyone else see that title and think "cheesy fighting game title"?) is pretty awesome too. "Exogenesis" is pretty overrated, certainly not the album-saver people are hailing it as, but definitely one of the highlights even if it kinda falls on its face. The first half unfortunately does a great job of killing the momentum for this record, as "Uprising" is by far the worst opener Muse has written as of yet and "Resistance", while catchy, is musically ho-hum. "Undisclosed Desires" just sucks, flat-out, and sounds like a bad Depeche Mode b-side with even worse lyrics. And let's not forget "I Belong To You" which seems to be the most tepid song this band ever wrote. What happened to the dope guitar riffs? Dominic's drumming on BHAR? The dynamic songwriting? Interesting, varied production? Truly versatile music? And did I mention the lyrics are REALLY bad on this record? Mr. Bellamy, your band is already huge and you didn't need to dumb your music down so the stupid American teenyboppers that will forget your song in one week would "get" it. Stop jacking off, realize that you'll never be Chopin or Freddie Mercury, let your bandmates shine for once and come back in a few years when you freshen up, please.

MxPx The Ever Passing Moment

New Found Glory Sticks and Stones

NOFX Liberal Animation

Rise Against Appeal To Reason

Saosin Saosin

Smashing Pumpkins Machina: The Machines of God

Story of the Year In The Wake Of Determination

Taking Back Sunday Where You Want To Be

Taking Back Sunday Louder Now

The Ataris End is Forever

The Ataris Blue Skies, Broken Hearts, Next Twelve Exits

The Fall Of Troy In The Unlikely Event

Music = really tech and still not as catchy/fun as their old stuff Vocals = stop fucking singing Thomas Erak you SUCK! I don't care what your French vocal-coach girlfriend tells you, she's lying and you suck!

The Offspring Splinter

The Offspring Conspiracy Of One

The Used In Love and Death

The Used Maybe Memories

The Used The Used

Trivium Ascendancy

Weezer Green Album

Yellowcard Lights And Sounds

2 poor

A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe

A Static Lullaby Faso Latido

Aiden Rain In Hell

Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper

As I Lay Dying Shadows are Security

As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse

Atreyu Fractures In the Facade of Your Porcelai

Bad Religion No Substance

The absolute worst Bad Religion album since Into The Unknown. Says a lot, but they'd rejuvenate themselves with The Process Of Belief. But there's about two good songs on this, and neither of them are even as good as the b- sides from Stranger Than Fiction. So yeah, don't bother.

Bad Religion Into the Unknown

Bayside Bayside

blink-182 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

Easily the worst post-Dude Ranch blink album. I used to like it a lot when I was 17 but I quickly realized how contrived, tasteless, and flat-out uninspiring this album is, even compared to Enema Of The State. The songwriting is rushed and simply horrid at times ("First Date") and they blatantly recycle old riffs instead of learning how to play guitar a little bit (compare the riff of "Online Songs" to "Boring" from Dude Ranch... almost completely identical). Travis is still good as always but most of this album bites it hard. Not surprising considering Tom/Mark said it only took them two weeks to write the whole thing.

Depeche Mode A Broken Frame

Drowning Pool Sinner

Finch What It is to Burn

Head Automatica Popaganda

Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight

Metallica St. Anger

New Found Glory Catalyst

NOFX Maximum RocknRoll

Pennywise From The Ashes

Pennywise The Fuse

Shaquille O'Neal Shaq Diesel

Sonic Youth NYC Ghosts & Flowers

The Ataris So Long, Astoria

The Ataris Welcome the Night

The Blood Brothers Crimes

Transplants Haunted Cities

Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety

Weezer Make Believe

Yellowcard One for the Kids

Yellowcard The Underdog EP

Yellowcard Midget Tossing

1.5 very poor

Aiden Our Gangs Dark Oath

Aiden Nightmare Anatomy

As I Lay Dying Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes

Atreyu A Death-Grip On Yesterday

Atreyu Best of Atreyu

Chiodos All's Well That Ends Well

Glassjaw Impossible Shot

1 awful

Atreyu The Curse

Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend

Hawthorne Heights If Only You Were Lonely

Hawthorne Heights The Silence In Black And White

Kill Hannah For Never & Ever

I guess the best way to describe this band, and their subsequent albums, is the live show I saw last night. They along with Strata opened for 30 Seconds To Mars. I'd heard the single "Lips Like Morphine" and thought "hey, that chick- fronted band isn't too good". And when the guitarist came out onstage, I was like "damn... that's not a girl." Surprisingly, neither is the singer, although looking at them/listening to them, you'd never be able to guess. They all wear more makeup than just about any girl I know. As for the music, take the absolute worst levels of mascara- induced, No-way-they-can't-possibly-be-men crying-fit hilarity of the uber-l33t Hot Topic screamo crowd, mix it with post-80's new wave garbage and you basically have this in a nutshell. Painfully derivative, shamelessly scene, and encompassing far too many gag-inducing cliches that make 90% of modern music suck horribly, this album is better left in a dark corner of a crack den, which is just how the band would probably like it. In a dark corner, I mean.

Macho Man Randy Savage Be A Man

My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Plain White Ts Every Second Counts

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It

Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite

Doo-do-do!!! Da dip da doo da dubba wubba wubba wubba oh my GOD what in the hell am I listening to?!? Why does this music exist??? Terrible music from a band that spent too much time hitting the bong and not enough time on a.) good music b.) not scatting c.) writing songs without horrible pop-culture references to Superman. Great beer coaster.

Vanilla Ice To the Extreme