| 4.5 superb |
| Animal Collective Strawberry Jam |
| Animal Collective Feels |
| Arcade Fire The Suburbs |
| Arcade Fire Funeral |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise |
| Deerhunter Halcyon Digest |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes |
| Deftones Koi No Yokan |
| Deftones bring weight and tension into their new release with subtlety, making this their strongest release to date. |
| Drake Take Care |
| Florence and the Machine Ceremonials |
| Without hesitation, Florence Welch has outdone herself by making a soulful, pulp, gospel mix that does everything right from beginning to end. This is a classic in the making. |
| From Indian Lakes Able Bodies |
| Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost |
| Hans Zimmer Inception |
| How to Dress Well Total Loss |
| When artists or musicians are inspired by dreams, they tend to portray their music as an accurate portrait of their lives. Some artists successfully induce that feeling, but some don't always succeed. Instead, How to Dress Well (the alias for solo artist Tom Krell) creates an image so vivid you want the entire album to be your ambience. Those familiar with Krell?s work should know how he operates; he uses quiet beats and hid his soulful voice under distortion. In his sophomore record, those beats are amped, but keep with quiet consistency of his first album. Even better, the vocals have been cleared up; replacing the distorted noise and making Krell?s voice more audible. Lyrics don't exactly convey the setting but weave with the beats and the slowly paced rhythm as Tom Krell transitions his sweet tenor voice as if he was the offspring of Robin Thicke. Songs like "Cold Nites" remind you of the dream sequences from the film Inception, and have a vibe that resembles the compositions of Hans Zimmer on some of the tracks. If you love the band Wild Nothing or solo act Bon Iver, this album boasts an atmospheric and moody evasion of reality, but never hesitates to back down until the very last track |
| Jack White Blunderbuss |
| A very casual and deeply complex album that really digs into the charisma of the talented musician. |
| Joywave Koda Vista |
| Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience |
| The 20/20 Experience is a masterpiece in every way possible; a testament to artists who strive for perfection in their music. The album challenges audiences to remember a brisker and sophisticated time while adding to them. Aside from the fun and classy lyrics, this is a beautifully composed and produced album that's as inventive as its title. JT only builds himself up to earn loud and long standing ovations after each track ends. |
| Kanye West Yeezus |
| It has the IDGAF and pretentious attitude of Death Grips that works in style for Kanye's vision. |
| Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze |
| La Dispute Wildlife |
Many will write this off as an over the top melodrama with whiny vocals. Those who see a deeper meaning will
have much to enjoy and appreciate here. |
| Local Natives Gorilla Manor |
| M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming |
| Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing |
| Mew No More Stories |
| Mew And the Glass Handed Kites |
| Mew Frengers |
| My Epic Yet |
| The true intensity this album brings is not the religion that drives them, but a faith that guides them. |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| New Order Power, Corruption and Lies |
| O'Brother Garden Window |
| The outstanding album of the year so far, and that's coming to an end pretty soon. |
| Panda Bear Tomboy |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Polyenso Birth.Eater |
| Polyenso Clean Head |
| A nostalgic, experimental mess that I use in the most positive sense. Though it is a huge leap from their last album's deep and indie core sound; it's a risk that is amazing. Mixing indie and garage rock with a Bright Eyes tone, it's truly a wonder to behold. |
| Queen The Platinum Collection |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy |
| Silversun Pickups Swoon |
| Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| Tame Impala Innerspeaker |
| The Black Keys Brothers |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum |
| An album that follows its own rules by mixing different genres into seperate progressive sounds. |
| The Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading |
| The Decemberists Picaresque |
| The Decemberists The Crane Wife |
| The Graduate Only Every Time |
| An ultra-jam, packed punch that may be the only album to send your hair clinging to their roots and leave you with goosebumps. The album is all about atmosphere and it certainly delivers in a unique way. |
| The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride |
| The National Boxer |
| The National Trouble Will Find Me |
| The National show strength as they growth in their music without taking a step back. You can analytically pick apart any song you want but regardless of what is found this is a beautiful, solid album. |
| The Republic of Wolves Varuna |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream |
| The Weeknd House of Balloons |
| The Weeknd flows and chills to the rythm; something that's misunderstood in the music industry. You can hear the devout passion in his voice and the sweet chilling moments that could make any listener close their eyes and dream too. |
| The xx xx |
| Thrice Major/Minor |
| Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City |
| Wild Nothing Gemini |
| Wild Nothing Nocturne |
| Eclectic, beautiful, and extremely memorable. The arrangements are so clean and the lyrics blend majestically to the rhythms of each track. This might be one of the best exciting albums to be released this year. |
| Youth Lagoon Wondrous Bughouse |
| Powers' sophomore album is bolder, better and resonates as a heartfelt ballad. |
| 4.0 excellent |
| A Silent Film The City That Sleeps |
| A band that shows their music chops in the form of a strong debut. |
| a-ha Hunting High and Low |
| a-ha Stay on These Roads |
| All Get Out The Season |
| All the Day Holiday The Things We've Grown To Love |
| An excellent progressive album that builds and builds its way to the listener's heart. |
| alt-j An Awesome Wave |
| Anamanaguchi Airbrushed |
| Anberlin Vital |
| Little by little, it seemed like this band always wanted to go become the the alt-rock response to New Order. The work has definitely payed off, making this the most refined and mature album in their career. |
| Angus & Julia Stone Down the Way |
| Angus Stone Broken Brights |
| Animal Collective Fall Be Kind |
| Animal Collective Sung Tongs |
| Animal Collective Honeycomb/Gotham |
| Arcade Fire Neon Bible |
| Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am... |
| Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See |
| As Cities Burn Hell Or High Water |
| As Cities Burn Come Now Sleep |
| As Tall As Lions You Can't Take It With You |
| As Tall As Lions As Tall As Lions |
| ASAP Rocky LongLiveA$AP |
| Band of Horses Infinite Arms |
| Baths Obsidian |
| Beach House Bloom |
| Beastie Boys To The 5 Boroughs |
| Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique |
| Beck Guero |
| Beck Sea Change |
| Behold the Brave Lost In the Woods |
| Blonde Redhead 23 |
| Their sound flows like the dead were dancing, but enough to make you feel alive inside. |
| Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| Bon Iver Blood Bank |
| Brand New Daisy |
| Brandon Flowers Flamingo |
| Bright Eyes Lifted or the Story is in the Soil... |
| Bright Eyes Fevers & Mirrors |
| Cage The Elephant Thank You, Happy Birthday |
| The pacing, the eccentric attitude and the amazing lyrics make this album an absolute representation of what Cage the Elephant is. |
| Cat Power Sun |
| Chairlift Something |
| Childish Gambino Royalty |
| Fuck it! Gambino's got the chops and he proves it proficiently and succesfully on this mix. |
| Chvrches Recover |
| Circa Survive On Letting Go |
| Circa Survive Violent Waves |
| City Sleeps Not An Angel |
| Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory |
| Cloud Nothings Turning On |
| Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| Coldplay Parachutes |
| Coldplay Viva La Vida |
| Cults Cults |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories |
| Deas Vail All The Houses Look The Same |
| Deas Vail Deas Vail |
| A very memorable album that flips through like an old yearbook that you could never let go. |
| Deas Vail For Shepherds & Kings - EP |
| Artist's covering Christmas carols is just as old as artist's trying to cover pop tunes. Little did I know Deas Vail made a Christmas EP which I responded with a unenthusiastic sigh. I should have saved that sigh for Pop Goes Punk Vol. 4, because these tracks are far more interesting then another metalcore band screaming Ke$ha lyrics. Everyone has done these songs time and time again, but Deas Vail creates these tracks with such creative care it's a breath of air. It's more comfortable and not over blown like so many bands try to make these songs into. I recommend buying this CD and playing it on a loop or on a mixtape at Christmas parties |
| Death Grips The Money Store |
| It's like the exaggerated ramblings of a homeless man mixed in with an Animal Collective record and BLEW MY MIND! |
| Deerhunter Microcastle |
| Deerhunter Rainwater Cassette Exchange |
| Deerhunter Monomania |
| Deftones White Pony |
| Delta Spirit History From Below |
| DIIV Oshin |
| Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan |
| Disclosure Settle |
| Django Django Django Django |
| Donovan Sunshine Superman |
| Electric Guest Mondo |
| Eminem The Eminem Show |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Enya The Very Best Of Enya |
| This compilation of Enya's greatest hits grab every emotional string side to side and pull waterfalls from your eyes. |
| FIDLAR FIDLAR |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues |
| Foo Fighters Wasting Light |
| Frank Ocean Channel Orange |
| This album is being acclaimed for being a "masterpiece" but that's a little much. The tracks are classic and experiment with more noise then a regular R&B album which makes it just as risky and interesting. But I found myself having to be picky through each track, as only 10 tracks really made it into my memory bank. But that's impacting enough for just one album. This album is absolutely worth the hype. |
| Freelance Whales Weathervanes |
| Girls Album |
| Gotye Like Drawing Blood |
| Great Lake Swimmers Lost Channels |
| Hail The Sun Elephantitis |
| Hawkboy Hawkboy |
| Hawkboy King Folly |
| Hellogoodbye Would It Kill You? |
| How To Destroy Angels Welcome Oblivion |
| A band that puts in all the bells and whistles, but uses them for a better cause. |
| HRVRD The Inevitable And I |
| HRVRD From The Bird's Cage |
| I The Mighty Satori |
| I the Mighty make a solid homerun with this powerhouse of a debut album. |
| Iceage You're Nothing |
| Iceage New Brigade |
| Imogen Heap Ellipse |
| Innerpartysystem Innerpartysystem |
| Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog |
| James Blake Overgrown |
| Jars Of Clay Much Afraid |
| Jay-Z The Hits Collection Vol. 1 |
| Jay-Z American Gangster |
| The story is a bit flimsy, but the concept is excellent. |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint |
| Jim Croce I Got A Name |
| The unfortunate farewell to a folk legend whose music deserves more open hearts. |
| Jim Croce You Don't Mess With Jim |
| Jimmy Eat World Chase This Light |
| Jimmy Eat World Bleed American |
| Jimmy Eat World Futures |
| Joseph Arthur Redemption's Son |
| Joseph Arthur Come To Where I'm From |
| Joshua Radin We Were Here |
| Junip Fields |
| Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds |
| It's risky, risque and just damn catchy from the new King of Pop. |
| Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak |
| Kanye West Graduation |
| Karen O and the Kids Where the Wild Things Are (OST) |
| Keane Under The Iron Sea |
| Keane Hopes & Fears |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Kindness World You Need a Change of Mind |
| Even though it feels brooding at times, it's pretty damn brilliant once you explore the core of the album. |
| Kings of Leon Only By The Night |
| Kitten Cut It Out - EP |
| Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo |
| An enthusiastic, low-fi vibe that effortlessly sounds terrific. |
| Kurt Vile So Outta Reach |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River... |
| Lightning Bolt Earthly Delights |
| Lightning Bolt Oblivion Hunter |
| Little Children In Hau |
| Local Natives Hummingbird |
| This album is nothing if not subtle; a lateral growth that's thoughtful and a subtle progression that's bold and a bit brighter. |
| Lotus Plaza Spooky Action At A Distance |
| Ludo Broken Bride EP |
| M83 Saturdays=Youth |
| Mae The Everglow |
| Manchester Orchestra Simple Math |
| Margot and the Nuclear So and So's The Dust of Retreat |
| Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Not Animal. |
| Most of the time, an artist's version or vision is always the better road to take. But their record label seemed to have a different idea of their contracted band and put out a different playlist focusing on a lyrical, folk sound. Though, track wise, the sound isn't as cohesive, but the songs themselves are better in general for their lasting value, but doesn't pass by in a rush. |
| Massive Attack Mezzanine |
| Mayday Parade A Lesson In Romantics |
| Memory Tapes Grace/Confusion |
| Michael Jackson Bad |
| Minus the Bear Omni |
| Minus the Bear Planet of Ice |
| Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
| Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk |
| Muse Black Holes and Revelations |
| Muse Origin of Symmetry |
| My Epic Broken Voice |
| An acosutic EP that's sweeter and more personal to listen too. |
| My Morning Jacket Evil Urges |
| My Morning Jacket Z |
| Neon Indian Era Extrana |
| A lovesick ballad that's uptempo and feels life affirming. |
| New Found Glory Hits |
| New Order Low-Life |
| New Order Brotherhood |
| Night Verses Out Of The Sky |
| A progressively awesome fuse of genres that's small on tracks, but never lacks on sound. |
| O'Brother The Death of Day |
| Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal |
| A band that gets this amount of exposure rarely finds a fitting for the career ahead of them. But Of Monsters and Men stamps seal of with this album, finding a place among other indie bands out there. |
| Of Montreal Icons, Abstract Thee |
| Some of the best music they've ever made on one convenient EP |
| Of Montreal False Priest |
| The catchiest album in their catalogue with a hyper sexual energy that's fun in all the right ways. |
| Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? |
| Oliver Tank Dreams |
| Panic! At the Disco Vices & Virtues |
| Big fan! Huge love! Love it! 3 years worth the wait! |
| Parachute Losing Sleep |
| Parachute The Way It Was |
| Excellent follow up, that focuses on the heart rather than being too radio friendly and progressing with sincerity. |
| Passion Pit Manners |
| Passion Pit Gossamer |
| Pendulum Immersion |
| Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Plastic Visions Plastic Visions - EP |
| Portugal. The Man The Satanic Satanist |
| Portugal. The Man Waiter: ''You Vultures!'' |
| Portugal. The Man In The Mountain In The Cloud |
| Portugal. The Man Evil Friends |
| Radical Face The Family Tree: The Roots |
| Radical Face takes a darker tone in his atmospheric first entry in "The Family Tree" trilogy. |
| Real Estate Days |
| Right Away, Great Captain! The Church of the Good Thief |
| Royal Bangs Flux Outside |
| Saosin Saosin |
| Saosin Translating the Name |
| Say Anything In Defense of the Genre |
| Say Anything Say Anything |
| School of Seven Bells Ghostory |
| ScHoolboy Q Habits and Contradictions |
| Silverstein Discovering the Waterfront |
| Silverstein A Shipwreck in the Sand |
| Silverstein This Is How the Wind Shifts |
| A grand spectacle of great songwriting and heavy progression. |
| Silversun Pickups Carnavas |
| Sleeping With Sirens Let's Cheers to This |
This album is a fucking blast and those of you who complain about a guy who can hold a high Note with soul
should have their dicks ripped off with a complaint that slanderous. |
| Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror |
| The opening album of 2012! It's a must for anyone who enjoys industrial noise, garage rock, hip-hop, and pure indie. |
| Soundtrack Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| Soundtrack Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
| Sparks The Rescue Worst Thing I've Been Cursed With |
| Spinnerette Spinnerette |
| Spoon Transference |
| Spoon Girls Can Tell |
| Spoon Kill The Moonlight |
| Taking Back Sunday Louder Now |
| The Black Keys Thickfreakness |
| The Black Keys Rubber Factory |
| The Black Keys El Camino |
| El Camino is a celebration; a celebration of success and fullfillment. |
| The Boxer Rebellion The Cold Still |
| The Boxer Rebellion Promises |
| The Cab Symphony Soldier |
| To sum this up, The Cab has literally put their heart and soul into this album, which you can feel even in the catchier segments of some songs. Every part of this album boasts boisterous vocals and lyrics with guitars and drums that knock the rhythm for one of a hell of a ride. |
| The Chemical Brothers Hanna: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| The Cure Disintegration |
| The Dead Weather Sea of Cowards |
| The Dear Hunter Act III: Life and Death |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection) |
| I think it's funny that a $35 album is #1 on their bestsellers so far. Eager fans I have to say. I agree with them. There are way better songs on this album then the 11 track album. Get this one. |
| The Dear Hunter Migrant |
| This is not an album to simply plug in some headphones while walking down the street. Migrant is an an album to sit and listen to thoroughly. The heartfelt somber attitude creates an atmosphere that Casey has not done in his previous ventures. For a non-conceptual album, this was a very risky trick for the Dear Hunter. But it all feels natural as the beautiful compositions and wonderfully written lyrics swoon together in sync. |
| The Decemberists The Hazards Of Love |
| The Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches Below |
| The Devil Wears Prada Zombie |
| The Devil Wears Prada Dead Throne |
| Out from the roots, came more progression. From within the branches, less generic kicks. |
| The Front Bottoms The Front Bottoms |
| The Front Bottoms Talon of the Hawk |
| The Hoodies A Place On Solid Ground |
| The Joy Formidable The Big Roar |
| The Killers Day & Age |
| This is a much more cleaned up sound than Sam's Town. It blends both the masterpiece of Hot Fuss w/ Sam's Town which works majestically. |
| The Killers Hot Fuss |
| The Killers Battle Born |
| The Killers follow their journey to an inspired, heartland rock sound that has a bigger '80s vibe than any of their previous albums. This will probably be undervalued just like their last album "Day & Age" but for hardcore fans of The Killers, this is an album worth checking out.r |
| The Morning Benders Talking Through Tin Cans |
| The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas |
| The Mountain Goats Tallahassee |
| The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree |
| The Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck |
| The Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth |
| The National Alligator |
| The Northern Key The Northern Key |
| An intimate and beautiful album that needs a re-issue to grow a fan base. |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong |
| The Postal Service Give Up |
| The Reign Of Kindo This Is What Happens |
| The Republic of Wolves The Cartographer |
| The Republic of Wolves His Old Branches |
| The Rise of Science Casey |
| A beautiful, well-written epic that could preach to the masses. |
| The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. |
| The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks |
| The Roots Rising Down |
| The Shins Wincing the Night Away |
| The Shins Port of Morrow |
| The arrangements are beautiful and memorable. Whether you like it or not, The Shins are back! |
| The Sleeping The Big Deep |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Adore |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Oceania |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The Smiths The Smiths |
| The Smiths Meat is Murder |
| The Sound of Animals Fighting Tiger and the Duke (Re-Issue) |
| The Squirrel Nut Zippers Hot |
| A beautifully eclectic blend of swing, jazz and blues while fashioning them into erotic fantasies of the past. |
| The Strokes Is This It |
| The Weeknd Echoes of Silence |
| The Weeknd Trilogy |
| The White Stripes Icky Thump |
| The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan |
| The White Stripes The White Stripes |
| The xx Coexist |
| The xx prove themselves to be well rounded musicians by making a quieter and intimate experience. |
| There For Tomorrow There For Tomorrow |
| This Armistice Defining Moments |
| This Armistice (New Breath+New Heartbeat)=Change |
| This Century Hopeful Romantic Sampler EP |
| This Providence Who Are You Now? |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Tides of Man Dreamhouse |
| Even though cohesion is replaced with style, each song still feels epic as individual tracks. |
| Tides of Man Empire Theory |
| Tigers on Trains Foundry |
| Tokyo Police Club Champ |
| Tom Waits Mule Variations |
| Tom Waits Bone Machine |
| Tom Waits Bad As Me |
| Maybe a tiny bit more mainstream, but still, this may have to be his best album since 'Rain Dogs' |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Touche Amore ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse |
| Touche Amore/La Dispute Searching for a Pulse/The Worth of the World |
| Transit Promise Nothing |
| Transit Listen and Forgive |
| Transit Listen & Forgive (Reissue) |
| The definitive vision that Transit wants their fans to hear. |
| Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Social Network |
| TTNG Adventure, Stamina & Anger |
| TTNG Animals |
| TTNG 13.0.0.0.0 |
| TV on the Radio Dear Science |
| Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History |
| Underoath Disambiguation |
| Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation |
| Valencia We All Need A Reason To Believe |
| Valleys Stoner - EP |
| Vampire Weekend Contra |
| Washed Out Life of Leisure |
| Wild Orchid Children The Wild Orchid Children Are Alexander Supertramp |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Is Is |
| Yellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes |
| Not only is this album the highlight of their career, but it's their crowning achievement as well; moving forward from their violin driven melodies and progressing to a more applicable sound that makes everyone crave for more. |
| Yellowcard Southern Air |
| Young the Giant Shake My Hand |
| Young the Giant Young the Giant |
| An instant rock classic that is misunderstood and should be reevaluated! |
| Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation |
| Yuck Yuck |
| Zero 7 Simple Things |
| 3.5 great |
| 30 Seconds to Mars A Beautiful Lie |
| 30 Seconds to Mars This Is War |
| The visions and metaphors are clearer than an Angels & Airwaves album and as classy as a Pink Floyd tribute album. |
| A Bullet For Pretty Boy Revision: Revise |
Well done, the breakdowns feel a bit overdone at times, but its still a fun listen that doesn't feel like too
much of the same-old-same-old. It also has some of the clearest and dynamic sounding drums I've ever heard
on a record. |
| A Day To Remember What Separates Me From You |
| As an occassional pop punk listener, I was very glad to hear a more than mediocre album with great hooks and smart prescense. |
| A Lot Like Birds Conversation Piece |
| A Phoenix Forever This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things |
| A Silent Film Sand & Snow |
| Simply not the masterpiece that it wants to be, but certainly has strokes of genius in whatever song impacts the listener the most. |
| A Static Lullaby Rattlesnake! |
| A.C. Newman Shut Down the Streets |
| The charm and joy of his supergroup, but uneven and undefined as a solo artist. |
| Abel (NY) Make It Right |
| Active Child You Are All I See |
| Adele 21 |
| AFI Decemberunderground |
| Aglacia Generator. Operator. Destroyer. |
| Nothing new, but it's certainly nothing to be missed. |
| Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls |
| Alexisonfire Crisis |
| Alexisonfire Alexisonfire |
| All The Right Moves The Monster I've Become |
| All Time Low So Wrong, It's Right |
| All Time Low Put Up or Shut Up |
| AlunaGeorge You Know You Like It |
| Amely On My Own |
| Anamanaguchi Dawn Metropolis |
| Anamanaguchi Mess |
| Anberlin Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place |
| Anberlin Cities |
| Anberlin Never Take Friendship Personal |
| Anberlin Blueprints For The Black Market |
| Angels and Airwaves Love |
| This album remains their best because of the focused sound and atmosphere they wanted to create. |
| Angus & Julia Stone A Book Like This |
| Animal Collective Spirit They're Gone... |
| Animal Collective Water Curses |
| Animal Collective Centipede Hz |
| Animal Collective is still the spastic, charming band that fans love and music still continues to be an art to them; but at times their new album feels like a pinball machine that won't let the ball fall into the drain. That being said, this is still a great album that should be a test for the millions who have followed them for so long. |
| Annuals Sweet Sister |
| Annuals Time Stamp |
| Anthony Green Beautiful Things |
| Green's new album shifts tones in a confident and joyful noise that puts a smile on any listener's face. |
| Apparatjik We Are Here |
| Arctic Monkeys Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? |
| Arctic Monkeys Humbug |
| Armor For Sleep What To Do When You Are Dead |
| Arms Like Yours .Architect. |
| Arms Like Yours My Silhouette |
| As Cities Burn Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest |
| ASAP Rocky Live.Love.A$AP. |
| Nothing more can be said this rapper's technical intelligence more than his fascination on acid trips. His skills are great and hopefully improvement comes with it. |
| Asteria Slip Into Something More Comfortable |
| Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See... |
| Atlas Sound Logos |
| Atlas Sound Parallax |
| Avey Tare Down There |
| AWOLNATION Megalithic Symphony |
It sounds irritating and over-the-top; but all you need is a little air to breathe before listening to alternative
dance that's eccentric like this. |
| Balance and Composure Separation |
| Band of Horses Everything All the Time |
| Band of Horses Cease to Begin |
| Beach Fossils Beach Fossils |
| Beach Fossils Clash the Truth |
| Bear in Heaven I Love You, It's Cool |
| Beastie Boys Ill Communication |
| Beastie Boys Check Your Head |
| Beastie Boys Hello Nasty |
| Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee Part Two |
| Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill |
| Beck Midnite Vultures |
| Beck Odelay! |
| Benjamin Francis Leftwich Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm |
| Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot |
| Bishop Allen The Broken String |
| Bizzy Bone Crossroads: 2010 |
| Blaqk Audio Bright Black Heaven |
| Blonde Redhead Penny Sparkle |
| A little drastic turn for Blonde Redhead, but still a thumping good hear. |
| Bombay Bicycle Club I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Bright Eyes The People's Key |
| Broadway Kingdoms |
| Broken Bells Broken Bells |
| Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People |
| Built on Secrets Reflections |
| Cage The Elephant Cage The Elephant |
| Cartel Cycles |
| Cartel Chroma |
| Cary Brothers Who You Are |
| Cary Brothers Under Control |
| Chevelle Vena Sera |
| Chevelle Sci-Fi Crimes |
| Chevelle Hats Off to the Bull |
| Children of Nova The Complexity of Light |
| Chiodos Illuminaudio |
| A fire burns within this new soul, but it doesn't intensify enough. |
| Christopher Owens Lysandre |
| rOwens undermines his sensitive subject matter, unlike his last album with former band Girls. But, on the other hand, it still has a flare that's satisfying and commanding for an artist like Owens. The overall album is a casual presentation that serves to keep the listener at an emotional distance. |
| Circa Survive Appendage |
| Closure in Moscow First Temple |
| Recommended Tracks: "Kissing Cousins"; "A Night At the Spleen"; "Reindeer Age"; "Sweet#hart |
| Closure in Moscow The Penance and the Patience |
| Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow |
| Common Crooks Earthwalker - EP |
| Conditions Conditions EP |
| Conditions You Are Forgotten |
| Crocodiles Endless Flowers |
| Crystal Castles Crystal Castles II |
| D.R.U.G.S. D.R.U.G.S. |
| Craig Owens has a controlled sound that proves his vocal strengths. He takes dominance with this project and just has a damn good time with it, and that's why this album succeeds. |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II |
| Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi Rome |
| Daphne Loves Derby Good Night, Witness Light |
| Dashboard Confessional Alter The Ending |
| Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King |
| Dave Matthews Band Crash |
| David Crowder Band A Collision Or (3 + 4 = 7) |
| Deas Vail The Side Effect |
| Death Cab for Cutie Plans |
| Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism |
| Death Grips No Love Deep Web |
| Deerhunter Cryptograms |
| Defeater Empty Days and Sleepless Nights |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Delorean Subiza |
| Delta Spirit Ode To Sunshine |
| Denitia and Sene blah blah blah. |
| Denitia and Sene His and Hers. |
| Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies |
| Dirty Projectors About to Die |
| Drake So Far Gone |
| Dream On, Dreamer Heartbound |
| To write this off as another generic album would be completely false. The elements are in there, but this band really wants to write off from that label and continue forward. Though problems arise, I can pretty much say this an album that it can keep its head forward. |
| Dream On, Dreamer Hope |
| They lean towards the left mostly, but hold as much depth and progression than most bands looking for fame and generic hooks.r |
| Dream On, Dreamer Hope |
| Dropkick Murphys The Warrior's Code |
| Oh Dropkick Murphy's...how well you make my ancestry want to join your pride parade! |
| Eels Hombre Lobo |
| El-P Cancer 4 Cure |
| Emarosa Emarosa |
| You don't have to call them "Jonny & the Tour Band" any longer; the band has finally found a sound that keeps the cohesiveness of Craig's strong vocals. |
| Empire Of The Sun Ice On the Dune |
| Erra Impulse |
| Not gonna lie, I was extremely impressed by this band's chaotic experimentation. But the thing that astonished me the most was the heart and soul I could feel throughout all the headbanging moments. |
| Ever We Fall We Are But Human |
| Family Force 5 Business Up Front, Party In The Back |
| There's alot to admire here, and a ton of blends that work well for this band. |
| Fanfarlo Reservoir |
| Fanfarlo Rooms Filled With Light |
| Where their 2009 debut, Reservoir, seemed to dwindle; Rooms Filled With Light is an improvement and has a constructed, friendly tone that's refreshing but at the same time feels familiar. |
| Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes |
| Flight 409 We Don't Dance |
| Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords |
| Florence and the Machine Lungs |
| Forgive Durden Razia's Shadow: A Musical |
| Theatrical elements flow vigorously throughout this album. It does follow many of the guidelines of most musicals and fights to have the same cliched themes. The story is quite a visual piece to imagine. Though there are moments where it seems to dwindle off nearly to unconvincing territory, but it's Timothy Dutton's vision of fantasy and his of love for Broadway that's displayed. |
| Fort Minor The Rising Tied |
| There's definitely"...A 100% reason to remember the name." |
| Foxy Shazam The Church of Rock and Roll |
| An incredible contribution to Rock & Roll that will treat any listener to a nostalgic dose of classic riffs and ill have you bursting into flames. |
| Freelance Whales Diluvia |
| The indie pop vibes that were present in their debut album are almost completely erased, but haven't lost their charm as they twang here and there with some of the most atmospheric tunes to be released on Earth. It feels as though the whole crew at FW took a vacation in outer space, then came back to a country home. It's an odd coupling that works to the band's advantage. r |
| fun. Aim and Ignite |
| Get Scared Built For Blame, Laced With Shame |
| Get Scared's new EP features new vocals and a heavier feel as it plays homage to the classic screamo age of the 2000s. |
| Gorillaz Demon Days |
| Gotye Making Mirrors |
| Gotye is an impressive man not only because of his keen pop mind but because he can make an album sensitive and catchy to the nature of what the song requires. Even though this album doesn't hold as much as his debut, he still can form an incredible album out of passion, even if the songs are shorter. |
| Green Day ¡UNO! |
| Grouplove Never Trust A Happy Song |
The first half of this album is sheer fun and excitement, but once you reach the mid section the album
becomes less consistent. |
| Guster Easy Wonderful |
| Hands Give Me Rest |
| Hands Like Houses Ground Dweller |
| An album that sounds like it gives a shit and doesnt dumb down to the generic music that most would crave for. |
| Harbor Royale Aspirations |
| Hawthorne Heights Skeletons |
| Holds up so much better then their other albums. Their aggression is controlled, the sound has a consistent flow and despite a few hiccups here and there, it's a thoroughly well held up album. |
| Hidden In Plain View Life in Dreaming |
| Hit The Lights Invicta EP |
| Hit The Lights Until We Get Caught |
| Hit The Lights This Is a Stick Up... |
| Hit The Lights Invicta |
It's so great to hear this band sound a bit more original and a lot more interesting than their last album. Since
Colin Ross' departure in 2007, there was a lot of disappointment from fans, but some were
excited to hear that backup vocalist Nick Thompson would fill in. Unfortunately, it added nothing new. Now 4
years have passed and the band seem refreshed and ready for an unexpected sound that will blow away fans
and newcomers for a breath of fresh air. |
| Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost! |
| It has unique and catchy beats that would make Devo and LCD Soundsystem cross their arms in jealousy. |
| How To Destroy Angels An Omen |
| How to Dress Well Love Remains |
It's deep, it's passionate and it's very ethereal. But the problem comes down to the quality of the tracks and
how unfinished they feel. The songs are beautiful at most but they could be so much more in better quality. |
| I Am Alaska To Elude The Architect |
| I Am In Love Call Me An Animal |
| I Call Fives First Things First EP |
| I The Mighty Karma Never Sleeps |
| The EP as a whole is a solid listen, but the production feels too pressed on, causing it too lack any warmth or life. Some times, the drums sound thin and sapped of energy. Even though the sounds are sharp enough to overlook, the overly crisp, and trebly tone becomes a problem in some areas. |
| Imogen Heap Speak For Yourself |
| Innerpartysystem Never Be Content |
| Ivoryline There Came A Lion |
| Jamies Elsewhere They Said a Storm Was Coming |
| Most will find it genreric and repetitive; but the excellent mix of genres, great lyrics, and strong vocals make up for the same ol', same ol' sound. |
| Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Jars Of Clay Jars Of Clay |
| Jars Of Clay If I Left The Zoo |
| Jay-Z Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life |
| Jay-Z The Black Album |
| Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne |
| Jim Croce Life and Times |
| Jimmy Eat World Invented |
| Jimmy Eat World Damage |
| John Mayer Heavier Things |
| John Mayer Born and Raised |
| Jose Gonzalez In Our Nature |
| Jose Gonzalez Veneer |
| Joseph Arthur Could We Survive EP |
| Joshua Radin Simple Times |
| Joshua Radin Wax Wings |
| Junior Astronomers I Just Want to Make a Statement |
| Kanye West The College Dropout |
| Kanye West Late Registration |
| Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground Introducing Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground |
| Kimbra Vows |
| Kimbra is a wildly inventive and colorful artist. Her beauty only compliments the music she creates which only adds to the character of this album and makes it sound effortless. |
| King Tuff King Tuff |
| Kings of Convenience Declaration of Dependence |
| Kitten Sunday School - EP |
| La Dispute Vancouver |
| Lana Del Rey Born to Die |
| ADELE may have range and fire in her voice, but Lana Del Rey has a style that's classy and original. She proves her chops and is a well proclaimed gangster Nancy Sinatra. It may not be perfect, but it sure as hell is deep enough to synpathize with. |
| Lana Del Rey Paradise |
| Laura Veirs July Flame |
| LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening |
| Lead Hands Decoder |
| Les Savy Fav Let's Stay Friends |
| Let's Get It Digital Spaces |
| Letlive. Fake History |
| The band shows a progressive nature in their music and their style; but what draws it from being unremarkable is the lyrics and their singer's yelling. |
| Linkin Park Minutes To Midnight |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory |
| Linkin Park Meteora |
| Loraine An Autumn Evening |
| Loraine wants to take you on a journey, but while the songs production and instrumental build ups are cheap and nearly feel identical, they end up giving you a Hallmark greeting that will have you invested. The EP succeeds, for the most part, at making each listener feel uplifted yet reserved for easily excited crowds. |
| Lower Definition The Greatest of All Lost Arts |
| Lower Definition The Infinite Et Cetera |
| Ludo You're Awful, I Love You |
| M83 Before The Dawn Heals Us |
| Manchester Orchestra I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child |
| Manchester Orchestra You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, But Brilliance... |
| Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Buzzard |
| Massive Attack Heligoland |
| Mayday Parade Mayday Parade |
| Lifting off from the less than inspirational sophomore album, for the original sound that brought them to stardom long ago. |
| Memory Tapes Seek Magic |
| Meriwether Sons of Our Fathers |
| Metric Fantasies |
| Metz Metz |
| Mew A Triumph for Man |
| MGMT Oracular Spectacular |
| Michael Buble Crazy Love |
| Michael Jackson Dangerous |
| Midnight Matinee Contrast In Color |
| Miike Snow Happy to You |
| Minus the Bear Infinity Overhead |
| Infinity Overhead keep a persistent groove that has an undeniable charm while not having the poignancy they obtained so well on their last albums. Minus the Bear isn't breaking any new ground, but they sure as hell sound like they are having fun trying. |
| Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica |
| Mos Def The Ecstatic |
| Moving Mountains Waves |
| A band that's beginning to play with cliches, but still has a unique identity. |
| Muse Showbiz |
| Muse Absolution |
| My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of... |
| MCR might not have learned about coherent structure when telling a story (as proof from The Black Parade) but what comes out is still a memorable listen. |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| The concept may not be as original as it could be 10-20 years ago, but it's still a great concept. This album holds its attention to the atmosphere of death with glam rock style. |
| My Epic I Am Undone |
| My Morning Jacket Circuital |
| My Morning Jacket It Still Moves |
| N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo |
| N.E.R.D. In Search Of |
| Native Wrestling Moves |
| Neon Indian Psychic chasms |
| New Found Glory Sticks and Stones |
| New Found Glory Catalyst |
I never thought too heavily on the negativity this album received. I feel that the hatred towards
this CD was the heavy focus on melody. But that's what made this album so special. It had the unique way of
selling itself as fun and upbeat. It's repetiveness can be quoted here and there, but it has a special place in
my heart b/c of the pure energy it provides. |
| New Found Glory Radiosurgery |
| New Order Get Ready |
| Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts |
| Observers & Telescopes The Sound of People Moving: Prologue |
| Ocean is Theory Into The Mouths of Lions EP |
| Of Machines As If Everything Was Held In Place |
| Of Mice & Men The Flood |
| Coming off from their less then average debut, Of Mice & Men improve their sound with a stronger and more consistent album that should entertain anyone who enjoys this genre. |
| Of Montreal Satanic Panic in the Attic |
| Of Montreal The Sunlandic Twins |
| Of Montreal thecontrollersphere |
| Of Montreal Paralytic Stalks |
| On An On Give In |
| Our City Sleeps There is Hope. |
| Panda Bear Person Pitch |
| Panic! At the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
| Paramore Riot! |
| Paramore Brand New Eyes |
| Hayley Williams may be becoming a huge name for herself, but it's the talented band that keeps her in line. |
| Passenger (UK) All The Little Lights |
| Passenger (UK) Wide Eyes Blind Love |
| Passion Pit Chunk of Change |
| Pendulum In Silico |
| Phoenix It's Never Been Like That |
| Phoenix Bankrupt! |
| Pierce the Veil Selfish Machines |
| In the ever growing list of high pitched vocalists (ex. A Skylit Drive, Sleeping With Sirens, etc.) lead vocalist, Vic Fuentes maybe the one of the strongest on scene. The experimental sound blends nicely with his heart bearing voice. It's true the lyrics and sometimes come off as cliched and generic and I agree at times it feels a bit whiny, but I think that's what helps make the music feel real and unreal at the same time. It's a stronger album in general, even with the obvious poppy hooks and the occasional cliched "diary" lyrics, the music does make it clear what it's trying to convey. Life is tough, love can be rough, but you can always build yourself back up. |
| Pierce the Veil Collide With the Sky |
| Placebo Meds |
| Placebo Sleeping With Ghosts |
| PMtoday In Medias Res |
| Ponderosa Pool Party |
| Portugal. The Man Church Mouth |
| Portugal. The Man American Ghetto |
| Radical Face Ghost |
| Real Estate Real Estate |
| Relient K mmhmm |
| Right Away, Great Captain! The Eventually Home |
| Right Away, Great Captain! The Bitter End |
| Rise Against Endgame |
I feel like Rise Against has been born again with the same feel as The Suffer and the Witness. Appeal to
Reason just didn't feel comftorable and it felt unevenly paced, this album just shows how much they can
impact musicgoers everywhere. |
| Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness |
| Rob Thomas Cradlesong |
| Rogue Wave Descended Like Vultures |
| Rogue Wave Permalight |
| Rogue Wave Nightingale Floors |
| Run Kid Run Patterns |
| Now they sound like a stronger and more experimental Every Avenue! |
| Rusted Root When I Woke |
| Instrumentally, it's a fantastic album, and thouigh there is inspiration, it's always been the weakest side of Rusted Root. Still, they do capture the sounds of different cultures into one. The tracks express a kinetic form of energy and have a great, multi-cultural groove to it.r |
| RZA The Man With The Iron Fists |
| Sainthood Reps Monoculture |
| School of Seven Bells Disconnect From Desire |
| Sea Wolf Leaves in the River |
| Sea Wolf Old World Romance |
| The subdued tracks show great strength and growth throughout, but don't have enough of the glue that really sticks enough to last long as a coherent listen. This is still a great album to get a hold of though. |
| Search The City A Fire So Big The Heavens Can See It |
| Senses Fail Life Is Not A Waiting Room |
| Shiny Toy Guns We Are Pilots |
| Some of the songs are lifeless, but the ones that do throw you back out of your chair. |
| Shiny Toy Guns III |
| Sigur Ros Valtari |
| Silverstein Rescue |
Inspirational and twice as poetic as their concept album, which helps make their writing less forced
and a bit more focused. |
| Silversun Pickups Seasick |
| Silversun Pickups Pikul |
| Silversun Pickups Neck of the Woods |
| A consistent tone and subtle intros feel vibrant to those who have grown to love this band from the very start of their career. You can't sit through this album once; you need to let it grab your attention through every listen. This also goes for the lead single "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)": a haunting nod to the infamous folklore tale. It's still the same band, with teenage angst built up from the skin. But now they refine and grow with their sound, into more shoe gaze territory. If your not a fan of songs that have lengthy, instrumental segments, you're probably not going to enjoy this album. To me, this album defines what Silversun Pickups have been building up so far in their careers. It's only time until we hear something out of this world in the next couple of years. |
| Single File Common Struggle |
| Sleeper Agent Celabrasion |
| Sleeping With Sirens With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear |
| Sleepy Sun Fever |
| Sleepy Sun Embrace |
| Sleigh Bells Treats |
| Snow Patrol Final Straw |
| Snow Patrol Up to Now |
| Snow Patrol Eyes Open |
| So Contagious Locked & Loaded |
| Soundtrack The Great Gatsby (Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film) |
| It has its ups and it has its lows. This is a great compilation of tracks for the upcoming film, but some of the original songs are just mediocre. Not to harbor negative feelings, the songs play with the vibe of the story and the lyrics play off the film's narrative and characters passionately and knowingly. Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful" is a perfect track in terms of the chosen character and the film's setting. Even historically misplaced rap tracks like "100$ Bill" work to Luhrmann's vision. |
| Sparks The Rescue Eyes to the Sun |
| Spoon Gimme Fiction |
| Squid the Whale new war. |
| Stay Games With Girls - EP |
| Story of the Year Page Avenue |
| Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown |
| Switchfoot Oh! Gravity. |
| Switchfoot Nothing is Sound |
| Taking Back Sunday New Again |
| Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday |
| Telekinesis 12 Desperate Straight Lines |
| The 1975 Music For Cars |
| The Academy Is... Fast Times at Barrington High |
| The Academy Is... Almost Here |
| The Academy Is... Lost In Pacific Time: The AP/EP |
| The Audition Chapter II - EP |
| The sound is very passionate and strong; which makes it sound like it was worked very hard on. |
| The Black Keys The Big Come Up |
| The Black Keys Attack & Release |
| The Boxer Rebellion Union |
| The Cribs Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever |
| The Cribs Ignore The Ignorant |
| The Cure The Head on the Door |
| The Cure Wish |
| The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
| The Dead Weather Horehound |
| The Dear Hunter Act I: The Lake South, the River North |
| The Decemberists The King Is Dead |
| The Devil Wears Prada Plagues |
| The Devil Wears Prada has become an interesting topic now these days. A band that has grown so much in popularity but has been disregarded from the media. In a sense, only so many can handle this genre, and I'm one of those people. But why do I like this band do much? I won't play dumb; I'm a Christian, and I appreciate the theology of this band staying in that realm. But it's not their faith that particularly drives me. It's the way they can portray a scene with each song. Grant it, not all the lyrics are excellent, but it's very impressive how the lyrics and the switching between the screaming vocalist and the clean vocalist. Somewhat of a good v. Evil scenario. |
| The Downtown Fiction Best I Never Had - EP |
| The Downtown Fiction Let's Be Animals |
| The Dream the Chase Found Again |
| The fun creativity expressed throughout this EP makes up for the production quality. |
| The Fall of Troy Doppelganger |
| The Fratellis Costello Music |
| The Hives Black And White Album |
| The Hoodies What's to Come |
| The Hundred in the Hands The Hundred in the Hands |
| The Hundred in the Hands Red Night |
| The dramatic and tense rhythms make up some of the best moments in this sophomore outing, but some tracks lack creative vibe. |
| The Joy Formidable Wolf's Law |
| A heavier rock anthem for the Alt-rock trio and opens up the new year with a loud bang. |
| The Killers Sam's Town |
| The Kills Midnight Boom |
| The Kooks Inside In/Inside Out |
| The Last Shadow Puppets The Age Of The Understatement |
| The Limousines Hush |
| The Limousines Get Sharp |
| The Lonely Island Incredibad |
| The Lonely Island Turtleneck and Chain |
| The Lonely Island The Wack Album |
| The Lumineers The Lumineers |
| The Mountain Goats Get Lonely |
| The Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed |
| The National Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |
| The New Pornographers Challengers |
| The New Pornographers Together |
| The New Pornographers Twin Cinema |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
| The Paper Kites Woodland |
| The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely |
| The Republic of Wolves In The House Of Dust |
| The Republic Tigers Keep Color |
| The Shins Oh, Inverted World |
| The Shins Chutes Too Narrow |
| The Sleeping What It Takes |
| The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come |
| The Strokes First Impressions of Earth |
| The Strokes Room on Fire |
| The Strokes Angles |
| The Sun and The Sea Vega |
| The Temper Trap Conditions |
| The Virgins Strike Gently |
| The Virgins find themselves in a mature state of mind while taking some of the jingle jangle sounds that made some of their early releases so memorable. Instead this maturer band may or may not have you invested in what they're saying but they sure as hell have the hooks to stay in the game. |
| The Weeknd Thursday |
| The White Stripes White Blood Cells |
| The White Stripes Elephant |
| There For Tomorrow A Little Faster |
| These United States A Picture of the Three of Us at The Gate to the Ga |
| This Love The Beginning |
| Time Tells All Spread the Word |
| Tokyo Police Club Elephant Shell |
| Toto Toto IV |
| Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me |
| Transmit Now Downtown Merry-Go-Round |
| TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain |
| Twin Atlantic Vivarium |
| Two Door Cinema Club Beacon |
| A smart and strategic follow up to their successful debut. |
| Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety |
| UNKLE Where Did The Night Fall |
| Unwritten Law Here's to the Mourning |
| Unwritten Law Swan |
| Usher Looking 4 Myself |
| Valencia Dancing With A Ghost |
| Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend |
| Vanna A New Hope |
| Vanna The Search Party Never Came |
| Vetiver Vetiver |
| Vetiver Thing Of The Past |
| A ye ol' good indie time around that bonfire your friends keep inviting you to. |
| Washed Out Within and Without |
Hypnotic, seductive and mesmerizing music that wants to make love to your ears. It blends the sounds of Panda
Bear, Tiesto, and Bon Iver into a sound that works. |
| We Came As Romans Dreams |
| We Came As Romans To Plant A Seed |
| We Came As Romans Understanding What We've Grown To Be |
| Re-evaluate: The lyrics are strongly written, the sound keeps itself from trying to be generic (while fooling around with it), and it has an excellent orchestral vibe. The only downside is the always inconsistent fade in, fade out echo that seem to show up in every song. |
| Wild Nothing Empty Estate |
| This latest effort by Wild Nothing is pretty disjointed and less spacey than last year's Nocturne. He still creates the atmosphere for this outing with an edgier tone and a vibrant sound to further himself from the 80s dream pop he excellently crafted last year. |
| William Fitzsimmons The Sparrow and the Crow |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz! |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell |
| Yellowcard Ocean Avenue |
| You, Me, And Everyone We Know Some Things Don't Wash Out |
| Zero 7 The Garden |
| 3.0 good |
| A Bullet For Pretty Boy Beauty In The Eyes Of The Beholder |
| A Lot Like Birds Plan B |
| A Love Like Pi The Atlas And The Oyster |
| A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step |
| A Skylit Drive Identity On Fire |
| A Static Lullaby A Static Lullaby |
| a-ha Scoundrel Days |
| AFI Crash Love |
| All Time Low Nothing Personal |
| Amely Hello World |
| Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper |
| Angels and Airwaves Stomping The Phantom Brake Pedal |
| Apparatjik Square Peg In a Round Hole |
| Armor For Sleep Smile For Them |
| Armor For Sleep Dream To Make Believe |
| As An Aquarius Forgive Me For Living |
| Asteria Momentum |
| Asteria Asteria |
| Atreyu The Curse |
| B.o.B No Genre |
| Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel |
| Barcelona Absolutes |
| Beck Modern Guilt |
| Beck Mellow Gold |
| Bishop Allen Grrr... |
| Blessthefall Awakening |
| Better instrumentation, but continues the riff of some cheesy lyrics, and bogged down by predictability. |
| Bombay Bicycle Club Flaws |
| Boys Like Girls Boys Like Girls |
| Breaking Benjamin Phobia |
| Breaking Benjamin Dear Agony |
| Breathe Carolina Hell Is What You Make It |
| A generic, but fun, guilty pleasure that should be checked out. It's the right direction for this band. |
| Breathe Carolina Hell Is What You Make It: Reloaded |
| Time should've been spent on a new album rather than a re release of the same album. These so called "NEW" songs should've just been released with an EP or kept on standby. Still, it's the same fun album they released nearly a year ago, besides a SHITTY new version of "Last Vegas." |
| Bring Me The Horizon There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It |
| Broadway Gentleman's Brawl |
| Instead of growing in the sound they were doing great in, they've created an album that's self absorbed in melodies and power chords you swear you've heard in every pop punk album ever made. It will still keep any listener entertained during the summer, but it's a drastic step backwards from Kingdoms. |
| Burden of a Day Blessed Be Our Ever After |
| Burden of a Day OneOneThousand |
| Bush Sea Of Memories |
| Strong return from alternative-grunge. After a decade, they still sound freshly polished. |
| Captions Delusions Of Grandeur |
| Cash Cash Love Or Lust |
| While making cheesy beats for Sonic the Hedgehog, Cash Cash has made an album that takes the concept of "What's the difference between Love & Lust?" into a candy land that's sweet most of the time. |
| Chairlift Does You Inspire You |
| It's a tough album to truly look through, but Chairlift does define what their sound really is. |
| Chevelle This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) |
| Chief Kamachi Rise and Rhyme, Vol. 1 |
| Childish Gambino Camp |
| Though patches of this album aren't all fun and games, this album sure as hell doesn't try to be the same. |
| Children of Nova Impossible Landscape |
| Chiodos Bone Palace Ballet |
| Circa Survive Juturna |
| Close Your Eyes Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts |
| Stronger, passionate and catchy, but breaks down the wrong path. |
| Cold War Kids Mine is Yours |
| Coldplay X & Y |
| Coldplay Mylo Xyloto |
| The singles undervalue the greatness of this album. Though the classical interest that most listeners keep up with may not be completely intact, there's something bigger at work around the bend. |
| Conditions Fluorescent Youth |
| Crystal Castles Crystal Castles |
| Cute Is What We Aim For Rotation |
| Cute Is What We Aim For Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch |
| Dance Gavin Dance Happiness |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain |
| Daphne Loves Derby On the Strength of All Convinced |
| Dashboard Confessional Dusk and Summer |
| Deas Vail Birds & Cages |
| Death Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys |
| It's a softer and more subtle approach that respectively works, but may mellow out new listeners. |
| Delta Spirit Delta Spirit |
| Destine Lightspeed |
| Divine Fits A Thing Called Divine Fits |
| Does It Offend You, Yeah? You Have No Idea What You're Getting You |
| Drake Thank Me Later |
| Why is their so much hate for this album on this site? |
| Eminem Recovery |
| Eric Hutchinson Sounds Like This |
| Erra Andromeda |
| Every Avenue Picture Perfect |
| Every Avenue Shh. Just Go With It |
| Eye Alaska Genesis Underground |
| The good is that this band has pride in their music and that's a very strong quality. The bad is that they don't exactly know how to show it off to their audiences exactly. |
| Far-Less A Toast to Bad Taste |
| Flight of the Conchords I Told You I Was Freaky |
| Flyleaf Flyleaf |
| Foster The People Torches |
| Framing Hanley A Promise To Burn |
| From Autumn To Ashes Holding A Wolf By The Ears |
| From Autumn To Ashes The Fiction We Live |
| From First To Last Throne To The Wolves |
| fun. Some Nights |
| Get Scared Cheap Tricks and Theatrics |
| Get Scared Best Kind of Mess |
| They scream, crawl into your skin and mix the best elements of: MCR, and The Used. But most of the time, you'll have moments of deja and wonder why they don't just join those bands themselves. Still, this band at least embraces the "horrorcore" elements and has fun.r |
| God Or Julie This Road Before |
| Goo Goo Dolls Let Love In |
| Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up The Girl |
| GOOD Music Cruel Summer |
| It's uneven and lacks any depth or lyrical conviction from the artists; but it does have memorable moments (suggesting 'Mercy' and the lyric "Drop it to the floorrMake that ass shake; Make the ground move, that's an ass-quake") |
| Gorillaz Plastic Beach |
| Green Day American Idiot |
| Guster Ganging Up on the Sun |
| Hellogoodbye Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! |
| Howie Day Sound the Alarm |
| Hugo Old Tyme Religion |
| A folky, catchy, gangster swing that will gain favor among audiences. |
| I See Stars Digital Renegade |
| I've been wondering ever since Digital Renegade was announced, why I See Stars was planning another album so early. Was it for the fans? Was it for the critics that panned their 2011 album The End of the World Party? Or is it because they are that motivated to revolutionaize everything? Regardless, they impress, even if that means they barely scratched the surface of something new. In simple terms, it's stronger then both their previous albums. It's heavier then anything they've previously released that it feels edgy and risky at the same time. The integrated electronic sound has never felt more comftorable then ever before, clearly demonstrating a better understanding of what "electronicore" is. As some songs show passion for music making, a lot of it sometimes feels like rinse and repeat for each breakdown and every beat. Most importantly, It's a love letter to their dedicated fans and the club scene. This is their best album to date. |
| Ice Nine Kills Safe Is Just A Shadow |
| A pretty fun album teetering on becoming average overtime. |
| Ice Nine Kills The Burning |
| Imagine Dragons Continued Silence - EP |
| In Fear and Faith Voyage |
| Innerpartysystem The Download EP |
| It's Alive Human Resources |
| Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking |
| Jason Mraz We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things |
| Jay-Z Kingdom Come |
| Jeremih Late Nights With Jeremih |
| It's definitely not as complex as Frank Ocean's Channel ORANGE but the beats are an inspired mix and feel fresh. These tracks show a diversitial artist and help us forget the tragedy that was "Down On Me." Unfortunately, what undermines the album is Jeremih's inability to make his lyrics anything but about classy, dirty sex. |
| Jimmy Eat World Clarity |
| John Mayer Battle Studies |
| Joshua Radin Underwater |
| Junip Junip |
| Justin Timberlake Justified |
| KiD CuDi Man On The Moon: The End Of Day |
| KillMatriarch Order Through Chaos |
| Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown |
| An affectionate and well intentioned album with the signature fury but without the passion. |
| Kings of Leon Youth and Young Manhood |
| Kings of Leon Because Of The Times |
| Knife Party Rage Valley |
| Patched up and better than their debut EP. I think we're all still waiting for another Pendulum album, but unfortunately, that won't happen for a while. |
| La Bella Charade All Friends, No Fans |
| Last Winter Under the Silver of Machines |
| Lifehouse No Name Face |
| Lifehouse Who We Are |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter III |
| Clever and smart?! CAN NOT COMPUTE/CAN NOT COMPUTE/CAN NOT COMPUTE/CAN NOT COMPUTE..........! |
| Linkin Park Living Things |
| This album is much more personal, unique and in depth as previous outings. |
| Lostprophets Liberation Transmission |
| M83 Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| The tracks lack any depth to become epic tracks in action sequences, but what makes up for it is M83's cues from Daft Punk's last collaboration with Joseph Kolinski in Tron: Legacy which had very slow and subtle orchestration to build up with small emotions rather than large reactions. This tactic both succeeds and fails at bringing the sci-fi thriller's more bigger moments to life, but it does work in regards to the smaller moments that occur between the characters in scenes. |
| Mae Singularity |
| It's not groundbreaking like The Everglow, but it still has the piano/alternative rock vibe that made them so memorable to begin with; even with the less inspired lyrics. |
| Mae (m)orning |
| Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Rot Gut, Domestic |
| For an album trying to tread new waters, it does a good job. As they did in Buzzard this album has a stronger rock influencet; but unlike their last album, some of the edgy tone distracts from the mellow and somber lyrics which makes the album feel less like a Margot and the Nuclear So and So's album. Still, it feels like a fresh new start for the band and fans will still love the cinematic chamber pop the band has been rooted towards to. |
| Maroon 5 Songs About Jane |
| Maroon 5 Hands All Over |
| Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long |
| Maroon 5 The B-Side Collection |
| This year, ignore the new "Overexposed" album and check out the abandoned B-sides from their sophomore album. |
| Mayday Parade Anywhere But Here |
| Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Maylene and the Sons of Disaster |
| Maylene and the Sons of Disaster II |
| Meriwether Make Your Move (Re-release) |
| MGMT Congratulations |
| MGMT make a solid, slow psychidelic pop album while sucking out all noticeable indie pop influence. In return, they suck out most of the joy from their previous album's fun vibe and feel that they should fully forget their fan base to avoid airplay. |
| Morning Parade Morning Parade |
| Muse The Resistance |
| Muse The 2nd Law |
| Why don't you take it upon yourselves to actually listen to the album. 'Madness' is actually a very good, soft-rock ballad. |
| Mutemath Mute Math |
| Mutemath Armistice |
| Neon Trees Habits |
| New Found Glory Coming Home |
| New Order Lost Sirens |
| Oaklynn Oaklynn - EP |
| Ocean is Theory In My Blood Again |
| Ocean is Theory Future Fears |
| Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping |
| Oh, Manhattan Spiritual Warfare |
| Panic! At the Disco Pretty. Odd. |
| Penguin Prison Penguin Prison |
| Phoenix Alphabetical |
| Phoenix United |
| Pierce the Veil A Flair For The Dramatic |
| Placebo Battle For The Sun |
| PMtoday And Then The Hurricane |
| Portugal. The Man Censored Colors |
| Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze |
| Quietdrive Quietdrive |
| Quietdrive When All That's Left Is You |
| Ra Ra Riot The Orchard |
| Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line |
| Relient K Five Score and Seven Years Ago |
| Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture |
| Rogue Wave Asleep at Heaven's Gate |
| It's a sweet, mellow sound; but it's extremely messy in the pacing. It manages to gain sentiment through the music, and that's a plus that it should be grateful for. |
| Run Kid Run Love at the Core |
| Safetysuit Life Left To Go |
| Safetysuit These Times |
| It may pass through some shallow clich?s, but this album is strongly written, captivating and should be recognized for the hard efforts put into it. |
| Saosin The Grey |
| Saosin In Search Of Solid Ground |
| Senses Fail From The Depths Of Dreams |
| Senses Fail The Fire |
| Senses Fail Still Searching |
| Senses Fail Let It Enfold You |
| Sequoyah Prep School Spells |
| Set It Off Cinematics |
| Set Your Goals This Will Be the Death of Us |
| Silverstein Transitions |
| Silverstein When Broken Is Easily Fixed |
| Skillet Comatose |
| Sky Eats Airplane The Sound of Symmetry |
| Sky Eats Airplane Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day |
| Sky Eats Airplane Sky Eats Airplane |
| Sleeping With Sirens Feel |
| Sleepy Sun Spine Hits |
| Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns |
| Sparks The Rescue Sparks the Rescue |
| Starship Knee Deep In The Hoopla |
| Starship No Protection |
| Starship Love Among the Cannibals |
| Ending with this album, Starship proved that they were good 80s cheese. |
| Strange Vacation Chasm |
The album brings out the youth and nostalgia of our lives with a great progressive tone. It's an album that tugs at
you and never lets go. |
| Switchfoot New Way to Be Human |
| Switchfoot Learning To Breathe |
| T-Pain Epiphany |
| Tenth Avenue North Over and Underneath |
| The 1975 Sex |
| The All-American Rejects When the World Comes Down |
| Tyson Ritter is just what he wants people to think he is; passionate, eccentric, and the definition a glam rock star. He shows true showmanship through some real gems on this album. But some of the songs don't push hard enough and just leave another taste for something else. But still, he should be proud of what he has accomplished thus far. |
| The All-American Rejects Move Along |
| The All-American Rejects Kids in the Street |
| The Almost Southern Weather |
| The Audition Controversy Loves Company |
| The Audition Great Danger |
| The Black Keys Magic Potion |
| The Bravery The Sun and the Moon |
| The Bravery The Bravery |
| The Cab Whisper War |
| A catchy band that draws passion out of its surroundings. Unfortunately, some songs have pacing issues that draw from the band's obvious talent. |
| The Caesars Paper Tigers |
| The Civil Wars Barton Hollow |
| It shows a great artistry and form, but it doesn't have the edge or consistent driving force like say Angus & Julia Stone. |
| The Cribs New Fellas |
| The Decemberists Picaresqueties |
| The Decemberists Long Live the King |
| The Downtown Fiction The Downtown Fiction - EP |
| The Format Interventions and Lullabies |
| The Friday Night Boys That's What She Said |
| The Friday Night Boys Off The Deep End |
| The band had great potential. Too bad they've parted. |
| The Friday Night Boys The Sketch Process |
| The Graduate Anhedonia |
| Some of the songs off the album are an impressive debut, but they lack consistency. |
| The Killers Sawdust |
| The Killers (RED) Christmas |
| The Knife Shaking the Habitual |
| The Kooks Junk of the Heart |
| Its the same band we've all grown to love with a Beatle's-esque vibe mixed in with a lighter vibe to The Shins. Despite how that might sound, it feels ditssier than their previous efforts. Some songs shift from that vibe and offer a new sound to the Kooks, such as "Runaways" and even the passionate "Killing Me" comes off more of their style. Though these highlights are worth mentioning, the other tracks aren't bad either; I'd dare say their just enjoyable. "Eskimo Kisses" and "Taking Pictures of You" bring a charming, cutesy feel without having to make the listener feel sick from the cliches. It's a fun listen and should be worth checking out.rRecommended Tracks: "Runaway", "Killing Me", "How'd You Like That", "Is It Me" |
| The Kooks Konk |
| The Lovemakers Let's Be Friends |
| A contribution to the end of a rock n' roll partnership.r |
| The Maine Can't Stop, Won't Stop |
| The Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come |
| The Naked and Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You |
| The Neighbourhood I'm Sorry... |
| The Receiving End of Sirens Between the Heart and the Synapse |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It |
| The Royal Concept The Royal Concept - EP |
| The Script The Script |
| The Sleeping Question & Answers |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, Vol. 2 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Machina - The Machines of God |
| The Southland Influence of Geography |
| The Strokes Comedown Machine |
| The Temper Trap The Temper Trap |
| The Temper Trap try to progress so much in this album is underwhelming and nothing close to the visionary escape of their first album. |
| The Used Lies for the Liars |
| The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? |
| The Virgins The Virgins |
| The White Tie Affair Walk This Way |
| This band really proves their chops in the music industry and throws some nice power ballads. If only the songs didn't always sound tedious. |
| The Word Alive Empire |
| The Word Alive Deceiver |
| There For Tomorrow The Verge |
| On The Verge of something, but not quite interpreted. |
| Third Eye Blind Ursa Major |
| This Century Biography of Heartbreak |
| Talent in the pop-rock genre making a good summer album. The problem is that only half of the album is full of the best tracks which should have been thought out on the cutting room floor and released as an EP. But for this summer you can't go wrong with this album. |
| This Century Sound of Fire |
| This Love At War |
| This Providence Brier |
| Not as compelling as their previous ventures, but a welcome sound. |
| Thriving Ivory Tell Me Your Name - EP |
| Tickle Me Pink Madeline |
| Tiger Riot Look Up! |
A catchy and nicely made album with the help of producer Casey Creschenzo (lead singer of The Dear
Hunter) |
| Tilian Pearson Material Me |
| Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy |
| Underoath Define the Great Line |
| Valencia This Could Be A Possibility |
| Valleys Are You Going To Stand There & Talk Weird All Nigh |
| Valleys' new album is finely tuned into the subject of death and the somber after effect of loss. Their abilities to make a poppy shoegaze album make sense and never lose it's edge. This also burdens the album because it lacks diversity in each individual track and lags longer than it should. It still has a vibe that's interesting listen to listen to and should be checked out, but if you're seeking a wider range in tracks; check out their 3 track EP Stoner.r |
| Vanna And They Came Baring Bones |
| Vetiver The Errant Charm |
| A pleasant sounding album, but you it doesn't have the hooks to really make it memorable. |
| Wale Ambition |
| Wale Attention Deficit |
| Walk the Moon Walk the Moon |
| We Are Scientists With Love and Squalor |
| We Are The Arsenal They Worshipped The Trees |
| We Are The Arsenal There Will Come Soft Rains |
| We Are The Arsenal Surveillance - EP |
| We Are The Ocean Cutting Our Teeth |
| Weezer Raditude |
| Weezer The Red Album |
| White Rabbits It's Frightening |
| White Rabbits Milk Famous |
| William Beckett Walk the Talk - EP |
| William Beckett shows confidence as he goes from band leader to soloist. Even though the transition doesn't expose how unique or talented he really can be, it is a softer and more upbeat outing then his previous work with The Academy Is... |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito |
| Karen O may be experiencing a serious lack of vision or might be suffering from an identity crisis. The album has a few highlights, especially the incredibly produced and layered single "Sacrilage" which may be the best YYY track in recent memory. The album slumps moderately from passable to forgettable. The tracks aren't all bad on the way down, they just lack a clear identity. Even the track featuring Killer Mike's Dr. Octagon is random and unnecessary, but it's still fun. My favorite review of Mosquito has to be by Josh Kurp whose article is titled "5 Stages of Yeah Yeah Yeahs: How to Admit a Great Band has Released Their Worst Album" on Uproxx.com. All my thoughts on this album come from it. This album is not terrible, it's just a big plate of "Meh, okay." |
| Yes Nice Blindfolded |
| You Me At Six Hold Me Down |
| Youngblood Hawke Youngblood Hawke |
| With all the breakthrough artists coming out, this is a genuinely good time. The beats are energetic and never feel alienating. I can't say it's genuine unlike most of the new bands, but I can say it's very fun. |
| 2.5 average |
| 30 Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds to Mars |
| A Day To Remember Old Record |
| A Day To Remember And Their Name Was Treason |
| AFI Sing the Sorrow |
| Alesana On Frail Wings Of Vanity And Wax |
| Anberlin New Surrender |
| Angels and Airwaves I-Empire |
| Artist Vs Poet Favorite Fix |
| ASAP Mob Lord$ Never Worry |
| Atreyu Lead Sails Paper Anchor |
| B.o.B The Adventures Of Bobby Ray |
| A colorful, catchy and sweet ride that will work for most, those looking for something new are going to be dissapointed. |
| Band of Horses Mirage Rock |
A few interesting changes in their sound but some of that is forgotten with less than
memorable tracks.
Recommended Tracks: "How to Live", "Shut In Tourist" |
| Basshunter Now You're Gone-The Album |
| Basshunter has not entirely made a criminal offense here. There's a lot to admire from the beats, the atmosphere and the even the bad cheesy lyrics are fun. When you're music is obviously innovating people to dance and that's as far as you'd like to go in your career, there is no shame in that and should be left at that. As an artist, you have a chance to take liberties and make individually memorable songs; but in Basshunter's eyes, all of his songs NEED to be the same. I can't remember which song is which so I have to play the song that has different words in them. On the positive side, it's danceable and fun to song along to. The negative? It lacks innovation for something new. |
| Before Their Eyes Untouchable |
| Before Their Eyes Before Their Eyes |
| Before Their Eyes The Dawn of My Death |
| Before Their Eyes Redemption |
| Benjamin Francis Leftwich In The Open |
| Billy Corgan TheFutureEmbrace |
| Blaqk Audio CexCells |
| Though good ideas are presented, all we get are bland and repetive sounds. |
| Blessthefall Witness |
| Breaking Benjamin We Are Not Alone |
| Brett Dennen Hope for the Hopeless |
| Bring Me The Horizon Suicide Season |
| Broken Bells Meyrin Fields |
| Built on Secrets The Disconnect |
| Sadly, a forgettable piece of work from the recently signed band, that held much promise after their debut EP Reflections came out three years ago. This is an album that had potential to be so much more but feels less inspired and forced back. Now here's a band with potential and there debut doesn't leave much to talk about. It feels ambitious and IT IS fun to listen to, when driving or doing (home)work; but it doesn't entirely live up to the hype it promised. |
| Bullet For My Valentine The Poison |
| Bullet For My Valentine Fever |
| Call the Cops Motion Sickness |
| Carolina Liar Coming to Terms |
| rIt almost feels like this band is (excuse the crude symbolism) sucking on the tit of the the Recording Academy members just to get a safe pass. As DaveyBoy said, they play it too safely. r |
| Carolina Liar Wild Blessed Freedom |
| Cartel Cartel |
| The apple falls from the tree, and continues to roll downward. |
| Cash Cash Take It To The Floor |
| Chiddy Bang Breakfast |
| Cobra Starship ¡Viva La Cobra! |
| Cobra Starship While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Stree |
| Confide Recover |
| Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance |
| Danger Radio Used And Abused |
| Daughtry Daughtry |
| Deadmau5 4x4=12 |
| Deadmau5 > album title goes here < |
| Recommended Tracks: "The Veldt", "Professional Griefers", "There Might Be Coffee" |
| Death Cab for Cutie The Photo Album |
| Destine Illuminate |
| Emarosa Relativity |
| Yes, Johnny Craig has got an impressive voice, but where is the musical direction heading towards? All you can here is his "incredible voice" and a band who idon't sound like thy're paying enough attention to their music. It makes you wonder why he's in a band in the first place. It has stand out moments musically and instrumentally, but the standout moments need to shine through an ENTIRE song to really grab anyone. |
| Emmure Goodbye to the Gallows |
| Escape the Fate This War Is Ours |
| This is a fun and much less repressive effort that faces the generic fit but not in the conventional sense. It has the formulaic rhythms and the mainstream feel that is reminescent of a summer fling that has you feeling regret in the morning. |
| Escape the Fate Ungrateful |
| I'm proud to say that this is the BEST release by ETF and I'm not pounding my head or scratching my head wondering why this album is fun. The album takes the best of both albums (minimun) and make it into a fun listen. The hate for this album is purely based on hate. The band even defends themselves from their harshest critics with the track "Forget About Me". Take it from someone who doesn't just give automatic 1's because he hates something. I have plenty of bands I despise but there's always good taken from something bad and this album (though not my taste and far from bad) is listenable and a step in transformation which can be shown in tracks like with the edgy, slow track "Picture Perfect" or "Chemical Love". To sum up the band's career with Craig Mabbitt: 1st album - bad fun, 2nd album - bad bad, 3rd album - average.rRecommended tracks: "Until We Die"; "Chemical Love"; "Picture Perfect" |
| Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll |
| Flyleaf Memento Mori |
| For All Those Sleeping Cross Your Fingers |
| The band is generic at most, but to deny some enjoyment value would be an absolute lie. |
| For All Those Sleeping Outspoken |
| Forever the Sickest Kids Underdog Alma Mater |
| Framing Hanley The Moment |
| From First To Last From First To Last |
| Get Scared Get Scared |
| Gorillaz Gorillaz |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown |
| Hawthorne Heights Fragile Future |
| Hawthorne Heights If Only You Were Lonely |
| Hawthorne Heights The Silence In Black And White |
| Hit The Lights Coast to Coast (EP) |
| Hit The Lights Skip School, Start Fights |
| Hockey Mind Chaos |
| Hopes Die Last Your Face Down Now |
| Hopes Die Last Six Years Home |
| It's like another band swallowed ALESANA and puked out a moderately better band. |
| Hopes Die Last Trust No one |
| Their's progression and their's more interest in the sound, but that doesn't disguise it's simplicity. |
| I See Stars The End of the World Party |
| This album wants to balance two genres and make them into one. Unfortunately, it's just a conjoint mess that has some catchy moments, but all of it is inconsistent. |
| I See Stars 3D |
| Ice Nine Kills The Predator |
| I gotta say, I was hoping for something a lot more after hearing the Silverstein-inspired track "What I Never Learned in Study Hall" which is a very mature and interesting song. But when the opening track obnoxiously chants "We Are the Walking Dead" over and over and over again, it really hits you over the head. "Father's Day" is a bit better in terms of how repetitive some of the tracks are. The rest feels contrived and fails to soar which includes a pretty pathetic rendition of a hit Adele song. As energetic as it feels, the rest of the EP just feels like another zombie for the genre. rRecommended Tracks: "What I Never Learned in Study Hall"; "Father's Day" |
| Imagine Dragons Night Visions |
| It has clever moments, but it feels bland and uninventive. If you want to hear something that's sweet, you'll be singing merrily to the tunes on here. But for anyone looking for something more, this'll be a sour note. |
| In Fear and Faith Your World On Fire |
| Iron & Wine Kiss Each Other Clean |
| Issues Black Diamonds |
| The album feels fresh, at times; with the R&B/pop melodies and the more interesting breakdowns. But there are way to many off putting moments (rap/scream vocals, awkward trap-music sections). The EP feels very rushed and over thought. To be supportive, they are worth checking out, but you'll have to find peace with the flawed sections in this debut. |
| Jane's Addiction The Great Escape Artist |
| Jars Of Clay Good Monsters |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 |
| Jonny Craig A Dream Is A Question You Don't Know How To Answer |
| Inflating egotism, hurt pasts, lust, and a lot of weed. You can sum it up all in Jonny Craig's debut. Unfortunately, Craig still doesn't grasp an how to make his albums impactful. He has the vocal skills, but he never uses his talents to have passion in his words; he uses them as haunting and sorrowful ways. He's good at this, and "istillfeelher part 3" and "Children of Divorce" use these methods pretty well. But where's there's soul, there's heart, and it's masked over an egocentric outlook on his personal life. |
| Joshua Radin The Rock and the Tide |
| Keane Perfect Symmetry |
It's sad to see this band go down such a bland and unoriginal step towards their own demise. Whatever the
record sales indicate, the Billboard should never indicate a band's sound. |
| Keane Strangeland |
An album that desperately wants to reach the top of the surface, but only fails to drown slowly. Some of the
uplifting moments from their past records do make a return, but even those don't live up to the standards
that so many were hoping for.
Recommended Tracks: You Are Young, Silenced by the Night, Disconnected, On the Road, Day Will Come |
| Last Winter The Heart and The Broken Compass |
| The band tries something less baritone and more high pitch. The result? An inconsistent drift with only a couple moments that make it shine. |
| Lifehouse Smoke and Mirrors |
| Like Moths to Flames When We Don't Exist |
| Like Moths to Flames Sweet Talker |
| Linkin Park A Thousand Suns |
| Linkin Park Reanimation |
| Ludo Prepare the Preparations |
| Madina Lake From Them, Through Us, To You |
| Madina Lake Attics To Eden |
| Madina Lake The Dresden Codex |
| Meese Broadcast |
| Meriwether Plug In The Snakes |
| Mumford and Sons Sigh No More |
| This debut album will never make me 'sigh no more.' |
| My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge |
| New Found Glory Not Without A Fight |
| Ocean is Theory Future Fears EP |
| Of Mice & Men Of Mice & Men |
| OneRepublic Waking Up |
| Owl City Ocean Eyes |
| Quietdrive Close Your Eyes EP |
| R. Kelly Trapped in the Closet (Chapters 1-12) |
| Rise Against Appeal to Reason |
| Rob Thomas ...Something to Be |
| Runner Runner Runner Runner |
| Say Anything Anarchy, My Dear |
| School Boy Humor Camera Shy But Still A Star |
| Secrets The Ascent |
| What we have here is a generic, but fun sounding album that outdoes most of bands in this genre even though it wanders without a reason. The vocals aren't all impressive and seem half ass. Still, this band might have potential beating the odds of their competition. You're way better off with this album over ATTACK ATTACK! rJust listen to "Melodies" and try not to hum it out loud. |
| Serj Tankian Elect the Dead |
| Silverstein Arrivals and Departures |
| Silverstein Short Songs |
| I never truly understood the idea or charm of this sort of style. It mixes the sound of punk, metal and alternative with a rushed pacing (hence 'Short Songs'). To spell it out really; it's just a simple listen. |
| Skrillex Bangarang |
| It's definately repetitive in most spots, but that doesn't make his music not worth the listen. |
| Sleeping With Sirens If You Were a Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack |
| Snow Patrol Fallen Empires |
| As always, Snow Patrol make a few adjustments but disregard to stay comfortable. |
| Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder |
| Switchfoot Hello Hurricane |
| Switchfoot Legend of Chin |
| I can totally understand why I liked this album when I was a kid; this was pre-A Walk to Remember Jon Foreman. That means this was the grungy, teen, rebellion era; only blander and forgettable. Yes, I liked this album as a kid, but it has not aged well as far I'm concerned. |
| T.I. Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head |
| It's weird saying that an artist has potential when his career has been prolific for quite a long time. Since I haven't followed T.I. very often (in fact the only songs I know are the bland singles "Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life" and the OK "Dead and Gone"). Simultaneously, as Django Unchained is being released, it seems like T.I. wanted to contribute to the soundtrack as well. What drew me to this CD was obviously the album art's ode to spaghetti westerns and gangster films. In my mind, that already got me buzzing about how this album would turn out. Now that I've listened to it, I'm left marginally unsatisfied with a handful of good songs, while the rest are a mess. |
| Tenth Avenue North The Light Meets The Dark |
| The Academy Is... Santi |
| The Almost Monster, Monster |
| The Audition Self-Titled Album |
| The Bravery Stir The Blood |
| The Browning Burn This World |
| Where the breakdowns shine, they shine; the rest is probably a waste of your time. |
| The Devil Wears Prada Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord |
| The Fray The Fray |
| The Lovemakers Times of Romance |
| The two contributing band members seem like they have a knack for making music and demonstrate some great chemistry. But where some tracks convey a love connection and the sex obsessed craze of a club orgy; most of them come off confused and feel sexually frustrated in the midst of all the beats. |
| The Maine Black & White |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Am I the Enemy |
| A positive upgrade from their last album and completely stronger than their debut. |
| The Script Science & Faith |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist |
| The Summer Set Love Like This |
| Listened in the year 2009, reminded in the year 2013 that's harmless but doesn't bring anything new or interesting. |
| There For Tomorrow Re:Creations |
| Thriving Ivory Thriving Ivory |
| Timbaland Shock Value |
| Timbaland Timbaland Presents Shock Value II |
| Transit Young New England |
| From the album's first single, "Nothing Lasts Forever", it doesn't grab the sense that this album will be as groundbreaking and memorable as Listen & Forgive and sadly that's what drifts it apart from it's predecessor. But as unfair it is to compare albums, when obviously Transit wants to shift tones by making this experience more intimate and down-to-earth. In the process, the album is less enjoyable and mellow. Young New England definitely puts listeners in the city of Boston, but only a tiny glimpse. |
| Travie McCoy Lazarus |
| Twin Atlantic Free |
| Apart from some great, energetic moments; most of the songs feel tedious, boring and uninspired. |
| Vanna The Honest Hearts EP |
| I didn't need a retread of the same songs to know that their was a new singer. |
| Vanna The Few and the Far Between |
| The Few and the Far Between should be much worse, but the album works thanks to some of the solid production and effort put into the songs. The band still pull off the same slams and bangs in the heavy music, but seem to have completely taken the sincere clean vocals as the original vocalist has left the band. All and all their fourth album doesn't hold, but the band continues to hold as an ambitious group in the genre. Unfortunately, this album doesn't ignite the spark that the previous had. |
| VEGA Well Known Pleasures |
| Dull and unmemorable; it offers very little for the most curious of listeners. |
| We Are Defiance Trust in Few |
| Bands are trying to hard lately. This was easy and simple to listen too in all the hype of change. |
| We Are Scientists Brain Thrust Mastery |
| We The Kings We The Kings |
| Weezer Hurley |
| Woe, Is Me Number[s] |
| To be fair, Tyler Carter did expose a deeper and passionate outreach through this music, despite the generic hooks that are plagued dull-like throughout. |
| 2.0 poor |
| 2 Chainz Based on a T.R.U. Story |
| 2 Chainz has all the makings of a great rapper, but he's misguided by creating a lack of depth in his beats and ryhmes. As a singer, he has the flattest range of most rappers as proven by the random melodies he adds in his verses ("I Luv Dem Strippers"). If he's the next big thing, then Lil Wayne is the next Pro Skater. |
| 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down |
| 30 Seconds to Mars Love Lust Faith + Dreams |
| 3OH!3 Want |
| A Bullet For Pretty Boy Symbiosis |
| It's hard to listen to an album like this because it has inspired moments that should be commended for, but then falls flat from becoming anything better then that. |
| A Day To Remember Homesick |
| A Skylit Drive Wires...And The Concept Of Breathing |
| A Skylit Drive Adelphia |
| Abandon All Ships Geeving |
| Alesana The Emptiness |
| Alesana Where Myth Fades to Legend |
| All Time Low Dirty Work |
| Angels and Airwaves Love Part 2 |
| This album is pathetic compared to the amazing buildups Part 1 created. Instead, they try making as many catchy singles in one album, where only a couple succeed and the rest fail at growing. |
| Ashland High Geronimo |
| It doesn't really matter, because Trace Cyrus is still painfully mediocre. |
| Attack Attack! This Means War |
| rrCutting your hair, making a couple progressive build ups, and different vocals don't substitute the bad lyrics and unbearable sound. For God's sake! There are holes in THEIR songwriting! i'm really not trying to hate on this band, but it seems like they're doing this on purpose just to taunt me. So DEFENDtheir compositions and DEFENDtheir bad song writing because there it will only make me feel better knowing that I know of good bands that I can hipster out to rather then subject myself to this garbage. For those who hate on high pitch vocals, listen to this guy, he can barely hold a note. |
| Attack Attack! Attack Attack! |
| In a genre that's being criticized for being "generic" you can sum it all up in this one album. At least other bands are trying. There is no attempt at even trying. |
| Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly |
| Augustana Augustana |
| Basshunter Bass Generation |
| Boys Like Girls Love Drunk |
| Breathe Carolina Hello Fascination |
| Breathe Carolina It's Classy Not Classic |
| Bullet For My Valentine Scream, Aim, Fire |
| Call the Cops Call the Cops! |
| Cartel In Stereo |
| A very unmemorable and bland EP with the production quality of a band playing in their parent's garage. |
| Cash Cash The Beat Goes On - EP |
| First off, what happened to the announced album? There was a tracklist and everything. Anyways, this album is unfortunately so&so; a disappointing and distant turn for the EDM band. |
| Cobra Starship Hot Mess |
| It tries too hard to toy with your heartstrings and your foot tapping abilities. |
| Danger Radio Nothing's Gonna Hold Us Down |
| Dead By Sunrise Out of Ashes |
| Even though the sound suits Bennington's strong vocals, it's a damn shame its wasted on mediocre rock. |
| Does It Offend You, Yeah? Don't Say We Didn't Warn You |
| Eminem Relapse |
| Escape the Fate Escape the Fate |
| Family Force 5 III |
| They've lost the sound that made them so unique in the first place. |
| Forever the Sickest Kids The Weekend: Friday |
| Forever the Sickest Kids Forever the Sickest Kids |
| French Montana Excuse My French |
| Get Scared Cheap Tricks and Theatrics B-sides |
| Go Periscope Go Periscope |
| Go Periscope Wasted Youth |
| For every rising band there's another who wants to be like them. Go Periscope is a mixture of all these. They've been around for a while since their debut in 2009, making mixtapes and showing off some impressive beats for the club scene. As their second album, shying only 8 songs, they try a completely different route as the first track "Burning Out the Sun" demonstrates a more M83 inspired sound. But as the album progresses, it's only become clear that this was the only inspired moment in the album as it rushes itself into more club beats with cheesy lyrics. Grant it, that's what this duet is good at. There just isn't enough thought or feeling throughout this album to guarantee anyone a new experience. For fans, this is another great buy for you, for newcomers you might find some enjoyment out of this. |
| Goo Goo Dolls Something for the Rest of Us |
| Hawthorne Heights Hate |
| Back to the bad emo roots and some boring breakdowns. |
| Hollywood Undead Swan Songs |
| To be fair, this isn't awful, it's just messy. The lyrics are uninspired (in any way they're interpreted), and has no clear identity as a group rap/comedy/nu-metal/EMO. Better then those talent-less and taste-less acts from Insane Clown Posse, but I wouldn't be surprised if they ook most of their notes from them. |
| Hyper Crush The Arcade |
| A band that's on the verge of something new and exciting, so far this album doesn't show that at all. |
| Hyper Crush Night Wave |
| An unmpressive and boring turn of events for this talented group. |
| Ice Nine Kills Last Chance to Make Amends |
| In Fear and Faith Imperial |
| Journey Revelation |
| Keane Night Train |
| Knife Party 100% No Modern Talking |
| Lady Radiator Bounce Energy Hear Me Out |
| An album that does well at leaving the generic sound, but instead creates a badly produced mix of poor vocals and a range of some unique opportunities gone too waste. |
| Let's Get It Masters of the Universe |
| Maroon 5 Overexposed |
| An album that kicks and stomps on the devoted fans who loved the soul and funk vibes they've displayed over their career, replacing them with throw away beats that don't belong. |
| Metro Station Metro Station |
| Michael Jackson Michael |
| It's not even Michael Jackson's fault, there was a reason these songs were never released. |
| N.E.R.D. Nothing |
| OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud |
| Owl City All Things Bright And Beautiful |
| POP ETC Pop Etc |
| An EXTREMELY dramatic change to a band that had a fantastic sound and replaces it with mediocre, funkydance pop. |
| Quietdrive Deliverance |
| Secondhand Serenade A Twist In My Story |
| Secondhand Serenade Hear Me Now |
| Sent By Ravens Our Graceful Words |
| Set Your Goals Burning At Both Ends |
| Shiny Toy Guns Season of Poison |
| Sick Puppies Tri-Polar |
| Skillet Awake |
| Skip the Foreplay Nightlife |
It's generic and shitty as hell. It follows around the musical stylings of a strange My Darkest Days and Abandon All Ships (something that sounds worse then it sounds) but seems to be channeling Bring Me the Horizon. Also, any band that covers
LFMAO is certainly not music that should be covered or heard from in any style. |
| Soundtrack Almost Alice |
| Swizz Beatz One Man Band Man |
| Ten After Two Truth Is... |
| Despite the single, the album doesn't even attempt to be memorable. I can't think of any other tracks that made me want to reach out to this band more. |
| The Fray How to Save a Life |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Lonely Road |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus The Hell or High Water |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, Vol. 1 |
| Thrice The Artist In The Ambulance |
| Various Artists (Punk) Punk Goes Pop 5 |
| I agree completely that this fad needs to die. But there are undeniable fun tracks, even the above average cover of "Somebody That I Used to Know" is cared for gently (even though A GIRL guest artist would've made the song more affectionate.) Tyler Carter's new band, Issues, makes the unbearable "Boyfriend" better, if a bit messy at moments (that's just the band's low point so far). The Maine's down tempo version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is actually pretty damn good and works at their own pace, with Adam Lazarra making it more fun for the band to play. We Came As Romans contribute a good cover of a song that I didn't think of as a metalcore even though the lyrics contradict with the themes and lyricism they incorporate in their music. The rest of the album is pretty much lifeless and 5x as dead as last year's album with new metalcore bands that seemed to rise out of nowhere and make the album sound like the lame, cash in it was meant to be. Mission accomplished I suppose. |
| Watchout! Theres Ghosts Ghost Town |
| We Are Scientists Barbara |
| We Are The Ocean Go Now And Live |
| We The Kings Smile Kid |
| Will Smith Born To Reign |
| A couple good tracks, but doesn't come close to the cool flow of a regular Will Smith album. |
| Young Money We Are Young Money |
| Great talent subdued to Lil' Wayne's poor vision. |
