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Sorted by Rating | Sort by Name5 classicAnimal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionAt the Drive-In Relationship of CommandCircle Takes The Square As The Roots UndoCoheed and Cambria Second Stage Turbine BladeConverge Jane DoeDJ Shadow EndtroducingGlassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted To Know AboutDear future girlfriends of Daryl Palumbo, don't fuck with him. Besides the fact that this album contains some of the best post-hardcore riffs and overall songwriting, Daryl Palumbo makes this record what it is with his lyrics and sheer intensity. Lyrical standouts such as "I don't give a f.uck about your dignity, that's the bastard in me," show you how much ruthless emotion when through Daryl while recording this album. This album did wonders for the post-hardcore genre, it in turn, influenced bands such as Finch among others. GlassJAw has changed my life for the better and I can't say that about many other bands. It's only a matter of time before it changes yours.Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaRadiohead OK ComputerRefused The Shape Of Punk To ComeThe Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating InfinityThis album shattered the limits of technicality, erased anyone's thought of a standard time signature, and broke a few metronomes. Calculating Infinity was the first significant release in the genre it is presented in. The lyrics are meaningful, the musicianship is ridiculous and blended together, it creates an utter masterpiece. This album will not be for everyone, but everyone should at least appreciate the edge at which they took music to. "What pawns we have become in this bland little play" no more, for it is no longer bland thanks to Dillinger's groundbreaking release Calculating Infinity.The Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThe Microphones The Glow pt.2Tool Aenima4.5 superbA Place to Bury Strangers Exploding HeadAmpere / Daitro SplitAndrew Bird The Mysterious Production of EggsAnimal Collective FeelsBattles MirroredBlackalicious Blazing ArrowBon Iver For Emma, Forever AgoBoredoms Super AeBotch We Are The RomansBrand New The Devil And God Are Raging Inside MeCatch 22 Keasbey NightsChoking Victim No Gods, No ManagersCursive The Ugly OrganCursive DomesticaDaft Punk DiscoveryDaitro / Sed Non Satiata SplitDeerhunter CryptogramsDeftones White PonyDirty Projectors Bitte OrcaDo Make Say Think Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret HymnDo Make Say Think You, You're a History in RustEnvy A Dead Sinking StoryI cannot comprehend the Japanese dialect, but I can comprehend good music when I hear it. The flow is seamless as the songs transition into their majestic ride of raging emotions. The guitar work is thick at times, strumming mercilessly into infinite chaos, but there are moments where it is serene and captivating. The drumming is incredibly effective and the bass provides a dense backbone. These guys love what they do and love to show their abilities. "A Dead Sinking Story" will be a record I hold onto for a long time simply because it is an incredible piece of music and art.Explosions In The Sky The Earth is Not a Cold Dead PlaceGlassjaw Worship and TributeGodspeed You! Black Emperor F# A# ∞Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero KanadaGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas ToGY!BE are the modern day composers of the past. They create an orchestra of sound just using modern day and older instruments clashing together to create one sound. Excellent homework music or music that can cater to focusing on a particular project. Who needs lyrics when you have beauty in the music itself. Superb.Grizzly Bear Yellow HouseSomewhere within the home recordings of Grizzly Bear lurks an untouched comfort zone. Enter Grizzly Bear's latest release, Yellow House, which is a complex, cohesive, and cozy lo-fi indie-rock album. With haunting vocal harmonies paving the way, acoustic and electric guitars meticulously create a challenging, jaw-dropping record. Songs like "The Knife" and "On a Neck, On a Split" are prime examples of Grizzly Bear's unique style, which is something so dark, yet so beautiful. This is an album to remember for a long, long time.Grizzly Bear VeckatimestGZA Liquid SwordsIsis PanopticonJapandroids Post-NothingIf Post-Nothing doesn't melt your heart with its jubilant youthful charm, then I really don't know what to say. This two-piece garage/punk band out of Vancouver are bringing the energy of such acclaimed acts like At The Drive-In and Cap'n Jazz, but never over thinking their next hook; rather letting the album flow with a gracious, warm smile. Roll the windows down and raise the volume because Japandroids is here to stay this summer.Kayo Dot Choirs of the EyeLeonard Cohen Songs of Leonard CohenMr. Bungle CaliforniaMurder by Death Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?Nas IllmaticNine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralOff Minor Some BloodPanda Bear Person PitchPg. 99 Document # 8Radiohead Kid ARaekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt IIRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineRegina Spektor Begin To HopeRx Bandits ...And the Battle BegunRx Bandits MandalaSam Cooke Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964Say Anything In Defense of the GenreSay Anything ...Is A Real BoyI had lost faith, faith in the genre that was once called pop punk. It slowly transcended downward in the past couple of years but then their was a light, a light known as Say Anything. Their album "...Is A Real Boy" is what this genre should be about. Elegant songwriting and more fun than you could ever imagine. Highlights include the gem making fun of music scenes known as "Admit It!!!" along with "Alive With The Glory of Love" and "Spider Song." My faith is rekindled with this album, and I couldn't be happier.Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy (re-release)Sigur Ros ( )Sigur Ros með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaustSlint SpiderlandSonic Youth Daydream NationStars Of The Lid And Their Refinement Of The DeclineStars of the Lid produced a soundtrack of elegance. 'And Their Refinement Of The Decline' is a breathtaking, beautiful journey through ambient landscapes all packed within a double disc album. The overall atmosphere is nothing short of incredible. Whether it is the soft, brood cello tones in "Tippy's Demise" or the haunting piano strokes in "Humectez La Mouture," the mood is captured in a flash of brilliance. 'And Their Refinement Of The Decline' is intriguing, lush, captivating, and most importantly, unforgettable.Steinski What Does It All Mean?Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes NumbSufjan Stevens IllinoisSunny Day Real Estate How It Feels To Be Something OnSunny Day Real Estate DiaryThe Antlers HospiceThe Blood Brothers Burn Piano Island, BurnThe Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is A Dead SceneThe Dodos VisiterThis year, The Dodos have caught on like a wildfire. Not often do I really say music has intangibles, but Vister is an exception to that rule. From "Walking" to "God," the ride twists and turns with eloquent vocals and a stripped down sound that is irresistible to deny. With the exception of "It's That Time Again," this album is incredible. The lyrics are beautiful and painful; going through a tumultuous love journey within a personal life experience. So many nooks and crannies to discover and explore with each listen between the little hints of electric guitar in "Fools" to the complete directional change in "Joe's Waltz," Vister is simply stunning. It's time to catch on.The Microphones The Glow Pt. 2 (Re-release)The Mountain Goats TallahasseeThe Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Notorious B.I.G. Ready To DieThrice The Illusion of SafetyToday is the Day WillpowerTom Waits Rain DogsTool LateralusTortoise Millions Now Living Will Never DieTV on the Radio Dear ScienceTV On The Radio followed up 'Return To Cookie Mountain' with an absolutely enticing, breathtaking, and brilliant album found in 'Dear Science.' Every weakness found in their previous works have been resolved. The output of 'Dear Science' is on another level and simply beyond comprehension. Tracks like "Halfway Home," "Family Tree," "DLZ," and "Golden Age" are only a few indie-rock masterpieces among the entire album. 'Dear Science' has the intangibles that is something to get excited about. Seriously, just get it already.United Nations United NationsThe hardcore/emo style of the early 90s went missing, so Geoff Rickly and company (possibly members of GlassJAw and Converge) decided to revive the sound they once cherished under the name United Nations. Containing the technicality and rawness that defined 90s emo, United Nations recaptures the sound with incredible vigor and liveliness. The album is riddled with on-and-off melodic/coarse vocals countered with dense power-chord riffs and the occasional finger tapping, most notably on No Sympathy For A Sinking Ship, Subliminal Testing, and Model UN. I would say that sound has been revivified. Various Artists (Indie) Dark Was The NightVenetian Snares Rossz Csillag Allat SzuletettWeezer The Blue AlbumWeezer PinkertonWu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)4 excellentA Silver Mount Zion This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather and SingAmerican Football American FootballAmerican Football American Football EPAndrew Bird Armchair ApocryphaAndrew Bird has found a comfort level in his music and I'm pretty comfortable with it too. In a cozy indie-pop release, "Armchair Apocrypha" has deep and intimate songs (Armchairs and Cataracts) and songs that are just plain fun to listen to (Plasticities and Imitosis). His violin work is beautiful and Martin Dosh's drumming is dead on. Andrew Bird shows his true self in "Armchair Apocrypha."Animal Collective Strawberry JamAphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92Aphex Twin Richard D. James AlbumArcade Fire Neon BibleArcade Fire FuneralArmchairpolitician Seven Segment DecoderAt the Drive-In Acrobatic TenementAt the Drive-In In / Casino / OutBandits of the Acoustic Revolution A Call To ArmsBattles B EPBeirut Gulag OrkestarBeirut Lon Gisland EPIn a medley of instruments, Beirut's 'Lon Gisland' creates a fantasy-type atmosphere. The EP follows "Gulag Orkestar" with a more exuberant and lively collection of songs. With beautiful melodies and trumpet-lines, it leaves your ears dancing. "Scenic World" is redone and it blows away the original with a much bolder sound. "Lon Gisland" ends with the fantastic 'Carousels' which is sure to leave you spinning in a cheerful mood. A truly fantastic record. Belle and Sebastian The Life PursuitBelle and Sebastian If You're Feeling SinisterBlacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than Godblink-182 Dude RanchBLK JKS Mystery EPBLK JKS have been lurking since 2000 in the depths of South Africa. Only now, with their major label released album, Mystery EP, have they been able to broadcast their enjoyably smooth, avant rock/afrobeat sound. "Lakeside" pulses listeners as the quartet create a giddy, hymnal trance of bliss. Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob DylanBob Dylan Blonde on BlondeBob Dylan No Direction Home SoundtrackBoris PinkBoris RainbowBotch An Anthology of Dead EndsBrand New Your Favourite WeaponBrand New Deja EntenduBrand New DaisyBrand New Fight Off Your Demons (Untitled Demos)Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's MorningBright Eyes Fevers & MirrorsBroken Social Scene Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene You Forgot It In PeopleBucket Full Of Teeth IVBucket Full Of Teeth I, II, IIIBurial UntrueCirca Survive JuturnaCity Of Caterpillar City Of CaterpillarClint Mansell & Kronos Quartet Requiem for a DreamCoheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3Converge Petitioning The Empty SkyConverge You Fail MeConverge No HeroesThe best way to describe this album: Misrepresented. There are certain genres that people should know they will not like, and Metalcore is one of them. With Converge's lastest release "No Heroes" people have gone based off of popularity on whether to pick it up or not. Simply because it was voted the top album by 15ish people does not mean they represent the entire world for what the top album of 2006 is. This album has plenty to offer and is a gem in the Converge collection with breaktaking riffs and menacing drumming. From the sludge-metal "Plagues" to the 58 second "Vengeance" Converge provides a relentless experience. It's a shame that it got in the wrong hands of the wrong people. We have been learning thoughout our lifetimes to adapt to certain things and Converge may be one of them.Cursive Burst and BloomCymbals Eat Guitars Why There Are MountainsWith Cymbals Eat Guitars debut release Why There Are Mountains lies raw passion and unnoticed brilliance. Every word and riff appears delicately planned as their unrefined indie rock, with a post rock edge, entices listeners repeatedly. Upon the first listen unravels their spontaneous, yet cohesive foundation. Every listen after is simply a bonus, whether it be dancing to the charming hit Some Trees or feeling that rush of euphoria sliver down your spine during Wind Phoenix. These guys know how to shred, and hardly show any form of inexperience. Gritty and soulful, Why There Are Mountains shouts a million-and-one reasons why Cymbals Eat Guitars should be playing right now; give it a spin and you too will know the reasons.Cynic Traced In AirDaitro Laisser Vivre Les SquelettesDalek Abandoned LanguageDan Deacon Spiderman of the RingsDan Deacon BromstDaughters Hell SongsDead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting VegetablesDeerhunter MicrocastleDeftones Around The FurDJ/rupture UprootDo Make Say Think Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is DeDo Make Say Think Other TruthsDon Caballero American DonDr. Dog FateDr. Octagon Dr. OctagonecologystEric's Trip Love TaraExplosions In The Sky How Strange, InnocenceExplosions In The Sky Those Who Tell the Truth...Fear Before Art DamageFear Before The Always Open MouthFeist The ReminderFeist Let It DieFinal Fantasy He Poos CloudsFinch Say Hello To SunshineFleet Foxes Fleet FoxesFlying Lotus Los AngelesFolly Insanity LaterFuck Buttons Street HorrrsingFuck Buttons Tarot SportFugazi 13 SongsFugazi RepeaterGhastly City Sleep Ghastly City SleepGirl Talk Night RipperGogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World StrikeGospel The Moon is A Dead WorldGreen Day DookieHarvey Milk Life... The Best Game in TownHarvey Milk Courtesy and Good Will Toward MenHead Wound City Head Wound City EPIn Pieces Lions Write HistoryIncubus Fungus AmongusIncubus S.C.I.E.N.C.E.Iron And Wine The Shepherd's DogIsis OceanicIsis Wavering RadiantIslands Arm's WayJaga Jazzist What We MustJurassic 5 Quality ControlJustice CrossKanye West Late RegistrationKanye West 808s And HeartbreakKayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper TongueKid Kilowatt Guitar Method 1996-1999Kidcrash JokesKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingKiss Kiss Reality Vs. The OptimistLifetime Jersey's Best DancersM.I.A. KalaMaps and Atlases Tree, Swallows, HousesMaps and Atlases You and Me and the MountainMare Mare EPMassive Attack MezzanineMastodon LeviathanMastodon Crack the Skyemaudlin of the Well Part the SecondMenomena Friend And FoeMeshuggah IMiles Davis Kind Of BlueMinus The Bear Highly Refined PiratesMinus The Bear Planet Of IceModern Life Is War WitnessMogwai Happy Songs For Happy peopleMogwai Young TeamMount Eerie No FlashlightMount Eerie Black Wooden Ceiling OpeningMoving Mountains PneumaMudvayne L.D. 50Murder by Death In Bocca Al LupoMurder by Death Like the Exorcist, but More BreakdancingNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!No Age NounsNo Age Weirdo RippersOff Minor The Heat Death of the UniverseOnelinedrawing The VolunteersOnelinedrawing VisitorOnelinedrawing Sketchy EP #1Orchid Chaos Is MeOrchid Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!Past Lives Strange SymmetryPavement Crooked Rain, Crooked RainPg. 99 Document #7Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixPig Destroyer Phantom LimbPixies Surfer RosaPixies DoolittlePoison The Well The Opposite Of DecemberPortishead ThirdPrimus Sailing the Seas of CheesePropagandhi Supporting CasteRadiohead The BendsRadiohead Hail To The ThiefRadiohead In RainbowsRage Against the Machine Evil EmpireRefused Refused Are F*cking DeadRites of Spring End on EndRx Bandits The ResignationShellac 1000 HurtsShining V - HalmstadShugo Tokumaru Night PieceShugo Tokumaru ExitSigur Ros TakkSigur Ros Ágætis ByrjunSoundtrack Garden StateSt. Vincent ActorSteve Miller Band Fly Like an EagleStreetlight Manifesto Somewhere in the BetweenSufjan Stevens Songs For ChristmasSufjan Stevens Seven SwansSufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan : The Great LakeSun Kil Moon AprilSystem of a Down System of a DownSystem of a Down ToxicityTera Melos Tera MelosThe Appleseed Cast SagarmathaThe Beatles RevolverThe Bled Pass The FlaskThe Decemberists Her MajestyThe Decemberists The Crane WifeThe Decemberists The Hazards Of LoveThe Fall Of Troy Ghostship DemosThe Flashbulb Kirlian SelectionsThe Locust Safety Second, Body LastThe Locust Plague SoundscapesThe Locust New ErectionsThe Mars Volta Frances the MuteThe Mars Volta TremulantThe Mars Volta The Bedlam In GoliathThe Microphones Mount EerieThe Mountain Goats The Sunset TreeThe Mountain Goats We Shall All Be HealedThe National BoxerThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Nuclear, Sad, NuclearThe Number Twelve Looks Like You MongrelThe Sound of Animals Fighting Tiger & The DukeThe Sound of Animals Fighting The Ocean and the SunThe Tallest Man on Earth Shallow GraveThe Weakerthans Left and LeavingThe Weakerthans Reconstruction SiteThe Weakerthans Reunion TourThe XX xxThese Arms Are Snakes Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go HomeThese Arms Are Snakes EasterThrice VheissuThrice The Artist In The AmbulanceThrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV...Thursday War All The TimeThursday Full CollapseThursday Common ExistenceTool UndertowTortoise TNTTrophy Scars Hospital MusicTrophy Scars Bad LuckTV on the Radio Return to Cookie MountainUnearth III: In the Eyes of FireVenetian Snares Doll Doll DollVerse AggressionVic Chesnutt North Star DeserterWolf Parade Apologies to the Queen MaryWu-Tang Clan 8 DiagramsYeasayer All Hour CymbalsZu Carboniferous3.5 greatA Silver Mount Zion Horses in the SkyA Silver Mount Zion 13 Blues for Thirteen MoonsAmpere All Our Tomorrows End TodayAndrew Bird Noble BeastAnimal Collective Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've VanishedAnimal Collective Sung TongsAphex Twin Come to Daddy (EP)Aphex Twin DrukqsAphex Twin Selected Ambient Works, Vol. IIAphex Twin Windowlicker [EP]At the Drive-In This Station is Non-OperationalAussitot Mort 6 SongsAutechre ConfieldBattles EP CBehold... The Arctopus Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning EPBeirut The Flying Club CupBlacklisted Peace On Earth, War On Stageblink-182 Enema Of The StateBlue Sky Black Death Late Night CinemaBon Iver Blood BankBoris SmileBoris Amplifier WorshipBotch American NervosoBrendan Canning Something For All of Us...Bright Eyes CassadagaBright Eyes Lifted or the Story is in the Soil...Cap'n Jazz AnalphabetapolothologyCat Power The GreatestCat Power You Are FreeCease Upon the Capitol UntitledCeremony Still Nothing Moves YouChamillionaire The Sound of RevengeCircle Takes The Square Circle Takes the SquarecLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEADCoheed and Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV...Coheed and Cambria Live at the Starland Ballroom (DVD+CD)Converge When Forever Comes Crashing (Remastered)Converge The Poacher DiariesConverge Axe To FallCursive Happy HollowCursive Mama, I'm SwollenDaft Punk HomeworkDeerhunter Weird Era Cont.Defiance, Ohio The Great DepressionDeftones AdrenalineDepartment of Eagles In Ear ParkDo Make Say Think & Yet & YetDon Caballero World Class Listening ProblemEd Gein It's A Shame That A Family Can Be Torn Apart By...El Guincho Alegranza!Eluvium CopiaEnvy Insomniac DozeExplosions In The Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss EveryoneThey say everything is bigger in Texas. Well if you are talking about the sound resonating from Texas natives, Explosions in the Sky, then you are right. Their new album entitled, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone, takes listeners from tranquility to glistening roars throughout with perfectly placed crescendos and decrescendos. They build off their previous release, The Rescue, that took an astonishing eight days to write and record. Like The Rescue, they incorporate a piano and an auxiliary of different instruments for added layers of effect. Be certain to check out the stunningly beautiful single, Welcome, Ghosts, to get an inside glimpse of the contents within. Far Water & SolutionsFear Before Fear BeforeFlight of the Conchords Flight Of The ConchordsFolly Resist ConvenienceFrom Autumn To Ashes Too Bad You're BeautifulFucked Up Hidden WorldFucked Up The Chemistry of Common Lifefun. Aim and IgniteGatsbys American Dream Gatsby's American DreamGatsbys American Dream Ribbons and SugarGenghis Tron Cloak of LoveGenghis Tron Dead Mountain MouthGhostface Killah The Big Doe RehabGhostface Killah FishscaleGhostface Killah IronmanGirl Talk Feed the AnimalsGirls AlbumGlassjaw El Mark EPGlassjaw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang EPGodspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.OGrizzly Bear Horn of PlentyHave Heart Songs to Scream at the SunHEALTH HEALTHHella Hold Your Horse IsHORSE The Band The Mechanical HandHORSE The Band R. BorlaxIncubus Morning ViewIsis In the Absence of TruthKanye West GraduationKanye West The College DropoutKiss Kiss The Meek Shall Inherit What's LeftKylesa Static TensionsLCD Soundsystem Sound Of SilverLeftover Crack Mediocre GenericaLil Wayne Tha Carter IIILoma Prieta Last CityLos Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster...maudlin of the Well BathMesa Verde The Old RoadMeshuggah obZenMethod Man TicalMicachu JewelleryMinus The Bear Menos El OsoMinus The Bear AcousticsMogwai Mr. BeastMogwai Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997)Mount Eerie Lost WisdomMurder by Death Red Of Tooth And ClawNew End Original ThrillerOceansize EffloresceOkkervil River The Stage NamesOld Man Gloom Meditations in BOpeth Blackwater ParkOpeth DeliverancePassion Pit MannersPavement Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and ReduxePavement Wowee ZoweePelican March into the Sea EPPg. 99 Document #5Pig Destroyer TerrifyerPink Mountain Pink MountainPoison The Well Tear From The RedPolvo In PrismPrimus Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People EPPsyOpus Ideas of ReferenceRage Against the Machine The Battle Of Los AngelesRed Hot Chili Peppers Stadium ArcadiumRed Hot Chili Peppers BloodSugarSexMagikRed Sparowes Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red...Refused Songs to Fan the Flames of DiscontentRegina Spektor 11:11Regina Spektor Soviet KitschRegina Spektor FarRock Plaza Central Are We Not HorsesRx Bandits ProgressSaetia A RetrospectiveShangrala This Is How We CommunicateSilversun Pickups SwoonSnowman The Horse, the Rat and the SwanSt. Vincent Marry MeStephen Malkmus Real Emotional TrashSubtle ExitingARMSufjan Stevens The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from thSunn O))) Monoliths and DimensionsTaking Back Sunday Tell All Your FriendsTalk Talk Laughing StockTera Melos Drugs to the Dear YouthTera Melos Complex Full of PhantomsTexas is the Reason Do You Know Who You Are?The Appleseed Cast Two ConversationsThe Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Bled Found In The FloodThe Blood Brothers CrimesThe Decemberists PicaresqueThe Decemberists Castaways and Cut-outsThe Dillinger Escape Plan Miss MachineThe album cover sort of describes "Miss Machine." The reason is that the songs are all there, but the order is horrendous for the most part. To switch from Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants to Baby's First Coffin to Unretrofied to The Perfect Design is beyond me. While their are great songs on this album, no song really would be considered their best that they have released by any means. If there were a "starter Dillinger CD," this would be ideal due to the accessibility factor. A decent release from the Dillinger Escape Plan.The Dillinger Escape Plan Under The Running BoardThe Dodos Time to DieThe Fall Of Troy DoppelgangerThe Fall Of Troy Phantom on the HorizonThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundThe Locust The LocustThe Mountain Goats Heretic PrideThe Mountain Goats The Life of the World to ComeThe Mountain Goats Satanic MessiahThe Mountain Goats Get LonelyThe Number Twelve Looks Like You An Inch Of Gold For An Inch Of TimeThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than AloneThe Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The BondsThe Postal Service Give UpThese Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower and DoveThis Town Needs Guns AnimalsThis Will Destroy You Young MountainThrice BeggarsThursday A City By the Light DividedThursday/Envy Thursday/EnvyTimes New Viking Rip It OffTokyo Police Club A Lesson in CrimeTortoise A Lazarus TaxonTransistor Transistor Ruined LivesVenetian Snares Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Pom PomsYoung Widows Old Wounds3 goodA Perfect Circle Thirteenth StepAnimal Collective People [EP]Baroness Blue RecordDear John Baizley, Among your repetitive artwork, your band's ripping of Mastodon, and your beard, can you or your band do anything original? Sincerely, Concerned ListenerBeastie Boys Licensed To IllBetween The Buried And Me AlaskaBoris Heavy RocksBright Eyes Four WindsCloud Archive Left The Bright Opening..Converge Unloved And Weeded OutDaughters Canada SongsDeath Cab For Cutie Narrow StairsDirty Projectors Rise AboveDream Theater Awakedredg El CieloExplosions In The Sky The RescueFinch What It is to BurnFlobots Fight With ToolsGhost In Stormy NightsGrizzly Bear Friend EPGrouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a HillHave A Nice Life DeathconsciousnessHead Automatica DecadenceHot Cross Risk RevivalIncubus A Crow Left Of The MurderIron And Wine Our Endless Numbered DaysIron And Wine Woman KingIsis The Red SeaIsis Celestialjj jj n° 2Kidcrash New RuinsKorn KornKorn Life Is PeachyLeftover Crack Fuсk World TradeLights Out Asia Eyes Like BrontideMajor Lazer Guns Dont Kill People... Lazers DoMan Man Six Demon BagMastodon Blood MountainMeshuggah Catch Thirty-ThreeMetaform Standing on the Shoulders of GiantsmewithoutYou It's all crazy! It's all false! It's allNeurosis Given to the RisingNine Inch Nails With TeethNine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IVOcrilim AnnwnOcrilim's Annwn is one giant guitar riff, seriously. There are tones to accompany the guitars, but otherwise it's a shredfest. So if you like tremolo picking, noodling, and scales for an hour and twenty-ish minutes, have a blast. Panda Bear Young PrayerPavement Brighten the CornersPelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...Pennywise Land Of The Free?Pixies Trompe Le MondePoison The Well You Come Before YouPoison The Well Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder EPRed Hot Chili Peppers CalifornicationSaosin SaosinSome Girls All My Friends Are Going DeathSon Lux At War With Walls And MazesSuis La Lune Quiet, Pull the Strings!Sunny Day Real Estate The Rising TideSystem of a Down MezmerizeTaking Back Sunday Louder NowTegan and Sara The ConThe Appleseed Cast Low Level Owl, Vol. 2The Baltic Sea Through Scenic Heights and Days RegretsThe Blood Brothers Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck EPThe Decemberists 5 SongsThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThe Fall Of Troy The Fall Of TroyThe Flaming Lips The Soft BulletinThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Put On Your Rosey Red GlassesThe Streets Original Pirate MaterialThe Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza The Tony Danza Tapdance ExtravaganzaThom Yorke The EraserThursday Five Stories FallingIf this were a one song CD it would get a 5/5. Jet Black New Year. All that needs to be said. Explaination? Here's why. The other 4 tracks are for the fanboys and fangirls out there. If you have not heard the other 4 songs that it may be interesting to hear how they sound live before you hear the actual recording, after all bands are heavily judged on their live performances. For instance, taking back sunday, they can produce a great sounding record, but they are terrible live. Thursday shows the fact that they are not a studio band. If you want to hear the best song Thursday has released, check out Jet Black New Year because no other song comes close.Tom Waits AliceTomahawk AnonymousTool OpiateTool 10,000 DaysTV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty BabesUnearth The Stings of ConscienceVampire Weekend Vampire WeekendWhy? Alopecia{{Sunset}} Bright Blue Dream2.5 averageAndrew Bird Weather SystemsAnimal Collective Water Curses EPAtlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See...Audioslave AudioslaveBotch Unifying Themes ReduxBurton Wagner 21Circa Survive On Letting GoCoheed and Cambria Good Apollo...No World For TomorrowThe fourth of five installments of Coheed and Cambria's enormous concept series has finally arrived with what seems more fitting for a book club than something included in a musical discussion. The reason is simple; Coheed and Cambria's once brilliant song writing, musically, has completely lost steam and regained a majority of the attention towards the storyline. "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume 2: No World For Tomorrow" features songs that are reminiscent of eighties progressive metal, more or less, and ripped solos reminiscent of something from Eddie Van Halen's playbook. They abandon the simplistic elegance they once had with songs, and overwork them into a wrought collection of songs. In addition, Coheed and Cambria try to recreate the progressive greatness that was 'The Willing Well I, II, III, IV,' four epic songs, with semi-epic songs in 'The End Chapter I, II, III, IV, V.' Beyond that, the inconsistencies are scattered between catchy and complex songs like 'No World For Tomorrow' and 'The End Chapter- III- The End Complete,' but is overshadowed by bland tracks that are flat-out bad like 'Feathers' and 'Mother Superior.' Hopefully, the final installment with this saga will reconnect with what once made Coheed and Cambria unique and not something recycled.Converge Caring And KillingDaft Punk Human After AllDalek Gutter TacticsDream Theater Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a MemoryEd Gein Judas Goats & DieseleatersEvery Time I Die Gutter PhenomenonFink Sort Of RevolutionFrom Autumn To Ashes Abandon Your FriendsGavin Castleton HomeHEALTH Get ColorHORSE The Band Pizza EPJaguar Love Take Me to the SeaJonah Matranga AndKayo Dot Blue Lambency DownwardKorn Follow The LeaderLamb of God As the Palaces BurnMaps and Atlases Bird BarnyardMGMT Oracular SpectacularMy Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought...Norma Jean O' God The AftermathOpeth Ghost ReveriesThe enigmatic thing about Opeth is no matter how complex their songs may sound, they all sound the same. Whether it is a metal portion or a random soft acoustic portions (first 5 songs contain such), they do not advance their structuring of songs. They drag the songs out and add some marvelous progressive break or acoustic melody that makes the song calm for a bit and then builds up. Nothing new. Another problem encountered is they simply don't know when to end their song. They apparently cannot write a metal jam that is under 7 minutes, anything under that time is simply known as a "break" basically. A true disappointment for myself after Blackwater Park and a disappointment for a band that is quickly losing it's flavor.Pennywise Reason to BelieveQueens Of The Stone Age Lullabies to ParalyzeRed Hot Chili Peppers Freaky StyleyRoxXn Digital Waves + TonightSome Girls Heaven's Pregnant TeensSoulfly PrimitiveSystem of a Down HypnotizeThe (International) Noise Conspiracy Survival SicknessThe Academy Is... Almost HereThe Bled Silent TreatmentThe Blood Brothers Young MachetesThe Fall Of Troy ManipulatorThe Fall of Troy provide a lackluster effort with their latest release "Manipulator." The unenthusiastic start to the album, (first six songs) are essentially the downfall. In contrast, the last six songs are filled with energy and creative songwriting. In fact, it may be some of their best work, but the production quality fails as a whole to showcase these talents. The last key problem is their sound is nothing new in comparison to their previous releases. While they do try to incorporate new sounds, it is all fairly similar. If you can manage to get through the first six songs, you may enjoy this release as a whole. Otherwise, it is a snoozefest that struggles to regain composure after it's painful start.The Flashbulb Soundtrack to a Vacant LifeThe Locust Flight of the Wounded LocustThe Mars Volta AmputechtureThe Sound of Animals Fighting Lover, The Lord Has Left Us. . .This was one of the more anticipated releases for me this year, and this CD fell flat on it's face. Not only did I expect more than their last release, but less interludes considering I heard that were going to be 14 songs. I popped this CD in my friends car who did not know what to expect, and I am thinking it is going to knock our socks off and all I get are techno beats and opera singing/talking for the most part. The interlude trash that is randomly thrown in this album ruins the effect. This was one of the biggest disappointments in my CD purchasing history. There are some good songs that I can enjoy, but for the most part this is a postal service type CD rather than a sequel to "Tiger and the Duke." Sure this is experimental and such but they went in a direction that I don't think many were expecting. Horses in the Sky, The Heretic, My Horse Must Lose, and Skullflower are all enjoyable. The Streets The Hardest Way To Make An Easy LivingTool Metamorphic: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool, VTool Third Eye Open: String TributeTortoise Beacons of AncestorshipUnearth The Oncoming StormWeezer The Red Album2 poor...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead So DividedAnti-Flag The Bright Lights of AmericaBetween The Buried And Me The Anatomy OfColdplay X&YCursive The Difference Between Houses & HomesDeftones DeftonesFrom A Second Story Window Not One Word Has Been OmittedFrom Autumn To Ashes The Fiction We LiveFrom Monument to Masses On Little Known FrequenciesHead Automatica PopagandaMy Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet RevengeMy Morning Jacket Evil UrgesNachtmystium Assassins: Black Meddle Pt.1Neutral Milk Hotel Everything Is - EPNonpoint StatementNorma Jean Bless The Martyr, And Kiss The ChildP.O.D. SatelliteP.O.D. Fundamental Elements Of SouthtownPennywise From The AshesProtest the Hero FortressThe Aquabats The Return of the AquabatsThe Fall Of Troy In The Unlikely EventThe Mars Volta Scab Dates [Live]1.5 very poorCatch 22 Dinosaur SoundsChiodos All's Well That Ends WellDrowning Pool SinnerInto Eternity The Incurable TragedyKorn Take A Look in the MirrorLess Than Jake In With The Out CrowdLess Than Jake AnthemMudvayne The End of All Things to ComeRage Against the Machine RenegadesSlipknot IowaSoulfly ProphecySystem of a Down Steal This Album!Taproot WelcomeThe Chariot Unsung1 awfulA Perfect Circle eMOTIVeAs Blood Runs Black AllegianceCatch 22 Permanent RevolutionKorn IssuesKorn UntouchablesLimp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish...See You Next Tuesday Sampler '05So the Story Goes As We March With VictimsStatic-X Shadow ZoneThe Aquabats Charge!Weezer Make Believe
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