| Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album | 4.5 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Philadelphonic | 3.5 |
| Gorillaz Demon Days | 3.5 |
| Matisyahu Youth | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 4.0 |
| The Postal Service Give Up | 4.0 |
| The Weepies Happiness | 3.5 |
| Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind | 4.0 |
| Jet Get Born | 3.5 |
| We Are Scientists With Love and Squalor | 3.5 |
| The Who Who's Next | 4.5 |
| The Who Endless Wire | 3.5 |
| Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 4.0 |
| Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb | 4.0 |
| Josh Ritter Hello Starling | 4.5 |
| Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness | 4.0 |
| Flobots Fight with Tools | 3.5 |
| Matthew Good Hospital Music | 3.0 |
| The Bravery The Bravery | 3.5 |
| Donavon Frankenreiter Donavon Frankenreiter | 4.0 |
| Dispatch Silent Steeples | 4.0 |
| Dispatch Bang Bang | 4.5 |
| OK Go Oh No | 4.0 |
| The Shins Oh, Inverted World | 4.0 |
| The Shins Wincing the Night Away | 4.0 |
| Streetlight Manifesto Keasbey Nights | 3.5 |
| Streetlight Manifesto Somewhere in the Between | 4.5 |
| Reel Big Fish Turn the Radio Off | 4.5 |
| Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers | 1.5 |
| Something Corporate North | 4.0 |
| Something Corporate Leaving Through The Window | 4.0 |
| Motion City Soundtrack Even If It Kills Me | 4.0 |
| While not quite a classic album, Even If It Kills Me is certainly a standout in today's endless ocean of utter crap. Motion City Soundtrack takes a slightly poppier turn with this new album, but it stays true to its style of frenzied punk influenced rock. (I don't straight out call it punk, because I call the Ramones, old Green Day, and Blink-182 punk. This does not sound like them.) Even If It Kills Me is an album filled with fast-paced songs with catchy tunes and thoughtful lyrics. Motion City Soundtrack was already a band deserving of more recognition, and this album really makes you wonder why the hell Fall Out Boy is popular and these much more talented guys aren't. |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park Meteora | 3.0 |
| Barcelona Absolutes | 4.5 |
| This is an amazing album. I scored a free copy after one of their shows, and have been listening to it ever since. It is melodic and forceful, and holds a certain appeal for me that I haven't heard for a while. Something about it sounding like the many-way love child of Death Cab for Cutie, The Fray, and a few other assorted bands. If you enjoy indie rock, then I can say with confidence that you will not be disappointed by this album. |
| Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | 3.5 |
| Josh Ritter The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter | 4.5 |
| The Weepies Say I Am You | 3.5 |
| Jack Johnson On and On | 3.0 |
| Snow Patrol Eyes Open | 3.5 |
| The All-American Rejects Move Along | 2.0 |
| The Fray How to Save a Life | 3.0 |
| Simple Plan No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls | 2.5 |
| Simple Plan Still Not Getting Any... | 2.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium | 3.5 |
| Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad | 1.5 |
| +44 When Your Heart Stops Beating | 3.5 |
| blink-182 Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head | 3.5 |
| Coldplay Parachutes | 5.0 |
| Coldplay X&Y | 3.0 |
| Motion City Soundtrack I Am the Movie | 4.0 |
| Motion City Soundtrack Commit This to Memory | 4.5 |
| Josh Ritter The Animal Years | 4.5 |
| Sherwood A Different Light | 4.5 |
| Yellowcard Ocean Avenue | 4.5 |
| Yellowcard Lights and Sounds | 2.0 |
| Yellowcard Paper Walls | 3.5 |
| Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales | 4.5 |
| Jack Johnson In Between Dreams | 5.0 |
| Radiohead OK Computer | 5.0 |
| Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West | 4.5 |
| Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News | 4.5 |
| blink-182 Enema Of The State | 4.0 |
| Death Cab for Cutie Plans | 4.0 |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism | 5.0 |
| Jack's Mannequin Everything in Transit | 4.5 |
