| 2009 |
| Florence and the Machine Lungs | 4.5 |
| Moby Wait for Me | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta Octahedron | 3.5 |
| A couple of pretty cool songs/moments throughout the album, but it feels as if something is missing unlike their previous efforts. The big change in sound, mood, and writing can either lead you to be turned off or be inspired. Depends. |
| Dinosaur Jr. Farm | 4.0 |
| Street Sweeper Social Club Street Sweeper Social Club | 3.5 |
| Sonic Youth The Eternal | 3.0 |
| dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion | 4.5 |
| Placebo Battle for the Sun | 4.0 |
| Taking Back Sunday New Again | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King | 4.0 |
| Emery ...In Shallow Seas We Sail | 4.0 |
| 311 Uplifter | 4.5 |
| Summer fun in all degrees. The heavy and fast, pretty and melodic, and the feel-good lyrics. With songs like "India Ink", "Daisy Cutter" and "Something Out Of Nothing" it's hard to ignore the obvious kick the band has at knowing how to inject energy into any tune. For a quintet to survive many years together and still produce original, positive music is something to be noted. |
| Jeff Buckley Grace Around the World | 4.5 |
Some might say this is like trying to squeeze the smallest amount of toothpaste out of its flattened tube, and they might not be wrong. But when you're watching Jeff hypnotize everyone in a darkened room with sweat beads rolling down his face, its hard to care.
A very satisfying purchase if you're interested in his tragic and beautiful legacy. |
| Franz Ferdinand Blood | 3.5 |
| Pretty solid dubs. It's cool how the tracks are lyrics in the original songs. It's entertaining. Strangely more tripped and relaxing than I'd have thunk |
| Grizzly Bear Veckatimest | 4.5 |
| Buckethead A Real Diamond In The Rough | 4.0 |
| Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing | 5.0 |
| Yonlu A Society In Which No Tear is Shed... | 3.0 |
| Silversun Pickups Swoon | 4.0 |
| Blue October Approaching Normal | 3.5 |
| Mono Hymn to the Immortal Wind | 4.0 |
| The Decemberists The Hazards of Love | 4.0 |
| Therapy? Crooked Timber | 4.0 |
| Propagandhi Supporting Caste | 5.0 |
| The Antlers Hospice | 4.0 |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | 4.0 |
| Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | 4.0 |
| Andrew Bird Noble Beast | 4.0 |
| John Frusciante The Empyrean | 5.0 |
| Bon Iver Blood Bank | 3.5 |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion | 3.5 |
