In no particular order...

by TMP

 
Handsome Boy Modeling School, "White People" - Yeah, it's a bit of an egotrip, but it's hip-hop at it's most fun and irrelevant. Plus, anything with Del is good.

My Chemical Romance, "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" - Once you get past the fact that you can't possibly stand "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" anymore, the rest of the album is actually very good, and the focus on revenge killing puts a new and interesting spin on emo mourning. This band is considerably better live, but the album holds up much better then most other bands that are similar (most noticably Thrice and The Used). Besides - How can you not like a band with a lyric of - "I took a train out of New Orleans/And they shot me full of Ephedrine/This is how we like to do it in the murder scene"

Senses Fail, "Let It Enfold You" - This band isn't as good as it was (Jon Burch left for Further Seems Forever), but it's still good. Try to skip "Buried A Lie" - it's probably the most methodical, math-rocky song they've ever released.

Coheed and Cambria, "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3" - Because I mention this band to everyone ever. It's Prog, and it's fucking fantastic and you should go buy. Immediately. And while you're at it, Buy "The Second Stage Turbine Blade" - listen to "Everything Evil". Be freed.

Bright Eyes, "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" - I'm not one of those people that things Conor Oberst is the second coming of Bowie. The Village Voice can say crap like that. I just happen to think this album is very good.

A Perfect Circle, "eMOTIVE" - I wonder why nobody talks about this band much anymore. This album is absolutely fantastic - and while it's a completely different direction from Mer De Noms, it's just as equal. Go get. (Bonus: All that really good crunchy music from "Constantine" - it's APC.)

Aesop Rock, "Bazooka Tooth" - This EP has a coat of dust on it, but it's simply because everyone missed this gem of an album. In fact, if you ever see a hip-hop album with Definitive Jux as the label, just fucking buy it. Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Aceyalone, RJD2, Mr. Lip...any of them are worth the cash in your pocket.

Armor For Sleep, "Things to Do When Your Dead" - Loud, crunchy guitars and solid melodies. What were you looking for, panflute?

The Bravery, "The Bravery" - They're overhyped, but the reason that indie media is giving them a BJ is because it's very good stuff.

LCD Soundsystem, "LCD Soundsystem" - Every once in a while, for about five minutes, some band that's fucking irrelevant as hell, but really worth listening to comes out - This is that band. (As a note: The band they most remind me of in terms of weirdness is The Avalanches. That is also something you could get.)




Posted on Mar 9, 2005, 12:47 AM

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