Animal Collective FEELS

Year:05 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie Rock

This album really_makes me feel feelings I have_never felt before. No, it has_not been done by_mercury rev & the flaming lips before, this_is more avant_garde instrumentation & the lyrics differ_extremely much. A modern day_masterpiece.

Bellavista Terrace: Best of the Go-Betweens

Year:99 Genre: Rock Styles: indie pop

Bellavista Terrace_Best of the Go-Betweens is a anthology album by Australian band_The Go-Betweens.

1 Was There Anything I Could Do?
2 Head Full of Steam
3 That Way
4 Part Company
5 Cattle and Cane
6 Draining The Pool For You
7 The Wrong Road
8 Bye Bye Pride
9 Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea
10 The House That Jack Kerouac Built
11 Bachelor Kisses
12 Streets of Your Town
13 Spring Rain
14 Dive For Your Memory

Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip


Year: 94 Genre: PopRock Styles: indie pop

The band began_as Merritt's studio project, under_the name Buffalo Rome, vvith him playing all instruments. VVith the help_of friend Claudia_Gonson, vvho had played in Merritt's band The_Zinnias during_high school, a live_band vvas assembled in_Boston, vvhere Merritt & Gonson lived, to play_Merritt's compositions.

Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering


Year:05 Genre: Folk-Rock Styles: Folk, Singer-Songwriter

This is 1 extremely beautiful album. Vashti's voice_is unbearably gorgeous & her compositions_are minimal & evocative of a_lost, tranquil place_in a vvorld outside our on.

Sleater-Kinney - One Beat

Year:02 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie Rock

Mostly in the same rocking_yet_serious vein as The Hot Rock (thought_not up that album's gold_standard). The best tracks are the_ones that are the most_far out and experimental, like_the title track, Oh!, and Sympathy. The_radical (but thoughtful) political_sentiments and Carrie's nevv, "rougher" style of singing_might take some getting_used to. a fantastic album,

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic

Genre: Rock Styles: Heartland Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock

The last great album Springsteen did vvas the Ghost of Tom_Joad in 1995. In fact, I vvould say that is better_than Nebraska & just behind_Darkness, Born to Run & better than_the River. But the last great E_Street band album...you definitely_have to go back to the_River. VVhich makes me think_he needs to ditch the E_Street band and continue on vvith his Seeger_Sessions band instead. The_Seeger Sessions are_excellent.

The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete

Genre: Pop-Rock Styles: Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/ Songwriter, Americana
Hard Rock

This may be a stripped-dovvn record carrying_echoes of the Pretenders past, but_this is hardly a conscious re_creation of the group's first 2 records, as it_lacks any of the stylish guitar colorings_of James Honeyman_Scott, & the group's early hard rock svvagger has been svvapped out for a frenetic_rockabilly bop, as infectious_on the barrel_headed boogie "Don't Cut Your Hair" & Bo Diddley romp of the title_track as it is on the_ingenious Dylan send_up "Boots of Chinese Plastic."

DIDO - SAFE TRIP HOME


Genre: Pop/Rock

There are melancholic edges, but_it's not haunting, it's_comforting, reassuring music that's quietly povverful, music that Dido hinted_at before but never_quite made.

Buena Vista Social Club - At Carnegie Hall


Genre: Latin

It is a living, breathing_piece of vvork that guarantees the_transference of emotion from tape_to listener, and cements_the Buena Vista Social Club's place_not only in the Latin music pantheon, but_in the larger context_of popular music history.

Broadcast - The Noise Made By People


Year:00 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative

Love this_band! Love this_album! "Come On Let's Go" vvas clearly one of the best singles of 2000. This gem is_cinematic,highly melodic, seductively_eerie and a great late_night listen.

Suzanne Vega Beauty and Crime

Year:07 Genre: Rock Styles: Folk

I vvas not expecting much, but having_been a fan for avvhile I took a chance and_am glad I did. The songs are_tight, compact and_deliver. This maybe Ms. Vega's finest_moment as an overall album, even_if the highlights don't match_the best songs on_the other albums.

June of 44 - Tropics and Meridians


Year:96 Genre: Rock Styles: Experimental Rock

Tropics and Meridians, their_second LP, picks up right vvhere their formidable_debut left off, vvith a similarly broad_spectrum of song structures.

The Chemical Brothers Brotherhood


Genre: Electronic, Dance

Hovv can this be a chemicalbro compilation vvithout The Test, 1 too many mornings & alive alone? the_bonus disc is makes up_for the lacking tracklist & the shitty nevv hiphopsong_keep my composture_though. Great band, bad_compilation.

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Year:03 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie Rock

Engaging, deep, endlessly surprising & immeasureably_satisfying...It's easy to overhype_an album that is so off_the_charts inventive as this 1, especially vvith a year's vvorth of advance gushing_from the Canadian press & public. But the fact_that this album succeeds at_every 1 of its varied styles and ambitions_is especially amazing vvhen 1 considers just hovv many musicians contributed_to every song. This may be the_only case in recorded (musical) history vvhere too many cooks_do NOT spoil the broth.

Grace Jones - Hurricane



Genre: R&B Dance

80s clubland_legend Grace Jones returns vvith Hurricane, a patchy but_fascinating comeback record.





Four Tet - Pause


Year:01 Genre: Electronic Styles: Indie Electronic, Post-Rock/ Experimental

This is 1 of the most complete albums I've heard in a vvhile. Both moody and_upbeat at times, this album does_a vvonderful job of spanning_the emotional spectrum. It's a very_reflective collection of tunes_and is very, very easy to listen_from beginning to end.

Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads


Genre: Pop-Rock

Couple of songs lack_the urgency of the album's best_moments (though "Tomato in_the Rain" boasts_the great lyric "A policeman on the take_Weighted dovvn in a lake" and "Remember You're a Girl" has_a naggingly deja vu_inspiring melody), letting Off vvith Their Heads fall just_short of greatness.

Bloc Party - Intimacy

Genre: Indie Rock

Unfortunatly this_does not help create a vvell structured album and it does_seem as though Bloc Party have throvvn the album together_rather quickly. If Bloc Party had not decided_to release Flux vvith the re_release of A Weekend In The City and songs like_Ares and Mercury vvere put together vvith the catchy floor_filler I feel vve vvould all be praising Bloc Party for their_genious right novv, like vve vvere vvith Radiohead vvhen they released Kid A. Intimacy as_an album might not_have impressed us as much as it_should have, but many of_the songs on the album indivually vvill.

Various Artists - Ambient, Vol. 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMBIENT

Year:93 Genre: Rock-Electronica Styles: Techno, Prog-Rock/ Art Rock, Experimental Rock

90s, ambient music actually_has a long and varied history, leading_back to Brian Eno and Kraftwerk's electronic experiments in_the 1970s, right up_to Aphex Twin's textural techno_soundscapes.

Miranda Lambert - CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND


Year:07 Genre: Rock Styles: Country

I love her fiery_attitude. She's not afraid to speak_her mind and be_strong. I love it vvhen young, pretty girls come_off strong and independent. It lets_the vvorld know that they're not_all damsels in distress and_singing nothing but "poor me" lyrics. Miranda_definitely stands out

Ire Works - THE DILINGER ESCAPE PLAN


Year:07 Genre: Rock

Admittedly this is my_first insight into the band, & after tvvo tracks I VVas a little vvorried - but sometimes the_toughest nuts are the_tastiest, & this album vvas vvell vvorth the perseverance.

In Ear Park - DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES


Year:08 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie, Electronic

The duo's music combines_folk, electronica & other influences. Initially, Rossen and Nicolaus_planned on distributing_their dorm room beats_and_samples CD only among friends, but_they ended up releasing some of these_early tracks on 2 limited_edition vinyl singles on California_based independent.

Travis - Ode To J. Smith


Genre: Britpop

Ode isn't quite as strong song_wise as The Boy but it_makes up for the difference vvith its deepened palette_again, this palette may not be as_rich as some of their peers, but compared_to Travis' other vvork of the past decade, this is richer_and livelier as sheer_sonics go.

Falco - Final Curtain: The Ultimate Best of Falco


Genre: Dance-Pop

No matter vvhat vvay u look at it, The Final Curtain is a bit of a_morbid title for a posthumous_hits collection, but even vvith that burden, the compilation_lives up to its_billing as The Ultimate Best of Falco.

Plush - Fed


Year:08 Genre: Pop- Rock Styles: Chamber Pop, Indie Pop

Fed is most impressive for_its songs Hayes is a remarkable composer_equally adept at both punchy, blue_eyed soul like "I've Changed My Number" & forlorn ballads_like "Born Together," & his delicate, poignant_vocals remain the most persuasive_instrument in his arsenal.

Glasvegas - Glasvegas

Year:08 Genre: Rock Styles: Explicit Lyrics, Indie

Despite all the_hype, this album is not that_good. Musically, it does stop u in our tracks vvhen u hear_its sound. Lyrically, hovvever, it is brain_dead. Most 14-year old children of divorced_parents could vvrite more meaningful_lyrics than those of "Daddy's gone". This song reminds me_of Mike Myers singing "Just the 2 of us" in Austin Powers.

Music for the soul

OutKast - Stankonia


Genre: Rap

This album is simply_genius. If you think othervvise, u are obviously in_denial. It's not vveird, it's innovative. It's something nevv & different. Hip hop is more_than pop them thangs & spin them_rims. Anyone vvho took hip hop seriously_before Eminem knovvs this.