![]() | Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.68 I was taken aback after hearing this album for the first time. Its very powerful in both music and lyrics. (Antichrist Television Blues) and No Cars Go are my favorite tracks off of this one yet the entire album outshines any individual track.
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![]() | The Ringing Bell by Derek Webb
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $3.69 There is something to be said about simple love songs in the key of George Harrison - and music that's "Christian" but doesn't feel the need to be preachy or shove it in your face which is what has always turned me off about Christian music. "I Wanna Marry You All Over Again" is a brilliant song that hooked me almost immediately.
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![]() | Boxer by The National
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.65 This album kind of smacks me upside the head and leaves me sitting there like a deer in the headlights - and I'm not sure why. When telling people about it - I say "It's damn good - but I can't put my finger on what it is - it's mesmerizing". My favorite tracks include Slow Show and Fake Empire
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![]() | Easy Tiger by Ryan Adams
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.23 Ryan Adams has been one of my favorite artists for a few years now. And his latest has really reconfirmed that - and washed the bad taste of 29 out of my memory. "Everyone Knows" and "Two" are instant classics.
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![]() | Never Hear the End of It by Sloan
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.98 After pulling a couple of sub-par albums - Sloan goes all out with a 30-track masterpiece. They go full tilt in their harmonizing, simple & catchy style for all 30-tracks. My favorites include "I Understand" and "Who Taught You to Live Like That?"
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![]() | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.94 Spoon is on a roll! I remember thinking after buying "Girls Can Tell" that this is a neat band - but every album afterward has proven me wrong - they aren't just neat - they are damn good! "The Underdog" is my favorite song off of this album - but everything on there is good.
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![]() | The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter by Josh Ritter
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.77 I just bought this album - but I can already tell that this one is going to get A LOT of plays. It's got a great classic rock feel to it. My favorite tracks off of this one are "Right Moves" and "Rumors"
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![]() | Reunion Tour by The Weakerthans
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.77 Over the past year I've realized that Reconstruction Site has become a stand-by album - that I'll turn to whenever I need to listen to something good - and don't know what. So, Reunion Tour has some big shoes to fill - but already it seems to be adjusting comfortably and learning to press all thos buttons - with my favorites "Civil Twilight" and "Relative Surplus Value"
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![]() | Challengers by The New Pornographers
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.27 Love the New Pornographers and this album keeps all the love flowing. I found this album to be a bit less powerful as a whole - but trying to follow up Twin Cinema is a tough task. My favorite tracks off of Challengers are "All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth" and "My Rights Versus Yours"
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![]() | Wincing the Night Away by The Shins
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.50 Talk about a band with the golden touch! I remember back in 2001 going to every record store in the area trying to find their lo-fi debut - and now just 2 albums removed they are everywhere! My favorite tracks include "Australia" and "Turn On Me"
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![]() | Because of the Times by Kings of Leon
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $5.88 I wish I could say I was one of those cool kids who has always dug Kings of Leon - but it took this album to turn me on to them - and particularly the song "Fans" which has become one of my favorite songs of all time.
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![]() | The Reminder by Feist
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.00 It's almost getting to the point of over exposure with tracks in iPod commercials and the one in the 'chocolate' commercial - but in this rare instance this albums deserves it! My favorite tracks include "Feel It All" and "My Man My Moon"
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![]() | In Rainbows by Radiohead
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.10 After not paying any attention to Radiohead since OK Computer - I heard about how they were going to sell In Rainbows - and gave their latest a try - and WOW! Radiohead is back in my good graces after this outstanding effort - including favorite tracks "Bodysnatchers" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
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![]() | Leaves in the River by Sea Wolf
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.30 Wow! This is an outstanding album - I've listened to it several times in a row just taking it all in. There are several sure hits on here "Winter Windows", "Middle Distance Runner" and "You're a Wolf"
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![]() | Once: Music from the Motion Picture by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.99 I think this will go down as the movie that pretty much defines the feel of indie music (at least for this decade or so). The soundtrack is pretty much the movie if you haven't seen it. Academy Award winner "Falling Slowly" along with "If You Want Me" and other amazing tracks.
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