 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.23 After a 10 year hiatus Portishead returns with a spectacular album boasting influences that include New Order, 60's era Pink Floyd, & Radiohead.
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 | Secret Machines by Secret Machines
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.67 Secret Machines release their best full-length yet! A mix of prog, indie and space rock that recalls Pink Floyd's The Wall.
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 | Microcastle by Deerhunter
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.34 The volume of incredible work that Bradley Cox releases is unparalleled. The only thing that keeps this from being a modern masterpiece are the ambient & instrumental interludes.
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 | The Slip by Nine Inch Nails
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $8.75 NIN returns with a surprise album that showcases Trent Reznor's best work since 1994's The Downward Spiral. The second half of the album features some incredible ambient tracks.
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.21 These guys capture the fun energy of The Police. The most "fun" album on my list.
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 | Alight of Night by Crystal Stilts
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.28 Crystal Stilts aren't afraid to wear their influences on their sleeve: Joy Divison, Jesus & Mary Chain, & Velvet Underground.
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 | Life Like by Rosebuds
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.35 The Rosebuds are my favorite band that nobody ever seems to have heard of. You must check them out for some well-crafted indie pop.
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 | Antidotes by Foals
Buy used from: $15.75 Foals rock! I don't how to describe their sound except that they are somewhat similar to Bloc Party or Klaxons, but ten times better.
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 | 4:13 Dream by The Cure
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.66 The Cure's best album since Bloodflowers and second best since Disintegration. Check out the tracks Underneath the Stars and Dream to hear some of Robert's best work of the modern Cure era.
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 | Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.48 If you like Band of Horses, Neil Young and My Morning Jacket then these guys should be on your radar.
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 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.98 Another great one from TVOTR! Moving steadily up my list. These guys are so talented!
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 | Go Away White by Bauhaus
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.94 Wow! Who could have imagined that after 25 years Bauhaus could return with new material and sound completely relevant? If you like old Bauhaus you will no doubt love this one too.
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 | Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.90 Modern surf rock at its finest!
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 | Ghosts I - IV by Nine Inch Nails
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.89 I love ambient music and Trent delivers plenty of good, scary tracks sprawled across this four-disc set.
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 | The Golden Foretaste of Heaven by Alec Empire
Buy new: $51.99 / Used from: $4.99 A modern, New Wave dance album with modern production values. Alec Empire is one of the most talented musicians working today.
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