 | Attack and Release by The Black Keys
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.50 Modern blues album. Not many blues bands are as progressive with their sound; Black Keys are effectively changing blues music, making it relevant for all generations.
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 | Intimacy by Bloc Party
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.48 Makes me want to party.
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 | Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $7.10 Normally I would get bored with songs that just go on and on but the instrumentals are hypnotizing.
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 | The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.99 I don't even know what to say about this album...it's perfect in every way.
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 | Keep Your Eyes Ahead by The Helio Sequence
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.04 Kind of bland, but I like that about it.
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 | Only by the Night by Kings of Leon
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.73 This album reminds me of Bruce Springsteen a lot. Quite different from earlier KOL, but makes for an easy listen. I will never get sick of it.
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 | Rabbit Habits by Man Man
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.95 Butter beans, I'm going to get you.
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 | Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.71 Noisy and unique.
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 | Re: Generations by Nat King Cole
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $1.41 This album is so creative. Love it, especially TVOTR "Nature Boy".
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 | Consolers Of The Lonely
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.24 Maybe I'm biased because I saw this tour; Jack White never ceases to amaze me.
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 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.98 The perfect example of a band progressing, maturing, and perfecting their sound. Their most cohesive album to date; I can't imagine anyone not liking this.
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.90 Start to finish good.
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 | Limbo, Panto by Wild Beasts
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.55 Hilarious! Love this, it immediately puts me in a good mood.
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 | Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.40 Ok, not typical MMJ. I have to admit I HATED it at first -- Jim James sounded too much like George Harrison with his nasally/game show host schtick. Anyway, it has definitely grown on me and I now think the album may possibly have been a little before its time.
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 | Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $8.49 "White Winter Hymnal" is a really great song.
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 | Directions To See A Ghost by The Black Angels
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.97 "Science Killer" is by far my favorite track here. Not quite as good as the Passover album, but the songs individually still have that 'Vietnam' feel to them.
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 | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by David Byrne
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.98 Very different from Talking Heads and anything I expected. Even so, there is something oddly enjoyable about this album.
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 | 19 by Adele
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.10 Unique and lovely.
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 | Jukebox - Deluxe Edition by Cat Power
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.87 Takes me back to the 60s, as if I were ever there in the first place. Cat Power has one of the coolest female voices around.
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 | Loyalty to Loyalty by Cold War Kids
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.97 While it's true the singer's voice grates on me after so long, individually some of these songs are truly great.
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 | Heart On by Eagles of Death Metal
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.31 Rock
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