This has to be, by far, my favorite album of the year. It is a masterpiece and surpasses anything seen by this band before but remains true to what was expected from them.

A rather recent release, but an amazing one nonetheless. If there is one thing Armor for Sleep does it's write catchy tunes, but the lyrical content of their work is above the bar set by their contemporaries.

Nick Thomas and crew know how to make a good rock album. It amazes me that I have yet to hear a single naysayer when it comes to The Spill Canvas. Perhaps the general listeners know that there's nothing to critize?

The follow-up to thier other masterpiece, this album goes above and beyond what a good indie-pop album should be. Listening to "Far More" says more than I ever could.

Do I think it's the best Mae album to date? No. I think The Everlgow is, and probably will stand as their Something To Write Home About. Still, Singularity is a solid release and just as charming as Destination: Beautiful, even if it did fall a bit short of my expectations.

This was an earlier release this year, and I was not expecting to be impressed. And then I heard it and was blown away. Ranks as one of my favorite albums of all time.

I realize that this album was not well received. I was an exception to that. I've been a huge fan of The Ataris since Blue Skies, but this album came to me at the perfect time in my life and it seems almost every song was written from a perspective I understood fully. And the music was perfect match to the mood the whole way through, even if it does seem a bit distorted in some tracks.

This double album encompasses everything wonderful about the genre. I'm just not sure what genre it is. Pop-punk? Emo? Rock? Does it really matter? Say Anything is brilliant, in a disturbing self-absorbed, sexual way.