 | Victims by Akissforjersey
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.15 Metalcore style with great singing voice.
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 | Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest by As Cities Burn
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.87 Post-hardcore screamo classic!
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 | Relationship of Command by At the Drive In
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.50 Classic 90's post-harcore band with inexhaustable talent and energy.
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 | Rubber Factory by The Black Keys
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.98 This was my first choice for them but I like their others as well. If you haven't heard them they are a true rock/blues effort reminiscent of Hendrix.
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 | The Great Depression by Blindside
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $1.85 I liked their proir release but this one showed more diversity.
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 | Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $11.08 Beautiful mood music, Very soundtrack-esque. Electronic jazz blend at it's best.
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 | The Clarence Greenwood Recordings by Citizen Cope
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.22 Reminiscent of G.Love and Ben Harper but I like him better than those guys currently. bluesy spoken rap singer.
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 | A Collision by David Crowder Band
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.96 Possibly the best worship band in history. They combine electronic, rock, bluegrass, alternative, folk, 80's and gospel styles.
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 | Leaders of the Free World by Elbow
Buy used from: $11.44 English alt/rock. Peter Gabriel meets Pink Floyd.
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 | Dance or Die by Family Force 5
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.29 They pretty much invented crunk-core. Skills.
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 | Liquid Skin by Gomez
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $0.99 English indie rock band. Awesome jammy quality and great vocalist.
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 | Sound of Melodies by Leeland
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.49 Excellent worship/rock album. Grammy nominated.
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 | De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.97 Members of at the drive in. PROG ROCK grammy winners.
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 | A to B: Life by Mewithoutyou
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.05 Post-hardcore, indie, experimental, alternative, spoken word. Very atmospheric and spiritually intense.
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 | Death Magnetic by Metallica
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.95 This is my guilty pleasure. I've hated Metallica since the And Justice For all release. Then they got with producer Rick Ruben and embraced their old sound. Love it.
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 | MUTEMATH by MUTEMATH
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $7.20 grammy nominated rock band from New Orleans. Wiki describes them as electro-alternative-rock to psychedelic-gospel to experimental-pop. I've seen them live before this tour and the drummer is freaking amazing. He sounds like programmable drums but it's all him baby.
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 | The Anti Mother by Norma Jean
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.93 Heavy duty post-metal core. this album pays homage to Helmet.
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 | Once: Music from the Motion Picture by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.00 Soundtrack to the 2007 film about street musicians. Beautiful and endearing film which won an academy award for the song "Falling Slowly".
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 | Wings to Fly by Plankeye
Buy used from: $1.52 Compilation of a great 90's Christian alt/indie rock band.
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 | ...As Iron Sharpens Iron by The Procussions
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $7.00 My ONLY nod to rap of any kind during this list. This was an amazing alternative hip-hop album reminiscent of the 90's greats. You know who they are. Represent.
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 | Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.49 Secret guest appearance by Billy Gibbons. Shhhhh.
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 | Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $6.56 One of Jack Whites other bands.
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 | United by Fate by Rival Schools
Buy used from: $0.01 Post hardcore from Walter of legendary outfit Quicksand. Please put out another one dude.
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 | Wincing the Night Away by The Shins
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.90 Alternative indie pop-rock.
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 | Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.49 I tried not to list two albums by any one artist but I just had to with these guys.
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 | No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical by Showbread
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.50 Spazzy goth screamo rock. Inventors of raw-rock kills.
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 | Alien Youth by Skillet
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.90 Effective Christian version of Nine Inch Nails.
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 | Dread Champions of the Last Days by Sleeping Giant
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $7.97 HARDCORE worship? Yes.
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 | 1956 by Soul-Junk
Buy used from: $0.78 Wait, I did like another hip hop artist. If you could call it that. He definitly raps. wiki calls it experimental genre-hopping rock/hip hop.
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 | Wiretap Scars by Sparta
Buy used from: $22.38 The other dudes from At the Drive-0n. A bit more low key than Mars Volta.
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 | Kindest Days by Aaron Sprinkle
Buy used from: $0.79 Seattle area singer song writer and record producer. Reminiscent of Elliott Smith.
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| Staple
Buy used from: $1.99 Post hardcore/ metal core. Passionate vocals and excellent guitarwork.
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 | Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.49 Indie/alt with many various instruments.
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 | The Rising Tide by Sunny Day Real Estate
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.22 The last of SDRE recordings. Classified as emo rock. Powerful vocals and beautifully crafted songs.
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 | Learning to Breathe by Switchfoot
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $0.89 Sucessful Christian rock band which crossed over to mainstream.
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| The Art of Crushin' by Trump Dawgs
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $1.95 Funk rock with experimental elements. Reminiscent of King's X
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 | Elephant by The White Stripes
Buy used from: $2.75 You know who dey are.
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 | Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes
Buy used from: $2.21 More rock loveliness.
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 | Wolfmother by Wolfmother
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.30 They manage to sound like every 70's hard-rock band all in one. Sweet!!!!
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 | Kaleidoscope Superior by Earthsuit
Buy used from: $2.50 Prior band of Mute MATH. Similar experimental rock.
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