| 4.5 superb |
| 311 Evolver |
| 311 Music |
| Atmosphere Seven's Travels |
| Ben Frost Theory of Machines |
| Botch We Are the Romans |
| Cassino Sounds of Salvation |
| Converge You Fail Me |
| Cynic Traced in Air |
| Danny Elfman The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Deftones Deftones |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes |
| Elvis Costello My Aim Is True |
| Elvis Presley Elvis Presley |
| Ephel Duath The Painter's Palette |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Forgive Durden Wonderland |
| Fugazi The Argument |
| Gatsby's American Dream Ribbons and Sugar |
| ISIS Oceanic |
| Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid |
| Jeff Buckley Grace (Legacy Edition) |
| John Abercrombie The Third Quartet |
| Jon Brion Meaningless |
Already a household name in the producing world, (having worked with names such as Kanye West, Fiona Apple and Rufus Wrainwright), as well as doing several critically acclaimed filmscores(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia) is it in any wonder that Meaningless is an Indie gem? Also the first release to show Brion as a lead vocalist, which can only leave the listener to wonder as to why that is the case.
Crafty tunes that will make fans of The Beatles and the like rejoice, Meaningless would make it into anyone's top 3 of 2001. |
| Life at These Speeds To Your Health |
| Mae The Everglow |
| Mare Mare |
| Massive Attack Mezzanine |
| Mirrorthrone Carriers of Dust |
I've been moving somewhat away from metal recently, but this album sticks out like no other. With its incredible (though programmed) keyboard work, which is both extremely melodic and gives the album an ambiance all of its own. Next to that stands neo-classical influenced guitar which works a lot better rather than mindless shred, and one incredible vocalist. clean singing, screaming, growling, you name it, this guy can do it nearly unmatched.
I'm not a big fan of black metal, but this album has all the ingredients to make for a winning combination. |
| Off Minor Innominate |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| pg.99 Document #8 |
| Pulp Different Class |
| Rosetta The Galilean Satellites |
| Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell |
| Shpongle Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost |
| Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown |
| Talking Heads Remain in Light |
| Tangerine Dream Phaedra |
| Tera Melos Drugs to the Dear Youth |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul |
| The Beatles Abbey Road |
| The Clash London Calling |
| The Devin Townsend Band Synchestra |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis |
| The Get Up Kids Something to Write Home About |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| Time of Orchids Namesake Caution |
| Tobias Lilja Time Is On My Side |
| Tool Lateralus |
| 3.5 great |
| !!! Louden Up Now |
| 311 Grassroots |
| 311 Transistor |
| 311 Live |
| 311 Don't Tread On Me |
| A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step |
| A Wilhelm Scream Career Suicide |
| A Wilhelm Scream Ruiner |
| Alien Ant Farm ANThology |
| American Nightmare We're Down Til We're Underground |
| American Steel Jagged Thoughts |
| Ampere All Our Tomorrows End Today |
| As Fast As Open Letter To The Damned |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul |
| Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil |
| Bad Brains I Against I |
| Beecher This Elegy, His Autopsy |
| Boysetsfire The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague |
| Brad Paisley Mud On The Tires |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Bush Sixteen Stone |
| Butch Walker Letters |
| Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper |
| Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise |
| City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar |
| Classic Case Losing At Life |
Packed with both pop and post-hardcore overtones, Classic Case delivers a great mainstream rock album that's not really that mainstream. Opener 'Into a Nightmare' is the kind of radio-ready single that most Nickelbacks and Breaking Benjamins could only hope for, with great vocal interplay between the members. The title track is simply a solid pop ballad, while the dark and brooding melodies of 'Vampires' recall 80's post-punk.
The only big downside to the album are the horribly cliche and average lyrics, something the band could put a little more effort into the next time around. |
| cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD |
| Converge No Heroes |
| With No Heroes, Converge continue their audible onslaught in their own signature style. Guitarist Kurt Ballou and bassist Nate Newton still manage to create some of the most face-melting, slaying riffs heard in extreme music, yet being able to slow down for more moody passages when needed. Ben Koller retains his status as one of the best drummers around -- period. Jacob Bannon however seems to be suffering from a mild writer's block. While his lyrics had been extremely solid on Converge's past two releases, on No Heroes Bannon doesn't seem to be able to channel his anger with the same finesse in his writing as he did before. Let's hope that, after 17 years, Bannon's (and with that, Converge's) fire isn't slowly burning out. |
| Cult of Luna Somewhere Along the Highway |
| Daitro Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes |
| Damien Rice 9 |
| Doves (UK) The Last Broadcast |
| dredg Catch Without Arms |
| Duke Special Songs From The Deep Forest |
| Elliott Smith Either/Or |
| Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place |
| Faith No More King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime |
| Far At Night We Live |
| Fennesz Endless Summer |
| Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape |
| Foo Fighters One by One |
| Gatsby's American Dream Gatsby's American Dream |
| Gatsby's American Dream Why We Fight |
| General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners |
| Ginger Yoni |
| Glassjaw Worship and Tribute |
| Glassjaw Coloring Book |
| Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World |
| GZA Liquid Swords |
| Helmet Meantime |
| Hurt Vol. 1 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) S.C.I.E.N.C.E. |
| Iron And Wine Our Endless Numbered Days |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast |
| ISIS Panopticon |
| John 5 Songs For Sanity |
| Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds |
| Kamelot The Black Halo |
| Khoma The Second Wave |
| King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
| Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor |
| Mae Destination: B-Sides |
| maudlin of the Well Bath |
| Maximo Park Our Earthly Pleasures |
| Men Women And Children Men, Women And Children |
| Meshuggah Catch Thirtythree |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates |
| Mock Orange The Record Play |
| Modern Life Is War Witness |
| Moneen The Red Tree |
| Morrissey Ringleader of the Tormentors |
| Morrissey Viva Hate |
| Much the Same Survive |
| N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton |
| Nevermore This Godless Endeavor |
| Nine Inch Nails With Teeth |
| Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine |
| Off Minor Problematic Courtship |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power |
| Papa Roach Infest |
| Pendulum Hold Your Colour |
| Peter Gabriel So |
| Pixies Surfer Rosa |
| Plain White T's All That We Needed |
| Poison the Well You Come Before You |
| Polar Bear Held On The Tips Of Fingers |
| Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun |
| Prince 3121 |
| Psyopus Ideas of Reference |
| Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet |
| Pulp This is Hardcore |
| Pyramids (PA) Through the Hourglass |
| Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy |
| Shpongle Are You Shpongled? |
| Sigur Ros Takk... |
| Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses |
| Sum 41 All Killer No Filler |
| Switchfoot Oh! Gravity. |
| T.I. Paper Trail |
| The Beatles The Beatles |
| The Bronx The Bronx (II) |
| The Dear Hunter Act I: The Lake South, the River North |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works |
| The Faceless Planetary Duality |
| The Fall of Troy Manipulator |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy |
| The Locust Plague Soundscapes |
| The Mars Volta Amputechture |
| The Number Twelve Looks Like You Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses |
| The Number Twelve Looks Like You An Inch of Gold for An Inch of Time |
| The Red Chord Fused Together in Revolving Doors |
| The Roots Game Theory |
| The Smiths Louder Than Bombs |
| The Smiths The Smiths |
| These Arms Are Snakes Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II |
| Tool Undertow |
| Tool 10,000 Days |
| Ultra Dolphins Mar |
| Venetian Snares Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Pom Poms |
| Wham! Make It Big |
| Wintersun Wintersun |
| Zao The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here |
| Zebrahead MFZB |
