1. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas (Dangerbird)
2. Mastodon – Blood Mountain (Warner Bros.) Continue reading
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Best Albums Of 2006
Posted in Lists with tags Aereogramme, In Flames, Isis, Mastodon, Mogwai, Muse, Silversun Pickups, Sonic Youth, Unearth, Yakuza on 12/30/2009 by Kurt OrzeckBest Albums Of 2005
Posted in Lists with tags Black Mountain, Bloc Party, Fiona Apple, M83, My Morning Jacket, Red Sparowes, System of a Down, the Mars Volta, the Number Twelve Looks Like You on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
1. System of a Down – Hypnotize (American/Columbia)
2. System of a Down – Mezmerize – (American/Columbia)
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Best Albums Of 2003
Posted in Lists with tags Calexico, Electric Six, Killing Joke, Mastodon, OutKast, Pleasure Forever, the Mars Volta, the White Stripes, the Who, These Arms Are Snakes on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
1. The Mars Volta, De-Loused in the Comatorium(Universal): A perfect hour’s worth of death-defying, acrobatic saga rock by the most ambitious rookie squad in years.
2. Electric Six – Fire (Beggars XL): Novelty and frivolity reach frighteningly infectious heights on this guilty treasure. Blondie would be jealous. Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2000
Posted in Lists with tags At the Drive-In, Blonde Redhead, Bright Eyes, Broadcast, Chicks on Speed, Enon, Grandaddy, Le Tigre, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stone Age, Quickspace, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sweep the Leg Johnny, the Black Heart Procession, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Fucking Champs, the Murder City Devils, Unida, Yo La Tengo on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
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1. Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R (Interscope): Heavyweights in their own right, QOTSA are the closest thing we have to Nirvana right now.
2. PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (Island): If she goes on for as long and as strong as Tina Turner has, I’ll die a happy man. Continue reading
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