Magic Circle - Journey Blind: Not as good as debut, but would be hard to do anyway.

Foo Fighters - Saint Cecilia: I guess it will hold me over until a new LP.

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams: Oh how far down they have come.

Burn - Last Great Sea: Too short.

Wavves - V: An improvement over an already-great Afraid of Heights.

Pentimento - I, No Longer: Barely noticeable from their early days.

Joanna Newsom - Divers: One of the most compelling voices in music.

Mountain Man - Rumination: Progressing towards a bigger sound.

Modern Baseball - The Perfect Cast: A little teaser to more.

Libertines - Anthems for Doomed Youth: No longer lightning in a bottle.

Front Bottoms - Back on Top: More of exactly the things to love about them.

Foundation - Turncoat: Sad to see them go.

Craig Finn - Faith in the Future: Odd production choices become a distraction.

Dylan, Bob - Bootleg, Vol 12: 18 discs of fly-on-the-wall greatness is worth listening to.

Dungen - Allas Sak: Ta Det Lungt was such a triumph I will have to pretend this album does not exist.

The Decemberists - florasongs: Need more.

Blitzen Trapper - All Across This Land: Such consistency begins to lose its impact.

Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death: A step forward towards mixed outcomes.

Adele - 25: A few great singles, but not as consistent as 19 or 21.

Neil Young - The Monsanto Years: Love (most of) the message, but the delivery is better-than-mediocre.

Worriers - Imaginary Life: Chorus-less and fantastic.

Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven: Great pop-punk.

Wire - Wire: Settling into the complacency. Or finding themselves in textures.

Wilco - Star Wars: Might be my favorite of theirs.

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues: I struggle with blues after Robert Johnson.

Weatherbox - Flies In All Directions: Not enough to bring me back for more.

Wavves X Cloud Nothings - No Life For Me: Sonic Youth an obvious inspiration for a compelling-enough collaboration.

Various - Ramallah/Sinners And Saints: More from each, please.

Various - Ciao My Shining Star: Come for the stars, stay for the songs. Frank Turner steals the show.

Various - Curse Of The Seven Jackals: E6 diehards only.

Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy: Album of the year.

Coheed And Cambria - The Color Before The Sun: Concept or not, when the songs are there the songs are there. The songs are there.

Tame Impala - Currents: Too much dance rock for me.

Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird Is Home: Can we get yearly, or monthly, releases?

Slayer - Reign in Blood: Not as good as I was hoping for.

Royal Trux - Accelerator: Meh, but the hype will have me revisit.

Jeff Rosenstock - We Cool: Much more cohesive and listenable.

Jeff Rosenstock - I Look Like Shit: Do you like Reggie? Meet Jeff.

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks: Classical I can get behind.

Ike Reilly - Born On Fire: Sounds like he is having so much fun.

Refused - Freedom: Still do not get the adoration.

H2O - Use Your Voice: Still killing it after all these years.

Coheed and Cambria - Color Before the Sun: Concept or not, I like it.

Ratatat - Magnifique: Consistently challenging my perceptions of electronic music.

Punchline - Action: Adequate pop-punk.

Public Image Limited - The the World Needs Now: is for more people to listen to Public Image Limited.

Prince - Purple Rain: Off the bucket list, but not likely to revisit often.

Pianos Become the Teeth - Keep You: Softer than anticipated, based on their live show.

Charlie Parker - The Greatest Recording in Modern Jazz: The history of jazz is filled with hyperbole and this is not exception.

Owel - Owel: I get a strong Sigur Ros vibe.

Old Canes - Feral Harmonic: Slight disappointment from debut.

Old Canes - Early Morning Hymns: Simple, compelling acoustic album.

Obituary - The End Complete: Should not have listened right after the greatness of Neurosis. Will revisit later.

Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood: Masters of their craft of metal.

My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall: It is all starting to sound the same.

Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material: Delves into the cheesy a few too many times.

Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind: Not exactly Dylan going electric, but certainly a changing of the guard.

Muffs - Muffs: Pretty good, if not cliche, punk album.

Mountain Man - Two: Great continuation from their debut.

Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ: Great return to (almost) form.

Microwave - Stovall: Biggest surprise from this year's Wrecking Ball. CD lives up to the live show.

Masters of Reality - Sunrise on the Sufferbus: Unnecessary hard rock that offers nothing new.

La Dispute - Somewhere at the Bottom...: The anxiety in the vocals make it worth listening to.

Ka - Day swith Dr. Len Yo: Might be my favorite hip-hop from this year.

Jump, Little Children - Between Dim & Dark: More dull than dim.

Jazz June - After the Earthquake: More indie rock than anything else they have done.

Jazz June - Scars to Prove It: Nice little bounce back.

Jazz June - Better Off WIthout Air: Embracing the jazzier side of things.

Jazz June - The Medicine: Evolutionary, but not always in a good way.

Jazz June - Boom, Motion, Music: Their most Texas Is The Reason-esque album.

Jazz June - Breakdance Suburbia: Punkier Talking Heads.

The I.L.Y.s - I've Always Been Good at True Love: Death Grips it is not, but good enough it is.

Hop Along - Painted Shut: Inevitable comparisons to Rilo Kiley are not fair but welcome.

Home Blitz - Foremost & Fair: Lo-fi garage rock that is not yet compelling enough.

Ghostface Killah - 12 Reason to Die II: Album after album, Ghostface proves his one of the all-time greats.

Gangstagrass - Rappalachia/Broken Hearts: Great concept, hard to execute, mixed results.

Dr. Dre - Compton: Expectations can play tricks on objectivity.

Mac Demarco - Another One/Some Other Ones: Not as good as Salad Days, but would be hard to follow-up anyway.

Defeater - Abandoned: More of what you expect from them.

Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man: Someone has been listening to a lot of Joy Division. And I like it.

Fucked Up - Year of the Hare: Music is better when they are around.

Ben Folds - So There: Lyrically, this is still @benfolds. Musically, this is Mr. Benjamin S. Folds.

Death - N.E.W.: Not quite the cash grab I was anticipating, but a far cry from their unearthed tracks.

The Dear Hunter - Act IV Rebirth in Reprise: Coheed, Say Anything, and Pink Floyd come together in a fascinating way.

Davenport Cabinet - Risks in Magic: Always solid classic rock-inspired songs.

Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times: Such a weird collection of songs.

California X - Nights in the Dark: Perfect album for the soundtrack of a day spent in an airport.

Between the Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic: Continuing to push themselves forward without losing a step.

Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance: A bit too dance-heavy for me.

Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister: So much better than their last few which were already good.

Anvil - Metal on Metal: Made great after watching the documentary.

Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color: An excellent step forward from their debut.

Generators - Generators: Atlanta hip-hop duo poised to do bigger and better things.

Desaparecidos - Payola: Excellent follow-up, tremendous live show. Hope they stick around.

Cave-In - White Silence: Much better album than Perfect Pitch Black.

Cave-In - Perfect Pitch Black: Not my favorite release.

Against Me! - 23 Live Sex Acts: Overproduced, but listenable.

454 Big Block - Save Me From Myself: Much improved.

454 Big Block - Your Jesus: The mid-90s hardcore scene was an interesting place.

Neil Young - Storytone: The busier versions are surprisingly light and more compelling.

Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain: Good, but not essential, folk/rock from the '60s.

You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing: Yes, please do.

Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes: Hope get got that out of his system.

Wesley Wolfe - Numbskull: Solid singer/songwriter that I look forward to more of.

Wild Man Fischer - An Evening with: Merry go, merry go round.

White Lung - Deep Fantasy: Nothing revolutionary or essential.

Jack White - Lazaretto: More so than Blunderbuss, Lazaretto feels like a continuation of the White Stripes.

Weezer - Pinkerton: Not the biggest fan, but if there were an album to return to, this is it.

Weezer - Weezer (Green): I want more pop or more punk, but cannot get behind the middle ground it settles into.

Ween - The Mollusk: Still cannot get into it.

Ween - Chocolate and Cheese: No, sir, I do not like it.

Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien: If not for the pedigree, likely would not give it a second thought.

Wavves - King of the Beach: Should be a repeat for days to come.

Watsky - All You Can Do: Not the best showcase for new fans, but hard to deny the talent.

War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream: Feels like an essential album from a time long ago.

Violent Sons - Nothing as it Seems: Sean Murphy has one of those voices I will follow forever.

Velvet Underground - VU: Essential demos and odds-and-ends.

Velvet Underground - Loaded: Hits is what was asked for and what was delivered.

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground: Quieter, introspective, still excellent.

Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat: How is this not as big as it needs to be?

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico: Five stars indeed.

Various - Whiplash: So good.

Various - Broadsheet Music- Year in Review: New (to me) Broken Social Scene is enough.

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There Yet: Indie folk that blends into the crowd.

TVOTR - Seeds: More intensity, almost as catchy, but lacks a Wolf Like Me.

TS and the Past Haunts - Cool Butt in French: I love Travis, but his post-Piebald stuff has been lacking.

Title Fight - Hyperview: Clear progression for the band, and I am thankful to be along for the ride.

Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places: Was hoping for more give their live show.

Test of Time - A Place Beyond: Great, borderline formulaic, hardcore.

Kate Tempest - Everybody Down: Easy comparison the Original Pirate Material, but it drags towards the end.

T. Rex - Electric Warrior: You know the song, just not who it is. And then you wish you had known all along.

Swans - To Be King: Continues to push my musical tastes in directions I did not foresee.

Sun Kil Moon - Benji: Dense yet sparse. This is him at his best.

Suicide - Suicide: Punk in spirit if not aesthetics.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell: A return to form that oozes sadness.

Spires That in the Sunset Rise - Curse the Traced Bird: Always searching for great post-rock leads to comparisons of GY!BE.

St. Vincent - St. Vincent: Atop many end-of-year lists for a damn good reason.

Spoon - They Want My Soul: Spoon is the band I never remember I missed.

Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy: Refreshing, innovative hip-hop that needs more recognition.

Sonic's Rendezvous Band - City Slang/Sweet Nothing: This band needs more attention.

Sonic Avenues - Mistakes: No mistakes here, fun pop/rock album.

Smashing Pumpkins - Monument to an Elegy: Short (for them), restrainted (for them), but effective rock album.

Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania: The moment i realized the parallels in career between them and Saves the Day.

Smashing Pumpkins - Adore: Not nearly as bad as anticipated. In fact, quite a good album.

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish: Why have I slept on this album so long?

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love: Cannot wait to listen to this again.

Shellac - Dude Incredible: Extremely engaging post-punk/math rock akin to modern Mission of Burma.

Run The Jewels - 2: Easily the best hip-hop album of last year. Unbelievable they could top their debut, but they did.

She & Him - Classics: More of what you have come to expect.

Ty Segall - Manipulator: I want to like this, but struggling to get through each song.

Seam - The Problem With Me: What an absolutely great album.

Antonio Sanchez - Birdman Soundtrack: Pretty good on its own, but wish the sequence were drastically different.

Josh Rouse - Nashville: Pleasant enough, but would be disservice to only listen to once.

Rough Francis - Maximum Soul Power: Evokes none of those adjectives.

Rotting Out - This Is Just A Life: Black Flag meets Over My Dead Body.

Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love: Brash, loud, angry, fun. Yes.

Rotting Out - The Wrong Way: Less Bane worship, more awesome.

Rotting Out - Street Prowl: Something captivating about Walter's delivery.

The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin: Disappointing.

Roll The Tanks - Broke 'til Midnight: Great contemporaries of modern Against Me!.

Davis Rogan - The Real Davis: I will miss you, Treme.

Rodan - Fifteen Quiet Years: Worth having, but Rusty deserves to be in the rotation.

Rodan - Rusty: Very obvious Slint successor.

Right Away, Great Captain: Bitter End/Eventually Home/Church Of The Good Thief: Andy Hull starting to grow on me.

Buddy Rich - Mercy, Mercy - Drumming more prominent, but still needs to be louder.

Buddy Rich - The New One!: Wish the drumming was more prominent and louder in the mix.

Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy: Always have a special place for O.

Restorations - LP3: This should have been on more "Best Of" lists last year.

Resist - We Want Our World Back: No Ten Yard Fight, but as close as we might get.

Ratking - So It Goes: Good modern hip-hop.

Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves: A great continuation of Operation Ivy with a bit more Clash.

Rachel's - Selenography: Their best work.

Pure Hell - Noise Addiction: Certainly not as good as Death, but maybe just as important.

The Progress - Merit: Miss Piebald? Listen to this.

Prawn - Kingfisher: Triumphant addition to the emo revival.

Pixies - Pixies: For completists only.

Pixies - Trompe le Monde: All good things come to and end.

Pixies - Bossanova: Slightly-less-than a masterpiece.

Pixies - Doolittle: Masterpiece.

Pixies - Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim: Mostly good indie rock.

Pink Floyd - The Endless River: Feels like a cash grab.

Tom Petty - Hypnotic Eye: Lost some of the charm from the past few albums.

Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal: Start to buy into the hype.

Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea: Like a hip-hop mixtape, this collection a testing ground.

Owen - I Do Perceive: Singer-songwriter is a tough sell for me.

Ought - More Than Any Other Day: Owes much to the Talking Heads.

Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy: Alternative hip-hop that is worth listening to but not obsessing over.

Only Crime - To The Nines/Virulence/Pursuance: Hard to tell where one ends and begins from melodic hardcore supergroup.

One Small Step for Landmines - Whale EP: Closest thing to early Saves the Day.

Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom: More solid weirdness.

O'Brother - Garden Window: Post-rock? Alternative metal? Not sure, but I want to know more.

New Found Glory - Resurrection: Not going to change anyone's opinion about them.

New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River: Loved the documentary, but the songs just do not do it for me.

Mother Earth - Make a Joyful Noise: Lost gem of the '60s.

Mogwai - Rave Tapes: One of their more restrained albums, and better off for it. Repelish is their most Slint-esque song in some time.

Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All: Big step up from Sports.

Modern Baseball - Sports: Stylistically similar to The Front Bottoms.

A Minor Forest - Independence: More instrumental, but in a challenging way.

A Minor Forest - Flemish Altruism: Musically between Tweez and Spiderland.

Mastodon - Once More 'round the Sun: Transitional album from who they were to who they want to be in the pop landscape.

Makthaverskan - I/II: I may not listen to the album in full, but I will always love when a song of theirs comes on.

Make Do and Mend - Don't Be Long: Less on the Foo Fighters, more on the Hot Water Music.

Make Do and Mend - Everything You Ever Loved: A great mix of Foo Fighters and Hot Water Music.

Liars - Mess: Trying to be Radiohead is a tough road, but they seem to be handling it well.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time: Country music classic from a godfather of rock.

Jenny Lewis - The Voyager: If not for her history, not sure I would care.

Sondre Lerche - Please: One of the most captivating voices in music.

Large Professor - The LP: Do not let release date affect your opinion, this is a great early '90s album.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly: Does not come across as cohesive, but needs more listens.

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80: Feels like the mixtape it is.

King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader: Easily my favorite MC.

Kaleidoscope - Incredible!: Might by hyperbolic, but Good Enough not as catchy.

Kain - Blue Guerilla: All I could think of was Pinot Noir.

KMD - Black Bastards: Great to hear MF Doom at the beginning.

Juliana Theory - Love: Later Saves The Day owes much to this.

Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again: Now we are getting somewhere.

Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired: Tough to tell when self titled ended and this began.

Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor: I guess I was expecting more considering the press attention.

Bessie Jones - Get In Union: Sometimes all you need is the passion.

Jazz June - They Love Those Who Make the Music: Cap'n Jazz meets Texas is the Reason and I swoon.

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast: No more will I ridicule the band.

Interpol - El Pintor: Big shoes from Bright Lights still not filled, but this is best attempt.

Insect Trust - Insect Trust: Some albums are lost classics, but not this one.

Lia Ices - Ices: Completely forgettable.

Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love: Not nearly as compelling as earlier works.

Hot Rod Circuit - If It's Cool With You: Far better than I gave them credit for when this came out.

Mary Hopkin - Postcard: Pretty great singer from 60s.

Hey Mercedes - Loses Control: Straight up pop. Wonder why they did not get bigger.

Have Heart - What Counts/Things We Carry: Still do not get the fuss. Good, but not great.

Hallelujah the Hills - Have You Ever Done Something Evil: Closest Forgot It In People ripoff I have heard. Awesome.

Gun Club - Fire of Love: Glorious post-punk.

Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder: At the head of the class for a reason with no relinquishment in sight.

Go! Team - The Scene Between: This is where I depart from caring about their future releases.

Give - Electric Flower Circus: Like it, but the vocals are mixed a bit too prominently.

Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons: He just keeps killing it with every release.

Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt: I miss the '59 sound.

Future Islands - Singles: Not as bad I was expecting, but only a few tracks I really got into.

Fugazi - First Demo: I was not ready for this earlier in my life. I am now.

Fucked Up - Glass Boys: Slow version is leaps and bounds better than an already-awesome album. Like BOTT half-speed.

Front Bottoms - Talon of the Hawk: Is this not the Hold Steady?

Front Bottoms - Front Bottoms: Closest band, from presentation perspective, would be Hold Steady.

Front Bottoms - I Hate My Friends: Earnest like early Saves the Day, Brand New, and Dashboard Confessional.

Front Bottoms - My Grandma vs Pneumonia: Transitional album from earnest minimalism to full time band.

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways: Great concept, looking forward to watching the documentary, but mediocre results.

Field Report - Marigolden: Great little indie band.

Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear: Outdoing an excellent debut is hard to do, but mission accomplished.

Father - Young Hot Ebony: Hip-hop continues to innovate at a pace I did not anticipate.

Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here: Certainly hit-or-miss, but looking forward to digging deeper.

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - You Will Eventually Be Forgotten: Traditional emo done very well.

DRI - Dealing With It: Was expecting more from a genre-defining album.

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia: Such a captivating singer in everything she does.

Dream Theater - Metropolis, Part 2; Scenes From a Memory: Not normally one for prog rock, this floored me.

Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: Throwaway tracks as intended.

Mac Demarco - Salad Days: I fought it for a while, but I get it now. Where can I get more?

Kevin Devine - Bulldozer: Such a letdown coming off Bubblegum.

Kevin Devine - Bubblegum: Bigger is better for the songwriter.

Devil Makes Three - I'm a Stranger Here: Mixing country, bluegrass, and folky-punk does not work on disc, but could be great live.

Decemberists - What a Terrible/Beautiful World: Always enjoyable, but not as great as King is Dead.

Death Grips - Jenny Death: Huge payoff when listening right after Fashion Week and Niggas on the Moon.

Death Grips - Niggas on the Moon: Their "acoustic" album as things get quieter and less chaotic.

Death Grips - Fashion Week: My least favorite release from them, but if someone puts words on top I could be swayed.

Davenport Cabinet - Damned Renegades: My favorite current classic rock album. Needs to tour with Blitzen Trapper.

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lose: Stopgap from where they came from to where they want to go.

The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us: Pyschobilly is perfect characterization.

Crain - Heater: Less Spiderland, more traditional.

Crain - Speed: Undeniable Spiderland influence in the best way possible.

Consolation Prize - Consolation Prize: Not exactly hardcore, but not exactly hard rock.

Codeine - Frigid Stars/Barely Real: Slowcore not always my thing, but deserves another listen.

Code Orange - I Am King: Huge step forward for the band.

Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere: Pretty good, but far from great.

Clipping - Clppng: Death Grips lite is not a bad comparison, but it tries too hard at times and goes too long.

Circulatory System - Mosaics Within Mosaics: Sometimes hit-or-miss, but this one is a huge hit.

Circa Survive - On Letting Go: Glorious amalgamation of Mars Volta, Coheed, and Silversun Pickups.

Chrysalis - Definition: More hit than miss, but too much miss.

Childish Gambino - Kauai/STN MTN: A good EP worth of material spread out over an hour.

Cheap Girls - Famous Graves: Solid as ever.

Cerebellum - Cerebellum: Louisville in the '90s was a special place.

Michael Cera - True That: Uhh.

Julian Casablancas - Tyranny: Been a while since I found a great headphones album. Now to find my headphones.

The Bronx - The Bronx (IV): Diminishing returns have arrived.

Bob Dylan - Basement Tapes Complete: Absolutely essential.

The Bronx - The Bronx (III): A harder Foo Fighters.

The Bronx - The Bronx (II): Losing some of the edge of their debut is slightly less compelling, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Braid - No Coast: Mostly great.

Braid - Closer to Closed: Without revisiting Frame and Canvas, this is their best to date.

Braid - Movie Music, Vols. 1 and 2: Pretty safe to skip. Cover of My Life is great.

Braid - The Age of Octeen: Starting to come together a bit more.

Braid - Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five: So young, so innocent.

Born Against - Discography: Worth listening to, worth returning to for the message.

Blacklisted - When People Grow, People Go: Please keep going and growing. Slowly.

Bjork - Vulnicura: More subdued, but hard to complain about it.

Bjork - Homogenic: And I am back in love.

Bjork - Post: Not quite as compelling, but that cover of It's Oh So Quiet is fantastic.

Bjork - Debut: How exciting this must have been to listen to when it was released.

Bitch Magnet - Umber/Star Booty: Not as polished as Ben Hur, but worth listening to.

Bitch Magnet - Ben Hur: The most Spiderland-esque album not by Slint I have ever heard.

Andrew Bird - Things are Really Great Here, Sort Of: Sort of a very good choice of words.

Between Earth and Sky - Of Roots and Wings: Trial by another name.

BadBadNotGood and Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul: More apt title would have been "The Shape of Hip-Hop to Come"

Bad Books - II: Bigger, just as engaging.

Bad Books - Bad Books: The closest to early Rilo Kiley I have found yet.

Brian Auger et al - Streetnoise: Avant garde for today, never mind for 1969.

Area Code 615 - Area Code 615: Interesting instrumentals.

Antemasque - Antemasque: Glad it was not under Mars Volta moniker. Hard rock built for the stage.

Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit: Does not hold up, or I am too old to enjoy it.

Adele - 21: Most important woman in music? Not sure, but she gets my vote.

AC/DC - Powerage: There's a subtlety and nuance I was not expecting.

XTRMST - XTRMST: Interesting only because of who is involved.

Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation: Pretty great indeed.

Wake Owl - The Private World Of Paradise: Nothing worth listening to again.

Various - Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack: A little too slick on the production.

Various - Treme, Music from the Series, Seasons 1 and 2: I really, really miss this show.

Various - Standing in the Shadows of Motown: Greatly looking forward to the film.

Uncle Tupelo - No Depression: Love the more upbeat songs. Some more than Wilco.

Usurp Synapse - Disinformation Fix: Unrelenting screamo for when you are in the mood.

Trash Talk - No Peace: Fantastic production, especially for what is essentially a hardcore album, but needs more listens

U.S. Bombs - Generation Kennedy No More: What the doc on Duane Peters. Worth it.

TS And The Past Haunts - Heart Attack: More Piebald, please.

Trash Talk - No Peace: Fantastic production, especially for what is essentially a hardcore album, but needs more listens

Pete Townshend - Empty Glass: Not The Who, but still pretty good.

Touche Amore - Is Survived By: GREAT first half. Love the desperation in the vocals.

Tool - Lateralus: I should have listened to this a long, long time ago.

Tool - Salival: Nice to have, but not essential.

Tool - Aenima: Firmly in the progressive rock genre. Top 5 for me.

Tool - 72826/Opiate: You can hear the beginnings of what would become.

Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield: Run of the mill.

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden: I get the comparisons to Slint's style, but it is more than that.

Silver Mt. Zion - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything: I love the direction they have taken themselves in recent years.

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden: I get the comparisons to Slint's style, but it is more than that.

Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is: I really enjoyed this. Certainly more on first listen than most of their releases.

Sundowner - Neon Fiction: I keep coming back for more.

Jonathan Stewart - Droning: Not really my thing.

Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes: Always seems to disappoint me.

Sheer Terror - Just Can't Hate Enough: This is great.

Solution Unknown - Discography: Great on its own. Even better in context.

Slint - Spiderland Remaster Bonus: Fascinating look. Wish there were more.

Shark? - True Waste: Great live band. Good enough studio output.

Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground: Musically between Coheed and Silversun. Easy to see the reason for attachment.

Sam Black Church - Let In Life: I weep for early '90s hardcore.

Safe and Sound - The Tides: Pretty good hardcore.

Lou Reed - Animal Serenade: I wish I could have seen him play.

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask: Every note, every syllable hangs with anticipation.

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby: Where has this been all my life?

The Ramones - The Ramones/Rocket To Russia: Biopic gives me new appreciation for the band, beginning with these albums.

Chuck Ragan - 'til Midnight: Drawing from the best of his influences to make a great solo album.

Pusha T - My Name Is My Name: Well, now I know who was keeping Clipse afloat.

Of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar: Their best since Hissing Fauna.

Matt Pryor and James Dewees - EP: These guys need to work together more.

Matt Pryor - Wrist Slitter: My favorite of his solo albums.

Matt Pryor - Still, There's A Light: Great collection of B-Sides.

Polar Bear Club - Death Chorus: Less idiosyncratic, more awesome.

Orchid - Totality: Love it.

Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!: Screamo at its finest.

One Small Step For Landmines - If You Could Get Over Me: Great acoustic songs.

One Small Step For Landmines - S/T: Less early-Saves The Day than their split with Davenport Cabinet.

Okkervil River - Silvery Gymnasium: This may be my favorite of theirs.

Connor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain: Feels very personal.

OFF! - Wasted Years: More of the same. Which is fine with me.

Nothing - Guilty of Everything: I need to be in the right headspace for shoegaze. I was not there for this.

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks: I just cannot seem to care enough about what they do.

New Amsterdams - Outroduction: Some day, Matt Pryor will get his due in larger circles.

Mr. Little Jeans - Pocketknife: Not for me.

Mott The Hoople - Al The Young Dudes: Classic title track lives up to the hype.

Paul McCartney - New: Legends get more leeway in consideration for future listens.

Los Saicos - Demolicion The Complete Recordings: Death redux this is not. Worth listening this is.

Majority Rule - Emergency Numbers: Less hardcore, more avant garde.

Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost: City of Caterpillar is now missed less.

Macklemore - The Heist: Overhyped.

Lorde - Pure Heroine: Considering the attention, I was expecting more.

Leaves - See You In The Afterglow: Always good.

Lawrence Arms - Metropole: Less than a stand out, more than a fill in.

Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull: Stadium rock that can be skipped.

Kay Dot - Hubardo: Greatness from a hit-or-miss band.

Joan Jett - Unvarnished: Meh from beginning to end.

Into It. Over It. - Intersections: Good, but not as much as Proper.

Into It. Over It. - Proper: Does not do the live show justice.

I Am The Avalanche - Wolverines: Nothing unexpected.

Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Is There: Great first track makes way for good rest of the album.

Tony Molina - Dissed And Dismissed: So simple, so great.