» alternative
-
The Darkness // Permission to Land
There's an unpretentiously honest feel-good factor here that separates them from contemporaries like Jet
-
Placebo // Placebo
If you are over 25 and still enjoy this record, you should be aware that your fondness for it most likely stems from how it speaks to the bitter post-adolescent angst you’ve never managed to fully let go of
-
Primal Scream // XTRMNTR
XTRMNTR hits you like a ballistic missile, razing all before it with nearly an hour of cacophonous, danceable and political techno-punk.
-
Ride // Nowhere
If anything, 'Vapour Trail' pioneered the guitar/strings/keyboards combination used to terrible effect in a thousand sappy alt-rock ballads that would infest the '90s.
-
Muse // Origin of Symmetry
An electro-grunge rock opera that's bombastic, pretentious, depressing and uplifting all at once.