My Favorite Albums

These are my ten favorite albums. They're not in order. It was hard enought to pick ten.

1. The Arcade Fire: Funeral- The best album in recent memory. Hopefully will redefine indie rock.
2. Outkast: Aquemini- Already redefined hip-hop. I know every word. This is hands down the best album in the world to cook to on a busy Friday night.
3. Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antartica- there are some bad, boring songs on this album, but the good ones are so fucking good.
4. Oasis: What's the Story Morning Glory- Will always remind of the drama of middle school and early high school, and how a little brit-pop could make things all better.
5. Weezer: Blue- This should be on everyones top ten, I don't care if every album they've made since blows.
6. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: Source, Tags and Codes- I never know how to categorize this album. Hardcore/emo/indie? That can't be pulled off by anyone, this album prooves it can be done.
7. At the Drive-In: Relationship of Command- An angry album from an angry band. They were so angry they broke up to form two much less talented bands.
8. The Coup: Party Music- Socialist rap. That's all I should have to say. And they put on a hell of a live show, despite the fact that no one was there.
9. Bright Eyes: Lifted, Or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground-The man can whine but he can also write, and put together a 9 minute song that isn't incredibly boring.
10. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot it in People- There isn't an album out there where every song sounds as different as they do on this album. Some songs don't even sound like they're by the same band.

Notable Mentions: The Streets-Original Pirate Material, The Strokes- Is this It?, and Spoon-Kill the Moonlight.

Note: I have no old albums on here. I've grown to like Pink Floyd, The Band and Al Greene in recent years but if I had put any of those albums on this list it would've just been for the indie street cred.

Lyric of the Day:

"went through a skater phase. went through a raver phase. went through a razor blade phase. i guess i went through a hundred dollars a day. it was dark along the edges of the city but the light shined through behind the reinforced doorways. they're tipping over in the taprooms. theyre shooting through the ceiling and bleeding on the floor for sure."

-The Hold Steady