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Tag: Indie Rock
The Breeders – Pod: #506 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So why is The Breeders’ Pod on this best 1,000 albums ever thing? I’m pretty sure the first time I heard a song by The Breeders was by way of 120 Minutes, MTV’s great Sunday […]
They Might Be Giants – Flood: #508 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople, been a long time gone, Constantinople, now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night.
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular: #530 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is our decision to live fast and die young. We’ve got the vision, now let’s have some fun. Yeah, it’s overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
The Dead Weather – Horehound: #535 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well, you know I look like a woman, but I cut like a buffalo.
OK Go – Oh No: #555 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy, something inching past the edge of reserve. Now through the lines of the cheap venetian blinds, your car is pulling off of the curb.
Frank Black – Christmass: #566 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve kissed mermaids, rode the El Niño, walked the sand with the crustaceans. Could find my way to Mariana on a wave of mutilation.
Sonic Youth – Goo: #568 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Time to take a ride, time to take it in a midnight eye. And if you want to go, get on below.
Angel Olsen – My Woman: #585 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Shut up, kiss me, hold me tight.
Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum: #589 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There is no morphine, I’m only sleeping. There is no crime to dreams like this.
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted: #593 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve been crowned the King of Id, and Id is all we have, so wait to hear my words and they’re diamond sharp.
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs: #598 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We sail tonight for Singapore. Don’t fall asleep while you’re ashore. Cross your heart and hope to die, when you hear the children cry.
The Rapture – Echoes: #602 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The city breathing, the people churning, the conversating. The price is what?
The Greenhornes – Dual Mono: #604 of best 1,000 albums ever!
He told you he loved you, well that’s just a lie. I don’t need possession to satisfy my mind.
Jack White – Fear of the Dawn: #605 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If I die tomorrow, what did I do today? You want fresh air? You won’t find it this way.
First Aid Kit – Stay Gold: #611 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I hear a voice calling, calling out for me. These shackles I’ve made in an attempt to be free.
Cat Power – The Greatest: #623 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Anyone can tell you there’s no more road to ride. Everyone will tell you there’s no place to hide.
Arcade Fire – Funeral: #633 of best 1,000 albums ever!
As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn.
R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction: #638 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood.
Broken Bells – Broken Bells: #643 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Come on and get the minimum, before you open up your eyes.
Beat Happening – Dreamy: #651 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heed what this wise man says: stay away from redheads.
Spoon – Gimme Fiction: #652 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Yeah, you got the weight of the world coming down like a mother’s eye.
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold + Tally All the Things That You Broke: #656 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Coffee breaks and lamb’s tail shakes aren’t arbitrary marks.
The Jayhawks – Tomorrow The Green Grass: #659 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Keep my real light shining.
The Fratellis – We Need Medicine: #674 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One part evil, three-fifths blind.
Jack White – Lazaretto: #680 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The Jack White Experience produces another successful experiment.
Pavement – Wowee Zowee: #684 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We got the money! We got the money now!
The Fratellis – Here We Stand: #686 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You can find her screaming along with the ghosts, reminds you she’s the one that you need the most.
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: #688 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band that I feel I should really like more but… erases the but.
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!: #697 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Easily one of my favorite “new” finds of this decade.
The Shins – Oh, Inverted World: #700 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’d tell you, but you need to understand the new slang to get it.
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea: #702 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is love, this is love that I’m feeling.
Babyshambles – Down in Albion: #720 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I still turned out to be a huge Babyshambles fan, didn’t I?
Parquet Courts – Human Performance: #722 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The humans of Parquet Courts have banged out yet another remarkably consistent performance.
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: #725 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Highly unique yet strangely comforting? Just ask the king of the carrot flowers.
Wipers – Over the Edge: #748 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An early ‘80s gem with a super unique sound from the gloom of the Pacific Northwest.
Allah-Las – Allah-Las: #764 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Garage rock with the perfect concoction of indie, moody, and psychedelic influences.
Teleman – Brilliant Sanity: #766 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Intelligently lucid hook-driven, guitar rock. But, you know, also fun.
Cornershop – When I Was Born For the 7th Time: #768 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Record scratches, catchy pop hooks, and Indian influences that will butter the soul.
Beck – Modern Guilt: #769 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It grooves and clicks and jumps like a fanciful anxious thought, beautiful and foreboding.
Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising: #771 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Listen to this on a battered cassette player for maximum effect.
10,000 Maniacs – MTV Unplugged: #772 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The magic of the live and acoustic setting shines through for Natalie Merchant and crew.
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes: #776 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s gorgeous and piercing and moving all at once.
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped: #778 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Do you believe in this sweet sensation? You should.
The Black Keys – El Camino: #785 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This one trucks (vans?), hammers and stomps.
Various Artists – Empire Records: The Soundtrack: #786 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A highly pleasurable mix of mid-‘90s tuned and one absolute stunner.
Beck – Morning Phase: #788 of best 1,000 albums ever!
What eludes easy definition becomes a core strength.
Blues Traveler – Four: #792 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Even upon a midnight eerie, you’re not gonna want to give this album a run-around.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!: #799 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heads will rock n’ roll to this one.
Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: #802 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Much more than a standard issue album handed out at my undergrad college dorms.
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal: #807 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hits that perfect sweet spot between alt rock and garage rock.
Bikini Kill – The Singles: #809 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fantastic, aggressive, riot grrrl punk rock.
Plumtree – Mass Teen Fainting: #822 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Inviting, energetic, and catchy pop punk.
Belly – Star: #826 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A pop grunge vibe that completely works.
Alice in Chains – Facelift: #830 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lots of AiC in slower-paced grunge mode? Yes please.
Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View: #832 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Mellow, optimistic roots rock with perfect vocals from Darius Rucker.
Arctic Monkeys – AM: #841 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ll call it up when I’m… in any number of states.
Mitski – Be the Cowboy: #842 of best 1,000 albums ever!
What’s difficult to define and describe becomes essential to why I’m drawn to it.
Cracker – Kerosene Hat: #848 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They keep it low, they keep it hot, they keep heads covered.
Various Artists – Luaka Bop 10th Anniversary: Zero Accidents on the Job: #864 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Legit excellent world music, alt rock, funk, and pop from an eclectic group of bands and musicians.
The Pogues: If I Should Fall from Grace with God – #871 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Meshes traditional Irish sounds with a propulsive punk sensibility. In short, a bottle of smoke.
Mad Season – Above: #872 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A supergroup with real chemistry. An album that’s deeply affecting and melancholy and cool.
The Beta Band – Hot Shots II: #885 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Conjures hyper specific sound collages and creates songs that immediately feel essential.
Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams: #891 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Whether this is country or rock or blues or whatever, it’ll make you say, “Hell yeah.”
Sinéad O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got: #900 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sure, it’s the “Nothing Compares 2 You” album, but there’s a range of Celtic-influenced rock and gorgeous pure pop to enjoy besides.
Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls: #911 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Folk rock that bridges the gap from the 1960s for the Lilith Fair generation.
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver: #915 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s rangy and genre bend-y. It’s electronic and lounge-y and rock and dance-y and then it’s an ethereal kind of something else.
Bitter:Sweet – Drama: #917 of best 1,000 albums ever!
For when you’re ready to feel relaxed and swanky at the same time.
The Dead Weather – Dodge and Burn: #930 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It gets under your skin, holding a dark, rocking, and compelling power.
Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion: #938 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s delicate (grunge?), but it all clicks.
Bachelor – Doomin’ Sun: #939 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Because sometimes music can save your life, and sometimes music can save a best 1,000 albums ever list (or both?).
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation: #945 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Melancholy yet upbeat, accessible yet deeply indie.
Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade: #947 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Variety and range, from hardcore punk to an acoustic jam that you could almost imagine being on a 1980s era Midnight Oil record.
Moon Duo – Mazes: #954 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An unusual musical locale that’s hard to nail down, but well worth the journey.
Dinosaur Jr. – Without A Sound: #956 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Quintessential mid-1990s alternative rock.
Black 47 – Home of the Brave: #968 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An unusual but ultimately pleasing combination of traditional Irish music and modern American rock.
Wimps – Garbage People: #974 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Aggressive yet upbeat, fast paced super fun power poppy punk by way of Seattle, Washington.
KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope: #977 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’re not yet hip to it, suddenly you shall see that super satisfying sounds abound.
The Gits – Frenching the Bully: #980 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Mia Zapata’s vocals matched with urgent raucous punky Seattle grunge energy.
Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona: #984 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Top notch early ‘90s alt/indie rock with fantastic vocals and a knack for poppy hooks.
Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches: #987 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smart, catchy, arty new wave-y punk that gets under skin in the best kind of way.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk: #989 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Incredible songcraft, wild variety, and the magical odd couple mesh of Campbell’s whispery delightful voice and Lanegan’s world weary soft growl.
The Vaselines – Enter The Vaselines: #992 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly eclectic and inventive music that pings between punk to indie with many inviting ports of call in between.
Sean Lennon – Friendly Fire: #995 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’re in the mood for a melancholy, quiet, pretty album with a Beatles-y vibe (and with literal Beatles-y lineage), Friendly Fire fits the bill.
Plumtree – Predicts the Future: #998 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Scott Pilgrim” and many others are a fantastic blend of garage, poppy punk, and indie rock that are addictively ear pleasing.
Agent Orange – Living in Darkness: #1,000 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s fresh, indie, passionate, and punk, all the more remarkable for an album produced some four decades ago