
[
YoYoYoYoYo/Spank Rock]This album is such a good time. It is high-energy, innovative, and totally funky, like a cross between Dizzee Rascal and Lil Wayne, plus the filthiness of Tenacious D.
My Favorite Lyric: "
I keep it dirty, not like Fergie/Ain’t the Black Eyed Peas/This shit ain’t happy/I’m a trashy, boastful bitch MC" (from "Bump")
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Tidal/Fiona Apple]This is kind of old-school, but this album is still completely hot. Fiona's voice is so sexy, mature, and knowing on this record, you almost forget she was only 19 when she made it. Good thing all of her public appearances from this era are there to remind us ("The world is bullshit!").
My Favorite Lyric: "
"You say love is a hell you cannot bear/And I say give me mine back and then go there, for all I care" (from "Sleep To Dream")
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[
Mass Romantic/The New Pornographers]This album combines happy-snappy music with odd and cryptic lyrics, and somehow the combination is effing wicked. You have to love a band that can make a song about the descent into alcoholism sound like something the muppets might sing.
My Favorite Lyric: "
The time that your enemy gives you/Good times are not the ones you want" (from "Letter From An Occupant")
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[
The Execution Of All Things/Rilo Kiley]Jenny Lewis's voice doesn't shine in this one as much as More Adventurous, this low-key stunner is still totally awesome. It is almost epic in its own humble, dreamy way.
My Favorite Lyric: "
Then we’ll go to Omaha/To work and exploit the booming music scene" (Woop woop Nebraska reference!) (from "The Execution Of All Things")
***Honorable Mention: [
Alright, Still/Lilly Allen], [
Pick A Bigger Weapon/The Coup], [
Citrus/Asobe Seksu]
Please tell me what you guys have been listening to!!!