Dinosaur Jr.
Farm CDs album (2009) Deluxe Edition

FARM is in every respect an equal to Dinosaur, Jr's 2007 comeback, BEYOND: a muscular, melodic monster that stands among the best albums the band has made. It possesses an impressive combination of vigor and consistency, sounding as if it .

R.E.M.
Reckoning CDs songs (1984) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; Deluxe Edition; Digipak

The murmuring continued with this, R.E.M.'s second album, recorded in only two weeks, and yet critical acclaim and a growing fanbase had not made the music any less elusive. From the cover depiction of a winding river/snake, the jangly music.

Mars Volta
Octahedron CD music (2009)

For punk, metal or hard rock bands, the unplugged album is the one that shows whether they've been succeeding simply on energy and volume, or because of real talent.

Wilco
Wilco (the album) CD album (2009)

The Album Though many fans suspected that Wilco's self-titled seventh studio album would mark a return to the wild cut-and-paste experimentalism of YANKEE FOXTROT HOTEL, the record was in fact more of a piece with its traditional-sounding 2007 predecessor, SKY BLUE SKY.

Green Day
21st Century Breakdown CD songs (2009)

Still enamored of the concept of the concept album more than four years after AMERICAN IDIOT, Green Day unveiled its rock-opera sequel, 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN, in 2009. Like its predecessor, BREAKDOWN wholeheartedly embraces the iconic punk-pop act's.

Sonic Youth
Eternal CD music (2009)

Undoubtedly the most influential American indie group of the late 20th century and beyond, Sonic Youth has seldom wavered in their embrace of underground music and culture even as their move in the 1990s.

Kings Of Leon
Only By The Night CD album (2008)

With their raw, organic sound, Tennessee's Kings of Leon emerged in 2003 as Southern rock for the indie-garage set, sort of a Strokes for the South. While there were hints of a new direction on their third album.

Moby
Wait For Me CD songs (2009)

Following the decadent, club-style excursions of 2008's HOTEL, Moby returns for a more contemplative sound on the melancholic WAIT FOR ME. Working through deeply personal material and a more intimate, though at times cinematic, sound palette.

Halestorm
Halestorm CD music (2009)

With a few notable exceptions (Courtney Love, Evanescence) the '90s and aughts heavy rock scene remained largely a boys club. Lizzy Hale and her band Halestorm sought to remedy the situation with a muscular, metal and grunge-influenced update of Heart.

Beck
Sea Change CD album (2002) Bonus Track; Omr

Though 1998's MUTATIONS was the closest Beck had come at the time to conventional (read: non-ironic) troubadourisms, he quickly declared the album a detour and swiftly followed it up with the Prince-influenced about-face of MIDNITE VULTURES.