Vic Chesnutt - West Of Rome: Meh.
Cheap Girls - My Roaring 20s: Not as dynamic but equally as enjoyable.
Cheap Girls - Find Me A Drink Home: I loved this, but am unable to justify it.
Johnny Cash - Folsom: Amazing.
Campaign - Likes To Party/Beetle Juice!: Hot Water Music reimagined as a melodic punk band. And it's awesome.
The Byrds - Essential: 2 discs is a bit much.
David Bowie - Singles 69-93: Sometimes you don't realize how talented someone is until it's laid out over 2 discs.
Black Keys - Brothers: When you're in the mood for Blues, Black Keys have you covered.
Black Breath - Heavy Breathing: One of the best heavy albums in recent memory.
Bad Religion - Against The Grain: A little too slickly produced for a punk album from 1990.
Arcade Fire - Demo: This doesn't provide any advance warning of the band they were to become.
Reggie And The Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To: Depressed Reggie is no fun.
Get Up Kids - There Are Rules: A completely different band.
Reggie And The Full Effect - Promotional Copy: Tries too hard to be unconventional.
Ben Nichols - Last Pale Light: If not written beside it, the campfire is where these songs would be most enjoyed.
Matt McCarthy - Come Clean: Funny at times, but not enough to recommend.
Get Up Kids - Simple Science: Get Up Adults.
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I: Anymore quirky and it wouldn't have worked. Instead it succeeds tremendously.
Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude: Wildly inconsistent.
Capstan Shafts - Revelation Skirts: More flourishes without compromising the essential brevity of the songs.