To throw on a few more recommendations:
The Raveonettes--In and Out of Control. Fuzzy, noisy, loud, catchy synth-pop with a rock edge, and usually strange, dark lyrics.
P.O.S--Never Better. Weighty, lyric driven rap. It feels very pertinent, very caught up in modern events, and is, for the most part, a solo effort on P.O.S's part (not overflowing with "feat. whoever" credits. If you like rap, especially underground/good rap, get it.
Memory Tapes--Seek Magic. Atmospheric electronica. Most of it is downtempo, has a good bit of actual instrumentation sampled and/or mixed in, resulting in really unique, fresh sound. Most of the songs are inexplcably evocative--you listen to them for the first time and are hit with a wave of nostalgia, like you're hearing something you'd heard years ago but had completely forgotten about. Very, very good album that almost anybody, once they give it a chance, can appreciate.
BTW I'm trying to give recommendations from wildly different genres so that no matter who you are, you'll find at least one album to enjoy (I literally listen to EVERYTHING).
Crusty VGchartz old timer who sporadically returns & posts. Let's debate nebulous shit and expand our perpectives. Or whatever.
