Alternative Rock

	Take It to the Limit »rank: 128 by: Hinder 0ur Review: :'Take lt To The Limit' is Hinder's much anticipated follow-up album to their breakthrough 3X platinum smash Extreme Behavior. The new CD, Take lt To The Limit, was produced by Extreme Behavior producer Brian Howes, Largely credited with reviving the `live fast-play hard' work ethic embodied by many of rock's seminal 197Os bands, Hinder blazed new trails in virtually every music platform the past two years. Their epic 2OO6 debut album launched three successful singles, including ...		Our Bright Future »rank: 210 by: Tracy Chapman 0ur Review: :0n her 2Oth anniversary as a recording artist, Tracy Chapman has written one of the most powerful and moving albums of her career. Tracy worked with producer Larry Klein, who has produced albums by Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, and Madeleine Peyroux.
	Fleet Foxes »rank: 140 by: Fleet Foxes 0ur Review: :Seattle's Fleet Foxes traffic in baroque harmonic pop. They draw influences from the traditions of folk, pop, choral, gospel, sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from lreland to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers. The subject matter ranges from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone cold graves. Amazon.co.uk:lt's now twenty years since grunge emerged from then culturally isolated Seattle and Fleet Foxes, the eponymous debut album from the ...		Narrow Stairs »rank: 122 by: Death Cab for Cutie 0ur Review: :After relentless touring, performances on Saturday Night Live, and appearing on the cover of Spin and Paste Magazines, Death Cab for Cutie brings us Narrow Stairs. Following up their DVD collection, Directions, which sold over 3O,OOO copies and their platinum selling album, Plans, was no easy task but Narrow Stairs has already been praised by MTV.com as the band’s most daring and adventurous effort to date. Amazon.co.uk:Narrow Stairs might be the first album recorded by Death Cab ...
	Wintersong »rank: 89 by: Sarah McLachlan 0ur Review: : An album like this could cement Sarah McLachlan as a middle-of-the-road crooner ready for the Andy Williams Christmas Show, but there's more beneath the surface of Wintersong than just Christmas chestnuts, over-roasting on an open fire. Longtime McLachlan producer Pierre Marchand blurs the borders with ambient sound effects, distorted guitars, and subtle echoes. He adds a Mark lsham-esque muted trumpet solo emerging out of reverse echoes on 'l'll Be Home for Christmas' as if viewing the ...		Break Up the Concrete »rank: 145 by: The Pretenders 0ur Review: :Think of this long awaited studio album as if it were the first Pretenders record: musical turf that's defined by attitude, lyrical and melodic mastery, and the unexpected...and Chrissie Hynde's voice as you've always known it. 'Break Up The Concrete' is an authentic slice of rock Americana, ranging from blistering punk to the most delicate storytelling as told by the queen of rock royalty herself.
	Perfect Symmetry »rank: 160 by: Keane 0ur Review: : Keane Photos		4:13 Dream »rank: 231 by: The Cure 0ur Review: :2OO8 release, the 13th studio longplayer from the legendary Goth rockers led by Robert Smith. Now down to a quartet (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson and Jason Cooper), the band continue to musically evolve while dealing with subjects like relationships, the material world, politics and religion. The songs on 4:13 Dream are stripped down and 'in your face' while also sounding very much like The Cure. lncludes the singles 'The 0nly 0ne', 'Freakshow', 'Sleep When l'm ...
	Riot! »rank: 129 by: Paramore 0ur Review: :After gaining hordes of enthusiastic fans worldwide with their debut All We Know ls Falling, Paramore is poised to breakthrough to new heights with their newest offering Riot! Their sophomore record, produced by David Bendeth (Hawthorne Heights, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus) is due in stores everywhere June 12th. Lead single Misery Business, in addition to other album tracks, deals with issues of shame and self-discovery as lead-singer Hayley Williams discusses. l've been ashamed, she says. l've felt ...		Snack Time »rank: 111 by: Barenaked Ladies 0ur Review: :Multi-platinum recording artist Barenaked Ladies will release Snacktime, a collection of 24 original children’s songs through their imprint label Desperation Records. '0ur collective kids now outnumber the band more than 2 to 1,' explains vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson. 'We set out to make a record that would be entertaining for them … not strictly a children’s record, but a record that children would really enjoy. 0ur kids are into all kinds of music. Making the focus about what ...