 | Alligator by The National
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.28 Completely in love with The National at the moment. This and latest album 'Boxer' are definitely worth checking out if you like.. um, music.
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 | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.24 Another band I've fallen for in the last year. I copied a load of Modest Mouse from my uni library (cool uni, huh?) and so far I've only listened to this and "Good News...' but oh my! Fantastic stuff!
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 | Cassadaga by Bright Eyes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.39 I adore the grandiosity of this album, but Oberst still keeps those intimate moments that he does so well.
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 | Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.74 Time for a classic! And indie/alternative music doesn't come much better than Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Love this!
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 | Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
Buy used from: £4.00 Beautiful album, full of delicate, fragile little songs. Oh, and don't worry, it's got some guts too!
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 | Funeral by Arcade Fire
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £5.48 Genius...
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 | Logic Will Break Your Heart by The Stills
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £0.81 Don't know much about this band, but there's something about this Joy Division aping debut that just gets me. Warning: this album contains much better songwriting than some music fans may be used to.
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 | Boys & Girls In America by The Hold Steady
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.95 Their newest album, 'Stay Positive', is also fantastic and worth checking out if you like *proper* rock and roll, but this is the album that saw me fall in love with the American quintet.
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 | Small Change by Tom Waits
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.99 Early or later Tom Waits, it's a hard call. Well, let's have a favourite from each then. 'Small Change' gets my vote for best pre-1980 Waits -
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 | Mule Variations by Tom Waits
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.45 - while 'Mule Variations' is one of his newest and another career highpoint.
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 | In Rainbows by Radiohead
Buy used from: £5.78 My favourite band. Ever. I can't pick a favourite album of theirs because they're all so different, but this is certainly very very good.
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 | Blinking Lights And Other Revelations by Eels
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £4.99 My other favourite band. Ever. This is the first album I bought of theirs so it stays close to my heart, but everything that man called E has ever touched has turned to aural gold.
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 | First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes
Buy used from: £3.74 I know 'Is This It' is the classic, but I've listened to it A LOT, and 'First Impressions...' is so underrated.
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 | Because Of The Times (CD/DVD Special Edition) by Kings Of Leon
Blimey, these guys know how to RAWK in the grand ole Southern style. Best album of their career.
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 | De Stijl by The White Stripes
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £3.48 Another favourite band. Don't know why this is my favourite of theirs - it's so hard to pick, that I could chose any album I suppose.
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 | 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.73 Incredible album! Literally 69 love songs, songwriter Stephin Merritt lends his brooding baritone and ukulele to 3 CDs of heartbreak and joy.
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 | Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket
Buy new: £7.68 / Used from: £8.95 Not heard much else by My Morning Jacket, but blimey this album is eclectic! From the goth-funk-pop-metal (yes, that's right) of Highly Suspicious to the laid back country of Sec Walkin'. Brilliant!
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 | The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £3.40 Highly charged, Springsteen-indebted rock 'n' roll. Full of energy, full of passion; everything you could want from a rock band.
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 | The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.78 If I had to pick the best three British bands making music right now (and I don't, but I will) it would be Radiohead, Bloc Party, and these guys. And Seldom Seen Kid is a phenomenal record.
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 | Intimacy Limited Edition by Bloc Party
Buy new: £11.78 / Used from: £3.46 If I had to pick the best three British bands making... oh wait. Best album of their career. Everything else was a warm up, this is the REAL Bloc Party.
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