Arctic Monkeys - (2007) Favourite Worst Nightmare

sound: Punk/Poolhall
length: 12 songs, 38.06 minutes
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1. "Brianstorm" 2:50
2. "Teddy Picker" 2:43
3. "D Is for Dangerous" 2:16
4. "Balaclava" 2:49
5. "Fluorescent Adolescent" 2:57
6. "Only Ones Who Know" 3:02
7. "Do Me a Favour" 3:27
8. "This House Is a Circus" 3:09
9. "If You Were There, Beware" 4:34
10. "The Bad Thing" 2:23
11. "Old Yellow Bricks" 3:11
12. "505" 4:13

Despite what hype you may or may not have heard when everybody and their grandmother thought this band was shot straight from God's asshole, this band is pretty fucking great. If you missed that fad, even better. This album is just fine kiddies, and the second half comes on stronger then a freight train. If You Were There, Beware is maybe the bands best musical achievement, and Old Yellow Bricks is fucking infectious. Don't go into this expecting their first album this record has a very different feel to it.

sounds like: The Rakes, The Rifles, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Strokes

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Ra Ra Riot - (2008) The Rhumb Line

sound: Indie/Poolhall
length: 10 songs, 36.57 minutes long
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1. Ghost Under Rocks (4:26)
2. Each Year (3:15)
3. St. Peter's Day Festival (3:34)
4. Winter '05 (2:56)
5. Dying Is Fine (3:51)
6. Can You Tell (2:42)
7. Too Too Too Fast (3:46)
8. Oh, La (4:41)
9. Suspended In Gaffa (3:48)
10. Run My Mouth (3:58)

This album is just damn catchy, nice kids from the New York. Sort of rode in on the shirt tails of fellow New Yorkers Vampire Weekend, who they toured with in their beginning stages.Their sound is best described if you imagine Vampire Weekend got We Are Scientists really drunk one saturday night at a party, and nine months later Ra Ra Riot was born. Very low key, fav. songs include Ghosts Under Rocks, and Winter 05. Their drummer John Pike was a great guy, if you wanna check his foundation out go here.

sounds like: We Are Scientists, Grammatics, Spinto Band, The Rifles

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We Are The Scientists - (2006) With Love & Squalor

Sound: Indie/Poolhall
Length: 12 songs, 55.5 minutes
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1. "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" – 3:12
2. "This Scene Is Dead" – 3:43
3. "Inaction" – 2:32
4. "Can't Lose" – 3:31
5. "Callbacks" – 2:02
6. "Cash Cow" – 2:35
7. "It's a Hit" – 3:26
8. "The Great Escape" – 3:18
9. "Textbook" – 4:01
10. "Lousy Reputation" – 2:35
11. "Worth the Wait" – 2:43
12. "What's the Word" – 3:17

Three Piece that plays relatively uncomplicated stuff, its just damn catchy. Worth The Wait will rumble around in your head almost as long as The Strokes-Last Night did. Songs about booze, slutty girlfriends, getting plowed, and seriously crushin'. If you like the Arctic Monkeys your pretty much guaranteed to like this record. and if you don't, then your still going to like this record.


sounds like: Ra Ra Riot, Arctic Monkeys, The Rifles, Foals and to some extent The Strokes

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