Monday, September 04, 2006

The 11 Hottest Alternative Rock Albums Coming Out in Fall 2006

What's alternative about music that's mainstream? Nothing...but what else are we going to call that genre?

The 11 Hottest Alternative Rock Albums Coming Out in Fall 2006

1. The Killers - Sam's Town (10/3) - Vegas' sexiest mormons try to avoid the sophomore slump by betting on black. (Quality Potential: 50%)
2. Beck - The Information (10/3) - Has there ever been a bad Beck album? (Quality Potential: 80%)
3. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (12/19) - Johnny Marr joins the band. Need I say more? (Quality Potential: 74%)
4. Mastadon - Blood Mountain (9/12) - Heavy metal returns from the grave in a down and filthy way, this time...without the rapping. (Quality Potential: 65%)
5. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (10/24) - Mock goths singing mock goth music. When your music makes "Friday I'm in Love" sound depressing...you're doing something wrong. (Quality Potential: 40%)
6. Jet - Shine On (10/3) - Australia's rock ambassador's first single is already being ignored by radio. Not a good sign. (Quality Potential: 30%)
7. Audioslave - Revelations (9/5) - It's a novel concept. Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine...but the novelty was already wearing off on the last album. (Quality Potential: 38%)
8. The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads (9/24) - First album in over 10 years. It's big news...to bad they were never that big to begin with. (Quality Potential: 20%)
9. Incubus - Light Grenades (11/21) - The one time most popular alternative band in America, is back...the question is...will anyone notice? (Quality Potential: 41%)
10. The Mars Volta - Amputechture (9/12) - Punk Floyd is back with more sit-com length songs that travel between slamming rock songs and song that make you say,"what the hell?" (Quality Potential: 70%)
11. Sparta - Threes (10/24) The second half of At The Drive-In delivers an album that apparently tries to sound more like their Mars Volta brothers than their own signature cut loose sound. - (Quality Potential: 50%)

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