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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