I've been meaning to write this one for a while now!

1. The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits
for some reason, each song flows perfectly into the next, almost as if they were made to be a hits band. and I think that's true because, unfortunately, a lot of what billy corgan puts out is straight masturbation, because that's just the kind of guy he is. remember zwan?

2. The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths
starts out perfectly with hand in glove, which has a soft beginning that gradually gets louder. apparently these songs were hand picked by…

give me a few days to finish this because I'm DEF gonna forget some good ones

1. Saosin - Translating the Name
the fact that I have zero interest in post-anthony green saosin really speaks to the strength of this ep. how can he make a five song ep have more emotional strength than most full length albums?

2. Thursday - Five Stories Falling EP
this is the ep with Jet Black New Year on it, a really powerful amazing song. what really gets me, though, is the live performances of some of their best songs. Autobiography of a Nation…

this list was absurdly easy to make.
these are my favourite albums, not necessarily the ones I've listened to the most.
*artist has more than one album on the list, which I will refrain from including to avoid repitition

1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Beastie_Boys_Ill_Communication.jpg
ill communication*

2. http://www.weezernet.com/images/albums/Blue%20Album.jpg
weezer*

3. http://covers.mp3million.com/0017173/200/The%20Smiths%20-%20Meat%20Is%20Murder.jpg
meat is murder*

4. http://www.audiobasics.com/acatalog/Product_JoyDivision_UnknownPleasures.jpg
unknown pleasures

5. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e302/e30215t02cv.jpg
kid a

6. http://img-cdn.officialmp3s.mobi/art/2559315-104439-200/matthew-good-band-man-of-action.jpg
the audio of being

7. http://covers.mp3million.com/0272056/200/Thursday%20-%20Full%20Collapse.jpg
full collapse

8. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fYo4KY0y2-k/St9UK82wjxI/AAAAAAAAAkk/Xx_lXQecfqs/s200/2004+MFdoom-mmFood.jpg
mm..food*

9. http://bp1.blogger.com/_PXT1-PA-agk/SAE5lH0yGNI/AAAAAAAAACY/v9oIgttAnvU/s200/Idiot_pilot_strange_we_should_meet_here.jpg
strange we should meet here

10. http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/images/post/p/pixies/doolittle_jpg_200x450_q85_jpg_200x200_q85.jpg
doolittle

11. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRs3gru4dmtxUqRUTYVV_FUCYd229WBkWKTSLOQTZyOZY4RBqc&t=1
odd how people shake

12. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c376/c37668p4306.jpg
ready to die

13. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jwI0yrULvKk/S4hlLb0RKxI/AAAAAAAAAO8/GaGknmYZcSA/s200/MewithoutYou–AtoBLife.jpg
life…

work in progress…

to be honest, really powerful/memorable vocalists have the strongest influence on whether or not I'll like a band or artist. here are my favourites:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1102/1156178418_3d804d777c.jpg

Geoff Rickly (Thursday)
the most beautiful

http://www.guttersnipenews.com/thegutter/thegutter/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/weakerthans-10-400x266.jpg

John K. Samson (The Weakerthans)
I'd want him to read to me before bed

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/33631605/Life+Without+Buildings+life+without+2.jpg

Sue Tompkins (Life Without Buildings)
the cutest

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/31061139/MF+DOOM+mf.jpg

MF Doom
my favourite rappers really stand out. like, you totally recognize their voice…

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/37138743/Quasimoto+DJ.jpg

Quasimoto
…the second you hear it

http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Glassjaw-Daryl-Palumbo.jpg

Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw)
the most powerful

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/247471/The+Blood+Brothers.jpg

Johnny Whitney/Jordan Blilie (The…

Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades - Brand New
haunting, chilling, surreal. brilliant at the end (who is he and what is he pointing to?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDc2lkt_mE

Karma Police - Radiohead
I like that they shot it at night (neat colour contrast with the fire). the reversal of fortune for the people in the car is unexpected and brilliant, but that goes without saying. what's truly awesome is the fact that you don't see thom yorke's face after the man lights the match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU

Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse
I don't know what it is, but this video makes me tear up.…