if you dont have these cds you might as well buy them or you'll just be branded a faggot:
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire Jason Collett - Idols of Exile Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Remixed Arcade Fire - Fueneral Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
they're not the second coming critics made them out to be but it's worth a listen. i mean if you're only going to buy one cd this year i wouldn't make it that, but it has a place in any reasonable person's music collection.
seconding these. I don't have the other two so I can't comment there.
Bloc Party - listen to She's Hearing Voices and tell me you're not tapping your foot. Arcade Fire - if you have the chance to see them live, TAKE IT. sweet jesus, take it. BSS - Emily Haines. come ooooon.
emily haines sickens me. not so much her as the look in the eyes of the hipsters who follow her scantily clad form across the stage. i guess it's not so bad when she's not performing with metric, since she generally dons functional clothing for her bss shows ...