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Noah
Well speaking of Coldplay inspirations, my third pick finds me living the dream -- I'll have the three best albums on my board. I select Radiohead's The King of Limbs. Speaking of bands that are constantly trying new things and pushing their sounds, Radiohead's newest album is claustrophobic and unsettling, but still ridiculously good.

Andrew
DAMMIT. That was my next pick. You're absolutely right.

Steve
NERDS!

Reagen
I think I would have gotten around to picking this one eventually, but it's a weird year indeed where there's a new Radiohead album and it doesn't jump to near the top of my list. I found it a bit of a letdown after In Rainbows, which is right behind OK Computer in my hierarchy of their albums.

Noah
Look, just because it doesn't feature a lady warbling over cute music doesn't mean you can't like it, Steve. I really don't know why it's not getting more credit, it's a great album.

Kim
Radiohead just does not do it for me, and never has (except for The Bends, which was a long, long, long time ago).

Andrew
It's hard for people to give credit to Radiohead for making more introverted records after so many game-changers I suppose.

Reagen
If there's a song on that album that's going to make me love it in the same way as In Rainbows, it's Codex, which feels like the 15 Step of it - the song that you keep coming back to as an emotional core.

Noah
I'm just glad we'll have an excuse to post the video of Thom Yorke dancing.





Reagen
~all the single ladies/all the single ladies~

Reagen
For my third pick, I'm going with Blood Pressures by The Kills. Maybe the stripped down rock duo is becoming a bit of a cliche, but this feels like this year's Black Keys album to me, plus Alison Mosshart's voice is just incredibly evocative and perfect to carry such a raw sound.

Andrew
Kinda underrated, methinks.

Noah
That's a band I've never connected with.

Andrew
They're not really a connecting kind of band. They're a "let's smoke cigarettes, smear lipstick and wear sunglasses" kind of band.

Noah
I should clarify, by "connected with" I mean to say "listened to".

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