Top 50 Albums of the Year Part 4 of 5: Rock 'n' Roll

The spirit of rock 'n' roll has always been infused in humans since the beginning of time. Some have said that rock is dead, and though I have agreed to some degree in the years past I believe there has been a strong showing in the scene this past year. Though the genre of rock 'n' roll has faded from the limelight, it has been surging in the underground and taking on new forms. You just have to look in the right places, and you have found one of them here.

The Black Keys - El Camino

The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines by emanuel.amorim

Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams

Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down by subpop

Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Explosions In The Sky - Last Known Surroundings by may_nothing

Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Girls - Honey Bunny by artsandcraftsmx

Hypatia Lake - Ouroboros

Suicide will not save you from this darkness that comes for us by hypatialake

Jeff The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions

JEFF The Brotherhood - 'Diamond Way' by SpunkRecords

Male Bonding - Endless Now

Male Bonding - Bones by subpop

North Highlands - Wild One

North Highlands - Steady Steady by popgunbooking

Pure X - Pleasure

Twisted Mirror by PURE X

Real Estate - Days

Real Estate - Green Aisles by DominoRecordCo

Shimmering Stars - Violent Hearts

Shimmering Stars "I'm Gonna Try" by PureHoney + TheHoneyComb

Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You

Analog Woodland Song by Viva Voce

Waters - Out In the Light

For The One by cityslang

The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient

The War On Drugs - Come To The City by Emo's Austin

We Were Promised Jetpacks - In The Pit Of The Stomach

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Picture of Health by grand royal

White Denim - D

Drug by WhiteDenim

Yuck - Yuck

Get Away by Yuck

Back To The Music

Since last time I have updated there has been a lot of cool new stuff. 

Male Bonding came out with their second full length album Endless Now. They have a great post-punk sound that is reminiscent of Blink-182. Stream it here for free. 

Purity Ring has put out a new single that is wicked awesome. They will be playing at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland next Thursday. Check out all their releases here.

Another up and coming band is Balam Acab. They just came out with their debut album Wander/Wonder. It is really beautiful, it is what chill wave is all about. Check out some of their older stuff here and listen to the single from it below.

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks have also put out their latest full length album this month titled Mirror Traffic. Listen to it via NPR.

New Punk

So good news, Male Bonding is coming out with a new album at the end of August via Sup Pop Records. They have such a great pop-punk sound, their new single, "Bones," sounds reminiscent of Blink-182 and is available here. If you're not familiar with Male Bonding here is the single from their debut album Nothing Hurts.

This next band I came across a couple of weeks ago. They are called Street Eaters. Not only do they kick ass with their driving bass lines and rocking drums, but the singer is a chick, and their is nothing hotter than a punk rock girl. Stream the album for free here.