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

Lots of Music

Some great new stuff to bring to you all. First off is Brilliant Colors with their second album Again and Again. They are another great surfer girl band that reminds me of Dum Dum Girls and Veronica Falls. Find it here.
Next up is the awesome band Phantogram with their new EP release Nightlife. I really like this band and the new EP doesn't disappoint. This is the kind of pop that should be in the top 40 but until it is you can listen to it here.
Pictureplane is a great electronic band that reminds me of Starfucker. They just came out with a new album in July called Thee Physical, but I also really enjoy their 2009 release Dark Rift. Check out the new album here and their best song (in my opinion) below.

One of my new favorites has got to be Shimmering Stars with their debut album Violent Hearts. They have a cool lo-fi indie sound that is vaguely like the band Cults. It's very cool stuff so check it out here.
And of course one of my favorite bands has come out with a new EP titled Tarot Classics. I'm talking about Surfer Blood. If you don't know them you must check out Astro Coast as well as the new EP. They chilled their sound out a little bit more for this four song set which makes for better Fall listening. "I'm Not Ready" is my favorite track off of it. Listen to them all here.