Recent and decent alt rock albums?

Got an amazon gift card from work. Have enough for like 3 albums.

Only thing ive got recently was Halestorm's latest. Which was actually excellent despite being obviously "aimed at radio" genre pandering.

To clarify. I dont generally go too indie or obscure. I like some of what has been posted thus far but a majority of it is outside my tastes.

Basically i like anything that would typically be played on Sirius Octane or Lithium. Really my only solid point of reference.

Three albums from this year you should get are :

Journal for Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers
Primary Colours - The Horrors
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Alternatively, go back in time a little and buy The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix

Primary Colors by The Horrors

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Surfer Rosa is the defining alternative rock album.xTheExploited

He said recent.

depends what you mean by "alternative Rock" its a very general term nowadays, I recommend you pre-order the new Muse albumn, the sing "Uprising" blew me away, but the other albumns people have been suggesting are great too

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]Surfer Rosa is the defining alternative rock album.dhyce

He said recent.

I know.xTheExploited

Ok crackhead.

18 months old or newer. If its older than that and its something i would like i most assuredly already have it. Just trying to save people from mentioning a bunch of stuff i already have or wouldnt like.

Have you heard Old Growth by Dead Meadow, The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow, and In The Future by Black Mountain? Those are some can't-miss albums of last year.

it hates you - He is Legend

Genesis Underground - eye alaska

If you wait a little while you could get the new Mew album, and the new Health album.

Hospice by The Antlers (good album came out this year)

Lateralus by TOOL (best album of this decade in my opinion)

Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age (great album)

Black Gives way To Blue by Alice in Chains (new singer and their first album in 7 years comes out next month surely will be great)

((will post more in a couple of mins))

The Glow pt. 2 by the Microphones (I really enjoyed this album)

In Rainbows by Radiohead (great album that came out last year)

Farm by Dinosaur Jr (I enjoyed it, came out this year)

((more to come))

Have you heard Old Growth by Dead Meadow, The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow, and In The Future by Black Mountain? Those are some can't-miss albums of last year.

dhyce

hmm, Dead Meadow are great and all... but Old Growth really isn't worth checking out. Although not "recent", Feathers and Shivering King are by far their best albums.

TS, alt rock is a pretty vague genre title. Could you give us a list of bands you like or something? I could recommend you albums that come under the term "alt rock" but you might not like them.

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"] I know.dhyce

Ok crackhead.

iam not sure what alt rock is these days i guess everything on pitchfork LOL

hmm, Dead Meadow are great and all... but Old Growth really isn't worth checking out. Although not "recent", Feathers and Shivering King are by far their best albums.

Forever_Changes

I agree with you on the end, but I say Old Growth is a wonderful album.

Disintegration by The Cure (yeah recent :P factastic album)

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (great great album)

Original post ammended for clarity.