The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - Vicar in a Tutu

I can't believe it took me this long to find the theme song for my current year.

IAMX - The Alternative

Like a new-skool Depeche Mode.  The song "Bring Me Back a Dog" is really pretty great.

P.O.S. - Audition - A Teddy Bear And A Tazer

Don't like hip-hop/rap?  That's about to change.

The National - Boxer - Apartment Story, Ada, Fake Empire

This is my favorite album of 2007. Give it a chance. These guys are fantastic.

Oxford Collapse - Remember the Night Parties

If you don't pay attention, you'll think you're listening to Wolf Parade.

Chris Clouse - Chimera - Upside Down, Ever so Wrong

The Lowest of the Low - Shakespeare my Butt

Tom Smith - And They Say I've Got Talent - Talk Like A Pirate Day

The best nerd inspired pirate themed song ever written.

Great Big Sea - The Hard And The Easy - Captain Kidd

I've moved on the Pirate genre.

James Newton Howard - Lady In The Water (soundtrack)

I realize my first three rec's were all soundtracks, but I've been writing a TON of papers for seminary, and I can't do lyrics when writing. I'll move on to a different genre now.