Alternative Pop

    Genre outside the musical mainstream that is typically regarded as more original, eclectic, or musically or intellectually challenging than most pop music

    The Queen Is Dead

    The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead

    Why Morrissey? Why!? Why do you have to be such a bloody douche nozzle? I ask this question despite the fact that it seems The Smith's whole reason for being was to
    Prolonging the Magic

    Cake: Prolonging the Magic

    By the time this, their third album, rolled around, Cake had established a sound that was genuinely theirs....
    Fashion Nugget

    Cake: Fashion Nugget

    Cake is kind of the nerd’s alt band. The Jeremy Piven-looking lead singer sports a stupid fisherman’s hat...
    Comfort Eagle

    Cake: Comfort Eagle

    And as if my oracle self was looking down on the world and saying “you sure are a...
    Days Are Gone

    HAIM: Days Are Gone

    There’s so much about this album that I really want to not like. There’s like some serious Taylor...
    Port of Morrow

    The Shins: Port of Morrow

    The Shins are a funny band. Nobody, with the exception of Natalie Portman’s character in Garden State, goes...
    Cults

    Cults: Cults

    Not to be confused with my high school hard rockin’ heroes, The Cult, this band would seriously disappoint...
    Broken Bells

    Broken Bells: Broken Bells

    Gotta say, I’m pretty disappointed with this album. I generally like The Shins, and appreciate Danger Mouse’s production,...
    Let Go

    Nada Surf: Let Go

    This is honestly the album on which I “rediscovered” Nada Surf. I mean, we all heard “Popular” a...