2000's Rock

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    Faith No More – Sol Invictus

    Sol Invictus isn’t a comeback—it’s a controlled detonation. Faith No More returns snarling, weird, and razor-sharp, with Patton shape-shifting through menace and melody. No nostalgia, no pandering—just power, precision, and purpose.

  • Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

    Lightning Bolt thrives on urgency and grit, with Pearl Jam leaning into instinct over polish. Vedder’s voice cracks and surges, the band plays with conviction, and the songs cling to raw immediacy. It’s a record that fights to stay alive in every moment.

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    The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

    Embryonic is raw, unstable, and deliberately messy, trading polish for distortion and tension. It confronts rather than comforts, pulling listeners into its warped, unpredictable orbit. Instead of lush arrangements or whimsical choruses, they dive headlong into a swamp of distortion, pulse, and paranoia.

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    Pearl Jam – Backspacer

    Pearl Jam’s Backspacer hits fast and hard, yet lingers with reflection. A record fueled by urgency and surprising warmth, it blends energy with intimacy, leaving behind both adrenaline and afterthoughts. Proof that vitality can sharpen with age, not fade.

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    The Dead Weather – Horehound

    Horehound is The Dead Weather’s sinister debut—a smoky, snarling fusion of garage rock, blues, and voodoo swagger. Jack White steps away from center stage to pound drums while Alison Mosshart prowls through each track with venomous charm.

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    Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

    Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Phoenix had already spent years as the slick French underdogs of indie pop—always the bridesmaids in a genre full of cooler kids and louder bands. But Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix flipped that script with a sound so clean, so self-assured, it practically grinned at you through the speakers. It wasn’t a…

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    Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy

    Chinese Democracy is a monument to excess and endurance — overproduced, overwrought, and undeniably alive. Axl Rose turned obsession into architecture, and the result is a flawed masterpiece that refuses to fade quietly into history.