Albums I purchased in July 2010:

• Against Me! – White Crosses – They’re still inching further from their stripped down, I-use-a-upside-down-bucket-as-a-drum roots, but it’s good music nonetheless.
• Alesana – The Emptiness
• At All Costs – Circle of Demons
• Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen – I was curious what their older stuff was like. Turns out it’s not as original (i.e., more typical hardcore/metal) … but still decent.
• Ben Folds Five – Ben Folds Five – How did I go this long without picking up the album that started it all?
• Bishop Allen – The Broken String
• Chevelle – Sci-Fi Crimes – I skipped their last one due to less-than-stellar reviews. This album seems to have them back in the action – although I still have trouble not wishing they were Tool.
• City and Colour – Sometimes
• Coalesce – Ox
• David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
• F***ed Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
• HEALTH – Get Color
• High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine – Face. Melted.
• Howl – Full of Hell
• Integrity – To Die For
• I See Stars – 3-D
• Manntis – Sleep in Your Grave
• Matt Pond PA – Several Arrows later
• Remembering Never – God Save Us
• Strand of Oaks – Pope Killdragon
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! – Their best album so far, in my opinion. Less repetition, more flow.

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