I put together this list for a couple reason’s with the main reason being that so much good music has come out already this year I wanted to recognize some of it before I put my big end of the year lists together in December.  This will be a taste of what’s coming in December.

5) Mute Math “Armistice” -I had never listened to Mute Math before recieving this album in the mail, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was, it is a very laid back album that has urgency in all the right places, I suggest everyone pick it up.  By no means is it an insult that its number 5 on my list.

4) Two Tongues “Self Titled” – I really enjoyed this album partly because i’m a huge fan of Say Anything and Saves The Day, and when you put them together you get something very special.  Tongues takes all the great parts of Saves The Day and Say Anything and puts it into one project, the only issue I had with this is that the songs can get repetitive at times. Definately pick this up as its worth the $9.99 at Best Buy.

3) New Found Glory “Not Without A Fight” – What can I say about NFG that hasn’t been said, they always seem to surprise me.  I loved the NFG from 2000-2003 era but could not get into their latter albums.  I heard rumors that they were trying to make a move to old school NFG with this album and they definately accomplished that and truly put out a fun album.

2) Set Your Goals “This Will Be The Death Of Us” – WOW, thats all I have to say regarding SYG, they kicked all fans of pop-punk in the face with Death Of Us.  Death Of Us is a album that NFG should have wrote  3 years ago but didn’t, and i’m glad because SYG came in and made all fans of this genre take notice.  This was actually a top contender for the number 1 spot but was beat out by a hair, thats not saying that by the end of the year list comes out that it won’t be number 1, you never know.

1) Manchester Orchestra “Mean Everything To Nothing” – Manchester brought their “A” game with this album and topped their debut easily with Mean Everything, this was one of my most anticipated albums of the year and I was not let down at all.  The replay value of this album is great and it left me wanting more.

Here are some bands that didn’t make the list but definately have potential to make the end of the year top 10

-Silversun Pickups “Swoon”

-Taking Back Sunday “New Again”

-RX Bandits “Mandala” (Most likely will end up in my final top 10)

-Portugal The Man “The Satanic Satanist” (Could also be another top 10 contender)