Hilary

The warm late May air lingered all night at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Mass. last Tuesday as Radiohead rocked the enormous, sold-out crowd. Radiohead constantly pushes the envelope of what is considered "good" alternative rock; from the early 90's, that meant a ear-awakening guitar chunk in "Creep," a number of albums that seemed ahead of the times (OK Computer and Amnesiac come to mind), and albums that changed the state of music as we know it (like In Rainbows, available for any price a consumer wants to pay)

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Sleigh Bells-Comeback Kid
Nada Surf- Waiting For Something
Andrew Bird-Eyeoneye
Wild Flag- Black Tiles
A Place to Bury Strangers- So Far Away
Ben Kweller- Mean To Me
Big Sir- Ready on the Line
Heartless Bastards- Parted Ways
The Kills- Future Starts Slow
Wilco- Born Alone
Reptar- Stuck In My Id

Feist- How Come You Never Go There
Justice- Civilization
Los Campesinos- By Your Hand
Chuck Ragan- Wish on the Moon
Primus- Tragedy's A Comin'
Givers- Up Up Up
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks- Senator
Wavves- Bug
F*****d Up- Queen of Hearts
Fleet Foxes- Lorelai
Kathleen Edwards- Change the Sheets
Civil Twilight- Fire Escape

Delta Spirit- California
Fruit Bats- You're Too Weird
Yacht-I Walked Alone
Yukon Blonde- Fire
Prurient- Crosses
Matt and Kim-Good for Great
Real Estate-Easy
Electric Touch- Don't Stop
Vivian Girls- Heard You Say
Russian Circles- Miladek
Horrible Crowes- Ladykiller
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The Asteroids Galaxy Tour- Heart Attack
The Features- How It Starts
The Ettes- Teeth
Sleigh Bells- Comeback Kid
Puscifer- Telling Ghosts
Dr.Dog-That Old Black Hole
We Are Augustines- Book of James
The Melismatics- Divided Devotions
Jezabels- Endless Summer
Heartless Bastards- Parted Ways
Epic Dutch- 36 Hour
Wu Lyf- Spitting Blood
E Tu Bruce- Stars Fall

Ben Kweller-Mean to Me
The Hours- I Wanna Be Happy
Blonde Summer- Silver Jesus
Flogging Molly- Saints and Sinners
Tuneyards- Gangsta
Sweet Fix-FM Radio
City and Colour- Fragile Bird
Bon Iver-Holocene
I Am Dynamite- Stereo
Toro Y Moi- All Alone
Penguin Prison- Don't Fuss With My Money

L.P.-Into the Wild
Tallahassee- Swimming Song
The Features- How It Starts
Okkervil River- Your Past Life as a Blast
The One AM Radio- In A City Without Seasons
The Drums- Money
Handsome Furs- Repatriated
Big Pink- Stay Gold
Charles Bradley- Heartaches and Pain
Blitzen Trapper- American Goldwing
Dredg- Thought of Losing You
Library Voices- Generation Handclap
Wombats- Techno Fan
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Foxy Shazam- I Like It
Cranberries- Show Me
Sewing Circle- Love Games
Dancing Heals- Diamonds
Mike Doughty- Na Na Nothing
Decemberists- Calamity Song
Mogwai- Drunk and Crazy
The Kills- Future Starts Slow
Nada Surf- Waiting for Something
CSS-Hits Me Like A Rock
Fruit Bats- You're Too Weird
Dum Dum Girls- Bedroom Eyes
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind

Lana Del Rey- Video Games
Fanfarlo- Deconstruction
Warpaint- Warpaint
Wilco- Born Alone
Gold Motel- Safe in L.A.
Bikini Test Failure- Are We Having a Good Time Yet?
Metronomy- The Look
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks- Senator
Washed Out- Before
The Postelles- 123 Stop
Kurt Vile- Baby's Arms
Real Estate- Easy
Sleigh Bells- Born to Lose