12. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing
These days it’s difficult to gauge whether Manchester Orchestra is over-hyped or underrated, which probably means that they are lurking exactly where they are supposed to be. Pissant, know-it-all blogosphere cognoscenti try their hardest to make you feel guilty for liking this record while teen/tween-focused punk/hardcore/emo sites and publications try to make you feel like a tasteless idiot if you don’t think Mean Everything to Nothing is manna from heaven. That’s actually quite an enviable position to be in. Probably no other Atlanta band—outside of Mastodon, who have been plundering and marauding around the globe for a few years now—are as poised to take over the world as Andy Hull and crew.
More Info:
Web: www.themanchesterorchestra.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ManchesterOrch
Nice list, love that fucking Future of the Left. Totally tits. Not buying that Puscifer shit, though. Weak.
excellent list for the most part. i whole heartedly agree with number one. my future ex-wife.
p.s.
pucifer is garbage. i want to fight maynard.
Yo Noose,
Why you hating on my man? You just can’t deal with the prog-rock.
it’s not so much the prog, as it is music that i can’t remember. and the over produced, over effected non-chorus having crap. P. U.
“jupiter” is one of my favorite records of all time, and it’s uber prog.
in your face!
I hear you, Cinn-Sen, especially on the later albums. I actually thought the first few Tool albums and all the A Perfect Circle stuff was really catchy in its way. “Jupiter” was/is pretty fucking fresh.
Fight Amp, Future Of The Left and Converge! Woo-hoo!