New here - resurrecting this topic as I was trolling around - decided to come out of the gate ready to get hit. A lot.
1 - I liked the second Editors album. A lot. (no - I'm not 15)
2 - There was a TON of great new music last year - but I think most of the best "innovative, doesn't sound like a bunch of other bands" is happening in smaller pockets of sub-genres... something most of us, as we age, don't have as much time to find.
3 - Some great and innovative records? (Let the beating me up commence...)
Buck 65 - Situation
Abdominal - Escape From The Pigeon Hole
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
MIA - Kala
Maps - We Can Create
4 - Some stuff that bears resemblences (but still rock and aren't resembling a lot of "obvious" things)
A Place To Bury Strangers
Airiel
The Pipettes
Air Formation
Stars
Anyways - hello. Please - let the beating up of the newb who resurrected a pointless post begin [smirk].[/list]