Bloc Party : Silent Alarm
Genre: Alternative Rock	Dates: 2005

Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm has helped shape the stereotype of coffee-shop dwelling college students who sport MacBooks and feel no guilt for illegally downloading music: at this writing, three years after its release, this album is the apparent legacy.  Poppish yet abrasive, Silent Alarm’s guitar licks and power-chords weren’t exclusively considered “indie rock” back in ’05, but a Franz Ferdinand or Arctic Monkeys album later, and they’re already a tired approach.  For those dabbling a bit past the mainstream, Bloc Party could intrigue...that is all. (Editor’s note: guitars are never tired—and never will be—when applied correctly.) (Review by Jon Hadusek)

Playlist:
1. Like Eating Glass
2. Helicopter
3. Positive Tension
4. Banquet
5. Blue Light
6. She's Hearing Voices
7. This Modern Love
8. Pioneers, The
9. Price Of Gasoline
10. Little Thoughts - (bonus track)
11. So Here We Are
12. Luno
13. Plans
14. Compliments