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1	Goo (1990) more music like this by Sonic Youth Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation. While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the Geffen logo adorning the disc is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.41!
2	Children of God/World of Skin (1997) more music like this by Swans This re-release, fully remastered by Gira, was especially crucial for Swans' fan base, since Children had long fallen out of print worldwide, with often-times absurd prices being asked for by sellers lucky enough to have a few remaining. The package collects that album along with the contents of the American-only compilation of the first two Skin ... see all copies from $18.88! new only from $18.88!
3	Daydream Nation (1988) more music like this by Sonic Youth By refining the song-oriented breakthroughs of Sister and developing their fascination with noise and alternate tunings, Sonic Youth created a masterpiece of post-punk art rock with the double-album Daydream Nation. Though the self-conscious sprawl of the album might appear self-indulgent on the surface, Daydream Nation is powered by a sustained ... see all copies from $5.64! new only from $8.44!
4	Dirty (1992) more music like this by Sonic Youth When DGC Records signed Nirvana in 1991, one of DGC's A&R reps expressed the opinion that, with plenty of touring and the right promotion, the new act might sell as well as its labelmate and touring partner Sonic Youth. The surprise success of Nevermind upended previous commercial expectations for Sonic Youth (among other established alternative ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.00!
5	Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star (1994) more music like this by Sonic Youth Whereas Dirty and its predecessors were loud, distorted, and bordering on the fine line between pop and noise, Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star did away with the ear-bleeding guitar feedback so often attributed to the group. The group retained its quirky twist on pop/rock song structures, moving even closer to a consistent use of the verse ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50!
6	The Flowers of Romance (1981) more music like this by Public Image Ltd. As opposed to the axis of throbbing bass and guitar slashings of Metal Box, The Flowers of Romance is centralized on razor-sharp drums and typically haranguing vocals. No dubwise grooves here -- bassist Jah Wobble was kicked out prior to the recording for ripping off PiL backing tracks for his solo material. And growing more disenchanted with the ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $8.64!
7	EVOL (1986) more music like this by Sonic Youth Sonic Youth made their first moves toward rock with EVOL, a stunningly fluent mixture of avant-garde instrumentation and subversions of rock & roll. The band benefits greatly from the addition of structure, which gives its aural experiments a firm grounding, but the addition of drummer Steve Shelley is essential to the group's new, dangerous edge. ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $7.39!
8	Excellent Italian Greyhound (2007) more music like this by Shellac Unlike most celebrated independent bands, the three members of Shellac have made it clear they have no desire to turn the band into a full-time job and accept the attendant financial and professional compromises that would come with that, so while the seven-year wait between Shellac's third album, 1000 Hurts, and 2007's Excellent Italian Greyhound ... see all copies from $11.46! new only from $12.94!
9	Pop Tatari (1993) more music like this by The Boredoms Appearing in America after an initial Japanese release, and with a revamped track listing and song titles to boot ("Bocabola" is called that here only because somebody somewhere was worried about what a certain soft drink company might think of the original title), Pop Tatari definitely holds the crown as being one of the strangest things to ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $12.43!
10	The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities (2006) more music like this by Sonic Youth Devoted to the more open-ended rarities that have gathered in Sonic Youth's discography in the decade spanning from Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star to Sonic Nurse, The Destroyed Room serves as a reminder that even the band's sketches and non-album tracks remain fascinating. Pieces like the Murray Street outtake "Fauhemians" and "Campfire," ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.98!
11 view cover	At Action Park (1994) more music like this by Shellac Shellac's first three singles (especially Uranus) suggested that Steve Albini was moving into more subtle and dynamic territory after the musical and lyrical brutality of Big Black and Rapeman, but the group's first full-length album, At Action Park, proved that the misanthropic noisemaker responsible for Atomizer and Songs About Fucking was still ... see all copies from $11.30! new only from $14.14!
12 view cover	Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (2004) more music like this by Mono Tokyo's Mono have matured in a most compelling way. They began shamelessly wearing their influences on their collective sleeve, pushing a heavy brand of distorted guitar scree into the stratosphere of sheer punishing noise. On Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined, the band's third full-length on the brilliant Temporary ... see all copies from $11.14! new only from $13.59!
13 view cover	Plague Soundscapes (2003) more music like this by The Locust Plague Soundscapes is the Locust's first release for Anti, the Epitaph offshoot that includes among its intellectually superior ranks Tom Waits, Eddie Izzard, and Buju Banton. Have these respected dinner guests encouraged the Locust to serve up something less severe for dinner? Of course not. Plague Soundscapes is a churning miasma of sonic goo, a ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $12.43!
14 view cover	Independent Worm Saloon (1993) more music like this by Butthole Surfers After Pioughd's semi-misfire and Rough Trade's subsequent collapse, the Surfers were in a surprising position. Not only were they courted and signed to Capitol thanks to the Nirvana-led alternative explosion, they also got high-profile arranger and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones to produce the new album. When Saloon surfaced in early 1993, ... see all copies from $2.08! new only from $7.15!
15 view cover	Public Image (1978) more music like this by Public Image Ltd. Like it or not, Public Image Limited's First Issue (aka Public Image) was an album that helped set the pace for what eventually became known as post-punk. In England a vacuum had opened up in the wake of the breakup of the Sex Pistols in January 1978, and many punk fans and rival groups were impatient to see what ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon ... see all copies from $9.67! new only from $9.67!
16 view cover	Sister (1987) more music like this by Sonic Youth EVOL was a major leap forward for Sonic Youth, but Sister is a masterpiece, demonstrating the group's rapidly evolving musicality. More than ever before, Sonic Youth's songs sound like actual songs, and their collages of noise, distortion, and alternate tunings are now used to provide texture and depth to the music, which is original, complex, and ... see all copies from $5.72! new only from $7.60!
17 view cover	The Runners Four (2005) more music like this by Deerhoof After seven albums' worth of gleeful pandemonium, Deerhoof calm things down a bit with The Runners Four, a collection of songs that are even more restrained than Milk Man and the Green Cosmos EP. Perhaps trying for the unpredictability of their earlier work got too, well, predictable for the band. Even though the manic intensity that characterized ... see all copies from $11.75! new only from $13.95!
18 view cover	Second Edition (1980) more music like this by Public Image Ltd. PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future. Sure, there were touchstones that got their imaginations running -- the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the ... see all copies from $5.87! new only from $7.49!
19 view cover	Terraform (1998) more music like this by Shellac see all copies from $10.77! new only from $12.29!
20 view cover	Locust Abortion Technician (1987) more music like this by Butthole Surfers The aural equivalent of a nightmarish acid trip and arguably the band's best album (or worst, depending on your point of view), Locust Abortion Technician tops the psychedelic, artsy sonic experimentation of Rembrandt Pussyhorse while keeping one foot planted firmly in the gutter. The record veers from heavy Sabbath sludge (even parodying that ... see all copies from $11.27! new only from $13.50!
21 view cover	Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986) more music like this by Butthole Surfers Everything seems to start almost normally on Pussyhorse with "Creep in the Cellar," even with the rather gone violin line -- Haynes is intelligible, the piano part is quiet serene. Then again, Haynes is talking about the creep in question doing things like taking off his skin, so clearly all is still at least somewhat tweaked in Surferland. The ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $6.98!
22 view cover	For Respect (1993) more music like this by Don Caballero Rare is the rock band that can make a strong impression on the listener without the benefit of a vocalist, but Pittsburgh's Don Caballero comes roaring out of the gate on its debut album. The quartet showcases its instrumental wizardry on the opening title cut, a skull-crushing groove monster that finds evocative drummer Damon Che leading the band ... see all copies from $9.26! new only from $11.25!
23 view cover	Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995) more music like this by Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was never a singles band -- they may have released many 7" singles, but they rarely paid attention to conventional song structure, which meant their ideas couldn't always be distilled in the form of one three-minute song. Consequently, the idea of a compilation of highlights from their peak years at SST Records is a little odd, since ... see all copies from $7.08! new only from $8.72!
24 view cover	A Journey Through Roman's Empire (2007) more music like this by Athletic Automaton As a duo sporting matching jerseys, tight shorts, tube socks, and headbands, Athletic Automaton rocks out marathon noise rock tantrums that test the most seasoned music listener's physical endurance. Drummer Patrick Crump pounds out fills furiously as guitarist Steve Mattos interlays repetitive riffs with a lap steel run through distortion pedals. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.37!
25 view cover	You Are There (2006) more music like this by Mono Japanese power quartet Mono return with a fifth album, and their fourth for Temporary Residence. You Are There, engineered and mixed by Steve Albini, picks up the formula where he and the band left off on Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined. Much has been made of Mono's engagement and deployment of dynamics. While it ... see all copies from $11.14! new only from $11.43!

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