Thin Lizzy — “The Boys Are Back In Town” — “Rock so sweet it can’t be faked. It has riffs that the Strokes wish they could hang with.”

Dimmu Borgir — “Kings of the Carnival Creation” — “Basically metal dudes who can write symphonies. Symphonies that still have blast beats, strings, mosh parts that hardcore bands would never do, powerful vocals, and a bass player who looks like a Viking.”

Black Sabbath — “Killing Yourself To Live” — “If you don’t like Black Sabbath, I hate you.”

The Mars Volta — “Inertiatic ESP” — “This is the only band currently active that I think honestly deserves to become legendary. They could and should be the next Sabbath/Zeppelin/etc.”

Mogwai — “Auto Rock” — “I love this band, and their new record actually takes their style of music to new places, which has been something difficult for a lot of similar bands to do.”

Gorillaz — “Feel Good Inc.” — “This band kind of wins every time they put something out. It just feels good and is catchy as hell.”