1. Between the Buried and Me
The Parallax II: Future Sequence (Metal Blade)
2. Muse
The 2nd Law (Warner Bros.)
3. Mumford and Sons
Babel (Glass Note)
4. Coheed and Cambria
Afterman: Ascension (Xenon)
5. All Time Low
Don’t Panic (Hopeless)
6. Sleeping With Sirens
Let’s Cheers to This (Rise)
7. MGK
Lace Up (Est19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope)
8. Tame Impala
Lonerism (Modular)
9. Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind (Epitaph)
10. Mellowhype
Numbers (Odd Future)
This article appears in Oct 18-24, 2012.