Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

The good is good and the bad you can skip. This has a lot of awesome guest appearances, too - Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reed, the guys from The Clash - and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts. Who knew there could be life after Blur?

Passion Pit – Manners

My friend was opening for Passion Pit in what ended up being a sold out show (this was at least six months ago) and he put me on the list, which is always awesome. I invited this girl I knew and we met up and got a few drinks before the show and then headed over to the venue. She kept asking if I had tickets and I said no. Then she saw the sold out sign and started getting nervous, but I played it cool and was like - don't worry, baby, we'll get in. I tell the door guy I'm on the list and we're in and I look like a badass. The show's packed and mostly with young, cute girls. And that's pretty much all you need to know about this band. Cute girls like this band which means you will end up liking this band or at least pretending to like this band.