The Original Rockometer

Published November 2011
Cartoon Violence by Herzog
So Many Things by Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Singles 2007-2010 by Ty Segall
Carrion Crawler/The Dream by Thee Oh Sees

Published October 2011
Nasty, Brutish and Short by Pujol
Celestial Lineage by Wolves in the Throne Room

Published September 2011
The Hunter by Mastodon
The Whole Love by Wilco
Neverendless by Cave
West by Wodden Shjips
S/T by Wild Flag
In the Grace of Your Love by The Rapture
Father, Son and Holy Ghost by Girls
Leave Home by The Men
13 Chambers by Wugazi
Lenses Alien by Cymbals Eat Guitars
Endless Now by Male Bonding

Published August 2011
Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs
Mirror Traffic by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Skying by The Horrors
Rock and Roll Dreamer by Mickey
Marble Son by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Let it Beard by Boston Spaceships

Published June 2011
Black Up by Shabazz Palaces
We Are the Champions by JEFF the Brotherhood
Arabia Mountain by The Black Lips
Goodbye Bread by Ty Segall
Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys
David Comes to Life by Fucked Up

Published May 2011
Demolished Thoughts by Thurston Moore
Aesthethica by Liturgy
Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA
Sons of Stone by The People’s Temple
Dancer Equired by Times New Viking

Published April 2011
Mazes by Moon Duo
Nine Types of Light by TV on the Radio
Belong by Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Published March 2011
Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1, by Earth
Angles by The Strokes
No Witch by The Cave Singers
Several Shades of Why by J Mascis
Smoke Ring for my Halo by Kurt Vile
Constant Future by Parts and Labor

Published February 2011
The King of Limbs by Radiohead
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will by Mogwai
S/T by Yuck
Party Store by The Dirtbombs

Published January 2011
S/T  by Cloud Nothings
Pass the Stone by Prisoners

Published November 2010
Sports by Weekend
First Blood by Nobunny
Idle Times by Idle Times
Spiral Shadow by Kylesa

Published October 2010
Year of the Ox by Fucked Up
Everything in Between by No Age
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Published September 2010
Phosphene Dream by The Black Angels
Grinderman 2 by Grinderman
Songs for Singles by Torche
Wilderness Heart by Black Mountain
Majesty Shredding by Superchunk
Search by Herzog
S/T by Interpol
Boris with Ian Astbury by BXI

Published August 2010
Twin Hand Movement by Lower Dens
King of the Beach by Wavves
Fifteen by Super Wild Horses

Published July 2010
Disconnect from Desire by School of Seven Bells
Expo 86 by Wolf Parade

Published June 2010
American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem
In and Out and Back Again by Woven Bones
Back in the USSA by Prisoners
Treats by Sleigh Bells

Published May 2010
Splash by Jeremy Jay
Deathbed +4 by The Ponys
This is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
Brothers by The Black Keys
Warm Slime by Thee Oh Sees
High Violet by The National
Heaven is Whenever by The Hold Steady

Published April 2010
Mount Carmel by Mount Carmel
Rush to Relax by Eddy Current Suppression Ring
I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls
Lux by Disappears
Coconut by Archie Bronson Outfit

Published March 2010
Eyelid Movies by Phantogram
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night by The Besnard Lakes
Quarantine the Past by Pavement
The Brutalist Bricks by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Rough Frame by The Art Museums
The Monitor by Titus Andronicus

Published February 2010
Descending Shadows by Pierced Arrows
Have One on Me by Joanna Newsome
Turning On by Cloud Nothings
Rumors in Disguise by Shellshag
Astro Coast by Surfer Blood
Couple Tracks by Fucked Up
Transference by Spoon
Public Square by This Moment in Black History

Published January 2010
Contra by Vampire Weekend

Key
11 – Yes, This Rockometer Does Go to 11
10 – Rock Godness
8 – 9 – Recommended Rocking
6 – 7 – Good, Good Stuff
5 – Kinda Alright, Semi-OK
3-4 – The Not So Good Stuff
1-2 – Garbage, Shite, Tripe, Worthless, Irredeemable, etc

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