Best albums of the year - So far

[Spitfire]

It's June, almost halfway through the year...what's been rocking your world so far?

I've got lots:

<ul><li>Brant Bjork & the Operators - s/t A total change for him. A little more poppy, some Cars influences...great summer beer-bq music

<li>Orquesta del Desierto - s/t Just awesome! All-acoustic experience that's tons of fun, got some folk to it...lots of desert grooves, another great summer cd

<li>Down - II

<li>Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal

<li>Halfway to Gone - Second Season

<li>Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

<li>Abdullah - Graveyard Poetry Rock, metal, doom and one of the best rock singers out there!

<li>Grand Magus - s/t Has the singer from Spiritual Beggars, just some fucking no-holds-barred rock n roll. All killer, no filler.
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