Apparently, I wrote this last year, and never finished it! Here's some of the blog I had written. I added a bit of more contemporary commentary.
"5 surprisingly good albums (of 2006):
5 - Cobra Starship - While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets - With the break-up of Midtown, Gabe Saporta formed this band, and created a surprisingly addictive pop album. They play with a keytar live. That's amazing. I listened to Midtown's last album, Forget What You Know, a little while ago. A really solid album. I feel bad for not supporting this band more when they were active. I feel their lack of a strong fanbase contributed to their breakup.
4 - John Mayer - Continuum - Known for solid releases under the genre I call "elevator music", John Mayer pulls out his guitar chops for this album. despite his soft rock sensibilities, this man can play the blues. I'm looking forward to more John Mayer Trio stuff. Now that's some good old funky, bluesy, rock.Seriously, check the John Mayer Trio's live album, Try!. It's a really good album. Even has a nice Hendrix cover. Mayer really shows off on that one.
3 - The Who - Endless Wire - Although not really a surprise to me, the Who still got it, with only two surviving members, after 24 years of inactivity, in regards to original material.
2 - Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/LoveSounds - What is it with his collaboration with Timbaland? Do they find that name thing hilarious, or something?
1 - My Chemical Romance - Hailed by many as the best 70's rock album in the 2000's....Ray Toro comes out onto his own as a rocker on this album, puttin his guitar chops to use and effectively showing everyone that MCR is more than just an "emo" band."I saw these guys on Project Revolution this year, and was really impressed - the show only bolstered my opinion of them. They've graduated from pop-punk scene band to an arena rock band. They really put on an amazing show. Ray Toro nailed his solos AND the Black Parade guitar tones, which I was impressed by...The band put on an impressive and exciting performance, complete with rotating drum set, confetti, fireworks, smoke...They might've upstaged Link Park, to be honest..
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