Maybe a little background would be appropriate...

Before I post the first of my reviews, maybe I should share some essentials about my taste and what I like to listen to.

25 of my favorite bands/artists:

1. The Cure
2. Sonic Youth
3. The Smiths
4. Radiohead
5. Sigur Ros
6. Teenage Fanclub
7. Jeff Buckley
8. Portishead
9. Animal Collective
10. Modest Mouse
11. Joy Division
12. Fugazi
13. R.E.M.
14. Yo La Tengo
15. Belle & Sebastian
16. Deerhoof
17. Talk Talk
18. Massive Attack
19. PJ Harvey
20. The Jayhawks
21. The Beatles
22. Elliott Smith
23. The Velvet Underground
24. Led Zeppelin
25. Sam & Dave

My top 35 albums:

1. The Cure - Disintegration
2. Jeff Buckley - Grace
3. Sigur Ros - ( )
4. Joy Division - Closer
5. Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
6. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
7. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
8. Radiohead - OK Computer
9. Sonic Youth - Dirty
10. The Stooges - Fun House
11. The Cure - Faith
12. R.E.M. - Murmur
13. Slint - Spiderland
14. Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 Performed by the New York Philharmonic
15. Deerhoof - Apple O'
16. Radiohead - Kid A
17. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
18. The Cure - Pornography
19. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
20. The Cure - Wish
21. The Cure - Bloodflowers
22. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
23. Lilys - Eccsame the Photon Band
24. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
25. dredg - El Cielo
26. Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs
27. Portishead - Third
28. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
29. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
30. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
31. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
32. The Cure - Join the Dots: B-sides & Rarities
33. Animal Collective - Feels
34. Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave
35. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Nothern Britain