Televators
by The Mars Volta

Devastating, but beautifully so.

Head Is a Flame (Cool With It)
by Portugal. The Man

So geared up for their upcoming collaboration with Danger Mouse -- 'til then this album will be in heavy rotation.

Plundered My Soul
by The Rolling Stones

Smoking Umbrellas
by Failure

I haven't worked out an 'all-time favorite albums' list, but if I did, this one would rank way up there.

Birthday Cake
by Cibo Matto

Raucous, dissonant, wildly nonsensical -- and catchy as all get-out.

Little Arithmetics
by dEUS

Ah, dEUS, a true tour de force in Belgian rock. Feels like ages since I last gave them a spin -- shame on me!