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Top ten best LCD Soundsystem songs

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LCD Soundsystem's highly anticipated new album "American Dream" is out September 1st. Everytime a band with a near-perfect discography (which is the case for LCD) releases a new album, people get mixed feelings. There is the frightening feeling that the new album might be the one where the group eventually drop the ball and make a shitty record. At the same time, there is always the great expectation for another amazing record. These ambiguous feelings about "American Dream" are hitting us hard. So to ease the tension we made our top ten LCD Soundsystem songs, which gave us a chance to revisit the band's stellar discography and confirm that James Murphy and his crew are one of the best things that happened to music in the last 15 years. Hopefully after listening to "American Dreams", we'll need to add some new songs to this Top Ten. Check out all the lists, ranks, top fives we've made so far here ! 10) Losing My Edge Album: LCD Soundsy

Ten underrated Bad Religion songs

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Formed in 1980 Bad Religion's become a Punk Rock institution with iconic songs like "Infected", "American Jesus" and "Sorrow". Spread across 16 studio albums there are some truly underrated gems in their discography. Here we select ten of them. To go along with this list we've made two playlist dedicated to Bad Religion, one focused on their hits and another one focused on their most underrated songs. Maybe you'd like to check them out: Check out all the lists, ranks, top fives we've made so far  here ! 10)  Drastic Actions Album: Bad Religion EP (1981) 9)  Slumber Album: Stranger Than Fiction (1994) 8)  Materialist Album: The Process of Belief (2002) 7)  Best for You Album: Suffer (1988) 6)  Yesterday Album: Back to the Known EP (1984) 5)  Sowing the Seeds of Utopia Album: No Substance (1998) 4) A  Streetkid Named Desire Album: The New America (2000) 3)  Lost Pilgrim Album: New Maps of

Enslaved - Roadburn Live

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Band: Enslaved Album: Roadburn Live Release Date: April 22, 2017 Genre: Progressive Black Metal Expectation: 6.6/10 Reality: 6.9/10

Prong - Zero Days

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Band: Prong Album: Zero Days Release Date: July 28, 2017 Genre: Thrash Metal/Groove Metal Expectation: 6.7/10 Reality: 6.3/10

TOP FIVE - 5 Hardcore bands that deserve your attention

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In the last 3 years, several awesome hardcore albums have been released. We selected the five best bands of the new American hardcore. On Spotify you can find our playlist dedicated to the new generation of hardcore: In case you like this Top Five, check out all the  Top Fives  we've made so far. Band:  Angel Du$t "The album":  A.D. (2014) Angel Du$t adds some fun and melodic touches to hardcore but keeps the aggressive attitude of the genre. Standout Tracks:  "Take My Love", "Big One"  and "Pacify Me" Band:  Cold World "The album":  How the Gods Chill (2014) You'll hear a lot of Only Living Witness in Cold World but they manage to maintain an identity and even experiment with samples of electronic music and rap parts. Standout Tracks:  "Never Knows Best", "No More Fun and Games" and "Never" Band:  Harm's Way "The album":  Rust (2014) Harm

Power Trip - Manifest Decimation

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Band: Power Trip Album: Manifest Decimation Release Date: June 11, 2013 Genre: Thrash Metal/Crossover Expectation: 7.4/10 Reality: 7.9/10

Rancid - Trouble Maker

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Band: Rancid Album: Trouble Maker Release Date: June 9, 2017 Genre: Punk Rock/Ska Punk Expectation: 6.0/10 Reality: 6.6/10