August 24th: Artists that start with "The"

We were originally going to go with a theme of all male bands with one word names, but unfortunately Simplify Media and our entire iTunes is jacked up. Josh had picked the album by Squeeze, East Side Story, to start off this theme, but during it we switched it to my iPod. Lost story short, we started a new theme, which is in the title of this post.

Pick #1
Album: Oracular Spectacular
Artist: MGMT
Year: 2008
Whose pick: Ben's
Comments by Ben: At the time we switched over to my iPod, we were still on the first theme, but i justified this pick for the current theme also by saying MGMT used to be called The Management. This album is okay, but "Electric Feel" is AMAZING.

Pick #2
Album: Pod
Artist: The Breeders
Year: 1990
Whose pick: Josh's
Comments by Josh: Love the Deal sisters. Love them.

Pick #3
Album: The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Artist: The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Year: 2007
Whose pick: Ben's
Comments by Ben: Again, i get away with a technicality. While most people list this album as being by "The Good, the Bad and the Queen", in actuality, the band is unnamed. Wikipedia says it's a studio album by "Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon, and Simon Tong", for whatever that's worth.

Pick #4
Album: Lust Lust Lust
Artist: The Raveonettes
Year: 2007
Whose pick: Josh's
Comments by Josh: The album title speaks volumes. Its not enough to say lust just once.

Pick #5
Album: A Mouthful
Artist: The Dø
Year: 2008
Whose pick: Ben's
Comments by Ben: French dude and Finnish chick. What's not to love?

Pick #6
Album: Distortion
Artist: The Magnetic Fields
Year: 2008
Whose pick: Josh's
Comments by Josh: Chamber-pop for the modern indie crowd.

Pick #7
Album: Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt
Artist: The Orb
Year: 2005
Whose pick: Ben's
Comments by Ben: Everything on Kompakt records is excellent.

Pick #8
Albums: The Bird and the Bee, One Too Many Hearts, and Please Clap Your Hands
Artist: The Bird and the Bee
Years: 2007, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
Whose pick: Josh's
Comments by Ben: While this was Josh's pick, he was confined to the limits of my iPod. And though we support Simplify Media, we're a little pissed at it tonight. And also pissed the Octane music hard drive has failed. In any case, i think this band rules.