This Is An Exercise In Words – ReubenRock.com

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of music I love. These are the albums that you’ll hear me playing over and over again (some of them for the last 7 or 8 years). In alphabetical order by artist because I’m looking at my iTunes library:

• The Academy Is… – “Almost Here”
• The Ataris – “Blue Skies, Broken Hearts…Next 12 Exits”
• The Avenue – Any album/ep (yes, I listen to my own band)
• The Bled – “Pass the Flask”
• Blink 182 – Any album
• Box Car Racer – “Boxcar Racer”
• Boys Night Out – “Make Yourself Sick”
• Brand New – “Your Favourite Weapon” and “Deja Entendu”
• Cartel – “Chroma”
• Death Cab for Cutie – “Transatlanticism” and “Plans”
• Every Time I Die – “Hot Damn!”
• Fall Out Boy – “Take This To Your Grave”
• Fear Before the March of Flames – “Odd How People Shake” and “Art Damage”
• Finch – “What It Is To Burn”
• Johnny Cash – Any album
• Kanye West – Any album
• Lit – “A Place in the Sun”
• Motion City Soundtrack – “Commit This to Memory”
• New Found Glory – “New Found Glory”
• Norma Jean – “Bless the Martyr & Kiss the Child”
• Northstar – “Pollyanna”
• Osker – “Idle Will Kill”
• The Rocket Summer – “Calendar Days” and “Hello, Good Friend”
• Rufio – “Perhaps, I Suppose”
• Saves The Day – Any album
• Taking Back Sunday – “Tell All Your Friends”
• Third Eye Blind – “Third Eye Blind”
• Thursday – “Full Collapse”
• Two Hours Traffic – “Little Jabs”
• Two Tongues – “Two Tongues”
• Underoath – “They’re Only Chasing Safety”
• The Used – “The Used”