On the recommendation of The Strokes, I recently bought the new Interpol album, entitled Turn On the Bright Lights. Boy, am I not disappointed. The music ranges in style a bit but overall, these guys are very talented musicians — bringing in 80s and 90s influences into original and smartly catchy pop songs. In fact, Interpol is a kind of perfect combination of some of my favorite 80s and 90s bands, including:

1. Echo and the Bunnymen
2. The Smiths
3. The Flaming Lips
4. The Stranglers
5. Talking Heads
6. The Shins
7. Sonic Youth
8. My Bloody Valentine
9. Psychedelic Furs
10. Galaxy 500
11. Luna
12. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
13. Belle and Sebastian
14. Yaz
15. The Fall
16. Pavement