Note: This is the debut album from the band fronted by Daron Malakian (System of A Down guitarist/vocalist/songwriter). SOAD drummer John Dolmayan joins him on drums.
Sound: They bounce between slick, arena-ready metal; stomping, more aggressive punk; reserved, mid-tempo rock; and power ballads. The bizarre, theatrical, progressive tendencies and political/social/environmental commentaries of System of a Down are still present, but Scars on Broadway is more melodic and less frenetic…

Update: The latest releases from Beck, Modern Guilt, and The Hold Steady, Stay Positive, find their way onto the list. And the debut from The Baseball Project, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails , squeezes in a few spots behind them at #20. Meanwhile, Man Man’s Rabbit Habits, The Kills’ Midnight Boom, and Santogold’s self-titled debut all get nudged out of the Top 20.

1. My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (ATO)
2. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL)
3. Adele 19 (XL/Columbia)
4. Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
5. Lupe Fiasco The Cool (Atlantic)

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Carleton College closes out 2007-2008’s College Radio Buzz by highlighting the latest release from Walter Meego. We’ll be back in the fall with more new music picks from the nation’s best college radio stations.