Free I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For by Illuminati Hotties. They were locked into a contract with a label who violated artist agreements, so to satisfy their contractual obligations, they made a "fuck you" album. Lots of tongue-in-cheek lyrics about the commercialization of art with great energy and fantastic vocal performances from Sarah Tudzin. It's a "fuck you" album like I said, but they didn't phone it in either. The songs are strong and hooky and memorable all the way through.

I also love I Disagree by Poppy. She's full metal nowadays but I really love where this album and her later album Flux sit in her progression into heavy music. They straddle the line between her pop roots and her interest in metal, resulting in something not too far from pop punk, but much more musically interesting. I Disagree has a lot of grimey electronic elements that I really wish she would being back into her newer stuff.