I’ve picked up a lot of good music lately, and among it all, there’s a couple really great albums that have stood out.

Datarock is an new (to me) group out of Norway (of course; What’s with all the amazing Norwegian artists?) with the cleverly doubled self-titled debut album, Datarock Datarock. They tend to appeal to my geek-rock sensibilities, blending a nice mix of electronic and rock music with quirky vocals and lyrics. On top of that, they make me laugh out loud every time I hear Computer Camp Love (full track on last.fm!).

I hear that they opened for a group called CSS in Toronto this week, which sadly I missed. I’m completely unfamiliar with CSS, though I’m hearing a lot of buzz about them lately, so I’ll have to see what the big deal is all about.

The Bravery’s new album, The Sun and the Moon is not the typical kind of music I usually get in to, well, I should say, it hasn’t been lately. I used to be a huge alt/rock fan years gone by, but their stuff has a really refreshing, energetic vibe on the whole genre. The first two tracks, Intro and Believe really bring that across right away.