Good, modern, "clean" rock/top 40 albums

The difference is, Americans can recognize a Scottish or Irish accent, but usually not a Welsh one.

And I’ve never heard Northern Ireland referred to as “British,” Britain being a different island and all.

I mostly agree, except the song about Jerry Springer from Running with Scissors is conspicious by its relative raunchiness. That it still could be played unedited on radio stations speaks to the relative cleanliness of the rest of his work.

Is this a joke? Hannah Montana is huge with young teens of both sexes. Of course, I don’t think the boys are interested in her music so much. Oh, and the lesbian jokes are lame. I knew plenty of people with no outward interest in the opposite sex in their young teens who didn’t catch “teh ghey”.

Neither of these are anywhere near “clean”. Especially Rilo Kiley’s most recent CD “Under the Blacklight”. It was great, but I felt dirty after listening to it.

Might I suggest Guster though? Their two most recent CDs (“Keep it Together” and “Ganging Up on the Sun”) are both pretty clean and are full of great music. “Lost and Gone Forever” is my favorite, but there are a few songs with “mature themes” and some swear words.

Most of the music I listen to is female fronted and I second PJ Harvey, as well as suggesting albums by Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, and Amanda Ghost.
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Tegan and Sara** are an indie-rock band out of Canada comprised of identical (lesbian) twins that are one of my favorite acts. They have a noticeable folksy flavor to their music in my opinion but are still undeniably rock. **Regina **and Imogen Heap might be a little too out there for her, but might also be the perfect kind of music, as well. They’re both pretty brash and pretty experimental. Amanda Ghost, I just love. She’s a British singer-songwriter with a raspy voice that can still sing beautifully on ballads.

If you want something a little lighter, there’s also Vienna Teng, Charlotte Martin, Eisley, and Butterfly Boucher. The first two are vaguely Sarah McLachlan-ish, **Eisley **is indie pop, and Butterfly Boucher is a pop/rock artist from Australia.

And, finally, if some language is no problem, my favorite artist is Sarah Fimm, a downtempo trip-hop artist out of New York. She’s just simply wonderful and I worship the ground she glides over.

Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but while Northern Ireland may not be part of Great Britain, I believe that a lot of people from Northern Island (mostly the Protestants), consider themselves “British.”

Soundgarden
White Stripes
Massive Attack
Foo Fighters
Monster Magnet
Beck
Beastie Boys

“Field Manual” by Chris Walla is also good poppy rock, nice and clean.

I don’t know any teenaged boys other than my brother, who doesn’t care about Hannah Montana. Maybe some boys do like her. It hadn’t occurred to me that boys might think she’s hot, though maybe it should have. I couldn’t pick her out of a lineup myself.

The lesbian reference wasn’t really a joke. She wouldn’t be the first non-straight person in the family, but I really have no idea what her true feelings are. More than likely she’s been raised to believe that sex is gross and sinful, especially for women, so she’s chucking the idea altogether for the moment. I just want to give her something fun and interesting to listen to that isn’t aimed at 10-year-olds. I know music expanded my horizons a lot when I was a teen, but I had more access than my siblings do.