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The Best Albums of the Aughts?

An Afternoon Comment Diversion / TK

Comment Diversions | March 4, 2009 | Comments (131)

I can think of no more ridiculous task. I’ve been asked to do some goofy shit for this site (The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, anyone?), but this is the goofiest. It’s an impossible task. Too much time has passed. Nine years ago I was living with my best friend in a shit hole apartment in Allston, getting ready for the biggest change of my life (moving to Philly to be with the future Mrs. TK). I couldn’t balance my checkbook, I got high every. single. day. and I reviewed video games for a website that I don’t think even exists anymore and had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Thousands of albums have been released since 2000 — I don’t know why anyone would even contemplate such a task.

Oh wait, yes I do — because we’re suckers for lists and for music. So I spent an insane amount of time poring through my music, trying to figure out — what are the best albums of the Aughts? I’ve got some ideas, but I’d like to hear yours, readers. You know the drill: list your faves, and we’ll compile them and list the top ten for you, complete with retrospective reviews. Here’s an off-the-top-of-my-head list of just a few of mine (not in order, and not probably even my favorites):

DJ Shadow — The Private Press/Repress

The Postal Service — Give Up

Built to Spill — You In Reverse

The Drive-By Truckers — Decoration Day

Aceyalone and RJD2 — Magnificent City

From Autumn To Ashes — Holding A Wolf By The Ears

The Receiving End of Sirens — Between The Heart and the Synapse

Tool — Lateralus

Elliott Smith — Figure 8

Daft Punk — Discovery

Flaming Lips — Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Ryan Adams — Heartbreaker

Kanye West — College Dropout


I could go on and on. But now it’s your turn.







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Comments

Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
Rufus Wainwright: Poses

Posted by: samantha t at March 4, 2009 3:07 PM

Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights just blew me away.

I'm sure I'll have more, but for now this is the one that matters.

Posted by: Cindy at March 4, 2009 3:09 PM

Stankonia-Outkast
The Blueprint-Jay-Z
The Darkness-Permission to land
The Black Keys-Attack and Release

Posted by: Brasky at March 4, 2009 3:11 PM

I agree with some of your choices, and I'd add
The Shins - Oh, inverted world!

Posted by: Sofía at March 4, 2009 3:11 PM

What? How can you make me choose? Alright, I'll give it a try here...

#1: Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

#2: Feist - The Reminder

#3: Emily Haines - Knives Don't Have Your Back

#4: Arcade Fire - Funeral

#5: Santogold - Santogold

#6: Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

#7: Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs

#8: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

#9: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

#10: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at March 4, 2009 3:12 PM

Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

Natale Walker - Urban Angel

Frou Frou - Details

Dredg - Catch Without Arms

Kenna - New Sacred Cow

Mudvayne - L.D. 50

Posted by: annoyingmouse at March 4, 2009 3:14 PM

I really need to keep up with the good music scene. I can't think of a good album that came out because I didn't pay attention, but I can give you the worst.

I nominate Fall Out Boy, Nickelback, and The Jonas Brothers for shittiest fucking bands of the decade, with Fall Out Boy winning the worst band of all time award.

And the album that makes me want to open my wrists all over this keyboard most is... fucking Circus by Britney Spears, because she should have never had a career in the first place.

WHY THE FUCK DID PEOPLE BUY CIRCUS!? IT BLEW!

Posted by: George at March 4, 2009 3:15 PM

I guess these are a given, but Radiohead:

Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows.

Posted by: Cindy at March 4, 2009 3:17 PM

"Tool -- Lateralus"

Hell, yes!

I also nominate The Blackening by Machine Head.

Metallica? Is that something to eat?

Posted by: FabMax at March 4, 2009 3:18 PM

Don't knock Circus, George. It's fantastic for cardio.

Posted by: claire at March 4, 2009 3:20 PM

Poring, not pouring.

Any of the Danger Mouse-produced stuff ranks high in my estimation.

Posted by: Recondite at March 4, 2009 3:21 PM

Mermaid Avenue: Billy Bragg and Wilco.

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 4, 2009 3:23 PM

In no particular order:

Outkast / Speakerboxx/The Love Below

Bright Eyes / I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

Spoon / Kill the Moonlight

Justice / Cross (Daft Who?)

Radiohead / In Rainbows (This one, besides being a great album, also holds the honor of probably being one of the most important and successful steps in marketing music in the internet age.)

Posted by: Macafee at March 4, 2009 3:25 PM

Best album of the aughts? Chinese Democracy. Hands down.

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Cram it in your ass, Axl...

Posted by: Skitz at March 4, 2009 3:26 PM

What, not one mention of Kid Rock. I must say I'm shocked. Honest.

*shocked look*

Posted by: Xtreme at March 4, 2009 3:29 PM

You'll get no sympathy from me Skitz, you dumb bastard. I tried to warn you.

Posted by: TK at March 4, 2009 3:29 PM


wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary
black lips - let it bloom
destroyer - rubies
roots manuva - run come save me
nobunny - love visions
king khan & BBQ show - s/t
king khan & BBQ show - what's for dinner
deadly snakes - porcella
vietnam - s/t
sunset rubdown - shut up i'm dreaming
saul williams - amethyst rockstar

Posted by: cleveroldowl at March 4, 2009 3:36 PM

To add to the Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips etc. love:

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Salmonella Dub - Inside the Dub Plates


although these are not necessarily the best, just my favourite of the aughts.

and i'm really getting in to the Fleet Foxes.

Posted by: Dr. Emilio Lizardo at March 4, 2009 3:40 PM

Styles of Beyond - 2000 Fold

Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030

Handsome Boy Modeling School - So...How's Your Girl?

Clutch - Pure Rock Fury

Radiohead - Kid A

Portishead - Third

White Stripes - White Blood Cells

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Brian Wilson - Smile

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

Posted by: PissBoy at March 4, 2009 3:40 PM

Postal service 'give up', the knife 'deep cuts', jenny lewis 'acid tongue', fischerspooner 'odyssey', muse 'origin of symmetry', ladytron '604', siouxsie sioux 'mandalay', of montreal 'skeltal lamping'.

Posted by: gp at March 4, 2009 3:41 PM

Not sure if these are my best albums of the decade, but these have definitely helped shape my life in some way:

The Argument by Fugazi

Stairs and Elevators by The Heartless Bastards

On The Outside by The Marked Men

Coral Fang by The Distillers

Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age

Lack of Communication by The Von Bondies

Good times.

Posted by: jason at March 4, 2009 3:41 PM

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Rufus Wainwright - Want One and/or Want Two
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
Jump Little Children - Vertigo

Posted by: mak at March 4, 2009 3:44 PM

Crap, just remembered BFF came out in the 90s. Replace it with Ben Folds' Rockin' the Suburbs, then.

Posted by: mak at March 4, 2009 3:47 PM

Ugh, as if I didn't already feel ancient today, these music columns always make me feel old and out of touch. Ah well, there are a few names I recognize here.

Although Macafee makes a good argument for In Rainbows, if I had to pick my favourite 21st century Radiohead album, it'd be Amnesiac. Thom Yorke's The Eraser goes on the list too. I'll also toss in Ron Sexsmith's Time Being and The B-52s' Funplex (shut up, it's fun as hell!).

Posted by: meaux at March 4, 2009 3:48 PM

I'll also toss in... ...The B-52s' Funplex (shut up, it's fun as hell!).

How could it not be with a name like that?! It's practically written on the packaging.

Posted by: PissBoy at March 4, 2009 3:50 PM

Mos Def - The New Danger

Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines

Posted by: annoyingmouse at March 4, 2009 3:51 PM

ARCADE FIRE - FUNERAL
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
BRIAN WILSON - SMiLE
Radiohead - Kid A or In Rainbows
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
The Strokes - Is This It?
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Kanye West - Late Registration
P.O.S. - Never Better ;)
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

Posted by: ChristianH at March 4, 2009 3:55 PM

DAMN. Everytime I see you post, PissBoy, it's like love rekindled all over again. I would trade out that White Stripes album for either of the Raconteurs albums, but that's is about it.

Ok, to be a little more opinionated:

Portishead Third

Clutch Pure Rock Fury

Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Radiohead In Rainbows

Aesop Rock Float

Neko Case Fox Confessor

LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver

Ryan Adams Heartbreaker (That twat.)

I Wrestled A Bear Once s/t (Of course it is self-titled, because that band name is fucking AWESOME.)

Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Out of Season

Phew.

Posted by: boo at March 4, 2009 4:02 PM

Truth in advertising, PissBoy!

Posted by: meaux at March 4, 2009 4:02 PM

Sage Francis- Human the Death Dance
Coldplay- X&Y
AFI- Sing the Sorrow (okay, maybe I just listened to that one WAY too much in high school)
Muse- Black Holes and Revelations
System of a Down- Mesmerize
The Faint- Danse Macabre
Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
Also, is Radiohead's Ok Computer from the aughts? If so, add that to the list.

Posted by: Quincy at March 4, 2009 4:02 PM

Jesus...I have no idea. I'm so very tired.

Funeral-Arcade Fire
Guero-Beck
American Idiot-Green Day
More Adventurous-Rilo Kiley
Hail to the Thief-Radiohead
Plans-Death Cab (listening to this album breaks my heart, every time)
Employment Kaiser Chiefs
Smile-Brian Wilson (not sure if this counts, since it was written forever ago but released in 04)

I'll let the cool kids handle the less commercial stuff, I am completely daunted by music. It scares me. Deliciously so.

Posted by: Julie at March 4, 2009 4:02 PM

TV on the Radio Dear Science and a hearty second for Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

Posted by: catag at March 4, 2009 4:05 PM

Ok, if PissBoy listed Smile then I am secure in my choice. Thank you Andy, my darling younger brother, for being so insanely ridiculously adorably obsessed with Brian Wilson. But please, stop making me watch documentaries about Ronnie James Dio.

Posted by: Julie at March 4, 2009 4:06 PM

I'm diggin' the indie love. I'd say The Libertines' "Up the Bracket" is right up there for me. Kings of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak" was already mentioned, and what about Tool's other Aught effort "10,000 days"?

Posted by: Isiaha Tripod at March 4, 2009 4:07 PM

Anyone say:

The National - Boxer
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years

good times...

Posted by: Nate at March 4, 2009 4:08 PM

Julie!!! Never take the Lord Dio's name in vain!

HAVE I TAUGHT YOU NOTHING????

Posted by: boo at March 4, 2009 4:10 PM

You all like music that I would not classify as 'suck ass.' It all might not be my cup of tea, but I would not file it under suck ass. Way to go, Pajibans, you don't suck.

RADIOHEAD: IN RAINBOWS
MY MORNING JACKET: IT STILL MOVES
THE DECEMBERISTS: PICARESQUE
FLEET FOXES: FLEET FOXES
GNARLS BARKLEY: THE ODD COUPLE
KINGS OF LEON: AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK
INTERPOL: TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
M.I.A: ARULAR
PANDA BEAR: PERSON PITCH
RYAN ADAMS: HEARTBREAKER (I second that motion)

and Pissboy, thanks for being the only other person I've encountered (internet or real life) that has heard of Handsome Boy Modeling School. I love that shit.

Posted by: Porkchop at March 4, 2009 4:10 PM

Amy Winehouse- Back to Black

Say what you will about her, but there's not a bad song on that album.

Posted by: Will at March 4, 2009 4:13 PM

LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
Tool, Lateralus but I would have stumped for 10000 Days if the second half of the album was stronger
The National, Boxer
Queens of the Stone Age, Songs For The Deaf
Green Day, American Idiot. Don't judge it by what it became, very few bands have their finest hour 10 years into their career.
Los Campesinos, We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. high energy indie agnst
The Fratellis, Costello Music. I may have heard it first on an Ipod commercial, but damn if that album isn't stacked from start to finish with instantly hummable earworms.
Muse, Absolution. Nearly went for Black Holes, but think this one has a slightly stronger collection of cosmic sized singalongs.
System of a Down, Toxicity. Reignited my dormant love of metal, superior to the 1.5 albums-with-4-utterly-shit-songs combo of Hypnotise/Mesmerize. Once upon a time it was punk howling in protest while "metal" preened itself, how times change.
Ween, La Cucaracha. Fun, musically diverse return to form and keeper of one of the creepiest songs ever written (Object)

Posted by: Dave Shepherd at March 4, 2009 4:13 PM

Ha ha ha!!! THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH I CAN TAKE BOO!!

Posted by: Julie at March 4, 2009 4:14 PM

And now for something completely different...

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Thursday - War all the Time
Green Day - American Idiot
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil

Posted by: TylerDFC at March 4, 2009 4:14 PM

Because my list apparently isn't long enough, let's get a little more indie:

Fleet Foxes -- S/T

The Streets -- Original Pirate Material

Of Montreal -- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

The Decemberists -- Five Songs (Still the best Decemberists album)

TV on the Radio -- Return to Cookie Mountain (Don't get me wrong, Dear Science is brilliant, but this one will always be near and dear to my heart)

Posted by: Macafee at March 4, 2009 4:15 PM

TylerDFC, WORD to the Thursday love. Review of Common Existence is coming soon!

Posted by: TK at March 4, 2009 4:16 PM

True, Jules, very true.

It takes a strong human being to hold the Dio close the heart. Like listening to Alanis Morisette's "GOD" voice from Dogma kind of strong.

I don't fault you for your weakness, earthling. Only mourn for your loss.

DIO IS GOD!!!! CAUSE IT'S IN HIS NAME!!!

Posted by: boo at March 4, 2009 4:17 PM

Best lunch break ever Boo: sitting at The Khyber (a local bar), drinking IPAs and watching a MARATHON of Dio videos.

Posted by: Julie at March 4, 2009 4:19 PM

GASSSSSSP!!!!

I am green. Kermit don't even KNOW my kind of green.

Posted by: boo at March 4, 2009 4:20 PM

Wait, TK: Are you saying that being high every day is a bad thing?

Because I'm high RIGHT NOW. TYPING. Woah, what a weird-looking word: TYPING.

T-Y-P-I-N-G.

I...I don't even know what that means anymore. Wait, how am I making words??

WOAH.

Posted by: boo at March 4, 2009 4:25 PM

Arcade Fire: Funeral is one of my favorites.

Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours makes me want to take off my pants and go full retard.

Posted by: stopthemadness at March 4, 2009 4:25 PM

Sufjan Stevens: all of his albums. period.
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People
Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
Rilo Kiley: More Adventurous

Posted by: Eileen at March 4, 2009 4:30 PM

KANYE FUCKING WEST!? Ughhhhhh I groaned at that one so much I'm gonna take a dump after posting this...

Common -- Like Water for Chocolate (2000) -- This guy is amazing, and it's a shame he's more recognizable now as a supporting actor. If you like rap in the vein of guys like Kweli/Mos Def/The Roots this album is a great jump off point. I could go on and on if provoked...

Against Me! -- Reinventing Axl Rose (2002) -- Despite the occasionally obnoxious Anarchistic overtones, this album still kicks me in the teeth on many tracks.

Minus the Bear -- Highly Refined Pirates (2002) -- Personal pick, don't think they're that heavily liked. Bombed by critics, but I don't give a fuck.

The Jonas Bro -- I'm kidding I won't even wikipedia them to continue this joke.

Shout out to In Rainbows, even though I preferred Kid A, the impact of the way they released the album is only starting to be felt.

Posted by: Dan at March 4, 2009 4:31 PM

The Gaslight Anthem-Sink Or Swim
Their first album is as close to perfect as I've ever heard from anyone. Ever.

Posted by: Diablotien at March 4, 2009 4:32 PM

Dream Theater, Train of Thought
Mando Diao, Ode to Ochrasy
Coheed & Cambria, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Melee, Devils & Angels
Big Wreck, The Pleasure and the Greed
Head Automatica, Popaganda
The Format, Dog Problems
My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade
The Waking Eyes, Video Sound
The Spill Canvas, No Really, I'm Fine
Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Bring Your Own Stereo
Green Day, American Idiot

/carries the populist flag proudly
/expects not a one of these albums to make the list ('cept maybe American Idiot)

Posted by: Sean at March 4, 2009 4:36 PM

Dan, I believe the Jonas Brothers album you were looking for was "Packin'!", which has such chart topping hits as "Surprise Buttsecks (of Love)", "Poof (It's Magic, Bitches!)", "My Heart Rings of Purity", "Too Tight", "Taylor Swift Can Go Suck a D**k (and I'll Join Her as a Friend" and "Isn't It Obvious...". (Though, I hear if you buy it at WalMart, you get the exclusive 3D insert of Jo Bro nips. A little something for the menladies.)

Posted by: Mike R. at March 4, 2009 4:42 PM

I'll defend Kanye West til I die. The man is a colossal asshole, a douchebag of the highest order. But DAMN if College Dropout isn't a fucking incredible hip hop album. My guess is that a lot of people who hate him, hate him for his personality, and know little about his albums. If that's not true, then my apologies. But I maintain that that's a fantastic album.

Posted by: TK at March 4, 2009 4:44 PM

Alright, so Bring Your Own Stereo was '99. Scratch.

Posted by: Sean at March 4, 2009 4:47 PM

I will touchee that TK.

I will admit he does have a few songs that aren't half bad. I couldnt give two licks of a rat's ass about his personality, but I still don't think he's any good as an actual rapper. In fact I find when he shows up alongside other rappers doing his own verse, those usually end up bringing the song down.

Hope I'm not overpreaching by bringing up Common again, but Kanye produced and guest spotted on a song called "The Food". Great as a producer, good on the hook, but when he stepped in for a verse he just couldn't hold a candle.

And I think George Bush doesn't care about black people either.

Posted by: Dan at March 4, 2009 4:50 PM

Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music

Living Colour - Collideoscope

Cake - Comfort Eagle

Soulive - Doin' Something

Medeski, Martin & Wood - End of the World Party (Just In Case)

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

William Shatner - Has Been

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Vernon Reid & Masque - Other True Self

McCoy Tyner - Quartet

Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg version)

Peter Gabriel - Up

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 4, 2009 4:55 PM

I don't even know why I'm trying here. My music tastes are SO different from you guys. But here goes an exercise in futility, sans the obvious greatest hits collections...

1. Music (Madonna)
2. Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)
3. Home (The Dixie Chicks)
4. Limits of the Sky (The Bridges). If you haven't heard them yet, LISTEN! They are amazing.
5. Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
6. A Girl Called Eddy by A Girl Called Eddy
7. Happenstance (Rachel Yamagata)
8. Can't Take Me Home (Pink)
9. Little Voice (Sara Bareilles)
10. Illinoise (Sufjan Stevens)

Runners up include Britney by Britney Spears (I don't give a shit what you say..that CD was fun to dance to), Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (Gwen Stefani), Bring Me the Workhorse by My Brightest Diamond, Paper Nest by Raining Jane, Bette by Bette Midler, Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morisette, and Live in Paris by Diana Krall.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 4, 2009 4:57 PM

6. A Girl Called Eddy by A Girl Called Eddy

I love that album Pink hulk!

Posted by: Julie at March 4, 2009 5:01 PM

Ugh, yeah. This is impossible but being the glutton for frustration that I am...

I'll throw a couple votes to some that have come before, if only to remain relevant. I suspect most of my choices won't get another vote from others. Oh well.

Kanye: College Drop Out
Radiohead: Any and All released post 1999
D'Angelo: Voodoo
PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories form the Sea
Modest Mouse: Moon and Antarctica
Spoon: Girls Can Tell
Dolly Parton: Little Sparrow
Chris Whitley: Hotel Vast Horizon, Perfect Day
Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears
Jean Grae: This Week
White Stripes: Elephant
Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird
Patrick Watson: Close to Paradise
Talib Kweli: Reflection Eternal, Beautiful Struggle
Common: Be
Danger Mouse and Jemini: Ghetto Pop Life
Feist: Reminder
Outkast: Stankonia, Speakerboxx/LoveBelow

Posted by: Beckylooo at March 4, 2009 5:22 PM

Oh and... Pissboy and porkchop Oh my god he's gorgeous!

Posted by: Beckylooo at March 4, 2009 5:26 PM

Radiohead - Kid A / Amnesiac
Converge - Jane Doe
Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Isis - Oceanic
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Mastodon - Leviathan
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Feist - The Reminder
Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Botch - We Are The Romans

Posted by: Benny at March 4, 2009 5:37 PM

Matthew Good Band - Audio of Being
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Muse - Absolution
Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
Tom Waits - Real Gone
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Radiohead - Amnesiac
The Dresden Dolls - s/t
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
Man Man - Six Demon Bag
The National - Boxer
Why? - Alopecia

because I'm fucking indecisive.

Posted by: Jams at March 4, 2009 5:44 PM

How It Ends - DeVotchKa
Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
Rock Steady - No Doubt
American Idiot - Green Day
Confessions on a Dance Floor - Madonna
FutureSexLoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
Dangerously in Love - Beyonce
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Supernature - Goldfrapp

Posted by: jules at March 4, 2009 6:00 PM

I know Circus is great for cardio, claire, I've never ran away from any noise faster in my life.

Posted by: George at March 4, 2009 6:05 PM

Outkast- Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Amy Winehouse- Back to Black

Posted by: figgy at March 4, 2009 6:53 PM

I know Julie!!! Why more people don't know about A Girl Called Eddy is beyond me. I could listen to "Life Thru the Same Lens" and "People Who Used to Dream About the Future" all night with a glass of wine and pack of smokes in hand.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 4, 2009 6:57 PM

Kanye West - College Dropout
T.I. - Paper Trail
FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
Coldplay - X&Y
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Jay Z - American Gangster
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Daft Punk - Discovery
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
NERD - Seeing Sounds

Most likely not the best overall, but worth noting.

Posted by: Clifford at March 4, 2009 7:19 PM

Probably not the "best" but some of my favorites:

Rilo Kiley "The Execution of All Things"
The Elected "Sun, Sun, Sun"
Tilly and the Wall "Bottoms of Barrels"
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Tegan and Sara "The Con"
The Decemberists "Picaresque"
The Postal Service "Give Up"

And I have to give a special shout-out to "War of Women" by Joe Firstman. It's not my favorite of his work, and it's definitely not the best album of the aughts, but it has deep sentimental value and not including it just feels wrong.

Posted by: mirandom at March 4, 2009 7:34 PM

- Decemberists - The Crane Wife

- Elastica - The Menace

- Bjork - Vespertine

- They Might Be Giants - Mink Car

- Natalie Merchant - Motherland

- Sleater-Kinney - One Beat

- Suzanne Vega - Songs in Red and Gray

- Morrissey - You are the Quarry

- Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

- The Donnas - Gold Medal

- Sinead O'Connor - Faith and Courage

- Tanya Donelly - This Hungry Life

- The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Posted by: DaveKan at March 4, 2009 7:50 PM

I would swap "Southern Rock Opera" for "Decoration Day." BTW, TK, hope you caught Jason Isbell's gig up there a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 4, 2009 8:18 PM

System of a Down- Mesmerize

Hypnotize and Mesmerize go together as a double album concept thing. The packaging even makes a double cd set.

My nominations:

System of a Down - Toxicity
Kanye West - College Dropout (TK, I'll back you up. The man is insufferable, but it is a bad ass album.)
Tool - Lateralus (Like someone said above, if 10000 days were stronger in the back half, I would have suggested it instead. 10000 days goes off the rails after "Wings for Marie" and never gets back on track completely)
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Death Cab - Plans
Postal Service - Give Up
My Chemical Romance - Black Parade (Shut Up all of you. It is quite the kick ass album.)
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip (While I'd love to throw The Fragile in, it was released in late 1999. Damn.)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
David Gray - White Ladder
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (Far Superior to X&Y in my opinion.)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (I'll make a case for this one over any other album I've nominated. If you have not heard anything from this album other than "Hurt", get to it now.)

Posted by: Melody at March 4, 2009 8:25 PM


Cee-Lo Green... is the soul machine.- Gnarls Barkely is amazing, but this album is pants-creamin' good

Monster, Killer Mike- An underwritten part of Outkast's whole crew. This album, while raw to its core, is just amazing. His most recent releases have sucked, but this album is an amazing display of "hardcore" rap as a genre.

Deliverance, Bubba Sparxxx- In the same vein as Killer Mike, his recent shit sucks, but deliverance is just a beautiful and impressive album.

The Ecleftic, Wyclef Jean-Everyone argues that the carnival is a superior album, but this album drew me into rap so I gotta toss it out there, if only for others to explore.

Quality (Kwelity to some), Talib Kweli- I'm admittedly biased, anything Talib and Mos Def produces I enjoy. In this case (and in the case of Black on Both Sides), I can honestly say it's my favorite production by Kweli.

Posted by: Brasky at March 4, 2009 8:28 PM

NIN: GHOSTS I-IV

Posted by: grendel at March 4, 2009 8:36 PM

The Kills - Midnight Boom

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love

Stars - Set Yourself on Fire

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood

Posted by: Mattfactor at March 4, 2009 8:39 PM

Oh lord - this is hard. I'm going to try a shot at ten:

Rufus Wainwright - Want
Kanye West - Late Registration
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Jill Scott - Words and Sounds Vol. 1
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Posted by: Caspar at March 4, 2009 8:45 PM

1. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

2. Antics - Interpol

3. Stadium Arcadium - RHCP

4. In Rainbows - Radiohead

5. Honeysuckle Weeks - The Submarines

Posted by: ECM at March 4, 2009 9:04 PM

Aimee Mann - Bachelor No 2
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on a Hill
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Guster - Keep It Together
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell

Thing is I can think of about three times as many great albums from the 90s -- guess I'm showing my age.

Posted by: Anonymous Jerk at March 4, 2009 9:08 PM

I miss the 90's. I can think of 30 times as many great albums from the 90's. Even more from the 60's. SAD.

Posted by: ECM at March 4, 2009 9:12 PM

-Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

-Radiohead- In Rainbows

- Deerhunter-Microcastle

-Muse - Origin of Symmetry

-Ratatat - Ratatat

-Sigur Rós - ( )

-Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

-The Stokes - Room on Fire

-Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Posted by: K at March 4, 2009 9:13 PM

Like I need to think about this one?

Medulla - Bjork

Innovation and rump shaking beats through mostly a capella music? Can't do much better than that.

Posted by: Robert at March 4, 2009 9:20 PM

HOW could I forget Sufjan Stevens, "Illinois"?! It's so AMAZING!

Others I Forgot:

-Modest Mouse, "The Moon and Antarctica"
-Wilco, "Sky Blue Sky"
-Of Montreal, "Skeletal Lamping"
-Iron & Wine/Calexico, "In the Reigns"
-The Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
-The Decemberists, "Castaways and Cutouts"
-Arctic Monkeys, "Everything You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
-Beck, "Sea Change"
-TV on the Radio, "Return To Cookie Mountain"
-Patton Oswalt, "Werewolves and Lollipops"
-Sigur Ros (the one from 2008)
-Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, "Rabbit Fur Coat"

Posted by: ChristianH at March 4, 2009 9:23 PM

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Posted by: blkbabe at March 4, 2009 9:25 PM

There's no shame in showing your age. Almost every album I love is from the 90s. It was SUCH a better time for musical innovation. 90 percent of the shit released today sucks ass.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 4, 2009 9:36 PM

The fact that only one person so far has listed MGMT's Oracular Spectacular is a god damn travesty.

http://court13.com/TimeToPretend_480.mov

Posted by: Gabi at March 4, 2009 9:40 PM

no shit! mgmt's the handshake is so rad!

Posted by: gp at March 4, 2009 9:59 PM

Strokes - Is This It? - Soundtrack to my NYC years...
David Gray - White Ladder
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
My Morning Jacket - Z
Tapes N' Tapes - The Loon - great debut
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not - another outstanding debut
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - self-titled
Jay-Z - The Black Album - masterpiece

Posted by: Chase at March 4, 2009 10:00 PM

Is there a good reason that I got a "moderating comments" message?

Posted by: krza at March 4, 2009 10:10 PM

In alphabetical order:

Brand New- "Deja Entendu"
Death Cab for Cutie- "Plans"
The Format- "Dog Problems"
Frightened Rabbit- "Midnight Organ Fight"
The Mountain Goats- "The Sunset Tree"
Neutral Milk Hotel- "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
The Postal Service- "Give Up"

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 4, 2009 10:25 PM

I can think of no more ridiculous task

I wholeheartedly agree.

Nonetheless, I've been waiting for this aughts list.

My criteria? If I can press play, listen to the whole thing without changing tracks once, and then listen again.and.again. then it's "best" material.
In no particular order:

Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel

Eagles of Death Metal - Peace, Love, Death Metal

Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago / Blood Bank [More or less one album]

Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards

Cold War Kids - Mulberry St. EP

Danger Mouse / Jay-Z / The Beatles - The Grey Album

Cat Power - The Covers Record

Holy Fuck - LP

Ratatat - Remixes Vol. 1

Ratatat - Remixes Vol. 2

Ratatat - Ratatat

Ratatat - Classics

Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions

Starfucker - Starfucker

We Barbarians - In the Doldrums EP

Jay Reatard - Blood Visions

Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

Delta Spirit - Ode to Sunshine

The Mars Volta - Tremulant EP, Scabdates, De-Loused in the Comatorium, Francis the Mute, Amputechture

Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By...

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Posted by: krza at March 4, 2009 10:38 PM

The Fratellis, Costello Music
Van Hunt, Van Hunt
Marconi Union, Distance
Alanis Morrisette, Flavors of Entanglement
Gary Numan, Jagged

Posted by: ALR! at March 4, 2009 10:44 PM

Did I say Neutral Milk Hotel? I meant to say... something else... something that wasn't released 1998.

Go me.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 4, 2009 11:05 PM

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Posted by: Mick J at March 4, 2009 11:06 PM

There's no shame in showing your age. Almost every album I love is from the 90s. It was SUCH a better time for musical innovation. 90 percent of the shit released today sucks ass.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 4, 2009 9:36 PM
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Hear, hear!

I was thinking, damn, I have to go home and look through my collection for this. But then I realized that most of the music I listen to, if I listen to music at all anymore, is from the '90s, and I really don't have enough from the '00s to make a list.

So I'll just throw out a couple: One by a certain band I already mention way too often (see above), also Dropkick Murphys' "Do Or Die" and, if I can get dispensation for records of the past decade, I can include the Bottle Rockets' "Brand New Year" (Aug. 10, 1999).

I'd tell you all about Owen Davis and FOX Japan too, but you don't know who the hell they are.

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 4, 2009 11:25 PM

Ooops. "Do Or Die" is 1998. See what I mean?

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 4, 2009 11:26 PM

Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Coldplay - Parachutes
Franz Ferdinand - [Self Titled]
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Vampire Weekend - [Self Titled]
System of a Down - Hypnotise & Memorise

Posted by: RonnyK at March 4, 2009 11:45 PM

I forgot one: The Killers- Hot Fuss

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 5, 2009 12:22 AM

Apparently I need to think things through a bit more before I post, because I also forgot:

Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica
The Decemberists- Castaways and Cutouts

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 5, 2009 12:25 AM

Top 21 OK...? Good God, impossible to do a TOP 5

RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows
THE SHINS - Chutes Too Narrow
THE MARS VOLTA - Deloused in the Comatorium
MODEST MOUSE - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
SIGUR ROS - Takk...
DOVES - Lost Souls
THE ARCADE FIRE - Funeral
THE STROKES - First Impressions of Earth
NEKO CASE - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
RIP SLYME - Epoch
REGINA SPEKTOR - Begin to Hope
HILLTOP HOODS - The Calling
A.F.I. - Sing the Sorrow
THE STREETS - Original Pirate Material
EPICURE - The Goodbye Girl
BETHCADUPA - Aiming for your Head
THE PANICS - A House on a Street in a Town I'm From
SPARTA - Wiretap Scars
BECK - Seachange
RJD2 - Deadringer
INCUBUS - Morning View

Posted by: JQ at March 5, 2009 12:46 AM

sia: some people.
outkast: stankonia/ the love below.
jenny owens young: batten the hatches.
gym class heroes: cupid's chokehold.
meiko: meiko.

yes, chick rock, but Damn it rocks.

Posted by: paige at March 5, 2009 12:51 AM

I'll go with albums that influenced my listening habits, since 'best' is such a relative term.

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Mark Ronson - Version
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

A couple of honorable mentions:

Beck - Guero
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Self - Porno, Mint and Grime
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Posted by: Smokin at March 5, 2009 1:07 AM

Rabbit Fur Coat - Jenny Lewis
Fibsville - Danny Michel
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire (am I the only one who preferred this one?)
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising and Magic
Bob Schneider - The Californian and I'm Good Now

Posted by: Sackmemento California at March 5, 2009 1:27 AM

er, some people have real problems. sorry.

Posted by: paige at March 5, 2009 1:33 AM

Are you compiling these answers into some kind of list for meaningful analysis later?

The Strokes- Is This It?
The Knife- Silent Shout
Animal Collective- MPP
The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible (@ Sackmemento California, this is my favorite Arcade Fire album too; although most people like Funeral more)
The National- Boxer
Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous
Fuck Buttons- Street Horrrsing
Les Savy Fav- Let's Stay Friends
No Age- Nouns
Panda Bear- Person Pitch
Ray Lamontagne- Trouble
Neko Case- Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The New Pornographers- Electric Version
Peter Bjorn and John- Writer's Block
Protest the Hero- Kezia
Simian Mobile Disco- Attack Decay Sustain Destroy
Spoon- Gimme Fiction
The Faint- Wet From Birth
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever To Tell or Show Your Bones
Islands- Return to the Sea
The White Stripes- Elephant or White Blood Cells
Justin Timberlake- FutureSexyLoveSounds (or whatever it is called)

Posted by: kayla at March 5, 2009 1:56 AM

In no particular order.

Modest Mouse -The Moon and Antarctica- I am not sure if any album has ever made me feel so introspective. I can honestly say this album changed how I view the world.

The White Stripes-White Blood Cells- My favorite album from my favorite band.

Brand New-Deja Entendu- I've seen this band four times. This album is all over the place as far as style goes.

M.I.A.-Kala-Some of the best beats I've ever heard. Full of great music from a variety of cultures. This for me is one of those CDs that you remember exactly what you were doing the first time you heard it. (Possible comment diversion?)

The Black Keys-Attack and Release
Incubus-Morning View
Anything from Radiohead really should go without mention.
Death Cab for Cutie-Plans
Explosions in the Sky- All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Posted by: schrome at March 5, 2009 3:31 AM

i'll try to limit this to 1 album per artist and ill exclude complations and best ofs

Hilary Duff- Dignity
Fatboy Slim-Halfway Between the gutter and the stars
Justin Timberlake-Justified
Gwen Stafani-Love Angel Music Baby
Ima Robot-Ima Robot
Pussycat Dolls-PCD
Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory
Britney Spears-Blackout
WeWe-Happy Day
The Prodigy-Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned

Posted by: returnofthesmith at March 5, 2009 4:44 AM

the Shins: Chutes too Narrow
Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds
Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica
White Stripes: White Blood Cells
Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

Posted by: Beth at March 5, 2009 5:13 AM

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
4. The Avalanches - Since I left you
5. Radiohead - Kid A
6. Gotye - Like Drawing Blood
7. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
8. Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs
9. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
10. Neil Finn - One Nil

Posted by: getduffed at March 5, 2009 7:51 AM

beckloo and porkchop....I am a male model, not a male prostitute.

Posted by: PissBoy at March 5, 2009 8:03 AM

Indigo Girls - All That We Let In

I could not stop listening to this when it came out. over and over and over and over

Posted by: mswas at March 5, 2009 9:11 AM

Should I feel special or more like an outcast because no one else nominated any of the alubums I did?

Posted by: cleveroldowl at March 5, 2009 10:13 AM

Hey, Soothsayer -- I didn't discover Neutral Milk Hotel's ITAOTS until the aughts, so it should count! One of the best albums ever.

Posted by: Anonymous Jerk at March 5, 2009 10:31 AM

The Format - Dog Problems
The National - Boxer
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Death Cab - Transatlanticism
Postal Service - Give up
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Bright Eyes - Lifted
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Band of Horses - Everything all the Time
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Radiohead - Kid A
Frou Frou - Details
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Posted by: jamiepants at March 5, 2009 10:38 AM

Paige! How could I forget Meiko?!?

And two more very important cds I forgot...

"Come Away With Me" Norah Jones
"One Moment More" Mindy Smith

Alt-country may have been the best thing to come out of the Aughts, musically.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 5, 2009 11:03 AM

Definitely agree w/ Discovery & The Private Press on the list, TK.

My additions:

The Richest Man in Babylon - Thievery Corporation

Let It Die - Feist

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Simple Things - Zero 7

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast

Cross - Justice

Posted by: Brie at March 5, 2009 11:36 AM

Tegan and Sara - So Jealous

Polyphonic Spree - Fragile Army

Postal Service - Give Up

Damien Rice - O

Straylight Run - Self Titled

The Killers - Sam's Town

Posted by: Matt H. at March 5, 2009 12:37 PM

This is biased against more recent albums since it takes me a long time to get comfortable with them.

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- The Tyranny of Distance
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
TV on the Radio - I want to put the Young Liars EP, but I'll go with Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, since it's actually an album
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The Decemberists-Castaways and Cutouts
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs/Armchair Apocrypha
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Beach House - Devotion
Cat Power - You Are Free
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
T.I. - King
The Unicorns-Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
The Books-The Lemon of Pink
Radiohead-Hail to the Thief

Posted by: Sabrina at March 5, 2009 1:48 PM

Bonnie Prince Billy- Death to Everyone

Posted by: bree at March 5, 2009 1:54 PM

although i thought death to everyone/i see a darkness by bonnie prince billy was at least 2000, it was actually 1999. drats.

buuuut
bonnie prince billy- master and everyone (2003) makes the cut, as does:

godspeed you black emperor- lift your skinny fists like antenna to heaven
shellac- 1000 hurts
tom waits- orphans: brawlers, bawlers & bastards
high on fire- the art of self defense
crooked fingers- crooked fingers
spoon- kill the moonlight
manu chao- próxima estación: esperanza

all make it as well. although the vast majority of them came out in 2000.

Posted by: bree at March 5, 2009 2:20 PM

A decade ago I was eight choreographing dance routines to the spice girls, so I'm repping the latter half here but I'll give it a go.

The Decemberists - Picaresque
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
Bonnie Prince Billy - erm, The Letting Go, to be decade relevant
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Explosions in the Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

I feel I've been rather predictable here.

Posted by: Julia at March 5, 2009 3:40 PM

"A decade ago I was eight"

Sweet humping Zombie Jesus...

Posted by: TK at March 5, 2009 3:42 PM

Oh god, TK, I'm so sorry. Good luck.

P.S. The Pink Hulk, alt-Country existed as early as Lucinda Williams in the late '80s, spread on with Uncle Tupelo and then Wilco. It was even preceeded by The Kinks' "Musswell Hillbillies" in the '70s. Just FYI.

Posted by: ChristianH at March 5, 2009 3:42 PM

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Best live band out there right now, in my opinion.

Franz Ferdinand - Self Titled and "You Could Have It So Much Better"
I really hate that FF doesn't get much play any more; they are so jammy and awesome. I want to follow them around and watch their scottish adventures.

The Fratellis - Costello Music
Damn if this isn't one of the catchiest albums I own!

Can't think of any more now as the HerbiePodJr. is at home, resting....

Posted by: maylai at March 5, 2009 4:05 PM

Slayer: Christ Illusion

It restored my "faith".

Posted by: Recondite at March 5, 2009 6:29 PM

Boo, I NEED DIO DOCS ASAP, what are the titles and where can I find them?

Albums:

Fish: 13th Star
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Beethoven's Last Night

Posted by: richmac at March 5, 2009 7:02 PM

Adding:

  • Hanne Hukkelberg - Rykestrasse 68
  • Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
  • The Real Tuesday Weld - London Book of the Dead

Seconding - Gorillaz (Demon Days), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Fever...), Dresden Dolls, Neko Case (Fox Confessor), Ben Folds (...Suburbs), Gotye, The Avalanches, The Knife, Regina Spektor and PJ Harvey (Stories...)

Posted by: eninnej at March 5, 2009 9:24 PM

AFI - Sing The Sorrow
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
VNV Nation - Judgement

Posted by: Nadha at March 5, 2009 9:39 PM

ike reilly - salesmen and racists
ben folds - rockin the suburbs
radiohead - hail to the thief
arcade fire - funeral
modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank

Posted by: brandon at March 6, 2009 4:28 AM

Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Dirty Sweet - Of Monarchs and Beggars
Detroit Cobras - Life Love and Leaving
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy

Posted by: shelleyh at March 6, 2009 2:41 PM

It hurts my soul to only see Sleater-Kinney in here once. The Woods is my jam, but One Beat is also a classic. In addition:

Radiohead- Kid A
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
Bjork- Vespertine
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
Damien Rice- O
Ray LaMontagne- Till The Sun Turns Black
Rilo Kiley- The Execution of All Things
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Spoon- Kill The Moonlight
Superdrag- In the Valley of Dying Stars

I'm good with that list for the time being. But really. Sleater-Kinney :(

Posted by: Lauren at March 7, 2009 9:04 PM

It hurts my soul to only see Sleater-Kinney in here once. The Woods is my jam, but One Beat is also a classic. In addition:

Radiohead- Kid A
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
Bjork- Vespertine
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
Damien Rice- O
Ray LaMontagne- Till The Sun Turns Black
Rilo Kiley- The Execution of All Things
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Spoon- Kill The Moonlight
Superdrag- In the Valley of Dying Stars

I'm good with that list for the time being. But really. Sleater-Kinney :(

Posted by: Lauren at March 7, 2009 9:05 PM


















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