FOG:
Ether Teeth
10th Avenue Freak-out
Ditherer
Dosh: … the early year’s
Propagandhi:
Today’s Empire Tomorrow’s Ashes
Potemkin City Limit’s
The Weakerthans:
Reunion Tour
Reconstruction Site
Greg Macpherson: All of it.
Glad to see you have Lateralus on there, DuShane.
Top 10:
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Panda Bear – Person Pitch
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Burial – Untrue
Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
Scott Walker – The Drift
The National – Boxer
Fennesz – Endless Summer
Iron and Wine – The Creek Drank the Cradle
Scott Walker – The Drift
Just as great:
The Microphones – The Glow Part 2
William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops
Clouddead – s/t
Boom Bip and Doseone
Edan – Beauty and the Beat
Jay Reatard – Blood Visions
The Antlers – Hospice
Kurt Vile – Constant Hitmaker
Konono no.1- Congotronics
Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
Frog Eyes – The Golden River
Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
Gas – Pop
Ricardo Villalobos – Alcachofa
Sightings – Arrived in Gold
Daedelus – Invention
The Necks – everything they do is great
The Liars – Drums Not Dead
the entire Ethiopiques series
Sublime Frequencies: Easily the best label of the decade.
The Knife- Silent Shout
Drums Not Dead is overrated.
in my opinion
I second Scott Walker’s The Drift
mountain goats – all hail west texas
ryan adams – heart breaker
stars of the lid – tired sounds of/ and their refinement of the decline…
eluvium – talk amongst the trees
yo la tengo – and the nohting turned itself inside out…
panda bear – person pitch
joanna newsom – milk eyed mender
tallest man on earth – shallow grave
grouper – dragging a dead deer up a hill
i’m sure i’m forgetting a lot…
tom waits – orphans
and of course kid a…
Project 86 – Rival Factions
Project 86 – and the rest will follow
The Killing Queens Kings – Tidal Eyes
Green day -amaerican idiot
Squad Five-O – self titled
Showbread – Anorexia / Nervosa
Black Stone Cherry – Folklore & Superstition
Maylenne and the Sons of Disaster – II
Sons of Bill – One town away
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant – Raising Sand
Iron Maiden – a matter of life and death
Sixx am – the heroin diaries
Ayreon – the human factor
Demon Hunter – Storm the Gates of Hell
Opeth – damnation
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – All the Roadrunning
Savatage – Poets and madmen
Coheed and Cambria – Good Morning Apollo vol. 4
O.A.R. – Any time now
Nightwish – dark passion play
All the St. Vincent albums, all the Dirty Projectors albums, all the Animal Collective albums, all the TV on the Radio albums and SIlent Shout.
Summer Sun—Yo La Tengo
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—Wilco
A Ghost is Born—Wilco
East Nashville Skyline—Todd Snider
The Devil You Know—Todd Snider
Transcendental Blues—Steve Earle
Jerusalem—Steve Earle
Kill the Moonlight—Spoon
Gimme Fiction—Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga—Spoon
NYC Ghosts and Flowers—Sonic Youth
Murray Street—Sonic Youth
Things Fall Apart—The Roots
Phrenology—The Roots
The Houston Kid—Rodney Crowell
Fate’s Right Hand—Rodney Crowell
Let Go—Nada Surf
Kala—M.I.A.
World Without Tears—Lucinda Williams
Beautiful Creatures—Juliana Hatfield
In Exile Deo—Juliana Hatfield
Childish Things—James McMurtry
Just Us Kids—James McMurtry
100 Broken Windows—Idlewild
Boys and Girl in America—The Hold Steady
American Idiot—Green Day
The Dirty South—Drive-By Truckers
A Blessing and a Curse—Drive-By Truckers
The Photo Album—Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlanticism—Death Cab for Cutie
The Ghost of Fashion—Clem Snide
Soft Spot—Clem Snide
The End of Love—Clem Snide
Warpaint—The Black Crowes
Sea Change—Beck
The Black Album—Jay-Z
1. Kid A/Radiohead
2. Dongs Of Sevotion/Smog
3. The Moon & Antarctica/Modest Mouse
4. Geogaddi/Boards Of Canada
5. The Runners Four/Deerhoof
6. Silent Shout/The Knife
7. Ships/Danielson
8. The Cold Vein/Cannibal Ox
9. Since I Left You/The Avalanches
10. Blueberry Boat/The Fiery Furnaces
11. Bamnan And Slivercork/Midlake
12. The Sophtware Slump/Grandaddy
13. Amnesiac/Radiohead
14. The Argument/Fugazi
15. Wonderful Rainbow/Lightning Bolt
Pinback- Blue Screen Life
Radiohead- Kid A & In Rainbows
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium
The previous 4 are by far my favorites
The rest:
Doves- Lost Souls
The Cure- Bloodflowers
Tool- Lateralus
The National- Boxer
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
Outkast- Stankonia
Drive By Truckers- The Dirty South
Sufjan Stevens- Come on Feel the Illinoise
Nice on the Pinback, and Mars Volta. (I did forget some things!)
Really enjoying Fever Ray. Probably the only album this year I’ve really liked.
Kid A – Radiohead
In Rainbows – Radiohead
The Bravery – The Bravery
Thirst For Romance – Cherry Ghost
Plans – Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab For Cutie
The Alternative To Love – Brendan Benson
Dark Night of the Soul – Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
The Crane Wife – The Decemberists
The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors
The Warrior’s Code – Dropkick Murphys
Two Lights – Five For Fighting
Chinese Democracy – Guns N’ Roses
Jarvis – Jarvis Cocker
Overtones – Just Jack
24 Hours – The Kleptones
Konk – The Kooks
The Love Language – The Love Language
Saturdays = Youth – M83
HLLLYH – The Mae Shi
Fantasies – Metric
Bright Ideas – Orson
Pretty. Odd. – Panic At The Disco
Man in the Machine – Royworld
Hvarf / Heim – Sigur Ros
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon
Actor – St. Vincent
Instant Coffee Baby – The Wave Pictures
Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
Belle and Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors
Cake – Comfort Eagle
Camera Obscura – Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie – The Photo Album
Death Cab for Cutie – You Can Play These Songs With Chords
The Decemberists – The Tain
The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
The Dresden Dolls – self titled
Elliott Smith – From a Basement on a Hill
Elliott Smith – Figure 8
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fleet Foxes – self titled
Flight of the Conchords – self titled
Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights
Jay Z – The Blueprint
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
John Vanderslice – Cellar Door
Kanye West – The College Dropout
Kings of Leon – Only By the Night
Mates of State – Team Boo
Mates of State – My Solo Project
Matisyahu – Shake of the Dust … Arise
Minus the Bear – Highly Refined Pirates
The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas
Of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins
Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
Outcast – Stankonia
Outcast – Speakerbox/ The Love Below
Pinback – Summer in Abaddon
Portugal. The Man – Waiter: You Vultures
The Postal Service – Give Up
Radiohead – Kid A
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
Seu Jorge – CRU
Stephen Malkmus – Pig Lib
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists – Hearts of Oak
Tilly and The Wall – Wild Like Children
HERE WE GO AGAIN
The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams by Kid606
The Champ Is Here by DJ Green Lantern and Jadakiss
Come Home With Me by Cam’ron
Curses by Future of the Left
Dedication 2 by DJ Drama and Lil Wayne
Diplomats, Vol. 2 by the Diplomats et al.
Down With the King by DJ Drama and T.I.
Fabriclive 24: Diplo by Diplo
A Grand Don’t Come for Free by the Streets
The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
Hell Hath No Fury by the Clipse
The Hood Internet vs. Chicago by the Hood Internet
If You’re Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican by Belle and Sebastian
Kala by M.I.A.
Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana by Ringo Shiina
Kid A by Radiohead
LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem
Madvillainy by Madvillain
Man in the Mirror by Rhymefest and Mark Ronson
Post-Terrorist Modernism by Blacksmoke
Return to the Sea by Islands
Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
Tha Carter II by Lil Wayne
Thunder, Lightning, Strike by the Go! Team
Up the Bracket by the Libertines
Veni Vidi Vicious by the Hives
We Are the Pipettes by the Pipettes
Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt
You Know What It Is, Vol. 3 by the Game
12 Crass Songs by Jeffrey Lewis
26 Mixes for Cash by Aphex Twin
And millions more I’ll think of later and slap my forehead.
I’m bumping this shit in honor of the poorly timed pitchfork list.
Akron/Family – s/t
Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
Radiohead – Kid A
The Microphones – The Glow, Pt. 2
Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
Fog – 10th Avenue Freakout
White Magic – Dat Rosa Mel Apibus
Circulatory System – s/t
Frog Eyes – The Golden River
Deerhoof – Apple O’
I’ll add more if I think of any.
I listen to too few to really make a list, but I would like to add that Portishead’s Third is absolutely amazing.
I am among the world’s most experienced listeners to all forms of modern music, so my elite here must carry great weight:
Anouar Brahem – Le Pas du Chat Noir
Tinariwen- Aman Iman
Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
the antlers – hospice
aesop rock: labor days
tom waits: real gone
astronautalis: pomegranate
why?: alopecia
soul coughing: el oso
busdriver: roadkill overcoat
get cape, wear cape, fly: the chronicles of a bohemian teenager
sage francis: personal journals
the mountain goats: all hail west texas
p.o.s: never better
solillaquists of sound: as if we existed
rjd2: deadringer
elliot smith: fro a basement on the hill
buck 65: situation
the grey album: danger mouse
the mountain goats: tallahassee
The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
Off the top of my head…
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Daft Punk – Discovery
The Darkness – Permission to Land
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
Green Day – American Idiot
Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair
Jay-Z – The Black Album
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
John Legend – Get Lifted
Juanes – Mi Sangre
Juanes – Un Dia Normal
Justice – †
Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
Kanye West – College Dropout
Kanye West – Late Registration
Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
Nelly Furtado – Loose
Outkast – Stankonia
Radiohead – Kid A
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Santigold – Santagold
The White Stripes – Elephant
The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
Electric Wizard-Dopethrone
1 Beck- Sea Change
2 Radiohead- In Rainbows
3 Tegan and Sarah- The Con
4 New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
5 Bob Dylan- Modern Times
6 The Killers- Sam’s Town
7 Mark Ronson- Version
8 M.I.A.- Kala
9 The Arcade Fire- Funeral
10 Fiona Apple- Extraordinary Machine
11 Outkast- Stankonia
12 Brian Wilson- Smile
13 Muse- Origin of Symmetry
14 Green Day- American Idiot
15 Tegan and Sarah- So Jealous
16 Jay-Z- The Blueprint
17 Paul McCartney- Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
18 Mastodon- Blood Mountain
19 The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
20 Radiohead- Hail to the Thief
No mention of Boris makes me sad…..
Col. Dax
Thanks to Justin, and Bitte Orca for the inspiration. It’s going to be in chronological order, but I’m not going to label the years. The bolded albums are my top ten.
Don Caballero – American Don
Faraquet – The View from this Tower
Laundry – Motivator
Morphine – The Night
OXES – OXES
Ruins – Pallaschtom
Rumah Sakit – Rumah Sakit
Attention Deficit – The Idiot King
Dysrhythmia – No Interference
Orthrelm – Iorxhscimtor
Lightning Bolt – Ride the Skies
Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
RX Bandits – Progress
Tool – Lateralus
Volta Do Mar – At the Speed of Light or Day
Decapitated – Nihility
Hella – Hold Your Horse Is
The Mercury Program – A Data Learn the Language
Mr. Dibbs – Random Volume 1
Orthrelm – Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthilnv
Orthrelm – Asristir Vieldriox
Rumah Sakit – Obscured by Clowns
Touchdown/Orthrelm – Touchdown/Orthrelm (split)
Yakuza – Way of the Dead
The Aggrolites – Dirty Reggae
Dysrhythmia – Pretest
Ephel Duath – The Painter’s Palette
Grand Ulena – Gateway to Dignity
Grand Ulena – Neosho
Into the Moat – Means by Which the End is Justified
Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
Nuclear Rabbit – Mutopia
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – re-Foc
RX Bandits – The Resignation
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb
Arcade Fire – Funeral
By the End of Tonight – …in a letter to the sandbox.
Cheval De Frise – Sans Titre
Hella – The Devil Isn’t Red
Kanye West – The College Dropout
Kevin Goes to College – Always Never the Same
Medications – Medications (Ep)
Necrophagist – Epitaph
PsyOpus – Ideas of Reference
Upsilon Acrux – Volucris Avis Dirae-Aram
Yowie – Cryptooology
Adrian Below – Side One
Giraffes? Giraffes! – Superbass!!!! (Black Death greatest hits Vol. 1)
Jauqo III-X – The Low C# Theory
Lightning Bolt – Hypermagic Mountain
Matisyahu – Live at Stubb’s
Medications – Your Favorite People all in One Place
Orthrelm – OV
Piglet – Lava Land
Sleeping People – Sleeping People
Tera Melos – Melodies
The Aggrolites – The Aggrolites
Ahleuchatistas – What You Will
Anata – The Conducter’s Departure
Antelope – Antelope
Apotheke – Apotheke
Behold… the Arctopus – Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Behold… The Arctopus/Orthrelm – Split
Cinemechanica – The Martial Arts
Dysrhythmia – Barriers and Passages
The Flying Luttenbachers – Cataclysm
LITE – LITE
Toru Takemitsu (Marin Alsop) – A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Rodrigo Y Gabriela
RX Bandits – …And the Battle Begun
Technology – The Desert Sessions
Battles – Mirrored
Behold… the Arctopus – Skullgrid
Blotted Science – Machinations of Dementia
By the End of Tonight/Tera Melos – A Complex Full of Phantoms (Split)
Cephalic Carnage – Xenosapien
Dysrhythmia/Rothko – Fractures (Split)
Giraffes? Giraffes! – More Skin with Milk-Mouth
Other Men – Wake Up Swimming
Rashomon – The Ruined Map
The Return – The Arsonist (Plays the Architect)
Sleeping People – Growing
Technology – Ep
Tera Melos – Drugs to the Dear Youth
Upsilon Acrux – Galapagos Momentum
Japandi – The Great Dinosaur Mystery
Technology – Technology
Them, Roaring Twenties – Future Sandwich
Truckers of Husk – Physical Education
Zevious – Zevious
Dysrhythmia – Psychic Maps
RX Bandits – Mandala
Upsilon Acrux – Radian Futura