Albums 50-41 50 :: Cool Kids Gone Fishing Mixtape (C.A.K.E.) It’s a pity this didn’t soundtrack more late-evening summer communions when it would have done…
Albums 30-21 30. Bjork Medulla (Elektra) Like the somewhat disappointing Vespertine, Bjork’s Medulla took a good three weeks and thirty listens before really coming together,…
Albums 10-1 10. Interpol Antics (Matador) Sometimes the lyrics are silly and overwrought. Sometimes the mood’s a pose. Sometimes the hooks are a little weak…
Albums 50 – 41 50. Secret Machines Now Here is Nowhere (Warner; 80%) In an alternate timeline that failed to meet fruition, they made their…
Albums 20 – 11 20. Dizzee Rascal: Showtime (XL) “Dizzee whooew?” I’ll be damned if Rascit’s dirty London accent will get tired, but the revelation…
Albums 30 – 21 30. Morrissey: You Are the Quarry (Attack) Another early, but excellent release, and from one of the most unexpected of sources.…
Albums 40 – 31 40. Mclusky The Difference Between Me And You Is That I’m Not On Fire (Too Pure; 81%) If anything, Fire is…
Albums 30-21 30. Bark Psychosis Codename: Dustsucker (Fire) In many ways, Bark Psychosis belong to a by-gone era of cascading guitar lines that echo off…
Albums 20-11 20. Rjd2 Since We Last Spoke (Definitive Jux) I picked this album up at the absolutely mind-blowing record release concert that Rjd2 held…
Call 2004 the year of the comeback: Morrissey released his first album in seven years; Mission from Burma just released their second full length CD…
Albums 20 – 11 20. The Walkmen Bows & Arrows (Record Collection; 83%) While the album’s legs are really “The Rat” and “Little House of…
People who like music like making lists; it just sort of goes with the territory I guess but it seems pretty standard. Sure it’s not…
Albums 15 – 6 15. Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power (XL; 82%) The departure from their influences is in the Welshmen’s superlative use of subtle…
Albums 25 – 16 25. Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash (XL; 80%) While a couple of the choices for special guests confuse me (JC Chasez? What…