Right on. It's slated for the 10-15 slots for me right now. It's been moving farther from the top 5 for the past 2 weeks.

not my top 3, but my top 3 that i think you don't have:

1. black keys.rubber factory
2. nick cave.abbatoir/lyre
3. shearwater.winged life

i guess i'll count this even tho i was trying to avoid tampering with honest results.

2 of those 3 i haven't heard

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

doh!

ok:

1. wilco.a ghost is born
2. iron & wine.endless numbered days
3. tv on the radio.bloodthirsty...

but i know you have all these!

I'm going to go with (off the top of my head):

xiu xiu - fabulous muscles
destroyer - yr blues
mountain goats - we shall all be healed

Actually, you can vote for whatever you want, even Exile On Main Street, but you just may be the only one.

death from above 1979 you're a woman, i'm a machine
hot snakes audit in progress
jens lekman when i said i wanted to be your dog

Actually, I haven't narrowed it down to three yet, but most of 'em would get one vote anyways, so I'll stick with ones that have been listed already, inasmuch as I care to:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
Franz Ferdinand

Other contenders (the ones that would only get my vote if I posted 'em):

Auf Der Maur
Björk, Medúlla
Dresden Dolls
Einstürzende Neubauten, Perpetuum Mobile
Ghost, Hypnotic Underworld
Múm, Summer Make Good
Neurosis, Eye of the Storm

And I only mention this just in case you want to give yourself a "booby prize".

1. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
2. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
3. Arcade Fire - Funeral

You need to let us know what you decide!

1. Loretta Lynn -- Van Lear Rose
2. DBT -- The Dirty South
3. The Walkmen -- Bows and Arrows

The Legends-Up Against The Legends
Arcade Fire-Funeral
Razorlite-S/T

Hip hop included:

3-MF Doom-MM Food
2-Murs-The 9th Edition
1-Circle Takes The Square-As The Roots Undo

without:

3-Smoke and Smoke-Love Suffers Long
2-Black Eyes-Cough
1-Circle Takes The Square-As the Roots Undo

stuff I think you might like:

3-Elizabeth Anka Vajagic-Standing With the Stillness
2-One AM Radio-A Name Writ In Water
1-Mountain Goats-We All Shall Be Healed

I get the impression that Quiche = KOCF...

Anyhow, mine (no hip-hop)

3. Junior Boys - Last Exit
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
1. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

(with hip-hop)

3. Madvillain - Madvillainy
2. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green is
1. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

Something happened in the middle of this year though, I just stopped caring about most of the new releases.

1. Madvillain
2. Animal Collective
3. Fiery Furnaces

1. The Arcade Fire - Arcade
2. Ratatat - s/t
3. The Walkmen - Bows & Arrows

Yep.

Oh, and I'm not even close to getting my final list for 2004. But here was my halfway Top 3:

1. TVOTR - Desperate Youths...
2. Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
3. Masta Killa - No Said Date

Right now, I'd say it's;

1. Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
2. Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow (I'm counting this as 2004, should I?)
3. Ambulance Ltd. - LP

I think...

i believe so. my notes have it as a july 13, 2004 release.

Thank you. I was fairly certain I wasn't going to be the only one counting it as an '04 release.

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Nick Cave - Abattoir/Lyre

Admittedly, PJ Harvey and Nick Cave are two of my all time favorite artists and I am highly biased.

Deerhoof, Squarepusher, and Lali Puna had good albums too.

I haven't heard as many albums this year as the last few, but from what I have heard it hasn't been that great a year for music.

1. The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
2. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
3. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

Um.. I guess I'll go with...

1. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
2. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
3. The Organ - Grab That Gun

Joanna Newsom should be in my top three.

I used to go to the same school as her.