Hey, half of these will be on my year end list. Best one I've seen so far.

consensus

Zeth Lundy, one of the writers for PopMatters offers this top twenty. Fairly predictable.

http://www.popmatters.com/music/feature ... undy.shtml

Still haven't figured out what this one's supposed to sound like (riyl-wise):

9. American Music Club, Love Songs for Patriots (Merge)

Yeah, I'm interested in hearing this. I missed out on them when they were puttin out records before.

I get the sense that they're kind of folk/rock/americana type stuff with some good songwriting. I know lead songwriter Mark Eitzel gets a lot of praise.

Jeez:Folk, rock, country, punk. Hard to catergorize. I want to say Elvis Costello, but, that's not quite right. Great songs. Great lyrics. Eitzel's vocals can be a bit over the top, for me, on some songs.

Haven't heard the new one, but you can't go wrong with the older stuff:California, Everclear, Mercury. San Francisco.

Steve

thanx. after the "2004 top 3 contest" winner, i'll have room for 1 more cd i think. looking for the right last one. right now i'm debating between this and the roots "tipping point".

i also have an emusic subscription that lets me at 40 more songs as of dec12, so i might try nick cave or mark lanegan through that (plus interpol's antics are now available).

If it's interesting to anyone, the Onion's top albums list came out. It's not one list, but several writers doing their own lists.

http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/i ... issue=4049

that Some By Sea sounds interesting.

I thought so too. I also thought The Velvet Teen sounded interesting from the descriptions in the Onion's list. Does anyone know anything about them?

i had an older album (if it's the same band) on something like parasol that wasn't as poppy as i wanted.

well, i bought roots for $6, so amc's out unless i can find that & iron&wine for < $16 total (used).

pretty good year for music

<$16 for two used CDs? That seems quite possible. I try never to buy a used CD for more than $8...

shipping could be a problem though...

Oh yeah, I wasn't thinking about online shopping. I don't do much of that unless I have big discounts.

i did ALL my xmas shopping online this year. other than the hassle of forgetting to have the shit delivered to my office instead of my house it's been pretty nice. and used books are hella cheap.

Okay, I actually do that too, and then have them shipped to the recipient if they are far away. I guess I just don't buy a lot of music online.

i don't count shipping in my music budget. so hopefully i can make this work.

Here is Stylus Mag's Top 40 singles of '04.

Note that they've only posted 40-11 (they're posting 10 a day each day this week, culiminating in the unveiling of each writer’s individual list on Friday).

This is going to be the closest battle ever for my top spot. #1 and #2 are really duking it out steel cage match-style.

GQ is now more like Playboy was for most of its existence...It tries to tell you what the best shit out there is. Also, it has been consistently my favorite magazine since the redesign.

Of course, I can't afford to buy any of the shit they tout,at least fashion wise, but it the quality of journalism and writing and the quasi liberal bent make it something to look forward to.

That's just wrong! Hehehe, it's true that UNCUT didn't like it that much, and it's also true that I don't find myself going back to it as often as it deserves, but when I do play it I'm struck by how good the album is overall. Not really any shit songs at all. Yeah, I still love the last two albums like I'll never love this one, but I don't understand your comment at all. Don't know where yet to put it on my best of the year list, but I've a feeling that it'll wind up comfortably in the top 20. My biggest complaint was with the over the top and radio friendly compression (and even heavy clipping) of the sound to make it as loud as possible. So many good sounding CDs being wrecked these days by the idiots in charge of production.

This one has leaked

New Musical Express Albums of the Year

1. Franz Ferdinand - s/t
2. Libertines - s/t
3. Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
4. Scissor Sisters - s/t
5. Futureheads - s/t
6. Danger Mouse - Grey album
7. Kanye West - The College Dropout
8. Razorlight - Up All Night
9. The Radio Dept - Lesser Matters
10.The Dears - No Cities Left
11. Interpol - Antics
12. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
13. The Killers -Hot Fuss
14. Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
15. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
16. Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
17. TV On the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
18. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
19. The Concretes - s/t
20. Kasbian - s/t
21. Keane - Hopes and Fears
22. Gwen Stafani - Love Angel
23. Ryan Adams - Love is Hell (Parts 1&2)
24. Elliot Smith - From a Basement On a Hill
25. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak.
26. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
27. Mylo - Destroy Rock'n'Roll
28. The Ordinary Boys - Over the Counter Culture
29. Hope of the States -The Lost Riots
30. Dios - s/t
31. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
32. Kelis - Tasty
33. Brian Wilson - SMiLE
34. Amplifier - s/t
35. Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
36. The Go1 Team - Thunder Lightening Strike
37. The Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons?
38. Goldie Lookin' Chain - Greatest Hits
39. Eminem - Encore
40. The Bees - Free the Bees
41. Mos Def - The New Danger
42. Regina Spektator - Soviet Kitsch
43. The Music -Welcome to the North
44. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
45. Green Day - American Idiot
46. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
47. The Shins - Cities Too Narrow
48. Joanna Newshom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
49. Selfish Cunt - No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper
50. 22-20s - s/t

singles of the year according to Stylus

wtf is the deal with the NME hype around these guys - my balls can rap better then them and are funnier