I won't have access to my cds for the next few weeks, so I might as well do this now.

1. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
2. Herman Dune - Not on Top
3. (Smog) - A River Ain't Too Much To Love
4. Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks
5. Animal Collective - Feels
6. Akron/Family - Akron/Family
7. Archer Prewitt - Wilderness
8. Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
9. Akron/Family & Angels Of Light - Akron/Family & Angels Of Light
10. OOIOO - Gold and Green
11. The Rosebuds - Birds Make Good Neighbors
12. Lorna - Static Patterns and Souvenirs
13. Harris Newman - Accidents With Nature and Each Other
14. Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
15. Low - The Great Destroyer
16. Nudge - Cached
17. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean
18. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
19. Jack Rose - Kensington Blues
20. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
2. Crooked Fingers - Dignity And Shame
3. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
4. My Morning Jacket - Z
5. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
6. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
7. Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2
8. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
9. M.Ward - Transistor Radio
10. Dalek - Absence
11. The Ike Reilly Assasination - Junkie Faithful
12. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
13. Sigur Ros - Takk...
14. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
15. Jose Gonzales - Verneer
16. Slim Thug - Already Platinum
17. Cage - Hell's Winter
18. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
19. Why? - Sanddollars
20. Quasimoto - Further Adventures of Lord Quas

subject to change.

1. Animal Collective-Feels
2. Decemberists, The-Picaresque
3. Sigur Ros-Takk
4. Antony & The Johnsons-I Am A Bird Now
5. Clutch-Robot Hive/Exodus
6. Fiery Furnaces, The-Rehearsing My Choir
7. Lou Barlow-Emoh
8. Dead Meadow-Feathers
9. Archer Prewitt-Wilderness
10. Andrew Bird-The Mysterious Production of Eggs
11. Electrelane-Axes
12. Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
13. Gorillaz-Demon Days
14. Neil Diamond-12 Songs
15. Death In Vegas-Satans Circus
16. Eels-Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
17. Chris Cotton-I Watched The Devil Die
18. A Gun Called Tension-s/t
19. Maximo Park-A Certain Trigger
20. Madonna-Confessions On A Dancefloor
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21. M.I.A.-Arular
22. Mars Volta-Frances The Mule
23. Spoon-Gimme Fiction
24. John Davis-s/t
25. M83-Before The Dawn Heals Us
26. Perceptionists, The-Black Dialogue
27. Mary Timony-Ex Hex
28. Beck-Guero
29. Amusement Parks on Fire-s/t
30. Bruce Springsteen-Devils and Dust
31. Fiery Furnaces-EP
32. LCD Soundsystem-s/t
33. Franz Ferdinand-You Could Have It So Much Better
34. Mogwai- Gov't Commissions BBC Sessions
35. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead-World's Apart

I had 68 eligible albums in my list. I only included those I purchased. I won't bore you with the rest.

The old 80's college dude in me wanted to be more excited by Echo & The Bunnymen and New Order releases, but they're both just very sweet and enjoyable, not "best."

Probably will spin them a lot the next few years, though.

Was looking through Tiny Mix Tapes reviews just a bit ago and realized it's not possible for me to hear everything, let alone appreciate it. There's far too much "tiny" music out there to get a handle on all of it.

I guess this makes it pretty plain that I need to hear this Herman Dune guy. And Colleen for that matter. And solo Jack Rose (I enjoy some Pelt). I haven't really given that Mountain Goats album a fair chance either, and I know I probably should. And maybe I should listen to that friend of mine who keeps insisting that the Rosebuds are a great band, and I need to hear their album. Dammit, only so many hours in a day.

Nice list.

Rosebuds are good, but their move to more mope and less powerpop kept the new one off my Top 20. Still like it a lot though.

<---resists urge to tinker with list even though today feeling New Model Army more for #20 than Van Morrison.

-frosting "Cosmo Fairly Oddparent" Spoon

Sad, huh? I can't decide if these bands were always lackluster and it's just my adolescent mindset that sees it differently, or what.

01. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
02. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
03. Tom Vek - We Have Sound
04. Animal Collective - Feels
05. My Morning Jacket - Z
06. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
07. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
08. Beck - Guero
09. Black Mountain - s/t
10. Boards of Canada - The Camfire Headphase
11. BRMC - Howl
12. Low - The Great Destroyer
13. LCD Soundsystem - s/t
14. Caribou - Milk of Human Kindness
15. Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel the Illinoise
16. Doves - Some Cities
17. The National – Alligator
18. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
19. Black Dice -Broken Ear Record
20. Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?

this recently made it's way into my top 20 (i think @ #20). i'll post my full list tomorrow.
everytime i listen to it, it sounds even better. is his older stuff just as good?

I would like to know this as well.

Yeah I want to tinker too but I refuse to do so as well.

Nice list, dude. Glad that you list the Harris Newman. Great release.

I need to hear these:

10. OOIOO - Gold and Green
19. Jack Rose - Kensington Blues

I have no idea what these are:

4. Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks
8. Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
11. The Rosebuds - Birds Make Good Neighbors
12. Lorna - Static Patterns and Souvenirs
16. Nudge - Cached
17. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean

Can you help out?

I'll post my list soon, but you should hear Esmerine "Aurora" if you dig the Harris Newman.

1. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Sleater Kinney - The Woods
4. M.I.A - Arular
5. My Morning Jacket - Z
6. Various Artists - Run The Road
7. Wilderness - Wilderness
8. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
9. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. Kingsbury Manx - The Fast Rise and Fall Of The South

11. Sigur Ros - Takk
12. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
13. The Decemberists - Picaresque
14. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask
15. Eisley - Room Noises
16. Damon and Naomi - The Earth Is Blue

Albums I had to leave off:

Annie - Annimal (#6 on original list) *hisses at Shmoo*
The Dears - No Cities Left (#15)

Was on my original list, but I changed to a "only what I bought" list. It's good, I dug it a bunch. I like music out of Japan, and these ladies ain't no exception. Wasn't there some odd thing about their domestic releases? Like this was actually their 3rd album or something?

1. The Go Find - Miami
2. Boards of Canada - Campfire Headcase
3. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
4. 13 & God - 13 & God
5. American Analog Set - Set Free
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
8. stellastar* - Harmonies for the Haunted
9. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
10. Sigur Ros - Takk...
11. Beck - Guerro
12. Ladytron - Witching Hour
13. Royksopp - The Understanding
14. Goldfrapp - Supernature
15. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
16. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
17. Fischerspooner - Odyssey
18. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
19. Colder - Heat
20. The Books - Lost and Safe

01. The Fiery Furnaces - E.P.
02. Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
03. Why? - Elephant Eyelash
04. Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
05. The Russian Futurists - Our Thickness
06. Blood On The Wall - Awesomer
07. Manuel Mirabal - Buena Vista Social Club Presents...
08. Jason Forrest - Shamelessly Exciting
09. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
10. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
11. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
12. Animal Collective - Feels
13. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
14. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
15. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
16. Calexico / Iron & Wine - In The Reins
17. 13 & God - 13 & God
18. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
19. Odd Nosdam - Burner
20. The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir

Damit, I don't think I have that one yet.

I probably should've read the instructions before doing this. I botched this up. I didn't read that you could add albums that weren't on the drop down.

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/B/The ... f-2005/276

1. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
5. Animal Collective - Feels
6. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
7. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
8. The Books - Lost And Safe
9. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. M.I.A. - Arular
11. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
12. Common - Be
13. 13 & God - 13 & God
14. The Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
15. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
16. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
17. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
18. Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask
19. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
20. My Morning Jacket - Z

Juicy.

1 > smog – a river ain’t too much to love
2 > oneida - the wedding
3 > jens lekman – oh you’re so silent jens
4 > shugo tokumaru - LST
5 > spoon - gimme fiction
6 > edan – beauty & the beat
7 > six organs of admittance – school of the flower
8 > deerhoof – the runners four
9 > bonnie 'prince' billy/m sweeney – superwolf
10 > black dice - broken ear record
11 > calexico/I+W – in the reins
12 > silver jews - tanglewood numbers
13 > dalek – absence
14 > a. collective – feels
15 > crooked fingers - dignity & shame
16 > lightning bolt – hypermagic mountain
17 > lcd soundsystem – s/t
18 > black mountain – s/t
19 > low – the great destroyer
20 > sunn 0))) – black one

The only other album by him that I have is Three. That one's very good also though.

I knew this thread would come back up.

1. My Morning Jacket - Z
2. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
3. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
4. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
5. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
6. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
8. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
9. The Ike Reilly Assasination - Junkie Faithful
10. Marah - If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Probably Cry
11. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
12. The Detroit Cobras - Baby
13. The Paddingtons - First Comes First
14. Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
15. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better...
16. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
17. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
18. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
19. Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got
20. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

17-20 was competitive between about 12 records, everything else I feel really good about.

1 sigur ros.takk
2 matt sweeney & bonnie 'prince' billy.superwolf
3 andrew bird.the mysterious production of eggs
4 lcd sounsystem.s/t
5 dead meadow.feathers
6 the national.alligator
7 elbow.leaders of the free world
8 the duke spirit.cuts across the land
9 patrick wolf.wind in the wires
10 bloc party.silent alarm
11 ryan adams & the cardinals.cold roses
12 broken social scene.broken social scene
13 doves.some cities
14 black rebel motorcycle club.howl
15 hood.outside closer
16 calla.collisons
17 sufjan stevens.illinois
18 rogue wave.descended like vultures
19 portastatic.bright ideas
20 archer prewitt.wilderness

Not a bad year for gay men that like Anticon.

Konono No. 1 - Congotronics - I really need to pick this up.