i ain't got no fancy blog or nuthin', but here goes....

feel free to reply and/or humiliate me for my choices, but please make sure to use the words "predictable" "safe" and/or "boring" in your response.


1. wilco.a ghost is born
2. iron & wine.our endless numbered days
3. tv on the radio.desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes
4. elliott smith.from a basement on the hill
5. the black keys.rubber factory
6. kings of convenience.riot on an empty street
7. sufjan stevens.seven swans
8. ed harcourt.strangers
9. nick cave & the bad seeds.abattoir blues/the lyre of orpheus
10. lhasa.the living road
11. the bees.free the bees
12. nicolai dunger.here’s my song
13. the libertines.s/t
14. luna.rendezvous
15. drive-by truckers.the dirty south
16. apostle of hustle.folkloric feel
17. shearwater.winged life
18. devendra banhart.rejoicing in the hands/nino rojo
19. the arcade fire.funeral
20. vetiver.s/t

21. beta band.heroes to zeroes
22. the polyphonic spree.together we're heavy
23. razorlight.up all night
24. rogue wave.out of the shadow
25. mono.walking cloud and deep red sky, flag fluttered and the sun shined
26. antibalas.who is this america?
27. interpol.antics
28. adem.homesongs
29. graham coxon.happiness in magazines
30. modest mouse.good news for people who love bad news
31. junior boys.last exit
32. delgados.universal audio
33. dios.s/t
34. franz ferdinand.s/t
35. !!!.louden up now
36. archie bronson outfit.fur
37. cee-lo.cee lo green is the soul machine
38. mellow.perfect colors
39. animal collective.sung tongs
40. kevin tihista.wake up captain

41. bjork.medulla
42. kanye west.the college dropout
43. the concretes.s/t
44. diplo.florida
45. hope of the states.lost riots
46. embrace.out of nothing
47. sonic youth.sonic nurse
48. pj harvey.uh huh her
49. n.lannon.chemical friends
50. air.talkie walkie
51. midlake.bamnan and slivercork
52. pinback.summer in abaddon
53. helio sequence.love and distance
54. all night radio.spirit stereo frequency
55. rufus wainwright.want two
56. t(i)nc.armed love
57. mos def.the new danger
58. sodastream.a minor revival
59. james yorkston & the athletes.just beyond the river
60. david byrne.grown backwards

61. jason molina.pyramid electric co.
62. delays.faded seaside glamour
63. valley of the giants.s/t
64. savath & savalas.apropa’t
65. tom waits.real gone
66. ulrich schnauss.a strangely isolated place
67. secret machines.now here is nowhere
68. richard buckner.dents and shells
69. the twilight singers.she loves you
70. the veils.the runaway found
71. charlatans.up at the lake
72. thirteen senses.the invitation
73. the streets.a grand don’t come for free
74. memphis.i dreamed we fell apart
75. the hidden cameras.mississauga goddam
76. the church.forget yourself
77. juana molina.tres cosas
78. mystic chords of memory.s/t
79. clinic.winchester cathedral
80. trashcan sinatras.weightlifting

81. mull historical society.this is hope
82. clouddead.ten
83. morrissey.you are the quarry
84. marlowe.he is there and he’s funny
85. the earlies.these were the earlies
86. federico aubele.gran hotel buenos aires
87. sondre lerche.two way monologue
88. medeski, martin & wood.end of the world party
89. dogs die in hot cars.please describe yourself
90. stereolabmargarine eclipse
91. the zutons.who killed the zutons
92. the futureheads.s/t
93. the roots.the tipping point
94. the one am radio.a name writ in water
95. talib kweli.the beautiful struggle
96. rjd2.since we last spoke
97. the killers.hot fuss
98. the ordinary boys.over the counter culture
99. on!air!library!.s/t
100. eagles of death metal.peace love death metal

the bees at #11?!?! yucky.

other then that, good work.

You really need to go out and get Blonde Redhead. Any 2004 list without that album on it is not a list I'm gonna take seriously.

But I do respect the time you took to make this list. Good work.

i actually did just recently grab misery is a butterfly, and i was surprised how much i actually liked it. for some reason, i was expecting some bad sonic youth-like art-noise-rock. however, i just felt it was too new to me to include on this list.

It'll be in your Top 10 before you know it... It's my No. 1 of the year.

Dig it.

Lots of different stuff for my predictable, boring ass to try out

Super-solid top 5, j. Lots of stuff I like scattered throughout the rest of the list.

I have and enjoy all of these to varying extents. Excellent effort, my man!

thanks man.

btw, i can't stop laughing every time i see your avatar. i'm glad you were not offended.

Your avatars are hilarious. A little creepy though.

5 out of my top 20...not too shabby...

Nice list! I'll forgive you for putting Sondre and Futureheads so low on it though...

OFFENDED?!?!?!? I am HONORED!