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I will update this when the actual end of the 2000s arrives,

1. Muse - Origins of Symmetry
2. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
3. Autolux - Future Perfect
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
6. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
7. Interpol - Antics
8. Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
9. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
10. Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
11. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
12. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
13. Muse - Absolution
14. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
15. Kasabian - Kasabian
16. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
17. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
18. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
19. Portishead - Third
20. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
21. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
22. Guillemots - Through The Windowpane
23. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
24. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
25. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
26. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
27. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
28. Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
29. The Vines - Highly Evolved
30. The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
31. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
32. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
33. Justice- †
34. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
35. Dr. Dog - Fate
36. Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
37. Radiohead - In Rainbows
38. Grizzly Bear -Yellow House
39. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
40. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
41. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
42. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
43. The Libertines - The Libertines
44. The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia...
45. Liars - Liars
46. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
48. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
49. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
50. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
51. System of a Down - Toxicity
52. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
53. Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo to Anywhere
54. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
55. Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells
56. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
57. Death Cab for Cutie -Transatlanticism
58. The Vines - Winning Days
59. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
60. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
61. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
62. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
63. The Black Keys- Attack & Release
64. Coachwhips - Bangers vs. Fuckers
65. The Cloud Room - The Cloud Room
66. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers

melkors_gift's top albums (overall)
1. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian (747) 2. Handsome Furs - Face Control (432) 3. Frog Eyes - The Golden River (366) 4. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (347) 5. Destroyer - your blues (325) 6. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (323) 7. Calexico - Carried To Dust (290) 8. The Strokes - Room on Fire (284) 9. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (282) 10. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West (266) 11. Beirut - March of the Zapotec (263) 12. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming (249) 13. Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse (2007, Burly Time) (244) 14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (237) 15. The National - Alligator (234) 16. Califone - Roots & Crowns (217) 17. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (215) 18. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (202) 19. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (200) 20. Swan Lake - Enemy Mine (190) 21. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (189) 22. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover (189) 23. Samamidon - All Is Well (183) 24. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (176) 25. Califone - Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People (172)

In anticipation of the 2009 favorites list... and the decade list, here's a belated 2008 albums list, as I wrote it in december 2008... I'd throw LI Jianhong and Harvey Milk in there now, and maybe move up Departement of Eagles, since it has held up so well throughout 2009.

1. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Usually during the summer, I get into a particular genre of music, tropicalia, PSF bands, krautrock, but in 2008 all I can remember is just playing this record over and over. This plays like an extended Fodderstompf cry for love, hackin’ and wackin’ and smackin’ all over the place. Now I’m a simple jewelcase man, so I should probably get some sort of award for not having destroyed the completely menacing package it comes in. For heaven’s sake, my poor little heart can’t take this much harassment! “We are champions my friend” kept me in the race, and that’s more than you may expect from some explicit disco madness LP.

2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

I didn’t know it at the time(oh boy, here we go), but this was exactly the album I was looking for. The moment where the sparkly opening gets blown up by guitar and noise is so blissful, you won’t even notice that some 20 minutes in the middle of the album exists in stasis. It’s very soothing, I often put it on as background noise during reading.

3. The Goslings - Occasion

You’ll see Occasion’s giant brother Grandeur of Hair in the best of the decade list, but this one packs plenty of punch on its own. Completely devastating shoegaze with benefits to properly wake up in the morning. Those drizzly workday mornings where you know exactly what’s going to happen, and it’s a terrifying concept, but you have to go through with it, even though the next morni… Well I mean this is a great album ++ would listen again.

4. No Age - Nouns

Lingering and pounding shouldn’t work well with each other, but here you go. An outstanding 30 minute blast of songs and sounds that surprisingly doesn’t get old. Teen Creeps is the obvious highlight here, the clearest bash to your head, but would it, and the other rockers, have had the impact they do if they weren’t surrounded by so much haze?

5. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too

I’m not sure it’s innovative or original, but Lindstrøm’s lush epic made night drives memorable journeys. Road and dark landscapes, endlessly stretching out… as endless and Holland gets anyway, you can probably reach any place you want to go within two hours. Nonetheless, the first track actually makes you feel you’re headed somewhere, which is an achievement for someone headed nowhere slowly. And I love the corny album cover, I’d smile too if I could grow a nice beard.


6. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

So, there’s the terrible band name, and side-project status for this, which didn’t raise expectations very high, but I was blown away, as I like this much more than anything by Grizzly Bear. Rooibos tea used to be the only thing that could tame the savage beast that lurks right beneath the surface of this man who wants everyone to forget his birthday, but secretly hopes for a surpriiiise party. Ah dream on golden boy, and throw on In Ear Park again. Soothing. No one does it like you.

7. Religious Knives - It's After Dark

This record worked very well on very warm days. Songs lamenting the sun and the affirming the fact that it is indeed hot really make you feel as though the band understands your predicament. At least the opener with its prospect of being in Brooklyn after dark works as a refreshment, in fact it sends shivers up and down my spine.

8. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.

What a disappointment this was at first. Cryptograms was my number one the year before, only for me to hear they ditched whatever made me excited about the band, and proceeded to deliver a really straightforward album with just one clear monster jam. Nothing Ever Happens was really a tease, since it showed that they could make with the rock ‘n roll all nite if they wanted to. I shelved it for months, but when I started listening to Mircocastle again, I loved it. The last four tracks make for one of the best 20 minute sequences of songs ever, much like the second side of Brian Eno’s Before and After Science. Bonus disc is just that, though Operation is worthy of single release.

9. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

Spencer Krug is the gift that keeps on giving. There’s so much good music coming from his many projects, and it doesn’t look like the well will run dry anytime soon. I feel people slept on Mount Zoomer, but not arriving in a mountain of praise doesn’t have to be a bad thing, especially for an album with as much false modesty as this. All in a day’s work ‘ey lads? The extended last track pulls it over the horizon into the valley of immortals.

10. Indian Jewelry - Free Gold

Nice eclectic set of songs collected for posterity here. Opener Swans makes it clear that they’ve been rocking Soundtracks For The Blind a little, but this is not all the way hero worship. Indian Jewelry carve out their own little world where we walk on water, and actually welcome Africa instead of shooing it into some miserable abyss. Shine dazzle dazzle, and dissolve.

Wolf Parade Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts (2005)

from the album Apologies to the Queen Mary

It goes: "I've got a hand, so I got a fist, so I got a plan"

ben23speed's top albums (overall)
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Now that I have your attention..

I did that 50 questions survey thing, heres how it goed...(I hate Myspace BTW)

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
The Dresden Dolls-Sex Changes coz she's nice and fucked up

2. How did you get into 20?
Dogs Die in Hot Cars- NME had Godhopping on their 10 ten singles or something, was so drawn to the name.. coz its nice and fucked up :)

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
The National- Matt Berninger- talented, sexy, but needs a good hug. I like the how the drummer looks like John Lennon too.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Queens of the Stone Age- Ooo hardyyy I it may be "I want something good to die for/
To make it beautiful to live."
It was my Myspace quote :(

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Yeah
Spitted at me.. woo

6. What's your favorite album from 10?.
The Format-Dog Problems

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Bloc Party-Nope. My girl-friend looks like Kele tho, I OWNED one of her pictures on Myspace
:(

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Damien Rice- Hearing him for the first time yearrrss ago, on a real long car journey to Ireland.. it cheered me up- mustve been about 9 or 10 then discovering him again years later and realising he wasn't singing about candles. :/

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
TV on the Radio- Naw

10. When did you first get into 8?
Neutral Milk Hotel- A great guy introduced me to them on my.. 16th? birthday (thanks again Harry)

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Beirut- My brother Alan -he thinks I'm so cool now that I got him into good music. Also. JULIAN CASABLANCAS ..found out yesterday I was baree hapss.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
Hot Hot Heat would've been Bandages

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Arcade Fire I guessNeighborhood #3 (Power Out) one christmassy night I first heard it, the jingles of the song got me into the xmas spirit.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Death Cab for Cutie- Someday You Will Be Loved- Not that I don't like it, I just don't wanna hear it right now :(

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
MGMT ahah only yesterday I said I was ashamed of liking them at all, but at the timee they were eccentric, acidy, woahh crazy, and I had the hots for Andrew ( I joined the I heart Andrew VanWyngarden fansite on Myspace) :(

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Wolf Parade- last.fm I think, thank you guyyyyss.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Electric President- ??? I refusee to look it up for this, but I discovered them late last year on a weird website I was led to when looking up Fred perry tops.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Arcade Fire- YES I must've been lying about something to my dad, taking a sweetie or something, then my drunken friend pointted and snorted at me singing 'liesss, liesss' bitch.

19. When did you get into 25?
Julian Casablancas
18 June 2006 O2 Wireless Festival- When I first saw him, I wanted him soo bad, didn't know the strokes too well back then, fell for them days later, had all albums weeks later, longing to see them again, still years later. To quench my thirst(lustt)I'll be seeing me Julieee soon :D

20. How long have you been into 9?
The White Stripes- Wow. 2004? Probs

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Modest Mouse
Naw, they're wonderful, but I'm lazy.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Emilíana Torrini- None :( she's wonderful, but I'm poor.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry
Bon Iver- Yes, most do on real down days. Thanks alot Bon,

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
MusePlug In Baby I remember singing/performing it along to the radio into my deodorant can in the PE changing rooms in year 10 . The teachers adored me after that.
Also their new "Call Me"-thingy song. I always laugh at those riff bits,

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
As Tall as Lions- Nohoo, but I like it like that.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Ratatat-Loud Pipes Half an hour ago-ish while doing my daily run. It always gets me pumped, but leaves me feeling pretty shitty afterwards.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Tapes 'n Tapes- Not on Last.fm, Insistor come in close at 22 listens, I miss them, I'll get them back in my life tonight.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Fleet Foxes- Dunno, A couple (now have to look it up)Mykonos WHAT! It's my favourite by them, I don't get that.


29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Regina Spektor Yeah, i don't plan on hearing20 Years Of Snow anytime soon, it went on abit.

30. What song got you into 40?
Tegan and Sara- suppose it's Walking With a Ghost Eee, just looked them up, they've got a new album, I'll be downloading that tonight.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Julian Casablancas :O That's he's written? WOOWW No, I'll stick to the proper question.. I really like Tourist but no one else seems to. You guys suck.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
The Klaxons hahaa I'd hate them right back. Or rip up the poster I've got of them in my room (I need to do that anyway)

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
The Maccabees YEAH ORLANDO BABY come hitherrr- he looks short, ew. but still mmm.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Nope.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Sunset Rubdown- Spencer Krug- you sexy beast you.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
My Morning Jacket..(have to look at their pics)...Haha awh, no. I don't really go for the long haired'n'tash look, I'm sure they have great personalities :)

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
The Shins- Australia 26 times.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
The Strokes 3 albums

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Cansei de Ser Sexy- Nope.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
The Editors- Tom Smith could go it alone, easily. Still can't get over how Edith Bowman managed to bag him!?!?

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Metronomy- Heartbreaker- breaking a guys heart is fun :) plus I'm heartless.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Okkervil River, Love at first listen, my brother's hatred of them only makes me love them more ♥ ♥

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Interpol- nope, she be ghetto fab

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Kings of Leon Yes, they both adore Closer my dad sings Sex On Fire all the time. I have grown to hate that song.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
The Futureheads I sorta flail about, aint nothin you wanna see.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Arctic Monkeys, No, would quite love to see them live howevz

47. Do you like 44's name?
Counting Crows- no no, it’s awful and to be honest quite offensive. I joke, it's lovely.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Howling Bells The lead's a beaut, sure as hell if I were a lesby.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
The Libertines My Sociology teacher, David Mcloughlin ♥ ♥ wants Pete to 'meet his friends Smash and Hammer'.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from number 4?
Beirut- Pranced about the living room. lotss. I have daydreams about slow dancing to Nantes at prom (?)

( I got all muddled with question numbers and band numbers :/ )

Hey, Simple Plan, french Canadian horror show, FUCK YOU! This is a very sentimental installment of 'Bands that fucking suck', as Simple Plan was truly the first band I felt I hated, around 3 or 4 years ago. There's just so much here to absolutely loathe. For those of you who have never heard of this absolutely horrid, dreadful excuse for music, Simple Plan is the alias given to a group of french Canadian boys sent from on high to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that french people FUCKING SUCK (sorry GY!BE). Allow me to elaborate.

Let's start with the basics. Their name is Simple Plan. This name is fairly suiting, seeing as all they have is a simplistic idea for music, which they've carbon copied a few dozen times. Here are, I kid you not, some lyrics from a Simple Plan song:

Welcome to my Life

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you?

Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming?

I REST MY FUCKING CASE. I COULD STOP RIGHT HERE AND EVERYONE SHOULD ALREADY BE ON MY SIDE. Honestly, this is a boiler-plate shit excuse for emotional release. There's no disguise to it, it's just so damn upfront. Which takes away the effect that it seems real. If they had really experienced anything they wrote about, they would be able to find parallels for it. But hey, hey, I'll humor them. So what if they like to be dead-on straightforward lyrically? Does that mean they have to ALWAYS WHINE LIKE FUCKING BABY FUCKS? FUCK. They never have anything truly moving or new to say. Honestly, they're just the same goddamn cliches over and OVER.

Sup? Simple Plan is trying to seem cool by taking a stab at world affairs.

Crazy

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look, I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
They won't stop till they've reached their dreams

Diet pills, surgery
Photoshopped pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

WHAT THE FUCK? HOW DOES THIS PASS AS SOCIAL COMMENTARY OR CRITICISM? It's what I'd expect a 9th grade Anthropology student to churn out when his biased liberal teacher demands some sort of 'statement poem'. And check out that chorus. 'Is everybody going crazy?' So fucking deep. It feels like they're just now realizing problems exist, and they're like '... Fuck... Dude, did you hear about this oil war? ... Fuck man, fuck... Let's write a song about it.'

However, my biggest quarrel with them lyrically, is this song. Before you read the lyrics, keep in mind, this song is SUPPOSED to be about drinking and driving. Tell me if it has any real semblance to that, OR if it's just a cheap attempt and cashing in on people's emotions, and jumping aboard a cause they probably know nothing about.

Untitled (How Could This Happen to me)

I open my eyes
I try to see
But I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound
But no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again

So I try to hold on to a time
When nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

I made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

I'm going to repeat: Keep in mind, this song is SUPPOSED to be about drinking and driving. Tell me if it has any real semblance to that, OR if it's just a cheap attempt and cashing in on people's emotions, and jumping aboard a cause they probably know nothing about.

Also, let's take a stab at their lack of musical enticement. FUCK YOU GUYS SUCK AT WRITING. There is, legitimately, a song where the 'riff' is just you playing the major scale. Like, just that. You actually just played the scale, which is just a series of notes to base songs around. You saw that and thought 'Hey sup I'll just play that instead of trying to get creative with it...' You just made a song out of a fucking warm-up, but you honestly couldn't care less. It probably got on the Muchmusic countdown, or whatever level of fame you find yourself associated with nowadays that nobody GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOU. It just goes to show how bad you are.

The reasons why you suck, they couldn't be simpler.

Get the fuck off my Canada, you talentless french fucks. I'm honestly going to call up Wolf Parade and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and have them systematically decapitate your talentless asses along with Nickelback and the rest of you shit groups sullying the good (eh?) name of Canada.

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