Domingo 29 Nov 2009, 16h:53

Hello, 2003! This was my first full year of working at the local record store Rock-It-Man, and it shows. Total albums of 2003 nearly doubled from the previous year. This is also the first year where there's a sign that maybe another human being is instrumental in what I listen to. Sure, that human being is a kid who I've never even met in real life and lives halfway across the country. But in 2003, that's a-okay with me because the kid's got taste. And when I listen to him, it generally pays off. See #1. And #5 for that matter, since there would be no #5 if not for #1 (as weird as that might be. Nada Surf is tied to both bands, too).

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1. Brand New - Deja Entendu

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2. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart

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3. Celebrity - Lovesick

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4. Muse - Absolution

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5. Mew - Frengers

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6. Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance

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7. Starflyer 59 - Old

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8. Cave In - Antenna

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9. The Dears - No Cities Left

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10. A Whisper in the Noise - Through the Ides of March