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  • 9552 (9-12-2006)

    Set 14 2006, 18h55

    (9-14-2006) 9552

    1. (1)(1) Spoon- 158 (+73/-)
    2. (13)(2)The Fiery Furnaces- 146 (+85/+11)
    3. (2)(2) Pixies- 145 (+63/-1)
    4. (5)(4) Sonic Youth- 131 (+54/+1)
    5. (4)(1) Radiohead- 130 (+49/-1)
    6. (7)(6) Talking Heads 128 (+55/+1)
    7. (24)(7) Bob Dylan 125 (+83/+17)
    8. (12)(8) Kanye West 121 (+59/+4)
    9. (19)(9) Silver Jews 118 (+70/+10)
    10. (2)(1) Pavement 116 (+34/-8)
    11. (6)(6) Fugazi 105 (+30/-5)
    12. (14)(12) Mission of Burma 104 (+44/+2)
    13. (9)(9) Husker Du 94 (+26/-4)
    14. (-)(14) Bill Hicks 92 (-/-)
    15. (39)(15) David Cross 88 (+60/+24)
    16. (9)(9) Les Savy Fav 87 (-/-7)
    17. (8)(8) Minutemen 86 (-/-9)
    17. (11)(7) The New Pornographers 86 (+20/-6)
    17. (15)(12) Devo 86 (+21/-2)
    20. (75)(20) Liars 83 (+63/+55)
    21. (27)(21) Cat Power 82 (+43/+6)
    22. (94)(22) Neko Case 76 (+59/+72)
    22. (16)(16) Tom Waits 76 (+21/-5)
    24. (56)(24) Captain Beefheart 69 (+44/+32)
    24. (-)(-) Ghostface Killah 69 (-/-)
    26. (26)(23) The Walkmen 67 (+19/-)
    27. (18)(18) Beat Happening 66 (+15/-9)
    28. (20)(20) Neutral Milk Hotel 64 (+16/-8)
    29. (17)(17) Wolf Parade 62 (+8/-12)
    29. (20)(20) The Smiths 62 (+18/-9)
    29. (24)(20) Queens of the Stone Age 62 (+20/-5)
    32. (36)(32) Magnetic Fields 61 (+19/+4)
    33. (94)(33) Jens Lekman 60 (+34/+61)
    34. (20(19) The Replacements 59 (+15/ -14)
    35. (32)(32) Sufjan Stevens 58 (+24/-3)
    36. (-)(36) The National 57 (-/-)
    37. (32)(32) The Dismemberment Plan 55 (+21/-5)
    37. (-)(37) Gnarls Barkley 55 (-/-)
    39. (31)(25) Big Black 52 (+15/-8)
    39. (75)(39) Bjork 52 (+32/+36)
    41. (29)(28) My Bloody Valentine 50 (+12/-13)
    42. (101)(42) TV on the Radio 49 (+33/+59)
    42. (27)(22) Deerhoof 49 (+10/-15)
    42. (75)(42) Devotcka 49 (+29/+30)
    45. (48)(45) The Unicorns 48 (+21/+3)
    45. (35)(30) Echo and the Bunneymen 48 (+15/-10)
    45. (29)(29) Lou Reed 48 (+10/-16)
    45. (67)(45) The Velvet Underground 48 (+26/+22)
    49. (23)(18) The Beastie Boys 47 (+5/-26)
    50. (36)(36) Architecture in Helsinki 46 (+12/ -14)
    50. (41)(41) The Hold Steady 46 (+18/-9)
    52. (32)(28) Sleater-Kinney 44 (+10/-20)
    52. (56)(56) The Mountain Goats 44 (+19/+4)
    54. (56)(46) Joy Division 43 (+18/+2)
    54. (-)(54) Neil Young 43 (-/-)
    56. (69)(56) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 42 (+21/+13)
    57. (44)(44) Air 41 (+13/-13)
    57. (41)(41) Broadcast 41 (+11/-16)
    57. (-)(57) Feist 41(-/-)
    57. (44)(44) El-P 41 (+13/-13)
    61. (80)(61) Thunderbirds Are Now! 40 (+21/+19)
    61. (44)(43) The Beatles 40 (+12/-17)
    63. (38)(37) Q and Not U 39 (+8/-25)
    63. (38)(38) Metric 39 (+8/-25)
    63. (80)(63) The Advantage 39 (+20/+17)
    63. (54)(51) Electrelane 39 (+13/-9)
    67. (38)(37) The Rolling Stones 38 (+7/-29)
    67. (56)(56) The Cure 38 (+13/-11)
    67. (88)(67) Nick Drake 38 (+20/+21)
    70. (101)(70) Frank Black 37 (-/+31)
    70. (112)(70) Bonnie ‘Billy’ Prince 37 (+22/+42)
    70. (64)(64) Belle and Sebastian 37 (+14/-6)
    73. (48)(48) The Avalanches 36 (+9/-25)
    73. (67)(56) Hot Snakes 36 (+14/-6)
    75. (48)(41) Broken Social Scene 35 (+8/-27)
    75. (48)(46) Lightning Bolt 35 (+8/-27)
    75. (43)(32) Devendra Banhart 35 (+6/-32)
    75. (56)(56) Madvillian 35 (+10/-24)
    79. (-)(79) Viktor Vaughn 34 (-/-)
    79. (-)(79) Man Man 34 (-/-)
    79. (48)(48) Boards of Canada 34 (+7/-31)
    82. (-)(82) Dizzee Rascal 33 (-/-)
    82. (61)(61) The Rapture 33 (+9/-21)
    84. (120)(84) Suicide 32 (+18/+36)
    84. (-)(84) Two Gallants 32 (-/-)
    84. (-)(84) Eagles of Death Metal 32 (-/-)
    84. (64)(56) The Blood Brothers 32 (+9/-20)
    88. (64)(64) M83 31 (+8/-24)
    88. (54)(46) Nine Inch Nails 31 (+5/-34)
    88. (120)(88) Stereolab 31 (+17/+32)
    88. (131)(88) Talk Talk 31 (+18/+43)
    88. (88)(88) Wilderness 31 (+13/-)
    93. (-)(93) Islands 30 (-/-)
    93. (112)(93) XTC 30 (+15/+19)
    93. (48)(46) The Shins 30 (+3/-45)
    93. (61)(51) R.E.M. 30 (+6/-32)
    93. (142)(93) Ladytron 30 (+18/+49)
    98. (80)(80) Soft Machine 29 (+10/-19)
    98. (-)(98) Nathan Fake 29 (-/-)
    98. (120)(98) The Stooges 29 (+15/+22)
    101. (88)(80) Can 28 (+10/-13)
    101. (88)(88) The Decemberists 28 (+10/-13)
    101. (-)(101) Hella 28 (-/-)
    101. (-)(101) Camera Obsurca 28 (-/-)
    101. (80)(68) Love 28 (+9/-21)
    106. (-)(106) Nation of Ulysses 27 (-/-)
    106. (69)(68) Blur 27 (+6/-37)
    106. (69)(69) The Jesus and Mary Chain 27 (+6/-37)
    106. (88)(73) Wire 27 (+9/-18)
    106. (61)(43) The American Analog Set 27 (+3/-45)
    106. (94)(80) Interpol 27 (+10/-12)
    112. (112)(112) PJ Harvey 26 (+11/-)
    112. (75)(75) McLusky 26 (+6/-37)
    114. (-)(114) David Bowie 25 (-/-)
    114. (101)(87) The Clash 25 (+9/-13)
    114. (-)(114) The Black Heart Procession 25 (-/-)
    114. (112)(112) X 25 (+10/-2)
    114. (101)(101) The Go! Team 25 (+9/-13)
    114. (69)(68) Neon Blonde 25 (+4/-45)
    114. (-)(114) The Knife 25 (-/-)
    121. (-)(121) Lifter Puller 24 (-/-)
    121. (120)(120) DangerDoom 24 (+10/-1)
    121. (69)(61) Stars 24 (+3/-52)
    121. (94)(80) Sloan 24 (+7/-27)
    125. (80)(73) Enon 23 (+4/-45)
    125. (80)(80) The Clientele 23 (+4/-45)
    125. (131)(125) Public Image Ltd. 23 (+10/+6)
    125. (94)(87) Xiu Xiu 23 (+6/-31)
    125. (-)(125) Morrissey 23 (-/-)
    125. (80)(68) Public Enemy 23 (+4/-45)
    131. (120)(120) Okkerevil River 22 (+8/-11)
    131. (131)(131) The Apples in Stereo 22 (+9/-)
    131. (131)(131) Kyuss 22 (+9/-)
    131. (131)(131) Peaches 22 (+9/-)
    131. (101)(87) The Arcade Fire 22 (+6/-30)
    131. (69)(69) M.I.A. 22 (+1/-62)
    137. (120)(120) LCD Soundsystem 21 (+7/-17)
    137. (-)(137) Love Is All 21 (-/-)
    137. (94)(87) The Wrens 21 (+4/-43)
    137. (101)(80) Serena Manseeh 21 (+5/-36)
    137. (94)(80) Polysics 21 (+4/-43)
    137. (75)(61) Beck 21 (+1/-62)
    137. (-)(137) Manta Ray 21 (-/-)
    137. (142)(137) The Pop Group 21 (+9/+5)
    137. (80)(80) The Books 21 (+2/-57)
    137. (80)(68) The Brain Jonestown Massacre 21 (+3/-57)
    137. (101)(87) The Cramps 21 (+5/-36)
    148. (101)(96) New Order 20 (+4/-47)
    148. (-)(148) Os Mutantes 20 (-/-)
    148. (120)(120) Caribou 20 (+6/-28)
    148. (-)(148) John Coltrane 20 (-/-)
    148. (-)(148) James Brown 20 (-/-)
    148. (101)(101) Franz Ferdinand 20 (+4/-47)
    148. (101)(87) Gang of Four 20 (+4/-47)
    148. (-)(148) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 20 (-/-)
    156. (-)(156) DJ Shadow 19 (-/-)
    156. (-)(156) J Dilla 19 (-/-)
    156. (-)(156) Frog Eyes 19 (-/-)
    156. (120)(120) Minor Threat 19 (+5/-31)
    160. (120)(120) Shellac 18 (+4/-35)
    160. (-)(160) Beth Orton 18 (-/-)
    160. (101)(96) The Breeders 18 (+2/-59)
    160. (131)(131) Faust 18 (+5/-29)
    160. (-)(160) Miles Davis 18 (-/-)
    160. (142)(142) Anthony and the Johnsons 18 (+6/-18)
    160. (-)(160) Juana Molina 18 (-/-)
    160. (112)(112) Ride 18 (+3/-48)
    160. (131)(131) Television 18 (+5/-29)
    160. (-)(160) Vitallic 18 (-/-)
    170. (-)(170) Black Flag 17 (-/-)
    170. (120)(120) Mitch Hedberg 17 (+3/-50)
    170. (-)(170) The Joggers 17 (-/-)
    170. (142)(142) Black Eyes 17 (+5/-28)
    170. (-)(170) The Lucksmiths 17 (-/-)
    170. (112)(112) The Flaming Lips 17 (+2/-58)
    170. (112)(112) The Smashing Pumpkins 17 (+2/-58)
    170. (-)(170) fIREHOSE 17 (-/-)
    170. (-)(170) Pretty Girls Make Graves 17 (-/-)
    170. (-)(170) Mountains 17 (-/-)
    170. (-)(170) Sunset Rubdown 17 (-/-)
    170. (112)(112) Kraftwerk 17 (+2/-58)
    182. (-)(182) Boris 16 (-/-)
    182. (120)(120) Black Mountain 16 (-/-)
    182. (-)(182) Trail of the Dead 16 (-/-)
    182. (-)(182) Buzzcocks 16 (-/-)
    182. (-)(182) Johnny Cash 16 (-/-)
    182. (-)(182) MF Doom 16 (-/-)
    182. (-)(182) The Plastic Constellations 16 (-/-)
    182. (131)(131) Jimi Hendrix 16 (+3/-51)
    182. (-)(182) Tom Ze 16 (-/-)
    191. (-)(191) Supergrass 15 (-/-)
    191. (131)(131) Metallica 15 (+2/-60)
    191. (142)(142) The Boy Least Likely 15 (+3/-49)
    191. (-)(191) Swans 15 (-/-)
    191. (142)(142) Mark Lanegan 15 (+3/-49)
    191. (131)(131) Slowdive 15 (+2/-60)
    191. (-)(191) De Novo Dahl 15 (-/-)
    191. (-)(191) Milemarker 15 (-/-)
    191. (-)(191) Andrew Bird 15 (-/-)
    191. (-)(191) Coachwhips 15 (-/-)
    191. (142)(142) Vashti Bunyan 15 (+3/-49)
    202. (-)(202) The Thermals 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) Wilco 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) Akron/Family 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) The Organ 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) The Drones 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) The Jesus Lizard 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) The USA is a Monster 14 (-/-)
    202. (142)(142) Rouge Wave 14 (+2/-60)
    202. (-)(202) The Manic Street Preachers 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) The Bordoms 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) Smog 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) Tapes n’ Tapes 14 (-/-)
    202. (-)(202) Rhymefest 14 (-/-)
    215. (-)(215) Iggy Pop 13 (-/-)
    215. (-)(215) Cibelle 13 (-/-)
    215. (131)(131) The Red Light Sting 13 (+0/-84)
    215. Outkast 13
    215. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 13
    215. Isolee 13
    215. The Pink Mountain Tops 13
    215. The Strokes 13
    215. Four Tet 13
    215. Blonde Redhead 13
    215. Elefant 13
    215. The Mars Volta 13
    215. Snopp Dogg 13
    215. Slim’s Dance Party 13
    229. Stephan Malkmus 12
    229. The Stone Rose 12
    229. Duke Ellington 12
    229. The Minus 5 12
    229. A.C. Newman 12
    229.Out Hud 12
    229. Nirvana 12
    229. Jel 12
    229. The Angels of Light 12
    229. Low 12
    229. Hood 12
    240. Thom Yorke 11
    240. Art Brut 11
    240. Nat King Cole 11
    240. The Evens 11
    240. Rapeman 11
    240. Shinning 11
    240. Lady Sovereign 11
    240. Joanna Newsom 11
    248. Arctic Monkeys 10
    248. The M’s 10
    248. Caetano Veloso 10
    248. The Constantines 10
    248. Aloha 10
    248. Scott Walker 10
    248. Guitar Wolf 10
    248. Brainiac 10
    248. Brain Eno 10
    248. They Shoot Horses Don’t They? 10
    248. My Morning Jacket 10
    248. Test Icicles 10
    248. Led Zeppelin 10
    248. Buena Vista Social Club 10
    248. Chris Cornell 10
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  • 4957

    Fev 10 2006, 15h39

    4957 (2-9-2006)

    1. (3)(1) Spoon 85 (+23/+2)
    2. (1)(1) Pavement 82 (+12/-1)
    2. (5)(2) Pixies 82 (+20/+3)
    4. (1)(1) Radiohead 81 (+11/-3)
    5. (4)(4) Sonic Youth 77 (+10/-1)
    6. (6)(6) Fugazi 75 (+16/0)
    7. (7)(7) Talking Heads 73 (+15/0)
    8. (11)(8) Minutemen 69 (+14/+3)
    9. (9)(9) Husker Du 68 (+11/0)
    9. (9)(9) Les Savy Fav (+11/0)
    11. (7)(7) The New Pornographers 66 (+8/-4)
    12. (14)(12) Kanye West 62 (+9/+2)
    13. (12)(12) The Fiery Furnaces 61 (+8/-1)
    14. (16)(14) Mission of Burma 60 (+17/+2)
    15. (12)(12) Devo 58 (+5/-3)
    16. (16)(16) Tom Waits 55 (+12/0)
    17. (15)(15) Wolf Parade 54 (+10/-2)
    18. (21)(18) Beat Happening 51 (+15/+3)
    19. (23)(19) Silver Jews 48 (+15/+4)
    20. (25)(20) Neutral Milk Hotel 44 (+12/+5)
    20. (25)(20) The Smiths 44 (+12/+5)
    20. (19)(19) The Replacements 44 (+4/-1)
    23. (18)(18) Beastie Boys 43 (+2/-5)
    24. (32)(24) Bob Dylan 42 (+14/+8)
    24. (20)(20) Queens of the Stone Age 42 (+4/-4)
    26. (23)(23) The Walkmen 40 (+7/-3)
    27. (22)(22) Deerhoof 39 (+5/-5)
    27. (32)(27) Cat Power 39 (+11/+5)
    29. (28)(28) My Bloody Valentine 38 (+8/-1)
    29. (30)(29) Lou Reed 38 (+9/+1)
    31. (25)(25) Big Black 37 (+5/-6)
    32. (28)(28) Sleater-Kinney 34 (+4/-4)
    32. (32)(32) The Dismemberment Plan 34 (+6/0)
    32. (46)(32) Sufjan Stevens 34 (+11/+12)
    35. (30)(30) Echo and the Bunneymen 33 (+4/-5)
    36. (32)(32) Magnetic Fields 32 (+4/-4)
    36. (41)(36) Architecture in Helsinki 32 (+7/+5)
    38. (37)(37) The Rolling Stones 31 (+4/-1)
    38. (37)(37) Q and Not U 31 (+4/-1)
    38. (39)(38) Metric 31 (+5/+1)
    41. (43)(41) Broadcast 30 (+6/+2)
    41. (51)(41) The Hold Steady 30 (+8/+10)
    43. (32)(32) Devendra Banhart 29 (+1/-11)
    44. (56)(44) Air 28 (+7/+12)
    44. (73)(44) El-P 28 (+11/+29)
    44. (43)(43) The Beatles 28 (+4/-1)
    44. (39)(39) David Cross 28 (+2/-5)
    48. (51)(48) Boards of Canada 27 (+5/+3)
    48. (46)(46) Lightning Bolt 27 (+4/-2)
    48. (61)(48) The Avalanches 27 (+8/+13)
    48. (41)(41) Broken Social Scene 27 (+2/-7)
    48. (46)(46) The Shins 27 (+4/-2)
    48. (51)(48) The Unicorns 27 (+5/+3)
    54. (46)(46) Nine Inch Nails 26 (+3/-9)
    54. (51)(51) Electrelane 26 (+4/-3)
    56. (56)(56) The Cure 25 (+4/0)
    56. (46)(46) Joy Division 25 (+2/-10)
    56. (60)(56) The Mountain Goats 25 (+5/+4)
    56. (61)(56) Madvillian 25 (+6/+5)
    56. (61)(56) Captain Beefheart 25 (+6/+5)
    61. (43)(43) The American Analog Set 24 (0/-18)
    61. (73)(61) The Rapture 24 (+7/+12)
    61. (51)(51) R.E.M. 24 (+2/-10)
    64. (73)(64) Belle and Sebastian 23 (+6/+9)
    64. (73)(64) M83 23 (+6/+9)
    64. (56)(56) The Blood Brothers 23 (+2/.-8)
    67. (96)(67) The Velvet Underground 22 (+8/+29)
    67. (56)(56) Hot Snakes 22 (+1/-11)
    69. (68)(68) Blur 21 (+3/-1)
    69. (61)(61) Stars 21 (+2/-7)
    69. (87)(69) M.I.A. 21 (+6/+18)
    69. (61)(61) The Jesus and Mary Chain 21 (+2/-7)
    69. (68)(68) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 21 (+3/-1)
    69. (68)(68) Neon Blonde 21 (+3/-1)
    75. (-)(75) Bjork 20 (-/-)
    75. (61)(61) Beck 20 (+1/-14)
    75. (87)(75) McLusky 20 (+5/+13)
    75. (-)(75) Liars 20 (-/-)
    75. (61)(61) Devoctka 20 (+1/-14)
    80. (68)(68) Public Enemy 19 (+1/-12)
    80. (-)(80) Soft Machine 19 (-/-)
    80. (80)(80) The Books 19 (+3/0)
    80. (68)(68) Love 19 (+1/-12)
    80. (73)(73) Enon 19 (+2/-7)
    80. (-)(-) The Thunderbirds Are Now! 19 (-/-)
    80. (87)(87) The Clientele 19 (+4/+7)
    80. (-)(-) The Advantage 19 (-/-)
    88. (73)(73) Nick Drake 18 (+1/-15)
    88. (80)(80) Can 18 (+2/-8)
    88. (73)(73) Wire 18 (+1/-15)
    88. (-)(-) The Decemberists 18 (-/-)
    88. (96)(88) The Brian Jonestown Massacre 18 (+4/+8)
    88. (-)(-) Wilderness 18 (-/-)
    94. (87)(87) Xiu Xiu 17 (+2/-7)
    94. (80)(80) Interpol 17 (+1/-14)
    94. (80)(80) Sloan 17 (+1/-14)
    94. (96)(94) Neko Case 17 (+3/+2)
    94. (80)(80) Polysics 17 (+1/-14)
    94. (87)(87) The Wrens 17 (+2/-7)
    94. (-)(-) Jens Lekman 17 (-/-)
    101. (96)(96) New Order 16 (+2/-5)
    101. (87)(87) The Clash 16 (0/-14)
    101. (-)(-) Frank Black 16 (-/-)
    101. (87)(87) The Cramps 16 (+1/-14)
    101. (87)(87) Gang of Four 16 (+1/-14)
    101. (80)(80) Serena Maneesh 16 (0/-21)
    101. (-)(-) TV on the Radio 16 (-/-)
    101. (-)(-) Franz Ferdinand 16 (-/-)
    101. (96)(96) The Breeders 16 (+2/-5)
    101. (-)(-) The Go! Team 16 (-/-)
    101. (87)(87) The Arcade Fire 16 (+1/-)
    112. Kraftwerk 15
    112. PJ Harvey 15
    112. The Flaming Lips 15
    112. XTC 15
    112. The Smashing Pumpkins 15
    112. Ride 15
    112. X 15
    112. Bonnie ‘Billy’ Prince 15
    120. Stereolab 14
    120. The Stooges 14
    120. Suicide 14
    120. Shellac 14
    120. LCD Soundsystem 14
    120. Okkerevil River 14
    120. Minor Threat 14
    120. Mitch Hedberg 14
    120. Black Mountain 14
    120. Caribou 14
    120. Dangerdoom 14
    131. Faust 13
    131. Jimi Hendrix 13
    131. Peaches 13
    131. Talk Talk 13
    131. Public Image Ltd. 13
    131. Metallica 13
    131. Kyuss 13
    131. Slowdive 13
    131. Television 13
    131. The Apples in Stereo 13
    131. The Red Light Sting 13
    142. The Pop Group 12
    142. Ladytron 12
    142. Black Flag 12
    142. Vashti Bunyan 12
    142. Antony and the Johnsons 12
    142. Mark Lanegan 12
    142. Black Eyes 12
    142. Rouge Wave 12
    142. The Boy Least Likely 12

    Monthly Leaders

    1. Spoon-23
    2. Pixies-20
    3. Mission of Burma- 17
    4. Fugazi- 16
    5. Talking Heads- 15
    5. Silver Jews- 15
    5. Beat Happening- 15
    8. Minutemen- 14
    8. Bob Dylan- 14
    10. Pavement- 12

    Biggest Gainers

    1. El-P- 29
    1. The Velvet Underground- 29
    3. M.I.A.- 18
    4. McLusky- 13
    4. Air- 13

    Weekly Winners

    1. Kanye West- 2
    2. Pixies- 1
    2. Bob Dylan- 1
    2. Talking Heads- 1
    2. Fugazi- 1
    2. The Fiery Furnaces-1
    2. Sonic Youth- 1
    2. Spoon- 1
    2. The New Pornographers- 1
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  • Top 100- 4023

    Jan 13 2006, 15h28

    Top 100- 4023 (1-12-2006)

    1. Pavement-70
    1. Radiohead- 70
    3. Spoon- 68
    4. Sonic Youth- 67
    5. Pixies- 62
    6. Fugazi- 59
    7. Talking Head- 58
    7. The New Pornographers- 58
    9. Husker Du- 57
    9. Les Savy Fav- 57
    11. Minutemen- 55
    12. Devo- 53
    12. The Fiery Furnances- 53
    14. Kanye West- 51
    15. Wolf Parade- 44
    16. Tom Waits- 43
    16. Mission of Burma- 43
    18. Beastie Boys- 41
    19. The Replacements- 40
    20. Queens of the Stone Age- 38
    21. Beat Happening- 36
    22. Deerhoof- 34
    23. The Walkmen- 33
    23. The Silver Jews- 33
    25. Neutral Milk Hotel- 32
    25. The Smiths- 32
    25. Big Black- 32
    28. My Bloody Valentine- 30
    28. Sleater-Kinney- 30
    30. Lou Reed- 29
    30. Echo and the Bunneymen- 29
    32. Bob Dylan- 28
    32. The Magnetic Field- 28
    32. The Dismemberment Plan- 28
    32. Cat Power- 28
    32. Devendra Banhart- 28
    37. The Rolling Stones- 27
    37. Q and Not U- 27
    39. David Cross- 26
    39. Metric- 26
    41. Broken Social Scene- 25
    41. Architecture in Helsinki- 25
    43. Broadcast- 24
    43. The Beatles- 24
    43. The American Analog Set- 24
    46. Joy Division- 23
    46. Nine Inch Nails- 23
    46. Lightning Bolt- 23
    46. Sufjan Stevens- 23
    46. The Shins- 23
    51. Boards of Canada- 22
    51. Electrelane- 22
    51. The Unicorns- 22
    51. The Hold Steady- 22
    51. R.E.M.- 22
    56. Air- 21
    56. The Cure- 21
    56. The Blood Brothers- 21
    56. Hot Snakes- 21
    60. Mountain Goats- 20
    61. Beck- 19
    61. The Avalanches- 19
    61. Stars- 19
    61. DeVotchka- 19
    61. The Jesus and Mary Chain- 19
    61. Madvillan- 19
    61. Captain Beefheart- 19
    68. Blur- 18
    68. Public Enemy- 18
    68. Love- 18
    68. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- 18
    68. Neon Blonde- 18
    73. Nick Drake- 17
    73. Wire- 17
    73. El-P 17
    73. Belle and Sebastian- 17
    73. Enon- 17
    73. M83- 17
    73. The Rapture- 17
    80. Can- 16
    80. The Books- 16
    80. Interpol- 16
    80. Sloan- 16
    80. Polysics- 16
    80. Serena Maneesh- 16
    80. The Decembersits- 16
    87. The Clash- 15
    87. Xiu Xiu- 15
    87. Mclusky- 15
    87. The Cramps- 15
    87. Gang of Four- 15
    87. M.I.A.- 15
    87. The Clientele- 15
    87. The Wrens- 15
    87. The Arcade Fire- 15
    96. New Order- 14
    96. PJ Harvey- 14
    96. The Velvet Underground- 14
    96. Neko Case- 14
    96. X- 14
    96. The Breeders- 14
    96. The Brian Jonestown Massacre- 14

    Weekly Winners
    1. Talking Heads (1)
    1. Fugazi (1)
    1. The Fiery Furnaces (1)
    1. Sonic Youth (1)
    1. Spoon (1)
    1. Kayne West (1)
    1. The New Pornographers (1)

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  • Top Albums of 2000-2005 part X (10-1)

    Jan 3 2006, 20h08

    It's finally here! The final installment of my favorite albums of the past six years. There were times where I though I wouldn't finish. See, maybe there's hope for Sufjan's 50 state project yet. I've gotta say, y'all didn't do so well predicting my top ten. You got a whopping 2 of the top ten combined. These are ten albums that I absolutely love. I love them so much that it's difficult to write intellegently about them. They are a little like I imagine it would be like to have children, I simply can't see the flaws in them. So here it is, the top ten. . .

    10.The Hold Steady- Seperation Sunday (2005)

    I'm pretty sure that I've listened to this album more than any other this year. It's just that interesting and, frankly, fun. Yes, there "just a bar band" as friends of mine insist. But there's something amazing here. Maybe it's the classic rock influences that I'd all but forgotten could be fun before this record. Maybe it's the way it actually plays as an album (or a novel?) instead of just a series of singles. Whatever it is, it's stunning.

    9. The Walkmen- Bows + Arrows (2004)

    The Walkmen have a way of capturing a certain feeling so perfectly. "The Rat" has got to be one of the best songs of the decade, just perfect desperation. "New Year's Eve" sums up one of the more interesting, and sometimes fun, holidays of the year wonderfully. I know it's the general consensious out their that their first album is better, but I'll take this one any day.

    8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)

    I believe that what really scares the major labels about file sharing is not so much the loss of business that they've experienced. No, I believe it's Clap Your Hand Say Yeah. File Sharing technology coupled with technology making it easier to record albums, has the potential to make labels unnessissary. I find it funny that big business loves to tell us that globalization has made things like Labor Unions irrelevant, but that they would never admit that record labels might be irrelevant. This album to me represents the consuming public seizing information techonologies and the way our world is becoming smaller to try something new, rather than just allowing it to be used as a tool of big business allowing them a better way to market the same crap they did before. And the proof is in the pudding. The music on the album is amazing. I wonder if we'd have ever heard it in 1996?

    7. Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary

    I know a bunch of people who believe this album to be terribly overrated. And I understand where their comming from. It's not exactly an "album" in that there is no unifying theme or message. And there are big time flaws in the music. But I can't help but love it. Every song seems bigger than the one before it as it all comes to a huge cresendo in "This Heart's On Fire." I sort of hope they never make another record, because I can imagine it sucking. But this one is one of the best albums I've heard in a very long time.

    6. The Dismemberment Plan Change (2001)

    The Dismemberment Plan was one of the first non-major label bands that I liked. I feel like they sort of grew up with me, or I with them. This album is the D-Plan all grown up, and possibily at the height of their powers. It's consitently fun, and suprisingly moving. I'm not really even sure anymore that this is musically that great of an album, or anything terribly special at all. But I did a lot of growing up listening to the D-Plan, and this album will always be special to me.

    5. The Fiery Furnances Blueberry Boat (2004)

    Where to begin with this album? There's just so much here, it amazing. There are more melodies and ideas on this one album than some of my friends entire music collections. It's consistenly ambitious, and nearly as consistently sucessful. Lester Bangs wrote that you could tell a great album by how much it warps your brain. This album would rank pretty damn high on the brain warping scale. I've simply never heard anything like it before or since.

    4.The Unicorns- Who'll Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (2003)

    Holy Shit do I love this album. I've heard it so many times over the past 2+ years, and am not even close to sick of it yet. The lyrics are fuckin' brillant. Hillarious. Sweet. Clever. Take you pick. And the music, my God, the music. I was fairly upset that they broke up, but maybe it's for the best as this was unbeatable. I'll still be quite interested to hear the Islands though.

    3. Les Savy Fav- Inches (2004)

    Yeah, I know, this is only sort of a 2004 release. Almost all of it had been released on 7 inches prior to it compelation here. I had heard a few of those, but to me it was mostly new. But it felt immedately like a greatest hits album. It sums up their career perfectly, in reseverse chronilogical order. That way it finishes with "Rodeo", maybe their best song. While I love Les Savy Fav that think you should hear all their albums, this is the essential one.

    2. Radiohead Kid A (2000)

    Plenty has already been written about this album, so I won't waste your time. I'll just say that in this case, forget Public Enemy's sage-like advice and go ahead and believe the hype. Amazing in every way.

    1. Spoon Girls Can Tell (2001)

    I absolutely have blinders on with this album. I'm not even really sure that it is the band's best album, much less the best of the decade. But for me, it's sheer magic. This album came out when I was in my early years of college, which of course are crazy, weird, but absolutely great years. This was the soundtrack for about a million different things that happened to me. I was absolutely obsessed with this album then, and basically still am. It's one of the best thing about music that you can put on an album and instantly be transported back in time. When I press play on this album I'm taken away from my acquired cynisism and right back to freedom, endless possibility, and falling in love. That, my friends, cannot be beat.
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  • Top 100 Albums of 2000-2005 part IX (20-11)

    Dez 30 2005, 16h02

    I'd like to try a little experiment with those readers out there who have way too much time on their hands. After I finish this posting, I'll have given you 90 albums. I wonder, can you fill in the top ten (no particular order, of course). Looking it over, I would imagine it would be easy enough to get about 6 of them by considering what's not on the list so far. The others would involve a fair bit of conjecture. Anyway, give it a try if your bored. I'd like to know how predictible all this is. I'll let you know, price is right style, how many you have right. Anyway, on with the countdown.

    20. Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise (2005)

    I've been a big fan of Sufjan for some time now. I'm sure that I'm not the first to think that the 50 states project was a tad strange. Apart from the obvious inconcievability of its completion, I could not for the life of me figure how most of the states would sound any different. After all, this is America, we don't have "culture", we only consume. You could fall from a plane in any given spot and not be able to figure out which state you were in. Or so I thought. I find this album most interesting when compared with Michigan, a decidedly darker much less energenic album. Illinoise bursts with energy, and in the view of this one time visitor to the state of Illinois, pretty well sonicly approximates what it's like to actually be there. So maybe Americans do have local culture after all. I still have no idea how North Dakota will sound any different from South Dakota, but after Illinoise, I'm all ears.

    19.Architecture in Helsinki- In Case We Die (2005)

    I was more than a little bit suprised that I took to this album. I decided to give it a listen with a fair bit of hesitancy- after all it was Australian prog-pop. This could not possibly be good. But good it was. It is consistantly interesting, bubbling with energy and at times down right sweet. Be sure to check your pre-conceptions at the door, and give this a try.

    18. Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans (2004)

    Some one (who?-I really can't remember) said that when they first heard this album, they figured Sufjan was gay. What with all the "he(s)" and "his". Shockingly this is an album that is primarily about God. Which sounds crappy, I know. I hardly need to recount the history of Christain rock here for you to know that it is consitantly crap. Sufjan proves here that the subject matter of a piece of art is secondary to the honesty the artist brings to it. Songs like "Sister" and "The Dress Looks Nice on You" are enough to bring even the biggest athesist to tears. Allueua!

    17. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema (2005)

    For my money, Twin Cinema is the best New Pornographers album. I also think it's the least characteristic. Here we see them moving beyond their usual cathy-as-fuck pop songs, although there are plenty of those here to. If you remember back to the first couple weeks after this was released, people were talking about how it was a disappointment, and "sort of lame." I reckon that this is because their quite a bit more depth here than the other two albums. You might be excused for missing the genius of "Bleeding Heart Show" on your first listen, but no such excuse is allowable on your 10th. You might say the same for the album as a whole.

    16. Spoon Kill the Moonlight (2002)

    Much has been made about how this album represents Spoon mastery of the simple. That very will may be. But the reason that I've always loved Spoon is that they represent a band that does things right, and gets credit for all the right reasons. It's hard to think of a stickle for Spoon. When a friend asks, "What's the deal with this Spoon band?" you're likely to have to think for a little while before comming up with an anwser. You can't say, "well there's like 30 of them on stage at once!" or "they all wear designer suits!!" or "no one has ever seen their bass players face!!!" or " the singer and the drumer used to date!!!!" No, maybe the best thing to do is just give said friend a copy of this album.

    15. Radiohead Hail to the Theif (2003)

    One of the many great things about Radiohead is that each record sounds decidedly different. I'm not sure how they pull this off, but each album sounds like they started from sratch and could almost be the work of an entirely different band. I'm not sure what you'd call this incarnation, I think it's been called Radiohead "grown up." What it does it capture the time it was released in a little bottle for us to open in case we miss 2003. Yes it really is that dark. From the album title to "2+2=5", this is a poltical album in what was a very frustrating political time for many of us. We can only hope that Radiohead stays this facsinating into their 70s.

    14. Spoon Gimme Fiction (2005)

    I know a lot of people who regard this as "not that good." I might have agreed on my 1st listen. But if Kill the Moonlight is Spoon's masterpiece of simplicity, than this is their masterpiece of the complex. There is a lot happening on this record, which makes true apperication of it more than an 44.6 minute exercise. Gimme Fiction is the work of a band that very well might be getting better with age.

    13. The Rapture Echoes (2003)

    If "dance punk" ever really existed as a genre, and not just a figment of music writters imagination, this was the apex. When this was released, I was visiting a friend in England. For some reason, we were made to go to those crappy Brit-Clubs were they play awful NME music. I would get a few Stellas in me and voicturiously request the "DJ" to play the Rapture. Most of them had no idea what I was talking about, or at least that's what they said. (I had this exact same experiance this summer, only I was requesting M.I.A. who lives in England! WTF!) I realize that DJs at these sort of places have a very high opinion of themselves, and don't particularly like to be told what to play by druken Yanks. But fuck that, a DJ ought to take requests!!! But I digress. Oh yeah, the album, great dance music.

    12. Sufjan Stevens- Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State (2003)

    Disclaimer- I've never been to Michigan. But this album is about how I would imagine it. Dark, depressing, poverty ridden, broken down industry (sorry if your from Michigan, I'm sure there are nice parts). It's enough to make you question our "information" economy. Or maybe not. But this album is amazing in that feels totally honest, and totally real. And through all the muck, there is hope. Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider! Stevens implores. That's pretty damn cool.

    11. El-P Fantastic Damage (2002)

    Throughout my life, I've had issues with Hip-Hop. I went through a period in High School where it was all that I listened too. Jay-Z, DMX, ect. But I'm not sure if I ever really liked it. I think I did, but it may have just been sort of required at that point. It was always on a parties, or at shoot-arounds when I was on the Basketball Team, so I just sort of went with it. Then, as a Freshman in College, I wrote it off entirely for much the same reasons. It was always on. In the dorm room, at lame-o frat parties, blasting out idoits windows. And it was all about the best ways to subjegate women. But El-P made me see the error of my ways. This album has opened up the world of hip-hop to me, as at least a strong supporting role in my music collection. In the process it has helped show me how stupid you have to be to write off forms of art generally.
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  • Top 100 Albums of 2000-2005 part IIX (30-21)

    Dez 23 2005, 0h36

    It's just so rare that you can satisfy someone's request so immediately. "Where's Interpol, Bitch" was a comment recieved on my last post. Well, it's funny you should ask. As I am not a "Bitch," in the literal sense of the word, I can only assume that this comment was meant as some sort of insult. Well sticks and stones may break my bones, but nothing you can say can get Antics above 79. As for Turn on the Bright Lights, we shall see. . .

    30. M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts (2003)

    My love (tolerance) for "electronic" music sort of began with this album. Prior to this, I had the the idea that electronic music consited of idoit frat boys in shiny blue shirts taking cocaine or ecastsy and trying to get someone even dumber than themselves to fuck them. Or maybe I had just been dragged to too many stupid clubs and raves. This ablum showed me that all those circuit breakers can be used for good, as well as evil.

    29. The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

    The Shins make spectacular, wonderfully easy to listen to rock. But you already knew that. Or you should have. I don't have that great of an understanding of the music business, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out why The Shins aren't as big as, say, Mariah Carrey. I've personally introduced these guys to several people who don't really even like music, and never once has any of them said, "I just can't get into the Shins." Anyway, it's fine with me if they stay where their at, because I want tickets the next time their in town.

    28. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights (2003)

    Stylus Mag recently ran a column which asserted that people who like Interpol, are the type of person who like bad poetry, and would quite like to have sex with you, but you shouldn't expect an orgasism. I guess you can count me in that category. Damn. For a while I sort of felt like I should really like this album. After all, the hype that surronded its release was absolutely absurd. It seemed they were ready to be annoted the band who would "save rock and roll." This is generally a good clue that you should not pay the record in question any mind. But this album won my heart with its awesomeness. Maybe Turn on the Bright Lights is the exception that broke the rule. Then again, there are the White Stripes.

    27. The Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)

    I was fully prepared to hate the Go! Team. The concept of the band sounds so utterly stupid, I really almost didn't give it a listen. "Aw, what the hell," I chortled, "maybe a group of 50 English persons can make Motown records." Yes, yes they can. And thank God for that.

    26. TV on the Radio- Desperate Youth, Bloodthristy Babes (2004)

    This album was a bit of a grower for me. I immediately loved Staring at the Sun, but wasn't terribly impressed by the rest of it. This might have had something to do with the fact that I was living in Xi'an, China at the time, where this album wasn't exactly available, and bought this album with about 50 others when I got to Japan on vacation. So it sort of got lost in a jumble of other new music. Or maybe I'm just an asshole who doesn't know good music when he hears it. Point is, this grew on me. Oh yes, did it ever.

    25. The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic (2000)

    I read an interview with A.C. Newman who said he didn't really plan to tour after releasing this album. (!!!) People appearantly were so outraged by the lack of dates, that the New Pornographers eventually were forced to cave in and tour. And of course people wanted a tour, what with the sheer pop on the album. These folks will always be the embodiment of Pop music to me (well, I guess there's this little band called "the Beatles", so maybe the penultimate embodiment- but their really, really good!) and this is their popiest record. So does that make it their defining album?

    24. Hot Snakes- Suicide Invoice (2002)

    This album is aggresive, political, angry, and about one hundred other adjectives that currently escape me. It impores us to pay politicans "in Cigarettes" (not a bad idea), complains about "Paperwork" (I can relate), and informs us that they "Hate the Kids" (just plain mean.) But what it is consitantly is amazing punk rock.

    23. Fugazi- The Argument (2001)

    Something deep inside of me is cringing at the idea of putting anything in front of Fugazi. They really are in a class all by themselves. No one, and I do mean no one, has lived up to the ideal and the example that they set. And this album was by no means a disappointment, or an album by an older band that just doesn't have it any more. Instead, it was one of the most creative of their catalouge. And just as uncomprimising as ever.

    22. The Shins- Oh, Inverted World (2001)

    While just seven spots ago I professed my undying love for Chutes too Narrow, it will never live up to this album for me. While, arguably, the songs on Chutes are better written, there is something quant about this album that has always endured itself to me. Maybe it's the lowfi production, or just the fact that they were more unheard of at the time (and not in Garden State). I'm not sure. But there's something magical about this album.

    21. The Walkmen- Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone (2002)

    I'll admit it, I intially didn't get the buzz about The Walkmen. I heard this album once, and didn't really bother with it again for a couple months. The great thing about this album is that, while I've owned it for several years now, I am seemingly liking it more each time I listen too it. That is the mark of a great album, rather than quickly wearing out it's welcome, it becomes more and more essential. If I made this list next year, it is fully possible that this album could find itself in the top ten.


    To Be Continued. . .
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  • Top Albums of 2000-2005 part VII (40-31)

    Dez 21 2005, 17h28

    As the year end lists have start to come out, I am having a little difficulty fathoming the anger that they are capable of generating. Apperantly if your favorite albums of the year isn't included on one of the preeminant lists, it's go time. I actually find the idea of someone fumming over the placement of a favorite album on this list (while certainly not preeminant) hilarious. After all, what the hell do I know. I would have thought that, seeing as it's 2005, we all would have realized that there is no such thing as objectivity. That said, these sort of lists are a good place to get recommendations, and spark healthly (maybe) debate. So on with the countdown. . .

    40.Black Eyes- Black Eyes (2003)

    I saw these guys in the spring of 2003, and it was at that show that I became certain that I had mono at. That is because while the band ruled, I had to lean against a wall to avoid falling over. Yes, there was no kiding myself with the whole, "I'm just really tired" bit after that. The funny thing is, as miserable as I was, I never wanted the show to end. If your into screaming and ass kicking, this could be for you.

    39. Shellac- 1000 Hurts (2000)

    This is a sad fuckin' album! Steve Albini, oh how I love thee. Let me count the ways. Even if he once said that the Pixies, at their best, were a "mildly entertaining" college rock band (!!!) he's still pretty much okay with me. 1000 Hurts continues a long line of great albums from Stevie, and I bet all of them are better than your band's. Steve might even tell you that himself.

    38. The New Pornographers- The Electric Version (2003)

    So the New Pornographers' least good album is still good enough for 38th on this list? Yep, they really are that good. Having already written that this is their least good album, I must say that it includes some of their best songs- make mine "It's Only Divine Right." Or "From Blown Speakers." Or "Miss Teen Wordpower." Fuck, I can't decide. But really, can anyone with the New Pornographers?

    37. The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)

    This is one of my favorite electronic albums of all time. That is, if it's really electronic. I suppose it is, in a sense, but it almost seems like funk or soul or something else really cool I don't even know about. This is enough to give you faith in the power of old records, mixed together.

    36. Q and Not U- No Kill No Beep Beep (2000)

    I think this is the third straight time I've written about Q and Not U, so I'm a bit tongue tied right now. I think I might have just mixed a metaphor, too. "Are they really that good?" you ask. Oh gentile reader, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. This album is proof positive.

    35. Radiohead- Amnesiac (2001)

    Oh shit. I just turned a big contingent of the last fm "community" against me. You knew this was comming, or you should of. And no, this won't be Radiohead's last apperance on this list. This is my least favorite Radiohead album (with the exception of Pablo Honey, which I don't consider a proper "Radiohead album", maybe a "radiohead album" ), but that's not at all to say it's no good. This album sort grew on me. Now I recognize it as the least ambitious of their albums, but certainly a rewarding listen. Let the debate begin. No fighting please.

    34. PeachesThe Teaches of Peaches (2000)

    Did anyone else have this same experiance? I was sitting in the movie theater watching Lost in Translation with some people who don't listen to much music when "Fuck the Pain Away" comes on in the Strip Club scene. They immediately start laughing, but I'm just loving it. I'm like, "This is Peaches, Bitches! Bow Before Her." Then I realize, in a perfect world, Peaches would play at all strip clubs all the time, and the strippers might slap and kick custmers because, well, they felt like it. Or maybe they'd wear oversized dildos just to piss off traveling businessmen. Point is, Peaches inspires some strange, but rather awsome thoughts.

    33.Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse (2004)

    I love this album. I'm not actually sure why. It might be because I saw them on tour in support of it, and, oh yeah, I meet this guy named LEE RANALDO. You might have heard of him. And yes, I'm part of the "indie elite" and much, much cooler than you or anyone you know. Seriously though, I think this album is a big step forward them. It's damn near "easy" to listen to.

    32. Liars- They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (2002)

    Weird to say it, in that this is a Liars album, but this is a fun album to listen to. Yes, really. While I do enjoy most of the Liar's work, this is the one that I'd burn for a friend who wasn't familiar with them. But who knows, their 2006 release could change everything. With the Liars, I wouldn't be suprised.

    31. The Fiery Furnances- Gallowsbird Bark (2003)

    This is where my love affair with the Furnances began. (Oh Elenor, I could make you so happy.) The songs here are maybe the most straight forward of their catalouge (what? Under 9 minutes? come on!) but possibily some of the best. Where Blueberry Boat was not satified with this modesty, these songs actually sound like one song at a time. And the Furnances do that well, too.
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  • Top Albums of 2000-2005 part VI (50-41)

    Dez 20 2005, 21h19

    The TOP 50! Now things are getting exciting. I must warn you, albums that I have up this high I feel really strongly about. So if you must make fun of them, please be nice about it because I might take it personally. Naw, on second thought, let me have it.

    50.Serena Maneesh- Serena Maneesh(2005)

    This is a band I really don't know much about. I know they are Norweigan, and that's about it. Oh, and that their music is a amazing. And that's really all I need to know.

    49. Q and Not U- Different Damage (2002)

    Different Damage is often held up as Q and Not U's best record. I'm not sure that I agree. But I understand why people say it. It's an incrediably energizing album and probably their most accessiable work apart from that dance party called Power. DC punk? Maybe, but it seems like more than that to me.

    48.The Silver Jews- Tanglewood Numbers (2005)

    For a record spawned from such adversity, this is sure a fun listen. I've been a fan of the Silver Jews for quite a while now (American Water would be in my top 50 of all time) and I can honestly say this album is their "most fun." Not bad for an album about drug addicition.

    47. Arcade Fire- Funeral (2004)

    Like everyone else last year, I was totally blown away by this album. This time last year, I would have told you this was the "Album of the Year." Something happened, though. I tried to go to their show at the local indie bar that holds about 200. Walked up about an hour before show time, not even considering it might be sold out. Guess what. Yep. Oh well, can't blame their booking on the album. So if your reading this Arcade Fire, book a bigger place next time and I'll put your next album higher. Seriously though, I might have just over-listened.

    46. The Fiery Furnances- EP (2005)

    The Furnances are one of my favorite bands of the last couple years, and I almost didn't bother with this. A collection of "also rans", or at least so I thought. Wrong. Instead, this is the easiest Furnances albums on the ears yet. This is that album that you should hear first if you haven't heard the others, or last, if you're ready to give up on them. Thank God they released this one this year because Rehearsing My Choir, while not as bad as everyone says, would not have satisfied my Fiery Furnances itch for the year.

    45. Wilderness- Wilderness (2005)

    This is the album that immediately comes to my mind as the must underhyped of the year. While it got many good reviews, it has been conspiciously absent from most year end lists. So, yet another wrong rectified. This is one of the top 10 of the year.

    44. Queens of the Stone Age- Rated R (2000)

    I'd like to make it clear for the DEA, any future employers, or anyone else out there that I don't do drugs. I was 1st in my DARE class. Honestly. But this is QOTSA at their finest. In all their druggy glory. If you like rock music, you really should hear this. But, kids, don't do drugs.

    43. Xiu Xiu- Fabulous Muscles (2004)

    Usually I pick up new Xiu Xiu albums with a little bit of hesitation. I know they'll be great, but I also know they'll be a lot of work. Worth it, but work. So imagine my suprise with Fabulous Muscles, an immediately fun(?) album. Really. Sort of. By far the easyiest of his albums to listen to, and maybe his best.

    42. M.I.A.- Arular (2005)

    Once again, that whole knowing nothing about hip hop comes back to bite me. Is this hip hop? Maybe, but it certainly is more fun than most. I've heard that almost every one of her songs is either overtly or covertly political, which is pretty cool I guess. But you might be forgiven for not noticing, what with the dance party all around you.

    41. Sleater-Kinney- The Woods (2005)

    Yes, it is really this good. I've been shocked to see this listed as a "disappontment" on lots of year end lists. I repestfully dissent. Sleater-Kinney has made one of their best albums, at a time where I had almost written them off as boring. Shows what I know. Simply put, this is a great rock record.


    To Be Continued. . .
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  • Top Albums of 2000-2005 part V (60-51)

    Dez 19 2005, 20h16

    Whew, halfway. Sweet. If your still with me, take a bow. Seriously, I know it's no easy to read my grammer and spelling errors. You might have noticed that I haven't posted one of this in a while that is because I've been on a big bender for the last couple days after finishing finals. So if this part of the list is a little, well, less smart, my apologies. My brain hurts. But anyway, I'm trying to finsh this by New Years at least so on with the list,


    60. Misson of Burma- ONoffON (2004)

    No big surpise here. I was so exicted for this album. It was one of those things that I couldn't really believe was happening. I mean Misson of Fucking Burma releasing a new album! While this album wasn't quite Vs., it still kicks plenty of ass. If you don't like these guys, I probably don't like you.

    59. The Wrens- The Meadowlands (2003)

    When my friend first burned me this album, he said to me, "I'm sorry to do this to you. This album will ruin your life with its pure awsomeness." Appearantly he had listened to it virtually non-stop for a semester, and had nearly flunked out of school because of it. While it hasn't inspired the same in me, it certainly has its moments.

    58. Q and Not U- Power (2004)

    Having been a fairly long term fan of Q and Not U, at first, I had no idea what to make of this album. It sounded like they'd been listen to way too much "dance punk," and at first, I didn't like that. After all, aren't they from D.C., and what happened to the Fugazi comparisions? Upon further review, I think mentioning Fugazi with these guys was a fairly shitty thing to do, as no one can really live up to that example, and they never really sounded that much like them. Q and Not U's music has always been danceable. Sort of. But not like this. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

    57. Tom Waits- Real Gone (2004)

    Of course I love Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and all those other Tom Waits' albums. But his recent work had left me kind of bored. This album changed all that. It it totally unique from anything else he has made, or anything anyone else has ever made. "Hoist That Rag" would likely be in my top ten sounds of the decade. But the coolest part of Tom Waits? Michael Bolton said that Tom's voice is his favorite of all time. Huh? I never thought Michael Bolton could be so cool.

    56. Les Savy Fav- Emor: Rome Written Upside Down (2000)

    This is some of the Fav's best work. I've heard people complain that they are a bit too one-dimesional for them. I believe that statement to be absurd, and this record should be entered into record as "exhibit A." "Asleepers Union" is downright tender, while "I.C. Timer" shows Les Savy Fav in all their energenic brillance. If you've tried these guys before and didn't like them, give this record a try.

    55. Blonde Redhead- Misery is a Butterfly (2003)

    I never really understood what the big deal with these guys was, apart from that gorgious lead singer. Until this album that is. Now I really have a crush. In my "humble" opinion, this is easily their best album. Sweet.

    54. Sonic Youth- Murray Street (2002)

    Much of what I wrote about Tom Waits could be copied again here. Apart from the bit about Michael Bolton being secretly cool. Sonic Youth has long been one of my favorite bands, but they were really stuck in a rut there for a while in the 1990s. Enter Jim O'Rourke. Suddenly Sonic Youth was fasicnating again. See, prayer does work.

    53. Comets On Fire- Blue Cathedral (2004)

    This ablum is like drinking way too much whiskey. You know what I mean. That drunk that you just sort of lose control of your bodily functions, and maybe crap the bed. (not that I actually have crapped the bed, but you know, rhetorical devices). Why such things are fun, I have no idea. But this is.

    52. The Blood Brothers- March On Electric Children (2002)

    Say what you will about the Blood Brothers, but they've got balls. This was their second LP, and yes, it's a concept album. You probably hate it, but that's just because you suck. Oh, funny antedote. Once I was "getting romantic" with a woman, and I decided to let my music play on random. After all, how could she reist my stunning musical taste? Enter, "American Vultures." Ouch. She never called again.

    51.Air- Talkie Walkie (2004)

    So I used to have this on-going duel with a French friend of mine. I let him no that there was no French music that I found enjoyable. Period. Damn this record. I've since become a full on Francophile. Well, okay, not really. But this is proof postive that generalization can get you into trouble. Now if there were just a decent band from L.A. . . .

    To Be Continued. . .
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  • Top Albums of 2000-2005 part IV (70-61)

    Dez 13 2005, 16h30

    Well, it's begun. It was sure to happen. In part III of this list I committed the 8th deadly sin. . . yes I admit it. I put Your Forgot it in People at 71. I really had no idea that people where so passonate about that album, at least passoniate in liking it. In fact I have this aging hipster friend, who every time I see him asks, "Are you still listing to that bullshit Canadian band with that ridiculous name (I'd like to acknowledge that neither I, nor my friend are the first to consider their name ridiculous) that all those assholes were obessed with in 2003?"
    Me- "Oh the Broken Social Scene. Yes, their really good."
    Friend- "Damn, I expected you'd grow out of them by now."
    Therefore, I take a little offense at being cast as enemy of the (Broken Social) Scene. And to top it off, for the rest of this list I'll now be subeject to the criticism of, "I can't believe you put Ricky Martin in front of BBS! I hate you!" or "Linkin Park at 17 and BBS at 71! Eat shit!" But I'm strong, and I can take it. Let the contraversy begin. . .

    70.Electrelane The Power Out (2004)

    The record just sounds big. Wheather it's choirs of angels or people marching or the natural landscapes that dot this album, I'm not sure. Plus I'm a sucker for songs sung in different languages as "Oh Sombra" is, since I can't understand them and therefore can't think they are dumb. I don't know if Elecrtelane intended this, but to me this record captures perfectly the time it was released, that is post-Invasion of Iraq, troops not going anywhere and time soon, let's fuck up a country and see what happens, 2004. But more than one person has told me I see politics where they don't exist. Either way, this album is emotionally stirring.

    69. Kanye West The College Dropout (2004)

    Look, I know that Kanye is a cocky bastard. I heard that he said, "Late Registration is clearly better than God and the Choir of Angels' first album" (or something to this effect) when asked if it should win a grammy. I also know that some circles were pretty upset about what he said about Bush, even if he was just saying what everyone else was thinking (afterall 90% of Black people vote democrat, so of course, at one level, Bush doesn't "care about them"). But I digress. This is also a guy who makes God Rap, but makes it well enough that it's entirely possible that he would come into a club and have a bunch of sweaty people in shinny blue shirts screaming out, "Jesus Walks," quite a feat really. I'd once again like to emphasize that I don't know jack about hip-hop, but this sounds pretty good to my near virgin ears.

    68. Black Mountain- Black Mountain (2005)

    I like to think of this ablum as Black Sabbath, only updated for the 2000s. Who wouldn't like that? Well, I lot of people I'm sure ("there's no way this is better that BBS!!!") but their pretty cool if you ask me. And that's what this is all about.

    67. The Blood Brothers- Crimes(2004)

    I've seen the Blood Brothers in concert more times than any other band. While I'm not much of a counter, I really can't count how many times I've seen them. Honestly, they come to Denver/Boulder like twice a month. Probably because I keep buying tickets. Anyway, because of this, it was no real suprise to me that I liked this album, afterall I'd heard it 5 times through in concert before it came out. But the Brothers really have a way with words. I would feel dirty relaying any of them to you, so I'm afraid you'll have to check out the album if you want to know what I'm talking about.

    66. Sleater-Kinney- All Hands on the Bad One (2000)

    Finally, an album for 2000. This was my first exposure to Sleater-Kinney, as I was a bit to young to hear some of the earlier, probably better stuff. But this album is pretty damn awsome and, combined with their other albums, ought to permanantly put to rest any notion that girls can't rock. Does anyone still believe that? Probably not. Maybe Kid Rock does. So I just what I'm saying is I recommend this album to Kid Rock, or anyone who likes good music.

    65. Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow (2003)

    I already used up my charming antedote about seeing these guys in Japan for Hypermagic Mountain. But as a wise man once said, "The plural of antedote is data!" Yeah, so think about that one. Seriously, if this band comes to a venue near you, get your sorry ass there. This album is Lightning Bolt at their finest, unintellegable lyrics (?), ridiculous guitars, ect., ect. Freakin' awsome.

    64. The Blood Brothers- Burn, Piano Island, Burn (2003)

    It's weird to think that I've been out of college for 2 and a half years now. It's even weirder to think that I was totally obessed with this album back then. Had I wrote this back then, I would have said, "this is the album that renewed my faith in Hardcore, as I had become bored with the genre, but now I've seen the light." The problem with that is that I'm still kind of bored with Hardcore. But this album is far from boring. In fact it's totally invigorating.

    63. . . .And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead- Sources, Tags and Codes (2002)

    Back in the '02, I was a true believer. And it's nice to believe once in a while. It's kind of like Howard Dean. Here's this great guy who believes in all this cool shit that we believe in. Then he screams. And you realize that (1)he'll never be president and (2) maybe that's a good thing. This album is kind of like Howard Dean caring about all the cool shit. I honestly believed that people would listen to this record and it would change their lives, or at least their listening habits. Worlds Apart is kind of like the scream. Eventhough Worlds Apart casts some light on the rather embarassing flaws of this record which has caused it to depreciate in my book, it's still a really good album. I'd have it higher, but it just sort of depresses me.

    62. Les Savy Fav- Go Forth (2001)

    Oh shit yeah, I do love the Fav. They are hands down the best live act that I've seen. Or maybe you wouldn't like Fat guy lead singer (Tim Harrington) humping security guards and that opening act from Germany? He then proceeded to rip the curtain from the stage and use it as an oversized cape. They were opening for The Faint, but if the Faint had any sense, would have refused to come out. I stayed about 10 minutes into their show. Moral- don't let Les Savy Fav open for your band. In terms of the album, this isn't their best, but it will certainly do.

    61. Neko Case Blacklisted(2002)

    Maybe you've had the same experience as I have. Listening to the New Pornographers and saying, "Whose heaven-sent voice is that???" Well the anwser is Neko Case's. And yes, it is country. And yes, it kicks ass.


    To Be Continued. . .
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