favorites of 2004: the ENTIRE YEAR

[Matos_W.K.]

John, Andrew B. writes for Decibel too!

[John]

I knew his name looked familiar! Still, I rankle a little when I see "no x, no y" in a list of what makes for good music - it's my inner old-school popist

[Bubbachups]

Here's my top 10. I've used the European release dates though so maybe a couple of them are considered to be 2003 albums.

1) Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway
2) Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire
3) Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
4) Will Johnson - Vultures Await
5) Castanets - Cathedral
6) Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
7) Drive By Truckers - The Dirty South
8 ) Kevn Kinney - Sun Tangled Angel Revival
9) Richard Buckner - Dents & Shells
10) Thomas Denver Johnsson - Hope To Her

Other great albums were:
Joanna Newsom - Milk Eyed Mender
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Apostle Of Hustle - Folkloric Feel
Fennesz - Venice
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

[peckinpah]

2004 favs:

hbo's the wire
herzog/kinski dvd box set
comets on fire - blue cathedral & bonus disc
dig!
lsd march - suddenly, like flames
m.i.a. - galang
deerhoof - milkman
caninus - now the animals have a voice
dungen - ta det lugnt
mission of burma - onoffon
hbo's curb yr enthusiasm
the gate 5 - known unknowns (from the rummy ep)
deerhoof - milk man
scissor sisters - take yr momma out tonite
jay z - 99 problems (i prefer the one mixed w/ pavement's here the dangermouse version is great too)
nonamenofame - winter poem for lost souls (d/l'd mp3)
sonic youth - dripping dream (from sonic nurse)
boredoms - seadrum/house of sun
the walkmen - the rat
acid mothers temple live discs
nirvana - seasons in the sun
soft pink truth - out of step
yo la tengo - 04 wfmu marathon set
can live discs


ahhh, my 1st post.

[WhereTheSlimeLive]

holy crap John, did you just say Lacuna Coil are good.

[John]

whoops there goes my Xtreme metal cred! what can I say, I got an inner goth kid, none of you people ever saw the Sisters of Mercy and Christian Death live during the same summer so step off

[Steve]

hip hop: Little Brother - The listening

rock: sonic youth - sonic nurse

warbly girl folk: Jolie Holland -  Escondida

what the hell: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Sings greatest palace music

folky boy indie thinger: Jason Anderson - New England

[old kentucky shark]

Just got into Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti which is totally great. Probably in my top ten of the year that has just ended

[John]

I just listened to A Guess at the Riddle by David Grubbs - this is certainly one of my favorite records from last year

[milly balgeary]

after mister indie mona lisa, mato's post, i just don't know what to do. i might stop listening to music altogether. its too much pressure.  fuck music, i'll just find a copy of the jugband christmas and listen to that all the time. emmet otter, you know. i know you know. forget all the rest, everything, in its most complicatedly simple evocation lies within the jugband. emmet! the council has spoken.

[Roque]

Tentative Top 10:

BEARSUIT - CAT SPECTACULAR
THE DOUBLE - PALM FRONDS
SHUGO TOKUMARU - NIGHT PIECE
THE ORGAN - GRAB THAT GUN
AUGIE MARCH - STRANGE BIRD
THE CITIZENS - ARE WE THERE YET?
VETIVER - s/t
LE FLY PAN AM - N'ECOUTEZ PAS
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI - FINGERS CROSSED
JENS LEKMAN - WHEN I SAID I WANTED TO BE YOUR DOG

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[K. Thor Jensen]

fuck music, i'll just find a copy of the jugband christmas and listen to that all the time. emmet otter, you know.

Riverbottom Nightmare Band rules, I listen to that song practically once a day.

[TheVole]

THE DOUBLE - PALM FRONDS

Apparently, you and I were the only ones to have heard this record, because if any other people had heard it, it would be on all of their lists, too.

I think the whole list concept is a bit silly (being that different albums serve different purposes,) but in addition to the double, last year I was into the new Mount Eerie stuff, Sagan, Magnolia Electric Co., TV on the Radio, and Everything from the DFA.  Other stuff, too, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

[jebreject]

VETIVER - s/t

Vetiver but no Devendra?

[TheNames]

Yeah, I just recently got Palm Fronds and I'm probably going to have to revise my list.

[TheVole]

VETIVER - s/t

Vetiver but no Devendra?

Right, because andy cabic is a shitty songwriter.

Just because devendra is in the band doesn't mean that Roque has to like his solo work better than vetiver.  Frankly, I think "Angels' Share" is better than any devendra song, easily.

[old kentucky shark]

Late entrant: Shugo Tokumaru: Night Piece: is delicious (scrumptious)

[jebreject]

Right, because andy cabic is a shitty songwriter.

Just because devendra is in the band doesn't mean that Roque has to like his solo work better than vetiver.  Frankly, I think "Angels' Share" is better than any devendra song, easily.

Whoa, whoa, WHOA, now, pardner.  I said NOTHING about Andy Cabic being a shitty songwriter, nor was I implying it.  I think Vetiver is fantastic!  And I didn't say that Roque has to like Devendra better than Vetiver, or that s/he (sorry, don't know) has to like Devendra at all!  I was just surprised to see Vetiver on the list on not Devendra, because most of the people I know that like Vetiver are all about Devendra as well.

PLZ CHILL K THX

[TheVole]

PLZ CHILL K THX

Pssh...I'm not the one screaming.  

Frankly, they're two different songwriters.  The enjoyment of one don't mean the enjoyment of the other.  You didn't say "What, no vetiver?" to everyone who listed Devendra, now didja? (Oh snap!)

I mean, hell, if we're going the similar styles route, you could have said "What, no Coco Rosie?" to everyone who posted about Devendra.  But you didn't, and rightly so, because Coco Rosie is terrible.

[elpollodiablo]

Bah. I've never liked Devendra, myself. Doesn't he seem a bit... I dunno, disingenuous to anyone?

[jebreject]

Hm, I'm interested in hearing more from the Devendra-haters.  I'm totally in love with him and would ask him to marry me if I thought it'd be a good idea, which I don't think it would be.

Why do you think he's disingenuous?

[TheVole]

Not a hata, myself, but the guy does seem more than a bit flighty.  He's got that whole hippy-ish sense of being completely out of touch with reality goin' on.

He does write a mean tune, though.  Also, when I first heard "Rejoycing" I couldn't figure out if it was a white guy or a black woman, although I was leaning towards the latter.

[Johnp]

The most rewarding releases of 2004 were:

* Boi Akih - Uwa i CD (Enja)
* Dielectric Minimalist Allstars 2CD (Dielectric)
* Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days LP (Sub Pop)
* Konono No. 1 - Congotronics CD (Crammed)
* Meshuggah - I CD (Fractured Transmitter)
* The Necks - The Boys OST CD;-* Mosquito/See Through 2CD (both ReR); & Chris Abrahams - Streaming 2CD (Vegetable)
* Jack Rose - Two Originals of... CD; Raag Manifestos CD (both VHF); & Glenn Jones - This Is The Wind That Blows It Out CD (Strange Attractors Audio House)
* Shrimp Boat - Something Grand 4CD Box (AUM Fidelity)
* John Vanderslice - Cellar Door LP (Barsuk/Post Parlo)
* Yeah/NO - Swell Henry CD (Squealer)

My favourite gigs were:

22.1 - Converge
13&14.2 - EST
11.4 - Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano
11.7 - Oehlers, Guilfoyle, Sardjoe Trio
27.7 - Dirty Three
27.10 - Sufjan Stevens
23&24.11 - The Necks

[davy]

i want that shrimp boat box so BAD and I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY!!!!!

[rtotalexvii]

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