#1
Sigur Ros-Agaetis Byrjun
(Play it Again Sam) 2000
listen to "Ny Batteri" by Sigur Ros....
#2
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Fever To Tell (Interscope) 2003
listen to "Y Control" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
#3
A Place To Bury Strangers-
A Place To Bury Strangers
(Killer Pimp) 2007
listen to "I Know I'll See You" by A Place To Bury Strangers...
#4
Antony & the Johnson-I Am a Bird Now (Secrectly Canadian) 2005
listen to "You Are My Sister" by Antony & the Johnsons...
#5
Blonde Redhead-
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
(Touch & Go) 2000
listen to "Hated Because of Great Qualities" by Blonde Redhead...
#6
The Faint-Danse Macabre
(Saddle Creek) 2001
listen to "Agenda Suicide" by The Faint...
#7
The White Stripes-White Blood Cells
(Warner Brothers) 2001
listen to "Hotel Yorba" by The White Stripes
#8
Sufjan Stevens-Illinoise
(Asthmatic Kitty) 2005
listen to "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens...
#9
Idlewild-100 Broken Windows
(Capitol) 2000
listen to "Little Discourage" by Idlewild...
#10
Bloc Party-Silent Alarm (Vice) 2005
listen to "Banquet" by Bloc Party...
Radiohead-Kid A (Capitol) 2000
listen to "Idioteque" by Radiohead...
The Strokes-Is This It (RCA) 2001
listen to "Hard To Explain" by The Strokes...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart-
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
(Slumberland) 2009
listen to "Come Saturday" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart...
MGMT-Oracular Spectacular
(Columbia) 2008
listen to "Electric Feel" by MGMT...
XX-XX (XL Recordings) 2009
listen to "Basic Space" by XX...
Cat Power-You Are Free (Matador) 2003
listen to "Maybe Not" by Cat Power...
The Knife-Silent Shout (Mute) 2006
listen to "Silent Shout" by The Knife...
Hercules & Love Affair-
Hercules & Love Affair
(Mute) 2008
listen to "Raise Me Up" by Hercules & Love Affair...
Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian) 2007
listen to "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar" by Jens Lekman...
Patrick Wolf-Lycanthropy (Tomlab) 2004
listen to "To the Lighthouse" by Patrick Wolf...
The Postal Service-Give Up
(Sub Pop) 2003
listen to "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service...
M83-Saturdays=Youth (Mute) 2008
listen to"Kim & Jessie" by M83...
Thieves Like Us-Play Music
(Shelflife) 2009
listen to "Drugs in My Body" by Thieves Like Us...
Explosions In the Sky-
All Of a Sudden I Miss Everybody
(Temporary Residence) 2007
listen to "Catastrophe and the Cure" by Explosions In the Sky...
Daft Punk-Discovery (Virgin) 2001
listen to "Face to Face" by Daft Punk...
Arcade Fire-Funeral (Merge) 2004
Interpol-Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador) 2002
Burial-Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007
Black Heart Procession-3
(Touch & Go) 2000
The National-Boxer
(Beggars Banquet) 2007
Lily Allen-Alright Still (Capitol) 2007
Phoenix-United (Astralwerks) 2000
At the Drive-In-Relationship of Command
(Fearless) 2000
The Murder City Devils-In Name & Blood
(Sub Pop) 2000
Placebo-Sleeping With Ghosts (Astralwerks) 2003
Junior Boys-So this is Goodbye
(Domino) 2006
Radio Dept.-Pet Grief (Labrador) 2006
The Drums-Summertime!
(Holiday Records) 2009
Peaches-Teaches of Peaches
(Matador) 2000
TV on the Radio-
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
(Touch & Go) 2004
Booka Shade-The Sun & the Neon Light (Get Physical) 2008
Telefon Tel Aviv-Immolate Yourself
(Bpitch Control) 2009
Studio-West Coast (Information) 2007
The Teenagers-Reality Check
(XL Recordings) 2008
M.I.A.-Kala (Interscope) 2007
Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar) 2008
My Morning Jacket-Z (ATO) 2005
Jose Gonzalez-In Our Nature (Mute) 2007
The Gossip-
Standing in the Way of Control
(Kill Rock Stars) 2006
Fever Ray-Fever Ray (Mute) 2009
Silversun Pickups-Swoon
(Dangerbird) 2009
The Killers-Hot Fuss (Island) 2004
The Mars Volta-
De-Loused In the Comatorium
(Universal) 2003
Arctic Monkeys-
Whatever People Say I Am,
That's What I'm Not
(Domino) 2006
The Decemberists-Picaresque
(Kill Rock Stars) 2005
Belle & Sebastian-The Life Pursuit (Matador) 2006
PJ Harvey-
Stories From the City,
Stories From the Sea
(Island) 2000
Iron & Wine-The Shepherd's Dog
(Sub Pop) 2007
Okkervil River-Stage Names
(Jagjaguwar) 2007
Fleet Foxes-Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) 2008
Beirut-Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing!) 2006
Shout Out Louds-Our Ill Wills
(Merge) 2007
Ryan Adams-Rock N Roll
(Lost Highway) 2003
Muse-Absolution (Warner Brothers) 2003
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand (Domino) 2004
CSS-Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop) 2006
Lightspeed Champion-
Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
(Domino) 2008
!!!-Louden Up Now (Touch & Go) 2004
Death Cab For Cutie-Photo Album (Barsuk) 2001
Bat For Lashes-Fur & Gold
(Caroline) 2007
Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
(Last Gang) 2008
Max Richter-Blue Notebooks
(Fat Cat) 2004
Jonas Reinhardt-Jonas Reinhardt (Kranky) 2008
Manual-Azure Vista (Darla) 2005
Ulrich Schnauss-Goodbye (Domino) 2007
Sally Shapiro-Disco Romance (Diskokaine) 2007
Gonzalez & Russom-The Days of Mars (Astralwerks) 2005
Grouper-Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type) 2008
Pictureplane-Dark Rift
(Lovepump United) 2009
Justice-Cross (Vice) 2007
The Daysleepers-
Drowned in a Sea of Sound
(Clairecords) 2008
The Legends-Public Radio
(Labrador) 2006
Memory Tapes-Seek Magic
(Pod/Inertia) 2009
Gravenhurst-Western Lands (Warp) 2007
Cursive-Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek) 2003
Los Campesinos-
We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed
(Arts & Crafts) 2008
The Big Pink-Brief History of Love
(4AD) 2009
Friendly Fires-Friendly Fires (XL) 2008
Pelle Carlberg-In a Nutshell
(Labrador) 2007
Godspeed You Black Emperor!-
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(Kranky) 2000
Grace Jones-Hurricane
(Wall of Sound) 2008
Mogwai-Rock Action (Matador) 2001
Xiu Xiu-Fabulous Muscles
(Five Rue Christine) 2004
Cold Cave-Love Comes Close
(Matador) 2009
Mew-And the Glass Handed Kites (Columbia) 2006
Dead Man's Bones-Dead Man's Bones (Anti) 2009
Maria Taylor-Lynn Teeter Flower
(Saddle Creek) 2007
Deastro-Moondagger
(Ghostly International) 2009
My Vitriol-Finelines (Epic) 2001
Sun Kill Moon-
Ghosts of the Great Highway
(Caldo Verde) 2003
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though i'd put sun kil moon higher, you did a great job brad! i'm exhausted just thinking about my 'best of the decade'...props to you for making it through!
No love for Wilco?
What, no Kills?
Otherwise, brilliant list. Thanks.
So glad to see At the Drive-In and Murder Cty Devils on here. Both still sound as fresh as ever.
Great list, but the Abscence of Queens of the Stone Age's "Songs for the Deaf" is mystifying. Also, "Relationship of Command" should be much higher, and White Stripes "Elephant" should be on here, fairly high. Also, "The Greatest" is a far superior Cat Power album.
Great list, but where is Song for the Deaf, or Lullabies to Paralyse from Queens of the Stone Age, and The Slip from Nine Inch Nails? Walkie Talkie by Air, Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem and Folklore by 16 Horsepower? Anyway, Amoeba rules, we don't have such good dtores in France, so sad.
Fan-freaking-tastic list. My only complaint is that Grizzly Bear's "Veckamist" album isn't on the list (unless i missed it.) That album should be at least top 50. Still, amazing choices good sir.
needs more QUEENS
i agree with so much of this list! some that i would add: blonde redhead - 23, the black keys - rubber factory, dead meadow - feathers, mogwai - the hawk is howling, handsome furs - plague park... dammit, now i feel like i should make my own list...
madvillain
we are beautiful, we are doomed over hold on now youngster??
i don't know about that...
looks about right