In preparation for the end of the year
Here are my top tens for years 2000 through 2003. My top ten of 2004 will follow soon.
Top 10 of 2003
Not in any particular order, 'cause I liked them all pretty equally:
- Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
- Trüby Trio - Elevator Music
- Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk
- Marilyn Manson - Golden Age of the Grotesque
- David J - Estranged
- OutKast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
- MC Honkey - I am the Messiah
- Creatures - Hai
- Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
I couldn't come up with 10. However, I did have more than a few songs that I really liked this year:
- Chicks on Speed - We Don't Play Guitars
- Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage, Gay Bar
- White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
- Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama, Shut Up
- OutKast - Hey Ya!, Tomb of the Boom
- Marilyn Manson - Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth
- Radiohead - Sit Down Stand Up, There There
- Dido - White Flag
- Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke (switch mix)
- Juno Reactor/Don Davis - Navras
- !!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard
- Ms John Soda - Go Check
- MC Honkey - Sonnet No.3 (Like A Duck), The Baby that was You
Worst concert: Cat Power. Good album, bad concert.
Top 10 of 2002
CDs
- Tanya Donelly - Beautysleep
- Rasputina - Cabin Fever
- Low - Trust
- Sondre Lerche - Faces Down
- David J - Mess Up
- Dot Allison - We Are Science
- King of Woolworths - Ming Star
- Parker and Lily - Here Comes Winter
- Sigur Ros - ( )
- Ladytron - Light & Magic
Concert/shows
- Tanya Donelly @ Black Cat
- Daniel Ash @ Black Cat
- David J @ Nation
- David Sylvian @ 930
- Nick Cave @ 930
- Low @ Black Cat
- Sigur Ros @ Lincoln Theatre
Top 10 of Y2K+1
CDs, revised
- Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue
- Ladytron - 604
- Bjork - Vespertine
- Tipsy - Uh-oh
- Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
- Basement Jaxx - Rooty
- Thunderball - Scorpio Rising
- Blake Babies - God Bless The Blake Babies
- Cowboy Junkies - Open
- The Incredible Moses Leroy - Electric Pocket Radio
CDs, original
- Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue
- Ladytron - 604
- Bjork - Vespertine
- Tipsy - Uh-oh
- Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
- James Asher Dance Remixes - Kali Thunder
- Blake Babies - God Bless The Blake Babies
- Cowboy Junkies - Open
- The Incredible Moses Leroy - Electric Pocket Radio
- Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part
Just missed the top: Ken Nordine - A Transparant Mask, Ivy - Long Distance
Concert/shows
- Kristin Hersh @ Borders Book Store
- Chicks on Speed @ the Andy Warhol Museum
- Tortoise
Top 10 of 2000
CDs
- Haunted - Poe
- Kid A - Radiohead
- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey
- Silence is Sexy - Einsturzende Neubauten
- Good Looking Blues - Laika
- Anyone On The Air - Swandive
- Supreme Beings of Leisure - Supreme Beings of Leisure
- Agaetis Bryjun - Sigur Ros
- Selmasongs - Bjork
- Gus Gus vs. T-World
( 11:00 FH | aural pleasures. )