Brett:
- Ac Newman “slow wonder” (matador)
- Vetiver “vetiver” (di cristina)
- Rogue Wave “out of the shadow” (subpop)
- Eluvium “an accidental memory in the case of death” (temporary residence)
- Lullatone “little songs about raindrops” (audio dregs)
- Sodastream “a minor revival” (microindie)
- Casino vs. Japan “hitori + kaiso: 1998-2001” (attack nine)
- Ponys “laced with romance” (in the red)
- Destroyer “your blues” (merge)
- M’s “M’s” (brilliante)
- Will Oldham “seafarers music” (drag city)
- Clientele “ariadne” (acuarela)
- Various Artists “Radio India: Eternal Dream of Sound (Sublime Frequencies)
- Ekkhard Ehlers “Plays” (Staubgold)
- Walkmen “bows and arrows” (record collection)
- Auburn Lull “cast from the platform” (darla)
- Harry Partch “Harry Partch Collection vol.1 and 2” (new world)
- Iron and Wine “our endless numbered days” (subpop)
- Papa M “five” and “six” (drag city)
- Prince Po “slickness”
- SCTV vol.1 and vol.2 DVDs
- Arrested Development season 1 DVD
- Floorbirds “the sea of language around us” (barcode press)
- Wilco- ” a ghost is born” (nonesuch)
- Growing- “soul of the rainbow and harmony of light” (kranky)
Stephen:
- Madvillain–Madvillainy//MF Doom–MM…Food
- Sunn O)))–White 2
- Growing–Soul Of the Rainbow & Harmony of Light
- Mastodon–Leviathan
- TV On The Radio–Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
- Melvins–Neither Here Nor There/ Pigs of The Roman Empire
- 90 Day Men–Panda Park
- Liars–They Were Wrong So We Drowned
- Fennesz–Venice
- Coco Rosie–La Mansion Mon Reverie
- The EX–Turn
- Tim Hecker–Mirages
- Throbbing Gristle–TG + Box
- Chris Connelly–Night Of Your Life/ Everyoned–Everyoned
- Tom Waits–Real Gone
- Albert Ayler–Holy Ghost Box
- John Fahey–Great Santa Barbra Oil Slick
- Joanna Newsom–Milk Eyed Mender
- Beans–Shock City Maverick
- Sonic Youth–Sonic Nurse
- Devendra Banhart–Rejoicing In The Hands/ Nino Rojo
- Jimmy Edgar–Access Rhythm/ Bounce Make Model
- !!!–Louden Up Now
- Radian–Juxtaposition
- Fall–The Real New Fall LP
- Mission Of Burma–OnOffOn
- Coachwhips–Bangers Vs. Fuckers
- V/A–Midwest Funk: Funk 45s from Tornado Alley
- V/A–Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip-Hop
- V/A–DFA Records Compilation #2
Finally, The ONE album Pitchfork was completely right about:
Dungen–Ta Det Lungt STAGE (In No Order)
Taking Pictures, Borbetomagus, Pixies, Shellac, Beans, MF Doom, Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Oxbow, Scalpels, Ten Ton, Lydia Lunch, Watchers, Stella Comedy Show, Growing, Hot Snakes, Melvins, Mike Watt, Everyoned, Million Tongues Fest, White Light, Fucking Warewolves, Tyrades, Khanate, The EX, Sally Timms & Jon Langford, Plastic Crimewave, Psychic TV, Brent Gutzeit/ TV Pow, Christian Brandt.
Reissues: Arthur Russell, Homosexuals, Simon Finn, Vashti Bunyan, Basil Kirchin, Pavement; Revenant Vinyl Pressings, John Cale’s NY experience in a big wooden box, Goatsnake–1 CD, Talking Heads–Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads, and CAN finally sounding right on CD.
Goodnight: John Peel, ODB, Rodney Dangerfield, Captain Kangaroo, Jhonn Balance, Elvin Jones, and Robert Quine.
Melissa:
dungen “ta det lungt”
hot snakes “audit in progress”
gris gris “s.t.”
tom waits “real gone”
rtx “transmaniacon”
madvillain “madvillainy”
mastodon “leviathan”
nick cave “abattoir blues/lyre of orpheus”
tv on the radio “desperate youth, blood thirsty babes”
single minded pros “from now on”
missy elliott/can mash up
disco inferno reissues
pavement “crooked rain” reissue
brian wilson “smile”
ataxia “automatic writing” (well, half of it)
mf doom “mm food”
shawnna “worth tha weight”
liars “they were wrong so we drowned”
sunn o))) “white 2”
espers “s.t.”
wire dvd
Gar:
NEW RELEASES IN ORDER OF HEARING THEM
- LIARS “THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM ON THE BROOM”
- PAPA M “HOLE OF BURNING ALMS”
- TV ON THE RADIO “DESPERATE YOUTH BLOOD THIRSTY BABES”
- SWEET COBRA “PRAISE”
- MASTADON “LEVIATHAN”
- SOVIETTES “SOVIETES II”
- ATARI STAR “PRAYER & PRETEND”
- GASOLINE FIGHT “USELESS PIECE OF WEAPONRY”
- FIERY FURNACES “BLUEBERRY BOAT”
- CALIFONE “HERON KING BLUES”
BEST COVER:_ XBXRX “WE HATE THE PRESIDENT” 7″
WORST COVER:___BONNIE PRINCE BILLY “”GREATEST PALACE MUSIC”
BEST ALBUM NAME IT’S A TIE
- MCLUSKY “DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOU IS I’M NOT ON FIRE”
- MIRAH “C’MON MIRACLE”
Emily:
People making good music:
Josephine Foster & the Supposed
Plastic Crimewave Sound
Comets on Fire
The Coughs
Panixville
Electralane
John Cale
A-Frames
RTX
Whaler
Born Heller
Keith:
my top 10. In no particular order.
The Braves “Love and Mercy”
Vee Dee “Further”
Nick Cave “Abattior Blues/Lyre of Orpheus”
Hot Snakes “Audit in Progress”
Ponys “Laced with Romance”
Liars “They Were Wrong So We Drowned”
Soft Pink Truth “Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth
Reigning Sound “Too Much Guitar”
Arrested Development DVD Season 1
Cheap Trick “Essential Cheap Trick”
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Dave:
- madvillain – madvilliany
- deicide – scars of the crucifix
- cannibal corpse – the wretched spawn
- kanye west – the college dropout
- brian wilson – smile
- pig destroyer – terrifyer
- the killer – better judged by 12 than carried by 6
- meshuggah – i
- lamb of god – ashes of the wake
- mastodon – leviathan
- necrophagist – epitaph
- anata – under a stone with no inscription
- decapitated – the negation
- single minded pros – from now on
- tower of rome – all is lost, all is lost, all is yet to be found
dave’s top 5 things i bought this year NOT fom this year. no order.
- miles davis – get up with it
- rorschach – protestant
- dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince – he’s the dj & i’m the rapper
- anthrax – among the living
- neil young – on the beach
Ryan:
the year in music 2004 —not such a good one.
- pavement – crooked rain reissue
- elliott smith – from a basement on the hill
- iron & wine – our endless numbered days
- jolie holland – escondida
- arcade fire – funeral
- decemberists – the tain
- wilco – a ghost is born
- modest mouse – good news for people who love bad news
- kanye west – the college dropout
- the narrator – youth city fire
- animal collective – sung tongs
- brian wilson – smile
- jesse sykes & the sweet hereafter – oh, my girl
- califone – heron king blues
- where will you be on Christmas day compilation of early music.
James:
In 2004, I listened to:
Walkmen “Bows & Arrows”
Dungen “Ta Det Lungst”
Liars “They Were Wrong so We Drowned”
Gris Gris “Gris Gris”
Animal Collective “Sung Tongs”
Vetiver “Vetiver”
Jon Brion “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
Growing “Soul of the Rainbow & Harmony of Light”
Arcade Fire “Funeral”
Modest Mouse “Good News for People Who Love Bad News”
Wolf Parade “EP 2”
Pavement “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA’s Desert Origins”
Race “If You Can”
Ted Leo “Shake the Sheets”
Nirvana “With the Lights Out”
Low Skies “I Have Been to Beautiful Places”
Elliott Smith “From a Basement on a Hill”
Wilco “A Ghost is Born”
Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days”
Xiu Xiu “Fabulous Muscles”
Matt:
ariel pink’s haunted graffiti “doldrums”
ataxia “automatic writing”
disco infero “d.i. go pop” reissue
dungen “ta det lungt”
enslaved “vikingligr/ hordane’s land” reissue
john fahey “great santa barbara oil slick”
gris gris “s/t”
hot snakes “audit in progress”
liars “they were wrong so we drowned”
madvillain “madvillainy”
mastodon “leviathan”
joanna newsom “milk eyed mender”
brian wilson “smile”
best show of 2004
the ex & the empty bottle 09/04
Dan:
DEERHOOF – Milkman
WILCO – A Ghost Is Born
LES SAVY FAV – Inches
DETACHMENT KIT – Of This Blood
CALIFONE – Heron King Blues
ETERNALS – Rawar Style
CLYDE FEDERAL – Sensitive Skin/Please Be Real
HOT SNAKES – Audit In Progress
NEW BLACK – New Black
MADVILLAIN Madvilainy
Jason:
heres top 10 cds I listened to more than twice in 2004
tortoise “its all around you” (thrill jockey)
bobby Conn “the Homeland” (thrill jockey)
Moog “Motion Picture Soundtrack” (hollywood Records)
Brown Bunny “Motion Picture Sountrack” (Japanese Import)
Battles EP 1, 2, 3, (various labels, dim mak, monitor…)
Nervous Cop “s/t” (5rc Records)
Turing Machine “Zwei” (French Kiss)
Textual “Highsight Sunglasses” (Stiff Slack)
Claudia Quintet “I, Claudia” (cuneiform)
McNeal & Niles “Re-issue” (chocolate Ind.)
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Magas:
This One Goes Up to 11
WOLF EYES: Dead Hills (Sub Pop)
BLURT: Best of Blurt Vol. 1 (Salamander)
SOUNDHACK: Soundkit EP (Soundhack)
LES GEORGES LENINGRAD: Sur Les Traces de Black Eskimo (Alien8)
CRIME: San Francisco’s Still Doomed (Swami)
RA-X: The Overthrow EP (Angelmaker)
TAMION 12-INCH: Let’s Suffer (Ersatz Audio)
GD LUXXE: From Zero and Infinity (Ersatz Audio)
SIGHTINGS: Arrive In Gold (Load)
ERRORSMITH: Near Disco Dawn (Errorsmith)
THEO PARRISH: Ugly Edits 6-8 EPs (Sound Signature)
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steve r.
NEW STUFF
1.devendra banhart-rejoicing in hands
2.joanna newsome- milk-eyed mender
3.John Wilkes Booze- Five pillars of Soul
4.liars- they were wrong so we drowned
5.Noxagt- Iron Point
6.Josephine Foster & the Supposed- all the leaves are gone
7.Animal Collective- sung tongs
8.comets on fire- blue cathedral
9.espers-s/t
- wolf eyes- burned mind
OLD STUFF
- Arthur Russell- World of Arthur Russell
2.henry flynt and the insurrections- I don’t wanna - Albert Ayler- holy ghost
4.kenneth patchen- reads with jazz in canada
5.pavement crooked rain crooked rain - tyrannosaurus rex- reissues
7.john fahey- great san bernadino oil slick - arthur russell- world of echo
9.six organs of admittance- for octavio paz
10.ramon sender- worldfood
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Connelly:
IN NO ORDER….
1:JOHN CALE AT THE DOUBLE DOOR
2:COUNTRY ON THE CLICK-THE FALL
3:ROBERT WYATT-FREE WILL AND TESTAMENT
4:SCOTT WALKER-VIDEO ANTHOLOGY
5:SYDNEY & JACK BRISTOW
6:”MY MAMA NEVER TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK”-ANNETTE PEACOCK
7:V/A-“GLITTERBEST-20 PRE PUNK N’ TERRACE STOMPERS”
8:ROGER MCGUINN “CARDIFF ROSE”
9:ART BEARS “HOPES & FEARS”
10:DAVID BOWIE LIVE IN MILWAUKEE
Mark Y:
Adem-Homesongs
Ty-Upwards (domestic)
Branches Branches
Animal Collective-sung tongs
S-Puking and Crying
Arcade Fire funeral
Fiery furnaces – blueberry boat
Killers -hot fuss
Sonic Youth- sonic nurse
Iron and Wine – our endless numbered days
Dungen – ta det lugnt
Blonde Redhead – misery is a butterfly
Pinback – summer in abaddon
Low Skies – I Have Been to Beautiful Places.
Kanye West – the College Dropout
Vetiver Vetiver
Phoenix Alphabetical
Domenico + 2 – sincerely hot
Devendra Banhart – rejoicing in the hands
Electrelane – the power out
Joanna Newsom -milk-eyed mender
K-O S – joyful rebellion
Walkmen – bows and arrows
Sondre Lerche – two way monologue
Juana Molina – Tres Cosas
90daymen panda park
outhud- streetdad
Sleeper from late 2k3: department of eagles – whitey on the moon uk
My top 10 Clearchannel favorites (also in no particular order):
Fabulous – “breathe”
Jadakiss – “why” (non-remix version)
Kanye West feat. Syleena Johnson (co-written by Lauryn Hill) – “all falls down”
Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti “wonderful”
Coheed and Cambria “A Favor House Atlantic”
Interpol “Narc”
Christina Milian “Dip it Low”
Usher and Alicia Keys “My Boo”
N.O.R.E. feat. Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gem Star & Big Mato “oye mi canto”
Jo-Jo “Baby It’s You”
Evan:
top eight albums i’m taking with me
to Iraq when drafted, that are of 2004
8 Dungen: Ta Det Lught
7 Tracy and the Plastics: Culture for Pigeon
6 Antennas Erupt! : MAgical Energy
5 The Lesser Birds of Paradise : String of Bees
4 Midlake: Bamnan + Slivercork
3 Animal Collective: Sung Tongs
2 The Robot Ate Me: On Vacation
1 Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles
*and in that microsecond before my body dissolves into warm nuclear mist, i will wish i had taken “How To dismantle An Atomic Bomb” for reference. Then again, i rather die w/ pride.
Billy
top 2004
SUNN O))) – WHITE 2
WRANGLER BRUTES
NIRVANA BOX
GROWING – SOUL OF THE RAINBOW
MASTODON – LEVIATHAN
BOOKS LIE – compilation
SILVER MT ZION – this is our punk rock
HELLA – 2004? i dunno.
and the NIRVANA box again. why not ?
PENTAGRAM – human hurricane
Taylor:
Top 10 Shows i Saw This Year…….
(in no particular order)
Animal Collective w/ Black Dice- @ empty bottle
Hit Me Back w/ Reaccion- @ the Needle House
Wrangler Brutes- @ the Albion House
Year Future- @ Fireside
TV on the Radio- @ Metro
Artimus Pyle w/ the Tyrades- @ El Colibri
Fucked Up, Tras de Nada, Punch in the Face- @ El Colibri
Skinny Puppy- @ the Vic
Arcade Fire- @ the bottle
Non Fiktion Noise w/ No Slogan- house on 18th & Morgan
Top 10 Records That Weren’t on That List…..
(also in no particular order)
Electrelane “Power Out”
Xiu Xiu “Fabulous Muscles”
Brian Jonestown Massacre “Tepid Peppermint Wonderland”
Dungen “Ta Det Lugnt”
Liars “They Were Wrong So We Drowned”
Modest Mouse “Good News for People Who Love Bad News”
90 Day Men “Panda Park”
Devendra Banhart “Nino Rojo”
Grimble Grumble “Leaves Leader”
Elliot Smith “From a Basement on the Hill”
Chris R:
best of 2004, in no order:
animal collective- sung tongs, but even better live @ empty bottle
tower recordings- the galaxies’ incredibly sensual transmission field of the…
ariel pink- the doldrums & house arrest
coughs- fright makes right
michael yonkers- it’s only yonkers
aufgehoben- anno fauve
bobby beausoleil- lucifer rising (soundtrack)
gris gris- s/t
liars- they were wrong so we drowned
hall of fame- paradise now
homosexuals- astral glamour
bunnybrains- box the bunny
henry flynt & the insurections- i don’t wanna
deerhoof- milkman
urinals- negative capability
wolf eyes & smegma- beast
growing- soul of the rainbow & harmony of light
black dice – ‘creature comforts’
Lux:
Gris Gris s/t
Comets on Fire ‘Blue Cathedral’
Rogue Wave ‘Out of the Shadow’
tower Recordings ‘Galaxies Incredible…’
Hall of Fame ‘Paradise Now’
Calexico ‘Heron King Blues’
Vibracathedral Orchestra (ECLIPSE)
Josephine Foster & the Supposed ‘All the Leaves are gone’
Oneida ‘Secret Wars’
Samara Lubelski ‘Fleeting Skies’
Ghost ‘Hypnotic Underworld’
Growing ‘Soul of the Rainbow’
No Doctors ‘Erp Saints (ep)’
Reissues:
Fleetwood Mac ‘Tusk’ & ‘Rumours’
Bobby Beausoleil ‘Lucifer Rising (soundtrack)’