As voted on by our imaginary readers…
Thanks to every one of you who voted in our Best Northwest Releases of 2004 Imaginary Poll! As always, we are stunned by the sheer quantity of incredible talent we have here in the Pacific Northwest.
So without further ado…
Have a look-see at the Northwest Top 50 Releases of 2004:
{50-41} * {40-31} * {30-21} * {20-11} * {10-1}
And here’s a list of every band that received a nomination:
- 3 Inches of Blood
- 50 Foot Wave
- 10 lb. Libido
- Aiden
- Akimbo
- Analog Dreamer
- An American Starlet
- Andrea Maxand
- Aqueduct
- Argo
- Arkade
- Audio Biography
- August Grimm
- Aveo
- Beehive
- Beep Beep
- BetaMale
- Biography Of Ferns
- Birds of Prey
- Black Nite Crash
- Blessed Light
- Blood Brothers
- Blue Scholars
- Blue Sky Mile
- Bonobo Project
- Building Press
- Camaro Hair
- Cantona
- Neko Case
- Carissa’s Wierd
- The Catch
- Charmparticles
- Climax Golden Twins
- Colin Spring and the Band that Murdered Silence
- Common Heroes
- Consafos
- Creeping Myrtle
- Dalmatians
- The Decemberists
- Deerhoof
- Destroyer
- Dolorean
- Dolour
- Dorkweed
- Dusty 45’s
- Dynamik
- Dynomut
- Edisyn
- Edward Furlong
- Fading Collection
- Fall of Troy
- The Familiars
- Fancey
- Faunts
- Fourth City
- The Girls
- The Glasses
- Glorious
- Golden River
- Grails
- The Graze
- Hakea
- Daniel G. Harmann
- Harvey Danger
- Helio Sequence
- Hex County–The Deuce
- Hint Hint “Young Days”
- Honey Tongue
- Horses
- I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House–Menace
- Idiot Pilot
- Infomatik
- In Praise of Folly
- IQU
- The Isidore Chamber
- Isis
- The Jailbirds
- The Jeunes
- Joe Sneva
- Joel RL Phelps
- The Joggers
- John Tsunam
- The Jolenes
- Kandi Coded Suga Fixx
- Kane Hodder
- Kaos Nites
- Ken Stringfellow
- Kia Kadiri
- Kinski
- Kristin Allen-Zito
- Kultur Shok
- Kuma
- Mark Lanegan
- The Lashes
- Laura Veirs
- Sid Law and the Mercy Killers
- Left Hand Army
- Le Tigre
- Library Science
- The Lights
- Luke Temple
- Lusine
- Magic Magicians
- Man of the Year
- Marangatang
- Graig Markel
- M-set
- Mayor West
- Ian McGlynn
- Mechanical Dolls
- Mellors
- Memphis Radio Kings
- Menomena
- Mercir
- Minus the Bear
- Mirah
- Modest Mouse
- Mon Frere
- Montgomery
- Trent Moorman
- Most
- Mount Analog
- Mountain Con
- Ms. Led
- Murdock
- Mylab
- Neon Brown
- Neon
- A.C. Newman
- New Mexicans
- Nirvana
- Old Haunts
- One Carper Green
- Optimus Rhyme
- Out Crowd
- Panurge
- Pearl Jam
- Pedro the Lion
- Peepshow
- Pink Martini
- Plastiq Phantom
- Pleasurecraft
- Po’ Girl
- Post Stardom Depression
- Presidents of the United States of America
- Prids
- Pris
- Pseudosix
- The Purrs
- Rachel Harrington
- Rick Bain
- Robb Benson
- Robert Millis
- Robert Roth
- Rochester Fosgate
- Ryewire
- S
- Saeta
- Say Anything
- Scarletta
- Schoolyard Heroes
- Matthew Shaw
- Shoplifting
- Siamese
- Slender Means
- Elliott Smith
- Smoosh
- Solyoni
- Stars Of Track & Field
- Steve Stefanaowicz
- Straylight Run
- Suffering & the Hideous Thieves
- Sunflower Sutra
- Supine to Sit
- Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
- Tegan & Sara
- Tennis Pro
- The Thermals
- These Arms Are Snakes
- Transmissionary Six
- Graham Travis
- The Turn-Ons
- United State of Electronica
- Varymites
- Veal
- The Vells
- Vicci Martinez
- Vindaloo
- Visqueen
- Viva Voce
- Wally Shoup Trio
- The Western States
- Wheedle’s Groove
- Woke Up Falling
- Xiu Xiu
- Zeke