Yesterday I divulged my favorite albums of the year. Today I am ready to let go of my latest obsession: My album recap of how I spent my 00’s.
The below listage rant is my own little time capsule to remind myself why 2000-2009 musically ruled. As with my other list posts, I’m certain I totally forgot to add something really important to my end-all-be-all-recap. It’s up to you to remind me by posting your favs of the 00’s below.
- Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors
- The Thermals – More Parts Per Million
- Tullycraft – Disenchanted Hearts Unite
- Nana Grizol – Love It Love It
- Los Campesinos – Hold On Now, Youngster
- Matt & Kim – Grand
- Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines
- ballboy – Club Anthems
- The Lucksmiths – Why That Doesn’t Surprise Me
- David & the Citizens – Until the Sadness is Gone
- Okkervil River – Don’t Fall in Love with Everyone You See
- Desaparecidos – Read Music/Speak Spanish
- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
- BOAT – Songs That You Might Not Like
- Clinic – Internal Wrangler
- Visqueen – Message to Garcia
- Los Halos – Leaving Va.
- Math and Physics Club – Math and Physics Club
- She and Him – Volume 1
- The Galactic Heroes – Every Sidewalk
- Fishboy – Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone Star State With The Power Of Rock And Roll
- Hefner – Dead Media
- The Mountain Goats – The Coroner’s Gambit
- Carissa’s Wierd – Songs About Leaving
- The Postal Service – Give Up
- Arcade Fire – Funeral
- The Eames Era – Double Dutch
- mclusky – Mclusky Do Dallas
- Starlight Mints – The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of
#31-#50 (in alphabetical order)
- – Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
- – Bright Eyes – Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
- – The Catch – Get Cool
- – The Fratellis – Costello Music
- – The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike
- – Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
- – Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
- – The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious
- – Hot Hot Heat – Make Up the Breakdown
- – The Long Winters – When I Pretend to Fall
- – Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
- – Matt & Kim – Matt & Kim
- – Stéphane Pompougnac – Hotel Costes (Vol 3)
- – The Saturday Knights – Mingle
- – The Shins – Oh, Inverted World
- – The Strokes – Is This It
- – Suburban Kids with Biblical Names – #3
- – Tegan & Sarah – So Jealous
- – The Thermals – Fuckin A
- – Tullycraft – Beat Surf Fun
#51-#75 (in alphabetical order)
- – Lily Allen – Alright, Still
- – Belle & Sebastian – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
- – Cars Can Be Blue – All the Stuff We Do
- – Cinerama – Disco Volante
- – Clearlake – Cedars
- – The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
- – The Features – Exhibit A
- – Gorillaz – Gorillaz
- – The Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control
- – Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack
- – Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
- – The Long Winters – The Worst You Can Do Is Harm
- – Miniature Tigers – Tell It To The Volcano
- – Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
- – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- – The Pharmacy – Choose Yr Own Adventure
- – Quasi – The Sword of God
- – The Rapture – Out of the Races & Onto the Tracks
- – The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
- – Snow Patrol – When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
- – Telekinesis – Telekinesis!
- – The Thermals – The Body The Blood The Machine
- – The Trucks – The Trucks
- – The White Stripes – Elephant
- – Visqueen – King Me
Tomorrow the plan is to list out my favorite locals of the decade… I wonder who will top the list?
{Photo by Bobby McHugh}