What? Me want to make a list? I know, it's incredible.
But seriously. Just read this: http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7698-guest-list-2000s-edition/
and I'm pissed.
No Andrew Bird? 1 mention of Sufjan Stevens? No Outkast? No LCD Soundsystem? No retroactive votes for Frank Stallone? Did no one listen to music this decade?
So, let's start with albums and songs that got you. Twenty albums. Twenty songs. No numbers needed.
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I'll be the first to make a stab at this, although I reserve the right to change my picks after I've had more time to think about them:
20 ALBUMS: These are the records that I not only thought were great but that I couldn't stop listening to. I know better records were released--I have enormous respect for Joanna Newsome, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Outkast, and others--but I just didn't "get into them" in the way that I got into these. I also want to note that there were a huge number of artists I love who had great albums in 1999 but never made another truly awesome record. Bummer. Anyway:
Andrew Bird
"The Mysterious Production of Eggs"
Beirut
"Gulag Orkestar"
Bon Iver
"For Emma, Forever Ago"
Destroyer
"Rubies"
Eluvium
"Copia"
Explosions in the Sky
"Earth Is Not A Cold, Dead Place"
The Flaming Lips
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven"
Johnny Cash
"American IV"
Modest Mouse
"The Moon & Antarctica"
The Mountain Goats
"We Shall All Be Healed"
M. Ward
"Post-War"
Pinback
"Blue Screen Life"
Radiohead
"Kid A"
Radiohead
"Amnesiac"
Sigur Ros
"Agaetis Byrjun"
Sufjan Stevens
"Come On, Feel the Illinoise!"
Sun Kil Moon
"Ghosts of the Great Highway"
The White Stripes
"Elephant"
Wilco
"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Really great list.
Joanna Newsom
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Peach Plum Pear
Sufjan Stevens
Greetings from Michigan
Of Montreal
Satanic Panic in the Attic
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
Andrew Bird
Mysterious Production
Rogue Wave
Descended Like Vultures
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
Sun Kil Moon
Ghosts of the Great Highway
Ryan Adams
Jacksonville City Nights
My Brightest Diamond
Bring Me the Workhorse
Death Cab For Cutie
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Sigur Ros
Aegytus Byrjun
Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Autolux
Future Perfect
Strokes
Is this It
Radiohead
Kid A
Mates of State
Team Boo
Vampire Weekend
S/T
Fleet Foxes
S/T
Working a nice rundown of my top 25 songs of the decade, with write-ups. Should be a terrifying look into the workings of my psyche. Wait, what?
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