Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09
A. M.I.A. – Arular
B. Kanye West – Late Registration
C. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
D. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
E. Animal Collective – Feels
F. LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
G. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
H. My Morning Jacket – Z
I. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
J. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09
Moving onto the fourth year of the decade, we continue to rely on your votes to find the best albums of each year. We’re taking an objective and fresh look at finding our favorite albums of the last 10 years.
As always, I’ve listed the 10 best albums, in accordance to top critics like the undeniable Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll, The Onion (A.V. Club), Pitchfork, PopMatters, and Q Magazine.
Please vote for the album you think was the best in 2003. If your choice isn’t on here, we’d love to see it in the comments section (though, we’d appreciate if you’d vote for your favorite on the list anyway). Here are 2003’s finalists:
A. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever To Tell, “Y Control”
B. OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, “The Way You Move”
C. The White Stripes: Elephant, “Seven Nation Army”
D. Radiohead: Hail To The Thief ,”2+2=5”
E. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow, “So Says I”
F. Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner, “I Luv U”
G. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism, “The Sound of Settling”
H. Sufjan Stevens: Michigan, “Holland”
I. Blur: Think Tank, “Out Of Time”
J. Four Tet: Rounds “She Moves She”
Trust me, 2003 was one of the hardest lists to make.
Previously: Best album of 2000 (Readers’ Choice & PMA’s Choice)
We’ve set out to find the 10 best albums of the decade, according to our readers as well as our own personal favorite. So this gives us a maximum of listing the 20 best albums of the 2000s. Though I haven’t ruled out the possibility that the Readers’ and PMA’s choices might be the same album. So we’ll play this by ear.
Like last time, I’ll list ten candidates for best album of 2001. These candidates are determined by their inclusion in various year-end lists from publications we trust, including, the Village Voice 2001 Pazz & Jop Poll, NME, The Onion, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Spin, and Uncut. Please vote for the album you think was the best in 2001. If your choice isn’t on here, we’d love to see it in the comments section (though, we’d appreciate if you’d vote for your favorite on the list anyway).
A. Love And Theft by Bob Dylan
B. Is This It? by The Strokes
C. Amnesiac by Radiohead
D. White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
E. Vespertine by Bjork
F. Discovery by Daft Punk
G. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
H. The Blueprint by Jay-Z
I. Things We Lost In the Fire by Low
J. Rooty by Basement Jaxx
pmaCAST #13 The “Twist on Natural Law” Episode Episode Tracklist
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life
2. Spoon – Well-Alright
3. A.C. Newman – The Collected Works
4. Los Campesinos! – Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
5. The Smiths – Asleep
6. The National – 90 Minute Water Wall
7. MGMT – Destrokk
8. Kate Nash – Mariella
9. Oasis – Waiting For The Rapture
10. The White Stripes – Cannon
11. Max Tundra – Which Song
12. The Raconteurs – These Stones Will Shout
13. Crystal Castles – Love and Caring
14. The Killers – Romeo and Juliet
15. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
16. Radiohead – (Nice Dream)
17. Gorillaz – Banana Baby
18. Bat For Lashes – Trophy
19. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
20. Lady GaGa – Just Dance (RAC Remix)
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Yet another Jack White side project, and yet another solid song comes out of it.
“Hang You From The Heavens” is your typical, fuzzed-out, jammin’ Jack White, and his great new bandmates help him out with this song. Alison Mosshart of the Kills, is the lead singer; Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age plays guitar; and Jack Lawrence, from Mr. White’s other band, the Raconteurs, is the bassist. White actually plays the drums with The Dead Weather, but he’s clearly helped out Mosshart with the vocals, which sound very Stripes-y…almost too much so.
The song is a good one, but nothing special and tiring towards the end. I quite enjoy it, but it’s not nearly as catchy as any of The White Stripes’ greatest tunes, and it sounds a little too much like more of the same from White and friends. Continue reading →
If you missed it, the highlights are all worth a watch- Will Ferrel’s appearance, Andy Richter’s triumphant return, classic “Late Show” moments, O’Brien’s heartfelt thank yous and The White Stripes’ strange, debated performance.
I say the performance was strange because Jack and Meg played a stripped-down, changed-up version of “We’re Going To Be Friends,” and I thought it sounded awful. Now I’m a huge Stripes fan, and I understand that part of their charm is Meg’s lacking musical ability and Jack’s unpredictability. But that’s no excuse for the song sounding lousy. At times it was haunting in a good way, yes, mostly due to Jack’s obvious emotion and the connection he has with O’Brien. But for the most part, it was haunting in the bad sense of the word.
I figured the world would agree about this, but apparently not: Stripes fans are defending Jack and Meg on Stereogum’s message board, calling it a great performance. Watch and judge for yourself, letting the world know what YOU think in the comments. Then click here for more highlights from last night’s show. I recommend Ferrel’s hysterical cameo.
The White Stripes will be playing Conan’s final “Late Night,” before he takes over for Jay Leno for good on the “Tonight Show.” Thanks for the great pic, Pitchfork.
The band and the funny guy have a great history with each other- they’ve been on the show twice to promote their albums, and he’s been in one of their music videos! Check it out below, it’s a classic vid, directed by the fantastic Michael Gondry. So before Conan takes over Leno’s “Tonight Show” spot, make sure to catch the Stripes play his last “Late Show” on February 20th.
In other late-night television news, U2 will be David Letterman’s in-house residents for an unprecedented FIVE nights: March 2-6, to promote No Line on the Horizon, which drops March 3rd.
I’m a big “Get On Your Boots” fan, how optimistic are you about Bono’s new material?
I know I said I was feeling good about this whole podcasting thing before, but after seeing everyone’s reaction, I am really feeling good about it now. Big shout out to everyone who downloaded and subscribed to the podcast. I really want to make it a constant feature. Continue reading →
Looks like Monday wasn’t the only lazy day this week. Most of the day has been spent in bed, here are some lazy — yet amazing covers. Plug your headphones in. *Reuploaded* Snapdrive sucks ass, dude.
NOTE: MP3s will have a limited amount of downloads per day. If you cannot download today, then please comeback later.
MP3 | Flaming Lips – Seven Nation Army (White Stripes Cover)
MP3 | Ryan Adams – Wonderwall (Oasis Cover)
MP3 | The Automatic – Gold Digger (Kanye West Cover)
MP3 | Oasis – I Am The Walrus (Beatles Cover Live)
MP3 | of Montreal – Raspberry Beret (Prince Cover)
MP3 | Editors – Acceptable In The 80’s (Calvin Harris Cover)
MP3 | Corinne Bailey Rae – Munich (Editors Cover)
Its around post-Brunch and its great day out; today I update your music library (or recycling bin) from Beverly Gardens.
PMA Rating: A
First on my list of new singles and leaks are The White Stripes and their new single, “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”. This song caused me some trouble when it first leaked but it was well worth it. It seems as though the Jack White machine wrote himself up an instant American Classic (take notes, Billy Crogan). This self-damning jem proves to be one of the best from the Stripe’s latest full-length, Icky Thump. I think all of us should give Icky Thump another listen and see what wonders we might have missed the first few dozen times around.
Listen | White Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”
Watch | White Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”
PMA Rating: B+
We move from the next American Classic to British Cheerleaders on meth, coke, crack, and whatever your mother takes when she thinks you’re not looking. Of course, The Go! Team are always a blast with the whacky-crazy-fun hype going around in the background mascarading itself as music, but it seems I can’t listen to more than a handful of songs before I have a couple handfuls of hair ripped off my head. One minute its Gwen Stefani on speed and the next is this spinning freak show that almost makes you want to puke, but in their latest single, “Doing It Right”, god, they did it right! They hit the sweet spot inside every pop lover and it feels like home (if home was filled with… ahh nevermind, I think you get it). Lets hope Proof of Youth (drops September) is just as scandalously delicious.
Listen | The Go! Team – “Doing It Right”
PMA Rating: A+
I am sure many of you shared the sheer joy I felt when I finally found a working link for M.I.A’s Kala when it leaked earlier this week! When it first hit my speakers, I was sold. The 200 mile-per-hour metallic beat and the sounds of cars zooming while M.I.A rhapsodizes about pleasures unknown to man, mark her triumphant return into the spotlight. The track is “Bamboo Banga”, and as it progresses, my ears are treated far better than I had expected. The thumping, intensified beat swirls around siren-esque vocal samples that break down then suddenly bring the material to life. A perfect introduction to an album whose impressiveness is matched only by its whimsicality.
Listen | MIA – “Bamboo Banga”
Free Music is nice and all, but wouldn’t you prefer the happy feeling your soul gets when you actually buy music? Take a peek at Amazon, eMusic, and iTunes.
