日志

50. Cat Power - You Are Free (2003)


Best Tracks: Good Woman, He War, Names






49. Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter (2003)


Best Tracks: We Will Still Need A Song, Anger As Beauty, Even An Ugly Man






48. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)


Best Tracks: Rise Up With Fists!!!, The Charging Sky, Melt Your Heart





47. Feist - Let It Die (2004)


Best Tracks: Mushaboom, Let It Die, One Evening






46. Matthew Good - Hospital Music (2007)


Best Tracks: Champions of Nothing, Born Losers, Odette





45. Radiohead - Hail To The Theif (2003)


Best Tracks: 2+2=5, There There, A Punch Up at A Wedding






44.M.I.A.- Arular (2005)


Best Tracks: Sunshowers, Bingo, 10 Dollar






43. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)


Best Tracks: Inní mér syngur vitleysingur. Gobbledigook, Ára Bátur





42. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)


Best Tracks: Shoot Me Down, 3 Pear, Mr. Carter





41. Interpol - Antics (2004)


Best Tracks: Take You On A Cruise, Next Exit, Evil






40. Kanye West - Graduation (2007)


Best Tracks: Good Morning, Flashing Lights, Everything I Am





39.Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (2005)


Best Tracks: Marching Bands of Manhattan, What Sarah Said, Soul Meets Body






38. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)


Best Tracks: Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid), For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti, The Upper Penisula




37. Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)


Best Tracks: Spaceship, All Falls Down, Jesus Walks





36. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema (2005)


Best Tracks: Sing Me Spanish Techno, The Bleeding Heart Show, Use It






35. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)


Best Tracks: The Modern Leper, I Feel Better, Backwards Walk





34. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)


Best Tracks: The World At Large, Float On, Bury Me With It





33. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)


Best Tracks: Spitting Venom, People As Places As People, March Into the Sea






32. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (2007)


Best Tracks: Hip-Hop Saved My Life (featuring Nikki Jean), Intruder Alert, Little Weapon






31. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)


Best Tracks: Untitled, NYC, Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down






30. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)


Best Tracks: Life Like Weeds, Paper Thin Walls, Lives






29. Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)


Best Tracks: Heard ‘Em Say, Touch the Sky, Diamonds From Sierra Leone





28. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)


Best Tracks: The Crane Wife 3, The Island, Sons and Daughters





27. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)


Best Tracks: My Girls, In the Flowers, Summertime Clothes





26. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)


Best Tracks: Re:Stacks, Skinny Love, Blindsided





25. Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)


Best Tracks: Lived in Bars, Living Proof, The Greatest






24.. Matthew Good - VANCOUVER (2009)


Best Tracks: Empty’s Theme Park, The Boy Who Could Explode, The Vancouver National Anthem





23 . Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)


Best Tracks: Title and Registration, Transatlanticism, Lack of Color





22 . Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009)


Best Tracks: Siren Song, Daniel, Pearl’s Dream





21 . Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)


Best Tracks: Like Eating Glass, Pioneers, This Modern Love






20 . Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)


Best Tracks: The Instrumental , American Terrorist, Hurt Me Soul





19 . Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)


Best Tracks: 23, Polaris, Futures





18. Feist - The Reminder (2007)


Best Tracks: 1234, My Moon, My Man, So Sorry





17. The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)


Best Tracks: The Engine Driver, On the Bus Mall, We Both Go Down Together






16.Sigur Rós - Takk… (2005)


Best Tracks: Saeglópur, Hoppípolla, Glósóli






15.Rilo Kiley - More Adventerous (2004)


Best Tracks: Portions For Foxes, The Absence of God, It’s A Hit






14.Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)


Best Tracks: It’s All Gonna Break, 7/4 (Shoreline), Windsurfing Nation





13.Matthew Good Band - The Audio of Being (2001)


Best Tracks: Advertising on Police Cars, Tripoli, Sort of A Protest Song







12.k-os - Joyful Rebellion (2004)


Best Tracks: The Love Song, Crucial, Man I Used to Be






11.Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)


Best Tracks: Modern World, Shine A Light, I’ll Believe in Anything





10. The National - Boxer (2007)


Best Tracks: Fake Empire, Mistaken For Strangers, Slow Show






09. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)


Best Tracks: Videotape, Reckoner, 15 Step





08. M.I.A. - Kala (2007)


Best Tracks: Bamboo Banga, Paper Planes, 20 Dollar







07. The National - Alligator (2005)


Best Tracks: Abel, Mr. November, Secret Meeting





06. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)


Best Tracks: The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is out to Get Us!, They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!, Chicago





05. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)


Best Tracks: Shampoo Suicide, Looks Just Like the Sun, Lover’s Spit, Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Almost Crimes






04 .Radiohead - Kid A (2000)


Best Tracks: Motion Picture Soundtrack, How To Disappear Completely, Everything In It’s Right Place, Optimistic, Idioteque






03.Matthew Good - Avalanche (2003)


Best Tracks: Weapon, Avalanche, While We Were Hunting Rabbits, Pledge of Allegiance, Near Fantastica






02.Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Best Tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), Haiti, Rebellion (Lies), Wake Up





01 .Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)


Best Tracks: Cautioners, A Praise Chorus, If You Don’t, Don’t, Hear You Me, Bleed American




Yup, Bleed American at #1. Despite the fact that it was raked across the coals by Pitchfork, it was my quintessential album during those early university years. I probably won't have held it such high regard had it been released a few years ago, but the album still holds up today. Jim's dual vocals with Rachel Haden on tracks like "Cautioners" are close to perfection. It's one of the few albums i'd say is consistently strong from top to bottom. I think the album, (and the band in general) are pretty underrated and get unfairly lumped with other pop-rock/emo bands. Chase This Light didn't help to shake that stigma, but i'm hopeful for the new album.

Arcade Fire at #2 was a no-brainer. Avalanche probably would have had that spot if Matt chose to omit "Song for the Girl" from the record but it's easily his best solo record to date. Kid A is everyone's favourite, and with good reason, - being the album that re-invented Radiohead and ushered in the "digital age" of music. In Rainbows was a worthy follow-up in 2007. Both National records were fantastic, Broken Social Scene were one of the best live bands of the decade and thanks in part to it's all star cast featured on You Forgot It In People. M.I.A.'s long awaited follow up to Arular exceeded expectations and propelled her to stardom, thanks to the success of Paper Planes, even though the rest of the album is just as good. And Sufjan Stevens second album in his now abandoned fifty states project was epic. And that's it for list making for a long time.

While putting together this list, it was obvious how the past ten years have been a slow regression since the end of the 1990s. 90s nostalgia is no longer ironic. I think it's clear the previous decade was superior to the one that's about to end. Personally, I blame 9/11 for killing indie pop.

Looking back on the naughts, the decade was far from terrible, but it wasn't great either. These were my favorites.


1. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)



2. Deerhunter - Cryptograms (2007)



3. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)



4. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)



5. Bad Religion - The Process of Belief (2002)



6. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000)



7. Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)



8. Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction (2001)



9. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (2006)



10. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Pig Lib (2003)






Honorable Mentions

Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens (2005)



Caribou - Andorra (2007)



Röyksopp - Melody A.M. (2001)



Silver Jews - Bright Flight (2001)



of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)

I hate seeing all these little games (or 'memes' as people call them) in the Related Journals section, since these games/quizzes seem to be the only thing people use the Last.fm journal for! But, here I am, falling in line.

I thought this one was quite cool, so here I go.



(1991) Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
Nice way to start off. I'm sure there's nothing new to say about this album. If you've never heard it, go listen to it now. And listen to it loud. It's gorgeous.

Other honourable mentions for '91 would be P・O・P by THE MAD CAPSULE MARKET'S (hard, fast punk rock) and The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest (classic hip hop, with jazz.)


(1992) Automatic for the People – R.E.M.
Very slow and melancholic and kinda depressing. It's, of course, one of the best albums I've heard. Sweetness Follows is one of my favourite songs. It's so good.

カプセル・スープ ("Capsule Soup") by THE MAD CAPSULE MARKET'S is another great CD from '92.


(1993) Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest
One of the best hip-hop albums ever, for sure. The Tribe know what they're doing.

Recipe for Hate by Bad Religion is another very, very good album from '93. And of course Björk's Debut.


(1994) Blowout Comb – Digable Planets
Well, I do like hip-hop jazz, and Digable Planets got it goin' on. Great album, and highly unappreciated.

Quite a lot of runners up: Dummy by Portishead... Stranger Than Fiction by Bad Religion... Mix-Ism and Park by THE MAD CAPSULE MARKET'S... Let's Go by Rancid....
Good year.


(1995) ...And Out Come the Wolves – Rancid
In a similar tone for what I said with Midnight Marauders, this is one of the best punk albums ever. Fo' sho'.

Scratch or Stitch by Melt-Banana is another good one from '95.


(1996) 4 Plugs – The Mad Capsule Markets
Bass driven punk rock. It's awesome, all the way through. I love you Takeshi.

Not much else from '96 that I can think of. Any recommendations?


(1997) OK Computer – Radiohead
My first Radiohead album (surprise) and definitely one of their best. Good ol' depressing Radiohead.
I never really liked The Bends myself... strange, I know.

Homogenic by Björk is my second choice for '97. A classic album.


(1998) Keasbey Nights – Catch 22
Shall I do it again? One of the best ska-punk albums ever. Oh yes.

Charlie by Melt-Banana was another good one. And Life Won't Wait by Rancid. I liked how they experimented with reggae and ska on that one.


(1999) Vent fou – Jorane
Jorane has got to be one of the most under appreciated or simply unknown artists ever. Seriously, listen to this album, it's amazing.

Other mentions go to... Black Sails in the Sunset by AFI. Back when they were good. No Gods / No Managers by Choking Victim, and GAUZE by DIR EN GREY. (I like it.)


(2000) Teeny Shiny – Melt-Banana
Very interesting album. Weird. And amazing. Very amazing.

16mm by Jorane and Rancid (2000) by Rancid get runner up for the millennium.


(2001) A Call to Arms – Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
Very unique and uncategorizable music. All acoustic, of course. Strings, horns, guitars, drums, brilliant lyrics from Tomas Kalnoky... I highly recommend this EP.

This would be tied with Amnesiac by Radiohead, my favourite album by them.
Vespertine by Björk and 010 by THE MAD CAPSULE MARKET'S also deserve mention.


(2002) Turn on the Bright Lights – Interpol
Interpol's debut is their best, in my opinion. I suppose it's good that they moved away from the Joy Division sound after a while and got their own sound, but I do love the type of music they were playing here. Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down is one of the best songs ever.

鬼葬 ("Kisou") by DIR EN GREY was another good one of 2002. One of their best albums, I'd say.


(2003) Everything Goes Numb – Streetlight Manifesto
One of those life changing albums for me. I'm not quite sure what it changed exactly... but it reached something deep, emotionally. Yeah, it's good.

犯行声明文 ("Hankou Seimeibun") by the GazettE also came out in 2003. It's my favourite release by them. Oh, and there's VULGAR by DIR EN GREY. Very good album.


(2004) The Power Out – Electrelane
Electrelane are a really good band. All female too, which is cool.
Nice warm atmosphere about this album. Quite gentle.


(2005) in the direction of sunrise and night light – Deadman
One of my favourite albums. deadman just have such a great sound. Shame they broke up. I miss Mako's voice. At least aie and his unique guitar playing hasn't stopped activity.

Withering to death. by DIR EN GREY also came out 2005. Good stuff.
And 蛾蟇 ("Gama") by the GazettE. I really like this EP.


(2006) You Are There – Mono
MONO are geniuses. Some of the best music out there.


(2007) Somewhere In The Between – Streetlight Manifesto
Another classic album from Streetlight. The best kind of ska-punk there is.

studs by the studs was another great release for 2007. I didn't really like anything the band did after this EP though. Ah well...


(2008) UROBOROS – Dir en grey
Probably my favourite album... ever. So of course it's my 2008 pick.

devils in bedside by 9GOATS BLACK OUT is also one of my favourite CDs. Good times in 2008. And the Let the Right One In soundtrack by Johan Söderqvist. It's beautiful.


(2009) 沈黙の音 ("Chinmoku no oto") – …。【サイレンス】 ("Silence")
I already made a journal entry about 2009 releases, so I won't dwell too much. But this EP is quite excellent.

Black rain by 9GOATS BLACK OUT and xx by The xx were also very good.



Well, that was how I wasted my time today. Let's see what I can do to kill time tomorrow...

Thought this might turn out interesting. xD This is what I do when I get bored.

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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

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(Artists aren't in a particular order)..
This is so hard because this is constantly changing!! >.>

1. Cinema Bizarre
~Tokio Hotel
~Lovex
~Negative
~LeFee
~Panik
~Killerpilze
~Fräulein Wunder

2. Green Day
~Foxboro Hot Tubs
~Pinhead Gunpowder
~The Network
~Sum 41
~The Offspring
~blink-182
~Good Charlotte

3. The Hush Sound
~Forgive Durden
~Panic at the Disco
~Charlotte Somtimes
~The Academy Is...
~This Providence
~Phantom Planet
~Eisley

4. Owl City
~Swimming With Dolphins
~Lights
~A Rocket To The Moon
~Breathe Carolina
~nevershoutnever!
~The Secret Handshake
~Breathe Electric

5. Tori Amos
~Charlotte Martin
~Kate Bush
~Alanis Morrisette
~PJ Harvey
~Poe
~Sarah Slean
~Fiona Apple

6. Flyleaf
~Fireflight
~Three Days Grace
~Sick Puppies
~Red
~Breaking Benjamin

7. Evanescence
~Amy Lee
~Within Temptation
~Lacuna Coil
~Ben Moody
~Nightwish
~Epica

8. Basshunter
~Cascada
~Tune Up!
~Special D
~DJ Splash
~Dj Satomi
~Groove Coverage

9. t.A.T.u.
~Serebro
~Юлия Савичева
~МакSим
~Линда
~Ничья
~Сергей Лазарев
~Britney Spears

10. The Fratellis
~Kaiser Chiefs
~Dirty Pretty Things
~The Pigeon Detectives
~Franz Ferdinand
~Arctic Monkeys
~The Wombats
~The Kooks

11. Gackt
~HYDE
~MALICE MIZER
~L'Arc~en~Ciel
~Chachamaru
~VAMPS
~-Miyavi-
~Acid Black Cherry

12. Utada Hikaru
~Utada
~Cubic U
~BoA
(There were 4 artists here whose names couldn't translate).

13. Hey Monday
~All Time Low
~We The Kings
~The Cab
~Boys Like Girls
~The Friday Night Boys
~Automatic Loveletter

14. Jimmy Eat World
~The Get Up Kids
~Dashboard Confessional
~Brand New
~Taking Back Sunday
~Something Corporate
~The Early November
~The Ataris

15. Meg & Dia
~VersaEmerge
~Daphne Loves Derby
~New Years Day
~Brighten

16. Muse
~Kasabian
~The Killers
~Keane

17. Radiohead
~Thom Yorke
~Jonny Greenwood
~Interpol
~Blur

18. Paramore
~Hayley Williams

19. Stream of Passion
~Delain
~Elfonía
~Ayreon
~Star One
~Ambeon
~Leaves' Eyes

20. Coldplay
~Snow Patrol
~Travis
~The Fray
~Oasis

I counted 121 but I have a feeling that's way off. :3
<3

(Досадан журнал о томе шта сам слушао у протеклих годину дана.)

10. Jamiroquai
Главни кривац за повратак Џеј Кеја и екипе на моју листу је ова бебица. Бас линије Jamiroquai-ја су ми још увек међу омиљеним, и тешко да ће ми досадити. Да сам рецимо 2002. скробловао, они би ми сигурно били међу првих 10 на overall листи.

9. Interpol
Некако кад год престанем да их слушам, и после пар месеци поново чујем неку њихову песму, реакција је увек "јеботе колико су они добар бенд". Нисам слушао Бенксов соло албум, то ће ми бити једна од ставки за MMX.

8. Baroness
Ови момци су ми вероватно најпријатније изненађење ове године, с обзиром да сам их искробловао (глагол!) у свега пар месеци. Очекивао сам неки дум-слаџ-депресија-мрак рок, а добио сам нешто веома слушљиво и занимљиво. Релативно млад бенд, кога ћу сигурно доста слушати и следеће године, а можда их видимо и у Београду, ко зна. Такође, фронтмен им ради комплетан artwork, скроз ми се допада стил.

7. Incubus
Још један бенд који је залутао на листу захваљујући Јамахи. Мада, да будем искрен, заслужнија је једна пијана ноћ после које сам на рипит слушао Anna Molly, без претеривања једно хиљаду пута :D (Смајли може уместо тачке, иц д њу правопис.) А још заслужнија је једна јако лепа ствар која ми се десила ове године.

6. Massive Attack
Загреб, <3.

5. Tool
Да, ове године запостављени Tool. Не могу да кажем да сам их се заситио (скоро 500 скроблова), али дефинитивно их мање слушам него раније. Треба ми нови албум. Јесте да увек могу да се вратим на њих, и да ми никад ниједна песма не звучи досадно, АЛИ. Нови албум. Треба.

4. The Mars Volta
Много се ложим на овај бенд. Листа то можда не показује довољно, с обзиром да их не слушам нон-стоп и у сваком расположењу, а и песме им дуго трају па се у просеку спорије скроблују од "нормалних" бендова. Новим албумом сам веома задовољан. Очекујем још много скроблова следеће године.

3. Meshuggah
Још увек нисам нашао метал бенд који може да им присмрди. Надам се да ће наићи нешто квалитетно следеће године, али ови људи су стварно лига за себе. Дрк дрк.

2. Nine Inch Nails
ОК, они ове године не би требало да буду овако високо, али због аномалије са ајподом и скроблером, грешком је скробловано око 500 песама NIN-a. Што их опет ставља међу првих десет, али ајде, да не љутимо Скробла, оставићемо их на другом месту :P Слушао се углавном The Slip, који има пар врхунских песама, и генерално је веома добар албум. С обзиром да су се ове године NIN расформирали, надам се неком Трентовом соло пројекту у наредних пар година.

1. Isis
Чињеница је да сам се кроз ових неколико година на Ласту секао на различите бендове - прво је ту био Coldplay, па онда Tool, а сада Isis. Мени је јасно да су то фазе, али овај бенд је некако - ја. Coldplay ме провео кроз један буран период живота, Tool ми је отворио врата прогресивне музике, а Isis сам ја. Ове године. А вероватно и следеће. После тога, ко зна шта ме чека.

Favourite Albums:

I was able to narrow it down to 20; the 20 albums that I enjoyed and listened to the most from this past year. Obviously, this list is by no means definitive to anyone but me, just a list of my personal favourites; hopefully you find something new, something to discuss, something you agree with, or something that infuriates you. Enjoy.

1. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

2. Japandroids - Post-Nothing

3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

4. Attack In Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
5. Passion Pit - Manners
6. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
7. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
9. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
10. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
11. Wax Mannequin - Saxon
12. The xx - The xx
13. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
14. Sunset Rubdown - Dragon Slayer
15. Girls - Album
16. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
17. Destroyer - Bay of Pigs
18. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
19. Delorean - Ayrton Senna
20. Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Favourite Tracks:

1. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
2. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky
3. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
4. Animal Collective - My Girls
5. Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber
6. Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource
7. Destroyer - Bay Of Pigs
8. Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game
9. Attack In Black - I'm a Rock
10. Phoenix - Countdown

Best Shows:

Everything about each of these shows is taken into account in my rankings, from who I went with, to the venue they were at. I also haven't included openers for all the shows, but rather only on occasions when the opener had a strong effect on the overall quality and general memorableness of the show.

1. Built to Spill - October 6th - Lee's Palace
2. Dirty Projectors - July 22nd - Lee's Palace
3. Japandroids - September 18th - Albion Hotel
4. Mogwai with The Twilight Sad - May 4th - The Phoenix
5. Animal Collective - May 16th - Sound Academy
6. Passion Pit with Harlem Shakes - June 16th - Lee's Palace
7. Beirut - July 9th- The Phoenix
8. Shad - November 26th - ebar
9. Wax Mannequin - November 7th - Maxwell's
10. Andrew W.K. - February 5th - Sound Academy

Most Anticipated:

Taking a look forward to the new year, I've also included my top 20 most anticipated albums that are currently announced for 2010 (January 26th is going to put the hurt on my wallet, apparently). Here they are, listed alphabetically by artist:

Arcade Fire - TBA - May
Band of Horses - Night Rainbows - TBA
Beach House - Teen Dream - January 26
Fleet Foxes - TBA
Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing - January 26
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks - March 9
The Gaslight Anthem - TBA - Early 2010
The Hold Steady - TBA
Interpol -TBA - Early 2010
MGMT - Congratulations - Spring
The National - TBA
No Age - TBA
Panda Bear - TBA
LCD Soundsystem - TBA - March
Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring - January 26
Spoon - Transference - January 26
The Strokes - TBA - Late 2010
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks - March 9
Vampire Weekend - Contra - January 12
The Wrens - Funeral - Fall

Rolling Stone recently came out with their top 100 songs of the decade and it really disappointed me. Not only was their list mostly composed of major label artists, but it also lacked a lot of the hindsight of the past decade, focusing only on artists from the past few years.

I vowed then and there to make a better list -- I'm not saying that these are the best 100 songs of the past decade, but I think this list better represents artists large and small, singles and non-singles, and also reflects music of the past decade more than what Rolling Stone put out there. You're welcome to disagree with me as you like.

1. At the Drive-In - Arcarsenal
2. Radiohead - Knives Out
3. Shipwreck - Melusine
4. Deltron 3030 - 3030
5. Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
6. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
7. !!! - Feel Good Hit of the Fall
8. Interpol - Obstacle 1
9. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
10. The Dismemberment Plan - Following Through
11. Rainer Maria - Artificial Light
12. Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow
13. The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic
14. Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
15. M83 - 0078h
16. Reverend and The Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World
17. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Heart in the Hand of the Matter
18. Fugazi - The Kill
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
20. Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
21. The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP
22. Secret Machines - Faded Lines
23. William Shatner - Common People (feat. Joe Jackson)
24. System of a Down - Chop Suey!
25. Mew - Snow Brigade
26. Unwound - October All Over
27. Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
28. Sonic Youth - Reena
29. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - At Last Is All
30. The Appleseed Cast - Fight Song
31. Blonde Redhead - Dr. Strangeluv
32. Soulwax - NY Excuse
33. Editors - All Sparks
34. Cave In - Anchor
35. Kasabian - L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)
36. Minus the Bear - Pachuca Sunrise
37. Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
38. Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
39. The National - Apartment Story
40. Probot - Shake Your Blood
41. Deastro - Vermillion Plaza
42. The Walkmen - The Rat
43. Nada Surf - Hi Speed Soul
44. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
45. dredg - Bug Eyes
46. British Sea Power - Carrion
47. Gorillaz - DARE
48. Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle
49. Starflyer 59 - Things Like This Help Me
50. The Jim Yoshii Pile - Up - Silver Sparkler
51. Sonic Youth - Pink Steam
52. Faunts - M4 (part ii)
53. Beck - Gamma Ray
54. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
55. The Kills - Love Is a Deserter
56. Headlights - It Isn't Easy To Live That Well
57. A Perfect Circle - The Outsider
58. 120 Days - Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone)
59. Peter, bjorn and john - Young Folks
60. Radio 4 - All In Control
61. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
62. Ikara Colt - Automatic
63. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
64. Soulwax - Accidents and Compliments
65. A Place to Bury Strangers - My Weakness
66. Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact
67. Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds
68. Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective - Miami
69. The Black Angels - The First Vietnamese War
70. Klaxons - Two Receivers
71. The Rapture - Sister Saviour
72. Beck - Think I'm In Love
73. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
74. The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
75. Wilderness - Marginal Over
76. DeVotchKa - Transliterator
77. Whitey - Stay On The Outside
78. Nine Inch Nails - Echoplex
79. Radiohead - Reckoner
80. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
81. John Frusciante - Omission
82. HEALTH - We Are Water
83. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Tears
84. Battle - Tendency
85. Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me On the Equinox
86. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns
87. Guitar Wolf - Invader Ace
88. Interpol - Specialist
89. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
90. The Faint - Agenda Suicide
91. Primal Scream - Accelerator
92. Calla - Simone
93. The Life and Times - My Last Hostage
94. The Gossip - Listen Up!
95. Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
96. Tracer - Indigenous
97. Bloc Party - Luno
98. The Raconteurs - Steady, as She Goes
99. Les Savy Fav - Hold on to Your Genre
100. The Flaming Lips - Pompeii Am Götterdammerung

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