Celebrate 2000-2004.

[Punky Skunk]

in 20 albums

Best experimental twee pop albums from Birmingham, England:


Broadcast - Haha Sound (2003)

runner-up:

Pram - The Museum of Imaginary Animals (2000)

Best rock album from San Diego, California:


Pinback - Offcell (2003)

runner-up:

Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress (2004)

Best art rock album released before band breaks up amicably:


Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You (2001)

runner-up:

Fire Show - St. the Fire Show (2002)

Best post-rock album before the "genre" turned to shit:


Don Caballero - American Don (2000)

runner-ups:

Tortoise - Standards (2001)


The Sea & Cake - Oui (2000)

Best ridiculous rock concept album:


Of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies (2001)

runner-up:

Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (2004)

Best MTV2 approved rock album:


Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

runner-ups:

White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)


At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)

Best Touch & Go album with Japanese singer:


Enon - High Society (2002)

runner-up:

Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons (2000)

Best album from an indie rock "super group":


New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

runner-up:

Movietone - The Sand & the Stars (2003)
(yes, super group is a bit of a stretch)

Best album from a group good enough to be mentioned twice:


Pinback - Summer in Abaddon (2004)

runner-up:

Broadcast - The Noise Made by People (2000)


(Post whatever you want - lists, etc. - beat the webzines).

[Clash!]

What a strange selection of awards, I suggest the award of:

Most difficult album to describe to someone and make it sound like something worth listening to:


Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind (2004)

[Punky Skunk]

What a strange selection of awards, I suggest the award of:

Yeah. It's basically just a list of my top 20 favorite albums from 00-04, but it was too boring just to list them, so I decided to come up with some categories instead.

Songs later.

Q about that Wolf Eyes album? Is it just atmospheric noise/sounds or is there anything resembling song structure, voices, hooks or anything? I downloaded some song of theirs not on that album and it was just basically scratching.

[Clash!]

Well, this album is probably their most "structured" and produced. Their 100 or so other releases are lots of their Jamouts that they just record and burn to disc and sell at shows.

Burned Mind however is a sound album, its probably the scariest album I have ever heard. Its meant to be listenend to and let your mind drift with imagry. Some songs have beats, some have lyrics, some sound like the dead scraping along the ground. Its atmospheric and FRIGHTENING! Its their best release in terms of song structure most assuridly though. Its very hard to explain, hence the award. I love the album my self, but its a CD that you have to put effort into enjoying. I saw them back in July when they opened for Sonic Youth and I had never heard them before and I thought they fucking sucked ass! Listened to their stuff, and HATED it. But I kept trying it out and eventually got into it. And Burned Mind pulled me over the mound and I really enjoyed it. Give it a listen but don't be suprised if it makes you want to kill something, either from disliking the music or for what the sound does to you psyche.

[sethsez]

Best album that is awesome and totally great and anyone who doesn't like it sucks:


Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)

[arjue]

Shit, I haven't kept track of what came out when...

top 10 in no order:

Tool - Lateralus
At The Drive-in - Relationship of command
APC - 13th step
QOTSA - Rated R
Dredg - Liet Motif
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Steven Malkmus & the Jicks - Pig Lib
Grand Silent System - Everyone Lies Alone
Mars Volta - Deloused
Cog - Just visiting parts 1 & 2

[Punky Skunk]

Best album embodying darkness:


For Carnation - s/t (2000)

Best organized madness/most illuminating liner notes:


U.S. Maple - Acre Thrills (2001)

Best album every asshole likes:


The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)

runner-ups:

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)


Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

Best procrastinated album:


The Wrens - The Meadowlands (2003)

runner-up:

The Clientele - The Violet Hour (2003)

Best album from 2002 that was included on PF's best new music of 2003 list:


Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People (2002)

runner-ups:

Out Hud - STREET DAD (2002)

(also: Best album recorded by Steve Albini:)

Giddy Motors - Make it Pop (2002)

[AstroBlue]

Is the new Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album really good? Does it not sound like all their other albums?

[Tragic]

You Forgot It In People... so good... so damn good.

[sethsez]

Is the new Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album really good? Does it not sound like all their other albums?

Well, if you're not a fan then this probably won't convert you, but I think a strong argument could be made that it's Nick's best album by far. The lyrics are easily his best, and the gospel choir adds a lot. Since Blixa left before they made this, you can tell they were really trying to prove something with it.