As usual I was unable to narrow down my favorite releases of the year to just ten. So here are Stereogum's 14 favorite discs of 2004. To make it easier for myself, I arbitrarily disqualified compilations, reissues, and Brian Wilson.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOP CATORCE OF 2004»
Posted on December 23, 2004 in , (62 comments)
Tags: Air | Aloha | Annie | Arcade Fire | Drive-By Truckers | Dungen | Joanna Newsom | Lambchop | Madvillain | of Montreal | RJD2 | Sufjan Stevens | The Go! Team | Wilco
Stream NME's "CoolList" here. 1. Goldie Lookin' Chain "21 Ounces" 2. Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot" 3. The Futureheads "First Day" 4. The Rakes "Strasbourg" 5. Nine Black Alps "Cosmopolitan" 6. Bloc Party "Helicopter" 7. The Dears "Lost In... CONTINUE READING A LITTLE BRITAIN»
Posted on December 12, 2004 (14 comments)
Tags: Art Brut | Bloc Party | Joanna Newsom | Kaiser Chiefs | The Dears | The Futureheads
One of the most unlikely stars of this "avant-folk" or "anti-folk" or whatever-you-wanna-call-it movement (Devendra, Panda, Sufjan, et al) is beautiful Bay Area gnome Joanna Newsom. Joanna (not really a gnome) has played keys with The Pleased; now she's steadily... CONTINUE READING EVERYONE <3 JOANNA NEWSOM»
Posted on November 29, 2004 (160 comments)
Tags: Joanna Newsom | Modest Mouse
Catbirdseat's October playlist is one of his best yet. White Magic, Earlimart, Arcade Fire, Joanna Newsom (beautiful cut, but I stupidly bought this LP on vinyl, which means it's not on my iPod; no more buying new albums on vinyl!).... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKTOBER PLAYLIST»
Posted on October 7, 2004 (24 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Joanna Newsom | Robyn Hitchcock