Grades:
10 = 100-91 Masterpiece
9 = 90-81 Great
8 = 80-71 Very strong
7 = 70-61 Good
6 = 60-51 Decent
5 = 50-41 Fair
4 = 40-31 Poor
3 = 30-21 Really bad
2 = 20-11 Really, really bad
1 = 10-0 Pray for a quick death

Music of 2004

10
Joanna Newsom - THE MILK-EYED MENDER




9
Fiery Furnaces - BLUEBERRY BOAT
The Arcade Fire - FUNERAL
Marissa Nadler - BALLADS OF LIVING AND DYING
Destroyer - YOUR BLUES
Modest Mouse - GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE BAD NEWS




8
Jens Lekman - WHEN I SAID I WANTED TO BE YOUR DOG
John Vanderslice - CELLAR DOOR
Dungen - TA DET LUGNT
Air - TALKIE WALKIE
Two Gallants - THE THROES
Of Montreal - SATANIC PANIC IN THE ATTIC
Franz Ferdinand - S/T
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - ABATTOIR BLUES/THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - SHAKE THE SHEETS
Elliott Smith - FROM A BASEMENT ON THE HILL
The Walkmen - BOWS + ARROWS
Annie - ANNIEMAL
Sondre Lerche - TWO WAY MONOLOGUE
The National - CHERRY TREE EP
Camera Obscura - UNDERACHIEVERS PLEASE TRY HARDER
The Libertines - S/T
Brian Wilson - SMILE
31 Knots - THE CURSE OF THE LONGEST DAY EP
Kings of Convenience - RIOT ON AN EMPTY STREET
Saturday Looks Good to Me - EVERY NIGHT
Feist - LET IT DIE
Mirah - C'MON MIRACLE
Tilly and The Wall - WILD LIKE CHILDREN
Sonic Youth - SONIC NURSE
Nellie McKay - GET AWAY FROM ME
Six Organs of Admittance - FOR OCTAVIO PAZ




7
The Streets - A GRAND DON'T COME FOR FREE
Devendra Banhart - REJOICING IN THE HANDS
Cat Power - WILLIE DEADWILDER
Karate - POCKETS
Wilco - A GHOST IS BORN
Ambulance Ltd. - LP
Neko Case - THE TIGERS HAVE SPOKEN
The Beta Band - HEROES TO ZEROS
Busdriver - COSMIC CLEAVAGE
PJ Harvey - UH HUH HER
Bjork - MEDULLA
Pinback - SUMMER IN ABADDON
Stereolab - MARGERINE ECLIPSE
Magnetic Fields - I
A.C. Newman - THE SLOW WONDER
French Kicks - TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
Tom Waits - REAL GONE
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - THE DOLDRUMS
Battles - EP C
The Go! Team - THUNDER, LIGHTNING, STRIKE
Peggy Honeywell - FAINT HUMMS
Fuck - THOSE ARE NOT MY BONGOS
The Secret Machines - NOW HERE IS NOWHERE
Rogue Wave - OUT OF THE SHADOW
Animal Collective - SUNG TONGS
Blood On the Wall - S/T
Espers - S/T
Various Artists (Devendra Banhart) - GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova - ONE JUG OF WINE, TWO VESSELS
Robyn Hitchcock - SPOOKED
The Album Leaf - IN A SAFE PLACE
Divine Comedy - ABSENT FRIENDS
Controller Controller - HISTORY
Iron and Wine - OUT ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS
Rilo Kiley - MORE ADVENTUROUS
Tarbox Ramblers - FIX BACK EAST



6
David Byrne - GROWN BACKWARDS
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - OH, MY GIRL
Panda Bear - YOUNG PRAYER
TV on the Radio - DESPERATE YOUTH, BLOODTHIRSTY BABES
Kathryn Williams - RELATIONS
Charalambides - JOY SHAPES
Scissor Sisters - S/T
Blonde Redhead - MISERY IS A BUTTERFLY
90 Day Men - PANDA PARK
Keane - HOPES AND FEARS
Now It's Overhead - FALL BACK OPEN
The Killers - HOT FUSS
Xiu Xiu - FABOULOUS MUSCELS



5
Badly Drawn Boy - ONE PLUS ONE IS ONE
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - THE DELIVERY MAN
Morrssey - YOU ARE THE QUARRY
Jonathan Richman - NOT SO MUCH TO BE LOVED AS TO LOVE
Interpol - ANTICS



4
Belle and Sebastian - BOOKS EP
Gwen Stefani - LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY
Le Tigre - THIS ISLAND




2
Lit - S/T