40 Electric Six "Fire"39 The Jealous Sound "Kill Them With Kindness"38 Basement Jaxx "Kish Kash"37 The Raveonettes "Chain Gang Of Love"36 The Thrills "So Much For The City"35 Brand New "Deja Entendu"34 My Morning Jacket "It Still Moves"33 Lucinda Williams "World Without Tears"32 Kings Of Leon "Youth And Young Manhood"31 Spiritualized "Amazing Grace"30 Cat Power "You Are Free"29 Joe Budden "Joe Budden"28 Drive By Truckers "Decoration Day"27 Bubba Sparxx "Deliverance"26 The Postal Service "Give Up"25 The Darkness "Permission To Land"24 The Rapture "Echoes"22 Ms Dynamite "A Little Deeper"22 Pretty Girls Make Graves "The New Romance"21 The Mars Volta "Deloused in the Crematorium"20 The Libertines "Up The Bracket"19 Atmosphere "Seven's Travels"18 Ryan Adams "Rock and Roll"17 Dashboard Confessional "A Mark, blah blah blah..."16 Blur "Think Tank"15 AFI "Sing The Sorrow"14 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Hearts of Oak"13 Belle & Sebastian "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"12 Dizzee Rascal "Boy In Da Corner"11 Metallica "St. Anger"10 Radiohead "Hail to the Thief"09 Missy Elliott "This Is Not A Test"08 The New Pornographers "Electric Version"07 Thursday "War All The Time"06 Jay-Z "The Black Album"05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell"04 50 Cent "Get Rich or Die Trying"03 The Strokes "Room On Fire"02 Outkast "Speakerboxx/The Love Below"01 The White Stripes "Elephant"
20 Best Singles of 2003 (by Charles Aaron)
20 Beyonce/Jay-Z "Crazy In Love" Jane's Addiction "Just Because"19 T Rumschmiere "Monstertruckdriver"18 !!! "Me and Guiliani..."17 Electric Six "Danger! High Voltage"16 The Darkness "Growing On Me"15 Joe Budden "Pump It Up"14 AFI "The Leaving Song Part II"13 Wayne Wonder "No Letting Go"12 The Donnas "Take It Off"11 Dizzee Rascal "I Luv U"10 The Strokes "12:51"09 Nas "Made You Look"08 Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows"07 Panjabi MC "Beware of the Boys"06 Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River"05 R Kelly "Ignition (Remix)"04 Outkast "Hey Ya"03 The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army"02 Eminem "Lose Yourself"01 50 Cent "In Da Club"
I find the albums list in particular very mystifying. I had a very different year, to say the least.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
I hate list making as a rule. I think the thing about SPIN's list this year is how I really couldn't have predicted a lot of this stuff - it doesn't make much sense to me, and it makes me feel very out of touch with their target demo (which is fine, but it does feel weird cos there was a time when I was 16/17/18/19 and their year end list made total sense to me).
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:30 (twenty years ago) link
WTF, this is a 2002 release -- and not even late 2002, it was popular in the summer.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
Just look at the albums on the list! White Stripes, Radiohead, Dizzee Rascal, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Outkast, Missy Elliott, The Strokes, The Rapture, Spiritualized, Bubba Sparxx, Basement Jaxx, Electric Six, Joe Budden, Ms Dynamite... The only thing missing is Sean Paul.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:40 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:40 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
39 The Jealous Sound36 The Thrills35 Brand New34 My Morning Jacket32 Kings Of Leon23 Ms Dynamite19 Atmosphere15 AFI
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
AFI is a nu-punk band.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:44 (twenty years ago) link
This is my friend Brian's #1 of the year. That said, I hadn't even heard of them until he told me that a few weeks ago.
34 My Morning Jacket
I think I've heard our friends in Lexington talk about them, maybe? Emily, at least.
23 Ms Dynamite
The United Kingdom to thread.
19 Atmosphere
Of those eight that you mention, Atmosphere probably gets the most ILM love. See: Nate Patrin.
15 AFI
Yeah, okay, good point. But I think the kids know them. I was driving past the Riviera (the biggest non-arena venue in Chicago) a month or two ago and got stuck in traffic as this show was letting out. I looked up at the marqee and said WHO THE FUCK?
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
Really? I've been reading Charles Aaron's writing in SPIN since I was a young teen, and I always thought of him as being a super-white guy. I'm not even sure why - something about his writing makes me think of nerdy white grad students.
I always thought that Sasha Frere-Jones was a woman up until fairly recently.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:52 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:52 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
Ouch.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:56 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:57 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 21:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
I will keep writingbut will stop being obsessed,SPENDING ALL MY CASH
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:50 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:50 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, I'll publish it fairly soon. I'm just a bit lazy about rounding up all the album covers and such.
(And of course I'll be listening to Radio 3 on Friday.)
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 02:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 02:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 4 December 2003 04:47 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 4 December 2003 05:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 4 December 2003 15:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 4 December 2003 15:29 (twenty years ago) link
Ok, maybe they both reference something else, but that's where I first heard the phrase at least.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 4 December 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
Nah, it screams "what a big lie" -- and it was, since the Avalanches album sounded way more like run-of-the-mill humorless diva house than *Paul's Boutique," no matter how many records it subtly sampled.
― chuck, Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:38 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:04 (twenty years ago) link
I just bought this issue cuz of the John Mayer/David Cross singles review thing and SPIN is so all over ILX's jock. They even did the Year In Fred Durst Craziness!
And Chuck is OTM re: The Avalanches. I found it incredibly hard to give a shit about any track for more than 10 seconds.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:06 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:12 (twenty years ago) link
33 Lucinda Williams "World Without Tears"30 Cat Power "You Are Free"21 The Mars Volta "Deloused in the Crematorium"16 Blur "Think Tank"10 Radiohead "Hail to the Thief"05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell"01 The White Stripes "Elephant"
Cat's a little laconic for me, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs could have stood to wait until some more early-EP-quality material came along, but I like the others fine. I would love to hear the Spiritualized and the Outkast, but not too concerned about missing all the rest of it.
― Dave Vinson (Gaughin), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:32 (twenty years ago) link
(As for being "dated," though, I dunno, I tend not to acknowledge that adjective. If music is good, it stays good. If it sucks, ditto.)
In related news: Hey, what ABOUT that "bootleg" fad, huh? Where the hell did THAT go??? (No worries; in seven years it'll be back again, and people will claim like always that it never happened before.)
― chuck, Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:36 (twenty years ago) link
The Avalanches' appeal to me isn't the "wow lookit all the samples" approach as it is the general "every genre can be pop" feel to it. It's just a great-flowing album where so many disparate pieces just seem to fit perfectly. And "serious" is the last word I would ever, ever consider when thinking about "Frontier Psychiatrist" or "Two Hearts in 3/4 Time".
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:55 (twenty years ago) link
Dan, "Frontier Psychiatrist" is like the everything-goes-haywire moment where every convention of the album gets ratcheted up to obsessively bombastic levels -- Since I Left You's "House of Blue Leaves" sequence. The rest of it's a lot subtler.
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:57 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
I totally adore "Two Hearts in 3/4 Time."
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:09 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:12 (twenty years ago) link
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― Xeropunk4life, Friday, 23 April 2004 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
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― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 April 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― tegan, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 01:14 (eighteen years ago) link