2003 Pitchfork 'Best New Albums' - which of these is the best?

I am not much a fan of Michigan, but "Sister" off of Seven Swans bowls me over every time. That's where I would point anyone trying to 'get' Sufjan.

The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
The Blood Brothers - ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain

currently listening to that Lightning Bolt album, which I have been "meaning to listen to" forever, and ya it rocks intensely

Blood Brothers good too but I didn't hear it till waaayyy after 2003

yeah, the blood brothers got a fair amount of attention in their moment, but seem forgotten now. i associate them with the GSL/31G records art-glam-hardcore thing, which seemed to evaporate (or shift/fragment?) a few years back.

They split off into two bands, one solid (Past Lives) and one good-then-horrifically-terrible (Jaguar Love).

Piano Island was released on a major, yes?

first Jaguar Love album was amazing fuiud

fucking electric six sucks so bad

I've only heard maybe three Electric Six songs, but I remain open to the idea that they are unheralded geniuses b/c of da croupier and Perpetua.

I've only heard maybe three Electric Six songs, and I've avoided hearing more because I don't want to push my reflexive dislike into hatred and feel the need to troll da croupier about them.

I like the first Jaguar Love record a lot; it's the second that's a problem. so horrible.

revisit "Evaline," that one was the keeper from the album for me

yeah that's the only one I remember kinda "working." I mean it was ballsy of them (him, at that point?) to embrace a pop sensibility so unabashedly, it's just that the result was...not good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRaHDK3CeVs

so good

"The Shame" is def one of the best album closers of the decade

microphones
songs: ohia
viktor vaughan

ted leoooooooooo

okay Dandelion Gum is sounding great. This sounds like something I would like whilst high.

(I mean, I like it sober, I just mean this sounds like something that would enhance that sort of experience)

Voted MU but was strongly tempted by Ellen Allien, pretty scary to think these records are nearly ten years old, they still sound so fresh to me.

I've heard 22 of these at one point in my life, still like quite a few. Will have to think about this, but leaning toward M83.

Incidentally, 2003 is my least favorite year from 2000-present.

A few that didn't cut the muster:

White Stripes- Elephant
Sun Kil Moon- Ghosts of the Great Highway
Drive By Truckers- Decoration Day
Broadcast- Haha Sound
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
New Pornographers- Electric Version
Outkast- SB/LB

(keeping this along the lines of stuff I figured p4k would have liked)

Labels must not have bought banner ads

there's really no reason to believe advertising has an editorial influence at pitchfork and leveling the accusation even jokingly is way nastier than anything you could justifiably say about pf's taste or writing etc

accusation?

implying that Matador neglected to buy banner ads on Pitchfork is a pretty serious accusation! no wait that wasn't what i was saying

Need New Body so fucking easily.

Jesus it was a joke, I officially retract it and an sorry for the distress it has caused Pitchfork and some dude

Now go have a nice sunday in baltimore!

Hard to choose between Ellen Allen or Out Hud.

Early Out Hud singles might be better than the album.

i like Xiu Xiu a lot, but that album is uneven - i think i have that Need New Body album somewhere and should listen to it

looking back, i would say it was fairly decent year all in all. 'boy in da corner' is my obvious choice, but a few good to great forerunners. without order :

Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
The Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party?
Supersilent - 6
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn
Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
The Blood Brothers - ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn
Deerhoof - Apple O
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress
Polysics - Neu
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
Jay-Z - The Black Album
MU - Afro Finger and Gel

^^ especially these

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Glad I was able to give Prefuse 73 its lone vote.

Extinguished outtakes cd is way better, imo.

otm

Jesus it was a joke, I officially retract it and an sorry for the distress it has caused Pitchfork and some dude

Now go have a nice sunday in baltimore!

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, July 29, 2012 2:43 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

it's alright man. my last post was just kidding around.

damn, some dude and he1go can not be beefing. goon on goon violence.

Exploding Heart + BBs had a better showing than I expected

I can't complain too much about the results, glad to see Exploding Hearts put in a good run. Pretty good turnout too!

damn, some dude and he1go can not be beefing. goon on goon violence.

― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Thursday, August 2, 2012 1:51 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

never that! like i said, i think he misunderstood my botched joke

Jesus it was a joke, I officially retract it and an sorry for the distress it has caused Pitchfork and some dude

Now go have a nice sunday in baltimore!

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, July 29, 2012 2:43 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

it's alright man. my last post was just kidding around.

― now there's a lot of bad bitches in the building (am0n) (some dude), Thursday, August 2, 2012 12:50 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn, some dude and he1go can not be beefing. goon on goon violence.

― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Thursday, August 2, 2012 12:51 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha no beef! and honestly, i guess i operate in a sphere of...um...journalism where my credibility is questioned basically every week by some reader or another and dudes genuinely do believe that everything we do is bought and paid and that we are like seriously evil etc for so saying shit like i said is kinda common gallows humor in the biz, but i should remember that it might seem harsh to someone in another zone.

yeah i mean maybe if i made a similar joke about your editorial content being motivated by ad buys you'd shrug it off because you hear it constantly. but my point was kind of just that it's a shame that that's become such an obvious go-to speculation for people to make anytime they don't agree with a review, even in absence of any evidence or even plausibility.

it's a shame that that's become such an obvious go-to speculation for people to make anytime they don't agree with a review, even in absence of any evidence or even plausibility.

― some random MC rappin' mcdude (some dude), Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, honestly you have no idea. sigh.