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    Best of 00's ???

    So really, what's the OK COMPUTER or LOVELESS or SPIDERLAND of the 00's ??

    I really don't know what the critics are saying.

    I seldom read much of anything music-related anymore..

    most of my favorites are from earlier in the decade..

    10, no, 11.. that I really like..

    JUPITER by Cave In
    EXCUSES FOR TRAVELLERS by Mojave 3
    Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Ros (maybe it doesn't count..so what)
    PERFECTING LONLINESS by Jets to Brazil (my sleeper masterpiece of the decade)
    YHF by Wilco
    And the Glass Handed Kites by Mew
    At War with the Mystics by The Flaming Lips (cuz, well, they're the Flaming Lips I guess)
    REMISSION by Mastodon
    WHITE PONY by the Deftones
    LOW LEVEL OWL VOL. 1 by Appleseed Cast (still haven't heard Vol. 2..)
    BLACKWATER PARK by Opeth (hadda addit)
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    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    So really, what's the OK COMPUTER or LOVELESS or SPIDERLAND of the 00's ??

    I haven't really kept up much either, but I know Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion is getting a ton of praise, but it's also a 2009 release. P4K picked Kid A, of all things, as the best of the decade.

    For me, I have given it virtually no thought, but two that I keep coming back to are The Shins' Oh, Inverted World and Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy. But then there was Blessed Black Wings and The Meadowlands and probably a bunch I'm not thinking of off the top of my head.
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    Fuck yeah The Meadowlands. Or the Constantines - Shine a Light.

    I will think about this and come back to this thread tomorrow.

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    and I forgot that crazy romp of an album that is the self-titled BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE..

    I definitely need more Shins and Wrens in my life.. and I'll be checking the library for that Animal Collective..

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    and as much as I *appreciate* KID A.. I just haven't connected with it, so it wouldn't make my top 10 or even 20.. but then there's "How to Disappear Completely" which, OTOH, is one of the best songs of the decade..
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    The metadata at Metacritic say that Spoon was the bestest band of the decade. And who am I to argue?

    http://features.metacritic.com/featu...of-the-decade/

    Oh, and it's great to see you, Jar. Don't be a stranger, man.


    EDIT: Actually, here's a link that's even more on-topic...
    http://features.metacritic.com/featu...-the-decade/2/
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    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    and I forgot that crazy romp of an album that is the self-titled BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE..

    I definitely need more Shins and Wrens in my life.. and I'll be checking the library for that Animal Collective..

    (hey Stone!)
    What's new, Jar? Good to see you.

    You like the s/t Broken Social Scene better than You Forgot It In People? I have not heard the s/t, but I really like YFIIP a lot.
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    I've only heard the s/t. *shrug*
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    I haven't contemplated a list or anything, but Midlake's The Trials Of Van Occupanther has to be on there. PT's In Absentia also.

    Let's see:

    Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
    Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (though I mighta picked The Album)
    Kino - Picture This (maybe)
    Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
    My Morning Jacket - Z
    Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
    Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
    Ritual - The Hemulic Voluntary Band
    The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
    Marillion - Marbles


    Of course, this list is subject to change at a moments notice

    As for Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion - what a mess of an album. It gives Olias Of Sunhillow a run for its money with regards to over production.
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    If I had to pick only one album that summarized the 00's for me it would have to be Green Day's American Idiot.

    This album was musically great. It is the masterpiece of a band that's been around for quite a while and proven that they have staying power. Green Day has had commercial success while still managing to remain on the fringe. And the theme of the disk encompasses much of the political turmoil that we have all lived through in the last decade.

    While there are many disks that I have loved and still love in the last 10 years, this is my OK Computer.

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    I have no problem with putting American Idiot on a Top 10 of the Decade list.

    In absolutely no order at all...
    The aforementioned Idiot
    Radiohead... Kid A
    Built to Spill... Ancient Melodies of the Future
    My Morning Jacket... Z
    New Pornographers... Twin Cinema
    Spoon... Gimme Fiction
    REM... Accelerate
    Porcupine Tree... Deadwing
    Arcade Fire... Funeral
    Wilco... YHF

    I feel pretty good about that list. Throw in PJ Harvey's Stories from the City... as an honorable mention, if you like.
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    Things probably change by the minute, but looking over the spines of my record collection, here are fifteen albums that I absolutely can't imagine having spent the last decade without:

    Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
    The Avalanches - Since I Left You
    Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (and The Magnolia Electric Company)
    Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
    Rapider Than Horsepower - Stage Fright Stage Fright, This Is My Big Night
    Mirah - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This (and Advisory Comittee)
    Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent Jens (and When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog)
    Signal to Trust - Golden Armour
    The Make Believe - s/t EP
    Jonathan Richman - Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow (and Not So Much to Be Loved As To Love and Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild)
    Consonant - s/t (and Mission of Burma - The Obliterati)
    The Constantines - Shine a Light
    USAISAMONSTER - Tasheyana Compost
    Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoJo Hand
    Things probably change by the minute, but looking over the spines of my record collection, here are fifteen albums that I absolutely can't imagine having spent the last decade without:

    Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
    The Avalanches - Since I Left You
    Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (and The Magnolia Electric Company)
    Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
    Rapider Than Horsepower - Stage Fright Stage Fright, This Is My Big Night
    Mirah - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This (and Advisory Comittee)
    Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent Jens (and When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog)
    Signal to Trust - Golden Armour
    The Make Believe - s/t EP
    Jonathan Richman - Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow (and Not So Much to Be Loved As To Love and Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild)
    Consonant - s/t (and Mission of Burma - The Obliterati)
    The Constantines - Shine a Light
    USAISAMONSTER - Tasheyana Compost
    Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
    Wow, even Rae is back! What is this, some kind of reunion week at Rave Recs

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoJo Hand


    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
    Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
    Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent Jens (and When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog)
    Jonathan Richman - Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow (and Not So Much to Be Loved As To Love and Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild)
    Consonant - s/t (and Mission of Burma - The Obliterati)
    The Constantines - Shine a Light
    USAISAMONSTER - Tasheyana Compost
    The Ted Leo and Joanna Newsom records would make my list. Hey have you seen the video of Ted Leo's band doing the Misfits set on Halloween? Great stuff.

    I have not heard those Jens Lekman (but I really like Night Falls Over Kortedala), those J. Richman albums, and I really need to revisit the Consonant, Constantines, and USAISAMONSTER albums. You like Shine a Light better than the self-titled album?
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    Out of the shadows, huh? I might as well go back to using my old name-- evidently there are no NRBQ fans around here. I was wondering if you were still around!

    Gene, you absolutely have to get Oh, You're So Silent Jens (which is actually a collection of 7"s that all came out around the same time). It's easily his definitive work.

    Yeah, I like Shine a Light, but that was my first exposure to them. I think Jar called it Fugazi-meets-Springsteen and he's totally right.

    I haven't listened to that USAISAMONSTER album for a while, but I absolutely wore it out when it was new, along with other stuff that was in that same racket-in-a-basement genre like Need New Body - U.F.O., the Lightning Bolt catalog, Skoal Kodiak - Three People are Having Grape Emergencys, Ultra-Dolphins, etc.

    I haven't seen the Ted Leo/Misfits thing, but have you seen this? How do I embed a video here?:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eummJam7PhA

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    Good to see you, Rae. And good to see the old Rave Recs girl, too!

    I didn't know a thing about the Constantines when I saw them this summer at a big outdoor festival. It was starting to rain a bit, and the vibe before the show was definitely low-key. But they didn't care at all, they just came out and played a solid one-hour set of rough-and-ready, kick-ass bar rock. Weather be damned. Put everyone's mood right for the rest of the day!
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    What is this, 2003? Long time no see, youz guys. Hope ya'll are happy and healthy.

    Here's 15 that won't be on many magazine or blog lists:

    Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
    Estradasphere- Palace of Mirrors
    Umphrey's McGee- Mantis
    Echolyn- The End is Beautiful
    Secret Chiefs 3- The Book of Horizons
    Mike Keneally- Dancing
    Clouseaux- Lagoon!
    Ween- Quebec
    The Residents- The King & Eye
    The Easy Allstars- Dub Side of the Moon
    OSI- Office of Strategic Influence
    Grandaddy- Sumday
    Ben Folds- Rockin' the Suburbs
    Air- Talkie Walkie
    XTC- Wasp Star

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rae
    Out of the shadows, huh? I might as well go back to using my old name--
    ~Rae
    I was wondering who Hojo was. I figured you'd eventually be outed and here you are. Nice to see you back here Rae.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rae
    Gene, you absolutely have to get Oh, You're So Silent Jens (which is actually a collection of 7"s that all came out around the same time). It's easily his definitive work.

    Yeah, I like Shine a Light, but that was my first exposure to them. I think Jar called it Fugazi-meets-Springsteen and he's totally right.

    I haven't listened to that USAISAMONSTER album for a while, but I absolutely wore it out when it was new, along with other stuff that was in that same racket-in-a-basement genre like Need New Body - U.F.O., the Lightning Bolt catalog, Skoal Kodiak - Three People are Having Grape Emergencys, Ultra-Dolphins, etc.

    I haven't seen the Ted Leo/Misfits thing, but have you seen this? How do I embed a video here?:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eummJam7PhA

    ~Rae
    I think Jay is an NRBQ fan (or likes at least one of their albums). I saw them live and thought they really sucked.

    That video is great. Here's part 1 (of 6) of the Halloween concert:



    P.S. I just copy and paste the embed code from YouTube or whatever video site and it works.
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    hey Rae!
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    Ever finish that CRSv-something from what, two years ago?

    I keed I keed

    Good to see much of the gang back. Now all we need is JDaniels, Demetrius, Dusty Chalk, Audio Girl and Snowbunny to chime in (not to mention a few others).

    good times...
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    The Moon and Antarctica - That's my OK Computer (though OK Computer wasn't even my OK Computer - More like The Bends)

    Nice to see you Rae, and thanks for that Feelies covers "album" It be fun. And here's my quick and dirty top 10 of the decade...

    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    White Blood Cells
    Funeral
    Girls Can Tell
    Streetcore
    Gimme Fiction
    Magnolia Electric Co.
    The Coast is Never Clear
    Things We Lost in the Fire
    Newness Ends
    Send (or Read & Burn 1 & 2)

    (I hope none of those are from '99).

    Nice to see you here too Jar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    Streetcore
    Things We Lost in the Fire
    Newness Ends
    This man knows what he's talking about.

    Quote Originally Posted by 3lb
    Ever finish that CRSv-something from what, two years ago?

    I keed I keed
    I do feel quite a bit of guilt over that... part of what kept me away for so long. I just have to resolve not to take on commitments that I can't honor. But yeah, maybe someday.

    hey Jar!

    ~Rae

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
    Good to see much of the gang back. Now all we need is JDaniels, Demetrius, Dusty Chalk, Audio Girl and Snowbunny to chime in (not to mention a few others).

    good times...
    Yah, I never even made it to the "a few others" category around here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tentoze
    Yah, I never even made it to the "a few others" category around here.

    Oh, you'll always be 'a few others' to me Tentoze . Good to see you. You too Ex Lion Tamer!
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