Top Albums of 2004

[Sloth]

It;s a little late but here is my mate Daffyd Goff''s top list of albums, gigs, etc from 2004

Albums of 2004 (long list)

Jolie Holland: Escondida
Mark Lanegan Band: Bubblegum
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
McLusky – The Difference Between You and Me Is That I'm Not On Fire
Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
Micah P Hinson – The Gospel of Progress
PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her
Elliott Smith – From a Basement on the Hill
Thalia Zedek – Trust Not in Those Without Some Trace of Madness
Juana Molina – Tres Cosas
Laura Veirs – Carbon Glacier
Le Tigre – This Island
Old Crow Medicine Show – Old Crow Medicine Show
Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing in the Hands
CocoRosie – La Maison de Mon Reve
Giant Sand - …Is All Over The Map
Sujfan Stevens – Seven Swans/Michigan
Tom Waits – Real Gone
TV on the Radio – Young Hearts, Blood Thirsty Babes
Joanna Newsom – Milk-Eyed Mender
Blonde Redhead – Misery is a Butterfly
Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
Comets on Fire – Blue Cathedral
The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree
The Hunches – Hobo Sunrise
The Magnetic Fields – i
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
Electrelane – The Power Out
The Liars – They Were Wrong So We Drowned
Pelican – Australasia
Clinic – Winchester Cathedral
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
Adem – Homesongs

Top 10 (in no particular order)

Jolie Holland – Escondida
Mark Lanegan Band – Bubblegum
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
Micah P Hinson – The Gospel of Progress
Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing in the Hands
TV on the Radio – Young Hearts, Blood Thirsty Babes
Joanna Newsom – Milk-Eyed Mender
Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose

Top 20 (in no particular order)

McLusky – The Difference Between You and Me Is That I'm Not On Fire
PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her
Old Crow Medicine Show – Old Crow Medicine Show
CocoRosie – La Maison de Mon Reve
Giant Sand - …Is All Over The Map
Blonde Redhead – Misery is a Butterfly
Comets on Fire – Blue Cathedral
The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand

Top 10 Gigs

The Shins @ Barfly, Jan 20th
The Twilight Singers @ Islington Academy, Jan 28th
Shellac @ Scala (various dates Jan and Dec)
Le Tigre @ Astoria, April 5th
Alasdair Roberts @ Spitz, May 23rd
Nina Nastasia @ QEH, Jun 2nd
50ft Wave @ The Garage, Sep 23rd
The Magnetic Fields @ RFH, Oct 1st
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Brixton Academy, Nov 12th
Old Crow Medicine Show @ Borderline, Nov 14th

[Tommy Martyn]

What the fuck is going on here? Why is this bloke making these lists? Why no mention of his top thirteen albums? Or his least favourite albums in reverse order.

Stop making fucking lists for christ's sake.

Tell him I need to know what was the 11th best gig he went to in 2004. Did he use a different set of criteria from the ratings for 2003?

[Sloth]

He is the music editor for the London Times. He gets paid to make these lists.

I told him to go work for a respectable newspaper but he said all the jobs at NME were filled.

[borgy]

i think it'll be good if he comes out with a list of the top ten lists that he did.

[G]

He forgot "it's beyond our control" by Campag Velocet, the best album of '04.

[mccutcheon]

are those fuckers still around? Now there is a band Kasabian should kiss.

And I'm trying to find Weekender on vinyl? Any help?

Play weekender and the first big weekend by Arab Stap and you too can think your youth was not mispent, but rather drunk away.

[G]

First big weekend, now there's a tune !!
http://www.htfr.com/vinyl/quicksearch/?text=weekender

I think it's 8 quid on there.

[mccutcheon]

thank you G. a pint of Stella for you please.

[G]

Only 1?

[mccutcheon]

all rounds are on me. drink up.

[mccutcheon]

I'm going to the pub. who wants to go? I'll be holding up the bar and playing the jukebox at Paddy R's. 29th and 2nd. I mean it is 9:43 in the morning. Time is running out.

[G]

I'd like to say the offer is tempting but I'm nursing a wicked whiskey hangover, maybe in an hour or two. Will you be stopping by Canada?

[mccutcheon]

is Canada on 3rd Ave? I think I've been there.

[G]

I think so, it's definitely part of America. Head for the cold part.

[mccutcheon]

yes. the cold part. and put salt in the lager. have you seen that?