I love these lists. My criteria for the year's best is strictly behavioral, involving only the frequency of times played on my stereo:

1) The Faint - Wet From Birth
2) The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
3) Scissor Sisters - S/T
4) The Fall-Outs - Summertime
5) The Killers - Hot Fuss
6) Franz Ferdinand - S/T
7) Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
8) Arcade Fire - Funeral
9) Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
10) The Magnetic Fields - i

Best shows:
The Faint, Minneapolis
Pixies, Minneapolis
PJ Harvey, Minneapolis

it was a very Pitchfork year
bring on Ima Robot 2005!


[Edited on 12-3-2004 by draconian]

I really like Pinback. Have you ever seen them live? I missed them on numerous occasions and I was wondering if their live performance was actually worth me regretting that I didn't go.

Yep, they're fun live (and on tour now)

Ya, I assumed they would be. I've become re-addicted to Blue Screen Life. They just played two shows in SF. But I'm making myself feel better by telling myself that they were 18+. Of course, they don't check the 18+ all that much. It's the 21+ that's hard for us youngins to get into. Maybe I'll just go to Japan to see them....

Arcade Fire songs make me cry.

"Come on Alex
You can do it
Come on Alex
There's nothing to it!"

haha!! i just thought, soon it's time for top 10 lists for this year! but you'll have to wait until the 31st of december for my list.

I'll probably lose all street or indie cred with my current number one, but then again, I probably never really had any. There are still a few I want to get though like Arcade Fire and John Cale, so I may change this around in a month.

1. U2 - How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2. Múm - Summer Make Good
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
4. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
5. The Roots - The Tipping Point
6. Tom Waits - Real Gone
7. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
8. Mos Def - The New Danger
9. Blues Explosion - Damage
10. Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People
10. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
10. PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her

ok I'll try my best.

Best live shows (kinda dry this year):
Pixies (second best show of my life)
fever/moving units
Ima Robot
Hives (even if I couldn't move)

Frans fredinand- s/t
Moving Units- Dangerous Dreams
The Faint - Wet From Birth
fever- red bedroom
Les Savy Fav- Inches
unicorns- and they will...
Boards of Canada- Music Has the Right to Children
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
Elefant- Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
phantom planet- s/t (don't ask me, I like it)


man, that is a bad looking list. this year it looks as if all my "new" albums sound a bit the same. I've been fiixing up my older collection.
I need to here sonic youth and REM's new albums.
can't wait for our robots!

hmmm lets see

The Sounds
Lola Ray
Green Day
Bad Religion
Modest Mouse
The Killers
The best of Duran Duran
Hot Hot Heat
Franz Ferdinand


yea mine is kinda dry this year too. . . . . . . *shrugs*

i'll wait until the 31st as well....gotta a show or two to go to still :D

What shows

me, i'm waiting for shows by the faint and by mia.. and for an album by the flesh!

mmm... Faint !!! I was going to see them this year, but my friend changed her mind. BAH!
Love that band.

Quote:

Originally posted by happysmilely What shows

oh
MOving Units :D
and i dunno....gotta add in one more.....JUST one MORE

Moving Units is a good show. They were great. Be sure to dance.

Most played by me this year
Ima Robot <----
FranzFerdinand- <---
The Killers- Hot Fuss
Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love bad news
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Dashboard Confessional- Mark a Mission a Brand a Scar

In no particular order.
Best Concert. Dashboard Confessional at the Troubadour.

HOPE OF THE STATES-The Lost Riots
Franz Ferdinand-S/T
Elefant-Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
Ambulance Ltd-S/T
The Libertines-S/T
Razorlight-Up All Night
Delays-Faded Seaside Glamour
The Killers-Hot Fuss
Vhs or Beta-Night on Fire
Interpol-Antics

(Note: I would include other bands that are my favorites, but this is a list of albums that came out in 2004, so yeah...)

Favorite live shows of '04:
+Hope of the States-September. Popscene in San Francisco. I've been to over 40 shows, and this is hands-down the best live show I have *ever* seen.
+The Strokes-April in SF, because it was a great show and I met them (as well as the people who are now my close friends). May in NYC, in the middle of Central Park.
+Ima Robot-SF in March. Second time seeing them. SO much fun!
+Garage Rock Festival in NYC in August. Great experience
+Coachella-best AND worst concert of my life. Good memories, though
+Elefant and Ambulance in Boston in August.
+Libertines in NY in August.
+The Bravery in NY in May.
+Razorlight/The Futureheads in SF in November.
+Franz Ferdinand in SF in March, before they got big (small, intimate venue).

This has been the best year! :-D

(Note: I would include other bands that are my favorites, but this is a list of albums that came out in 2004, so yeah...)

so would I but I'm lazy

haha - ima make a special non-2004 list this time, i discovered so much older stuff this year!

Me 2, it was all about older stuff more then the new

My best gigs (so far) this year...

1.. TOWERS OF LONDON,On the Rocks.
2.. SERVANT,Fnac,Montparnasse,Paris.. Boule noir. 3 times in 1 day if you count a soundcheck.
3.. HEAD AUTOMATICA,Bottom of the hill,San Fran.
4.. SUBWAYS,BRAVERY,LADYFUZZ,Barfly,London.
5.. IMAROBOT,Metro,London. (they played on my birthday).
6.. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS,Melkweg,Amsterdam.
7.. POLYPHONIC SPREE,Barfly,London.
8.. RAPTURE,Elysee montmarte,Paris.
9.. Dirty Ho,YOUNG HEART ATTACK,ELECTROCUTES,Irving Plaza,NY.
10.. GOBSAUSAGE,GENE SERENE,Bistrotech,Hackney,London.
11.REZILLOS,Mean fiddler,London.

Music bought..

1.. Har Mar Superstar.. The Handler.
2.. Super Furry Animals.. Songbook,The singles.
3.. Polyphonic Spree.. Together we're heavy.
4.. Loadsa old punk rock singles and Lps..

You know, I completely forgot to add Ima Robot at the Henry Fonda to my best show list--and that was one of the best shows I've EVER been to...

tisk tisk
I'll forgive you

I just fell in love with the Mooney Suzuki's Alive and Amplified. Track two (title track) especially, lots of high-pitched screaming over excellent bassline, al la Beck's Nicotine and Gravy ending.

This album and I are eloping to Cleveland anon.

1) The Faint - Wet From Birth
2) The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
3) Scissor Sisters - S/T
4) The Fall-Outs - Summertime
5) The Mooney Suzuki - Alive and Amplified
6) The Killers - Hot Fuss
7) Franz Ferdinand - S/T
8) Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
9) Arcade Fire - Funeral
10) Pinback - Summer in Abaddon

Mooneys touring in 2005.

[Edited on 12-16-2004 by draconian]

so here's my, extended and official, year-end-list for 2004.

albums

1. the faint - wet from birth
2. mclusky - the difference between me and you is that i'm not on fire
3. !!! - louden up now
4. cobra killer - 76/77
5. scissor sisters - s/t
6. the flesh - s/t
7. tiktak - ympyrää
8. interpol - antics
9. client - city
10. delorean - s/t
11. beep beep - business casual
12. fantomas - delirium cordia
13. electrocute - troublesome bubblegum
14. pink grease - this is for real
15. the killers - hot fuss
16. bedingfield, natasha - unwritten
17. vhs or beta - night on fire
18. moving units - dangerous dreams
19. mia - stille post
20. soulwax - any minute now

songs

1. the faint - birth
2. tiktak - heilutaan
3. !!! - hello? is this thing on?
4. tv on the radio - staring at the sun
5. bloc party - banquet

non-2004 songs (but first heard in 2004)

1. gang of four - damaged goods
2. le tigre - deceptacon
3. ima robot - the beat goes on
4. ideal - berlin
5. devo - big mess

live shows

1. the faint, heidelberg
2. ima robot, cologne (support for von bondies)
3. cobra killer, frankfurt (support for le tigre)
4. harmful, wilsenroth (out of ordinary festival)
5. mclusky, wiesbaden

or something like that. i think i like the faint