Two internet naifs (Stephen Dranger and H Duck) attempt to figure out what Pitchfork saw in their top 50 albums of 2004, 2005 and (eventually) 2006. Eventually we will expand to general music review. Vastly hilarious -- and educational! Yeah.
New entries roughly every Monday and Friday.
See us on the web at http://community.livejournal.com /usefulnoise (on LiveJournal)
or
http://www,dranger.com/top100 (Archived Reviews)
List of reviews:
We do four reviews at a time. In bold are the finished reviews; check out our blog to read them!
2004.
50. Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
49. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
48. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
47. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
46. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
45. The Concretes - The Concretes
44. Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
43. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
42. DJ Rupture - Special Gunpowder
41. Les Savy Fav - Inches
40. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
39. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine
38. Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
37. Johann Johannsson - Virulegu forsetar
36. Excepter - KA
35. Mirah - C'mon Miracle
34. Espers - Espers
33. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
32. Califone - Heron King Blues
31. De La Soul-The Grind Date
30. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
29. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
28. Junior Boys - Last Exit
27. Interpol - Antics
26. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
25. VA - DFA Compilation #2
24. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
23. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
22. Foreign Exchange - Connected
21. Fennesz - Venice
20. Air - Talkie Walkie
19. Bjork - Medulla
18. Kanye West - The College Dropout
17. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
16. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
15. Annie - Anniemal
14. Erlend Oye - DJ-Kicks
13. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
12. M.I.A. and Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1
11. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
10. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
09. Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
08. The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
07. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands
06. MF Doom & Madlib are Madvillian - Madvilliany
05. Brian Wilson - Smile
04. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
03. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
02. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
01. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005.
50. Orthrelm - OV
49. Fiery Furnaces - EP
48. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
47. The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
46. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (Jon Brion Version)
45. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
44. Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
43. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
42. My Morning Jacket - Z
41. R??is??n Murphy - Ruby Blue
40. Young Jeezy - Let's Get It - Thug Motivation 101
39. Robyn - Robyn
38. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
37. Dominik Eulberg - Kreucht and Fleucht
36. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples
35. The Game - The Documentary
34. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
33. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
32. Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
31. Konono No.1 - Congotronics
30. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
29. Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
28. Sunn 0))) - Black One
27. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
26. The Decemberists - Picaresque
25. Alan Braxe and Friends - The Upper Cuts
24. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
23. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
22. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
21. Bonnie ''Prince'' Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
20. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
19. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
18. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
17. The Clientele - Strange Geometry
16. Love Is All - 9 Times That Same Song
15. Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2
14. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
13. Various Artists - Run The Road
12. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
11. Isol??e - We Are Monster
10. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
09. Cam'ron - Purple Haze
08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
07. Animal Collective - Feels
06. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
05. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
04. M.I.A. - Arular
03. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
02. Kanye West - Late Registration
01. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
