Dec 26, 2012

The Best Albums Of 2011

Top 50













  1. Let England shake - PJ HARVEY
  2. Wild Flag - WILD FLAG
  3. Only in dreams - DUM DUM GIRLS
  4. Anna Calvi - ANNA CALVI
  5. Past life martyred saints - EMA
  6. Ersatz G.B. - THE FALL
  7. Whokill - TUNE-YARDS
  8. Nine types of light - TV ON THE RADIO
  9. Cults - CULTS
  10. Wounded rhymes - LYKKE LI
  11. Blood pressures - THE KILLS
  12. Suck it and see - ARCTIC MONKEYS
  13. Here before - THE FEELIES
  14. Veronica Falls - VERONICA FALLS
  15. Work (work, work) - HTRK
  16. Original colors - HIGH PLACES
  17. Soft Metals - SOFT METALS
  18. Days - REAL ESTATE
  19. Kaputt - DESTROYER
  20. Strange mercy - ST. VINCENT
  21. El Camino - THE BLACK KEYS
  22. Last summer - ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER
  23. Belong - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
  24. The king of limbs - RADIOHEAD
  25. Conatus - ZOLA JESUS
  26. Eye contact - GANG GANG DANCE
  27. West - WOODEN SHJIPS
  28. Dynamite steps - TWILIGHT SINGERS
  29. Mirror traffic - STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS
  30. Black up - SHABAZZ PALACES
  31. Hot sauce committee part two - BEASTIE BOYS
  32. Cherish the light years - COLD CAVE
  33. Angles - THE STROKES
  34. The king is dead - THE DECEMBERISTS
  35. Creatures of an hour - STILL CORNERS
  36. Sound kapital - HANDSOME FURS
  37. Red barked tree - WIRE
  38. D - WHITE DENIM
  39. Smoke ring for my halo - KURT VILE
  40. In love with oblivion - CRYSTAL STILTS
  41. Mazes - MOON DUO
  42. Organ music not vibraphone like I'd hoped - MOONFACE
  43. In the grace of your love - THE RAPTURE
  44. Kiss each other clean - IRON AND WINE
  45. Apocalypse - BILL CALLAHAN
  46. Collapse into now - R.E.M.
  47. Riot now! - ELEVENTH DREAM DAY
  48. David comes to life - FUCKED UP
  49. Parallax - ATLAS SOUND
  50. Skying - THE HORRORS
Also recommended:
 
Yuck - YUCK, The English Riviera - METRONOMY, Dedication - ZOMBY, The big roar - THE JOY FORMIDABLE, Bruiser - THE DUKE SPIRIT, Codes and keys - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Degeneration street - THE DEARS, Glass prayer - RELIGIOUS TO DAMN, The rip tide - BEIRUT, The whole love - WILCO, I am very far - OKKERVIL RIVER, Arabia mountain - BLACK LIPS, Share the joy - VIVIAN GIRLS, Endless now - MALE BONDING, Dye it blonde - SMITH WESTERNS, Portamento - THE DRUMS, The people's key - BRIGHT EYES, Lollipop - MEAT PUPPETS, Tao of the Dead - …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, Moody, standard and poor - OBITS, Hardcore will never die, but you will - MOGWAI, Feel it break - AUSTRA, Violet cries - ESBEN AND THE WITCH, Lenses alien - CYMBALS EAT GUITARS, C'mon - LOW, Alela Diane & Wild Divine - ALELA DIANE, Helplessness blues - FLEET FOXES, Bon Iver - BON IVER, Demolished thoughts - THURSTON MOORE, Circuital - MY MORNING JACKET, Hard times and nursery rhymes - SOCIAL DISTORTION, Wasting light - FOO FIGHTERS, Colour trip - RINGO DEATHSTARR, What did you expect from The Vaccines? - THE VACCINES, Leisure seizure - TOM VEK, Passive me aggressive you - THE NAKED AND FAMOUS, Gravity the seducer - LADYTRON, Rolling blackouts - THE GO! TEAM, Ventriloquizzing - FUJIYA & MIYAGI, Hysterical - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, Mine is yours - COLD WAR KIDS, Badlands - DIRTY BEACHES, La Sera - LA SERA, E.S.P. - LOVE INKS, Some easy magic - FUNGI GIRLS, Exmilitary - DEATH GRIPS, Beyond living - MILK MUSIC, Living in patterns - POLLYN, 936 - PEAKING LIGHTS, Carrion crawler / The dream - THEE OH SEES, Slave ambient - THE WAR ON DRUGS, Civilian - WYE OAK, New brigade - ICEAGE, Leave home - THE MEN, Goodbye bread - TY SEGALL, Gloss drop - BATTLES, Hurry up, we’re dreaming - M83, The future will destroy you - VIVA VOCE, Twist again - BODIES OF WATER, Tomboy - PANDA BEAR, Raven in the grave - THE RAVEONETTES, Cat's Eyes - CAT'S EYES, Azari & III - AZARI & III, Sets & lights - XENO & OAKLANDER, Within and without - WASHED OUT, Underneath the pine - TORO Y MOI, Pala - FRIENDLY FIRES, Goblin - TYLER THE CREATOR, Mirror, mirror - SONS AND DAUGHTERS, It's all true - JUNIOR BOYS, Skins - BUFFALO TOM, Several shades of why - J MASCIS, Hyphenated-man - MIKE WATT, Go-Go boots - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, The Babies - THE BABIES, Hunger - FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS, Fluoresence - ASOBI SEKSU, Deerhoof vs. evil - DEERHOOF, Valhalla dancehall - BRITISH SEA POWER, Cloud Nothings - CLOUD NOTHINGS, Outside - TAPES 'N TAPES, White wilderness - JOHN VANDERSLICE, Content - GANG OF FOUR, Space city kicks - ROBERT POLLARD, Rome - DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPPI, Rock & roll submarine - URGE OVERKILL, Burst apart - THE ANTLERS, Loud planes fly low - THE ROSEBUDS, Mountaintops - MATES OF STATE, Last of the country gentlemen - JOSH T. PEARSON, Go tell fire to the mountain - WU LYF, Smother - WILD BEASTS, Father, Son, Holy Ghost - GIRLS, Dig on - SHE KEEPS BEES, Widowspeak - WIDOWSPEAK, Space is only noise - NICOLAS JAAR, James Blake - JAMES BLAKE, 50 words for snow - KATE BUSH, Biophilia - BJÖRK, Metals - FEIST, Zonoscope - CUT COPY, XXX - DANNY BROWN, Undun - THE ROOTS, Watch the throne - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST, SBTRKT - SBTRKT, Section.80 - KENDRICK LAMAR, Nostalgia, ultra - FRANK OCEAN, Take care - DRAKE, House of balloons - THE WEEKND, Relax - DAS RACIST, Instrumentals - CLAMS CASINO, Replica - ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, Looping state of mind - THE FIELD, Ravedeath, 1972 - TIM HECKER, Electronic dream - ARAABMUZIK, Era extrana - NEON INDIAN, W - PLANNINGTOROCK, We must become the pitiless censors of ourselves - JOHN MAUS, Unknown Mortal Orchestra - UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, H-P1 - WHITE HILLS, Dancer equired - TIMES NEW VIKING, The year of hibernation - YOUTH LAGOON, Shapeshifting - YOUNG GALAXY, Divine providence - DEER TICK, Again into eyes - SCUM, Absence - SNOWMAN, Cabaret cixous - MARIA MINERVA, Wander / Wonder - BALAM ACAB, Ritual union - LITTLE DRAGON, Velociraptor - KASABIAN, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS, A different kind of fix - BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB, Last night on earth - NOAH & THE WHALE, A creature I don’t know - LAURA MARLING, The harrow & the harvest - GILLIAN WELCH, Bad as me - TOM WAITS, Tassili - TINARIWEN, Sun and shade - WOODS, All things will unwind - MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, Welcome to Condale - SUMMER CAMP, Lights out - BIG DEAL, Headbangers in ecstasy - PURO INSTINCT, Hearts - I BREAK HORSES, Aabenbaringen over aaskammen - CASIOKIDS, Program 91 - RAZIKA, Both ways open jaws - THE DO, Baby Guru - BABY GURU, Last words: The final recordings - SCREAMING TREES.

Nov 27, 2012

The Best Singles of 1999

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  1. Get Up - SLEATER-KINNEY
  2. Race For The Prize - THE FLAMING LIPS
  3. Swastika Eyes - PRIMAL SCREAM
  4. Hot Topic - LE TIGRE
  5. Metal Fingers In My Body - ADD N To (X)
  6. Pretty Please - VERBENA
  7. I Can't Wait - BRASSY
  8. Touch Sensitive - THE FALL
  9. 6 Track EP - ELASTICA
  10. Teenage FBI - GUIDED BY VOICES
  11. Ladyfingers - LUSCIOUS JACKSON
  12. Food Music - APPLIANCE
  13. Fob.Com - PROLAPSE
  14. Flame - SEBADOH
  15. Coffee + TV - BLUR
  16. Dusted - LEFTFIELD featuring ROOTS MANUVA
  17. Lefturno - SCOTT 4
  18. Randy Costanza - SOLEX
  19. The Free Design - STEREOLAB
  20. Cold Blooded Old Times - SMOG
  21. Center of the Universe - BUILT TO SPILL
  22. Heart Cooks Brain - MODEST MOUSE
  23. Awful - HOLE
  24. Parallel Horizontal - MARINE RESEARCH
  25. The Age Of Backwards EP - THE SPELLS
  26. Out West EP - CADALLACA
  27. Nature Creates Freaks - CAY
  28. Superfreaky Memories - LUNA
  29. Punk Rock Classic - EXPERIMENTAL POP BAND
  30. Out of Control - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
  31. Push Upstairs - UNDERWORLD
  32. Do You Wanna Go Our Way??? - PUBLIC ENEMY
  33. Still D.R.E. - DR. DRE
  34. Dirge - DEATH IN VEGAS
  35. London - NOONDAY UNDERGROUND
  36. It Came From The Ground - BADLY DRAWN BOY
  37. Major Leagues - PAVEMENT
  38. Yellow - LLAMA FARMERS
  39. Waterpark - ROYAL TRUX
  40. Born On The Floor - MAKE UP
  41. Hot For Preacher - THE STARLITE DESPERATION
  42. When I Argue I See Shapes - IDLEWILD
  43. Pumping On Your Stereo - SUPERGRASS
  44. He Took Her To A Movie - LADYTRON
  45. Angelene - PJ HARVEY
  46. Mind Your Own Business - CHICKS ON SPEED
  47. Hip-Hop - DEAD PREZ
  48. To Lose La Trek - CAMPAG VELOCET
  49. Spanish Dance Troupe - GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI
  50. Can We Start Again? - TINDERSTICKS


Oct 31, 2012

The Best Singles of 1998

Top 50













  1. Celebrity Skin - HOLE
  2. Waltz #2 (XO) - ELLIOTT SMITH 
  3. Goddess On A Hiway - MERCURY REV
  4. Somethin' Hot - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
  5. Space Lord - MONSTER MAGNET
  6. Boys Better - THE DANDY WARHOLS
  7. Intergalactic - BEASTIE BOYS
  8. Sunday - SONIC YOUTH
  9. A Perfect Day Elise - PJ HARVEY
  10. Talk About The Blues - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
  11. Park Avenue - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
  12. Little Honda - YO LA TENGO
  13. Pull The Wires From The Wall - THE DELGADOS 
  14. Summer Here Kids - GRANDADDY
  15. Come Together - SPIRITUALIZED
  16. Monkey On Your Back - CLINIC
  17. A Film For The Future - IDLEWILD
  18. Push It - GARBAGE
  19. Battleflag - LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS
  20. I Love Rock N Roll - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
  21. Masquerade - THE FALL
  22. One More Hour - SLEATER-KINNEY
  23. Send In The Clouds - SILVER JEWS
  24. Sick Of Goodbyes - SPARKLEHORSE
  25. Polyester Bride - LIZ PHAIR
  26. Pure Morning - PLACEBO
  27. For You - SIX BY SEVEN
  28. Hello Tiger - URUSEI YATSURA
  29. Time And Space EP - APPLIANCE
  30. Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos EP - THE BETA BAND
  31. Reunited - WU-TANG CLAN
  32. Sauntry Sly Chic - CAMPAG VELOCET
  33. Teardrop - MASSIVE ATTACK
  34. Solex All Licketysplit - SOLEX
  35. Sleep On The Left Side - CORNERSHOP
  36. If They Move, Kill ’Em - PRIMAL SCREAM
  37. Ava Adore - THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
  38. Given To Fly - PEARL JAM
  39. California Stars - BILLY BRAGG & WILCO
  40. Little Plastic Castle - ANI DIFRANCO
  41. Like You - KRISTIN HERSH
  42. Daysleeper - R.E.M.
  43. Broken Homes - TRICKY
  44. Rabbit In Your Headlights - UNKLE
  45. Gimme The Nite - LAPTOP
  46. Sexy Boy - AIR
  47. Doo Wap (That Thing) - LAURYN HILL
  48. He Got Game - PUBLIC ENEMY 
  49. The Militia - GANG STARR
  50. Mulder And Scully - CATATONIA

Sep 30, 2012

The Best Singles of 1997

Top 50













  1. Song 2 - BLUR
  2. The Trip - SWELL
  3. Autumn Sweater - YO LA TENGO
  4. Stereo - PAVEMENT
  5. Electricity - SPIRITUALIZED
  6. Take A Run At The Sun - DINOSAUR JR
  7. Bitter Sweet Symphony - THE VERVE
  8. Brimful Of Asha - CORNERSHOP
  9. Autocade - PROLAPSE
  10. Cowboys - PORTISHEAD
  11. Block Rockin’ Beats - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
  12. Triumph - WU-TANG CLAN
  13. Everlong - FOO FIGHTERS
  14. Insinuation - THE FOLK IMPLOSION
  15. Breather - LAIKA
  16. Chinese Burn - CURVE
  17. Bruise Pristine - PLACEBO
  18. Smack My Bitch Up - THE PRODIGY
  19. Kool Roc Bass - LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS
  20. I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth - CLINIC
  21. Miss Modular - STEREOLAB
  22. Balancing Act / Galveston - THE LEMONHEADS
  23. Wail - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
  24. Don't Drag Me Down - SOCIAL DISTORTION
  25. Off The Wagon - L7
  26. Volcano Girls - VERUCA SALT
  27. Mess Around - REDD KROSS
  28. D’you Know What I Mean - OASIS
  29. Kowalski - PRIMAL SCREAM
  30. Richard III - SUPERGRASS
  31. Ain’t That Enough - TEENAGE FANCLUB
  32. Bulldog Skin - GUIDED BY VOICES
  33. Strategic Hamlets - URUSEI YATSURA
  34. European Me - SIX BY SEVEN
  35. For Heaven's Sake - 16 HORSEPOWER
  36. Into My Arms - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
  37. Miss Misery - ELLIOTT SMITH
  38. Risingson - MASSIVE ATTACK
  39. Makes Me Wanna Die - TRICKY
  40. Champion Versions EP - THE BETA BAND
  41. Rapunzel - NOVAK
  42. Paranoid Android - RADIOHEAD
  43. Dog On Wheels - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
  44. Pretty Deep - TANYA DONELLY
  45. I Am The Mob - CATATONIA
  46. The New Pollution - BECK 
  47. Rocco - DEATH IN VEGAS
  48. Digital - GOLDIE feat. KRS-ONE
  49. Drinking In L.A. - BRAN VAN 3000
  50. Woke Up This Morning - ALABAMA 3

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Aug 31, 2012

The Best Singles of 1996

Top 50













  1. Beauty Of The Ride - SEBADOH
  2. Nude As The News - CAT POWER
  3. Disco Six Six Six - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
  4. Honky's Ladder - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
  5. Shark - THROWING MUSES
  6. Easy Way Down - SNOWPONY
  7. Teenage Angst - PLACEBO
  8. Two Clear Eyes - GALLON DRUNK
  9. Race - TIGER
  10. Plug Myself In - D.O.S.E. feat. MARK E. SMITH
  11. Stupid Girl - GARBAGE
  12. 1979 - THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
  13. C'mon Kids - THE BOO RADLEYS
  14. 2Kindsa Love - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
  15. All I Know - SCREAMING TREES
  16. E-Bow The Letter - R.E.M.
  17. Black Soul Choir - 16 HORSEPOWER
  18. Henry Lee - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS feat. P.J HARVEY
  19. That Was My Veil - JOHN PARISH & P.J. HARVEY
  20. Encyclopedi-ite - SAMMY
  21. If I Could Talk I'd Tell You - THE LEMONHEADS
  22. Pepper - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
  23. On A Rope - ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT
  24. Please Return It - THE POSIES
  25. Little Trouble Girl - SONIC YOUTH
  26. I Come From Another Planet Baby - JULIAN COPE
  27. The Chiselers - THE FALL
  28. The Official Ironmen Rally Song - GUIDED BY VOICES
  29. Cybele's Reverie - STEREOLAB
  30. Ladykillers - LUSH
  31. Goodnight - BABYBIRD
  32. Devils Haircut - BECK
  33. Naked Eye - LUSCIOUS JACKSON
  34. Pearl's Girl - UNDERWORLD
  35. Setting Sun - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
  36. Firestarter - THE PRODIGY
  37. California Love - 2PAC
  38. If I Ruled The World - NAS
  39. Christiansands - TRICKY
  40. Sister Pain - ELECTRAFIXION
  41. Don't Took Back In Anger - OASIS
  42. Charmless Man - BLUR
  43. Punka - KENICKIE
  44. The Box - ORBITAL
  45. The Light Will Stay On - THE WALKABOUTS
  46. Flowers In December - MAZZY STAR
  47. Tahitian Moon - PORNO FOR PYROS
  48. This Family - MAGNAPOP
  49. Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt EP - VERUCA SALT
  50. Bis vs. the D.I.Y. Corps EP - BIS

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