Thursday, December 17, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #90-81

#90 - The Engine Driver - The Decemberists
Picaresque (2005)


#89 - Walcott - Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend (2008)


#88 - Since I Left You - The Avalanches
Since I Left You (2000)


#87 - Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Amnesiac (2001)


#86 - Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
Justified (2002)


#85 - Galang - M.I.A.
Arular (2005)


#84 - Knife - Grizzly Bear
Yellow House (2006)


#83 - Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker (2000)


#82 - Vanished - Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles (2008)


#81 - Archangel - Burial
Untrue (2007)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #100-91

#100 - The Funeral - Band of Horses
Everything All the Time (2006)


#99 - I'm a Cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)


#98 - Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
Witching Hour (2005)


#97 - Fireworks - Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam (2007)


#96 - Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
Illinois (2005)


#95 - Big Pimpin' - Jay-Z ft. UGK
Vol. 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter (2000)


#94 - Hearts on Fire - Cut Copy
In Ghost Colours (2008)


#93 - Fell In Love With a Girl - The White Stripes
White Blood Cells (2001)


#92 - Shine Blockas - Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane
Shine Blockas (2009)


#91 - Nutmeg - Ghostface Killah ft. RZA
Supreme Clientele (2000)



Monday, December 14, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #110-101

#110 - The Way We Get By - Spoon
Kill the Moonlight (2002)


#109 - Munich - Editors
The Back Room (2005)


#108 - Girl On the Wing - The Shins
Oh, Inverted World (2001)


#107 - Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes (2008)


#106 - How Near How Far - .....And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Source Tags & Codes (2002)


#105 - Flashing Lights - Kanye West
Graduation (2007)


#104 - Cat Faces - Ugly Casanova
Sharpen Your Teeth (2002)


#103 - (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan - Dntel
Life Is Full of Possibilities (2001)


#102 - Fools - The Dodos
Visiter (2008)


#101 - Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem (2005)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #120-111

#120 - The Pain - Murs
Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (2004)


#119 - Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)


#118 - Velvet - The Big Pink
A Brief History of Love (2009)


#117 - While You Wait For the Others - Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest (2009)


#116 - Svefn-g-englar - Sigur Ros
Agaetis Byrjun (2000)


#115 - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes - The Johnny Boy
You Are the Generation..... (2004)


#114 - Float On - Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)


#113 - Malcolm - Ghostface Killah
Supreme Clientele (2000)


#112 - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of This Country (2006)


#111 - Scenic World - Beirut
Lon Gisland (2007)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #130-121

#130 - The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema (2005)


#129 - Someday - The Strokes
Is This It (2001)


#128 - Lover I Don't Have To Love - Bright Eyes
Lifted or The Story Is In the Soil... (2002)


#127 - Humble Mumble - Outkast
Stankonia (2000)


#126 - Roland - Interpol
Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)


#125 - Brother - Annuals
Be He Me (2006)


#124 - Jesus Walks - Kanye West
College Dropout (2004)


#123 - Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2003)


#122 - She Will Only Bring You Happiness - Mclusky
The Difference Between Me and You.... (2004)


#121 - Untrust Us - Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles (2008)



Saturday, December 12, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #140-131

#140 - Black and White Town - Doves
Some Cities (2005)


#139 - One Armed Scissor - At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command (2000)


#138 - The Recluse - Cursive
The Ugly Organ (2003)


#137 - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
Set Yourself on Fire (2004)


#136 - Gila - Beach House
Devotion (2008)


#135 - Abel - The National
Alligator (2005)


#134 - Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase (2005)


#133 - Spring Hall Convert - Deerhunter
Cryptograms (2007)


#132 - Biscuits - Ghostface Killah
The Pretty Toney Album (2004)


#131 - Paper Tiger - Spoon
Kill the Moonlight (2002)



Friday, December 11, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #150-141

#150 - Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia
Most Known Unknown (2005)


#149 - Black - Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy (2005)


#148 - Skinny Love - Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)


#147 - Through the Wire - Kanye West
College Dropout (2004)


#146 - Saturdays - Cut Copy
Bright Like Neon Love (2004)


#145 - Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes
Fevers and Mirrors (2000)


#144 - Melody Day - Caribou
Andorra (2007)


#143 - Breathe - Fabolous
Real Talk (2004)


#142 - Anonanimal - Andrew Bird
Noble Beast (2009)


#141 - The Garden - Cut Chemist
The Audience's Listening (2006)



Thursday, December 10, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #160-151

#160 - She Moves She - Four Tet
Rounds (2003)


#159 - Specialist - Interpol
Interpol EP (2002)


#158 - The Upper Peninsula - Sufjan Stevens
Michigan (2003)


#157 - Company Calls Epilogue - Death Cab for Cutie
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)


#156 - The Operator - Barbara Morgenstern
The Grass is Always Greener (2006)


#155 - Happy - The Wrens
The Meadowlands (2003)


#154 - Intervention - Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (2007)


#153 - America's Boy - Broadcast
Tender Buttons (2005)


#152 - Time Bomb - The Dismemberment Plan
Change (2001)


#151 - To the East - Electrelane
No Shouts, No Calls (2007)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #170-161

#170 - Hey Ya! - Outkast
Speakerboxx/The Love Below (2003)


#169 - Nude - Radiohead
In Rainbows (2007)


#168 - Province - TV On the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)


#167 - Accordion - Madvillain
Madvillainy (2004)


#166 - The Bachelor and the Bride - The Decemberists
Her Majesty..... (2003)


#165 - Just Abandoned My-Self - Boris
Pink (2005)


#164 - Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)


#163 - Little Bit - Lykke Li
Youth Novels (2008)


#162 - Alan Is a Cowboy Killer - Mclusky
Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)


#161 - Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem
Losing My Edge (2002)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #180-171

#180 - My Moon My Man - Feist
The Reminder (2007)


#179 - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It In People (2002)


#178 - Climb the Ladder - Of Montreal
Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)


#177 - Heard Somebody Say - Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow (2005)


#176 - With Every Heartbeat - Robyn
Robyn (2005)


#175 - Look a Ghost - Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You (2001)


#174 - Yeah! - Usher ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris
Confessions (2004)


#173 - Cuckoo Cuckoo - Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam (2007)


#172 - Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
Rooty (2001)


#171 - Good to Sea - Pinback
Autumn of the Seraphs (2007)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #190-181

#190 - The Orchids - Califone
Roots & Crowns (2006)


#189 - Wolf Like Me - TV On the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)


#188 - Like Spinning Plates - Radiohead
Amnesiac (2001)


#187 - I'm a Pretender - The Exploding Hearts
Guitar Romantic (2003)


#186 - Gideon - My Morning Jacket
Z (2005)


#185 - Don't Leave the Light On Baby - Belle & Sebastian
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)


#184 - Go! - Common
Be (2005)


#183 - Atlas - Battles
Mirrored (2007)


#182 - Go With the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf (2002)


#181 - Banquet - Bloc Party
Silent Alarm (2005)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #200-191

#200 - Fight Test - The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)


#199 - Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers
Hot Fuss (2004)


#198 - Njosnavelin - Sigur Ros
( ) (2002)


#197 - Grass - Animal Collective
Feels (2005)


#196 - Brain Burner - No Age
Nouns (2008)


#195 - Everyone Chooses Sides - The Wrens
The Meadowlands (2003)


#194 - Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes (2008)


#193 - Raindrops - Basement Jaxx
Scars (2009)


#192 - Karen Revisited - Sonic Youth
Murray Street (2002)


#191 - Hercules Theme - Hercules & Love Affair
Hercules & Love Affair (2008)



Saturday, December 5, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #210-201

#210 - Around the Bay - Department of Eagles
In Ear Park (2008)


#209 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Elephant (2003)


#208 - I'll Believe In Anything - Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)


#207 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (2004)


#206 - I Bet That You Look Good On the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)


#205 - Trashing Days - The Notwist
Neon Golden (2002)


#204 - Pocketful of Money - Jens Lekman
Oh You're So Silent Jens (2005)


#203 - Elevator Love Letter - Stars
Heart (2003)


#202 - The National Anthem - Radiohead
Kid A (2000)


#201 - Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
Microcastle (2008)




My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #220-211

#220 - All I Need - Jay-Z
The Blueprint (2001)


#219 - Take Me to the Riot - Stars
In Our Bedroom After the War (2007)


#218 - The Eraser - Thom Yorke
The Eraser (2006)


#217 - Jezebel - Iron & Wine
Woman King (2005)


#216 - Microtonic Wave - Pinback
Offcell (2003)


#215 - Mushaboom - Feist
Let It Die (2004)


#214 - The Power Is On - The Go! Team
Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)


#213 - I Came As a Rat - Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica (2000)


#212 - The Late Great Libido - Menomena
I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)


#211 - 7/4 (Shoreline) - Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene (2005)



My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #230-221

#230 - We Major - Kanye West ft. Nas
Late Registration (2005)


#229 - Too Long - Daft Punk
Discovery (2001)


#228 - The Kindness of Strangers - The American Analog Set
Know By Heart - (2001)


#227 - Hotel - Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene (2005)


#226 - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids
Wizard of Ahhhs (2007)


#225 - Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
The Futureheads (2004)


#224 - Gareth Brown Says - Mclusky
Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)


#223 - Pagan Poetry - Bjork
Vespertine (2001)


#222 - Lowdown - My Morning Jacket
At Dawn (2001)


#221 - Walking - The Dodos
Visiter (2008)



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #240-231

#240 - Love In This Club - Usher ft. Young Jeezy
Here I Stand (2008)



#239 - When You Were Young - The Killers
Sam's Town (2006)



#238 - So Says I - The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow (2003)



#237 - When the Last Time - Clipse
Lord Willin' (2002)



#236 - Soft Revolution - Stars
Set Yourself on Fire (2004)




#235 - Goin' Against Your Mind - Built to Spill
You in Reverse (2006)



#234 - The Sweat Descends - Les Savy Fav
Inches (2004)




#233 - Farewell - Boris
Pink (2005)



#232 - It Beats 4 U - My Morning Jacket
Z (2005)



#231 - Blind - TV On the Radio
Young Liars (2003)



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #250-241

#250 - Surfing On a Rocket - Air
Talkie Walkie (2004)



#249 - 1901 - Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)



#248 - Never Change - Jay-Z
The Blueprint (2001)



#247 - Atom - Cannibal Ox
The Cold Vein (2001)



#246 - Top Back - T.I.
King (2006)



#245 - Dondante - My Morning Jacket
Z (2005)



#244 - Flashlight Fight - The Go! Team
Proof of Youth (2007)



#243 - Kids on Holiday - Animal Collective
Sung Tongs (2004)



#242 - Up With People - Oneida
Happy New Year (2006)



#241 - Almost Ready - Dinosaur Jr.
Beyond (2007)