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)

21. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (2009)

Grizzly Bear seem to come from another time period, but exactly which period that is can be hard to nail down. They're influenced by just about every time period, and it's amazing how well they're able to put all of those influences together to create something great. This song, which features Victoria Legrand (of yesterday's 'Song of the Day' band Beach House) in the chorus, is the pinnacle of those influences. With a piano sound straight out of the early 1900s, harmonizing out of the 60s, and a song structure that could only be modern, "Two Weeks" is one of the more beautiful songs I've ever heard. Only a few full-length albums into their career, this band just keeps getting better and better, and it's amazing to think of the music they might be making in a few years.

20. Beach House - Gila (2008)

Everything Beach House does is slow. From the dreamy, stretched out vocals of Victoria Legrand, to the languid, drugged out instrumental sections created by Alex Scally, the band is never in a hurry to get their point across. Every word Legrand sings, especially on this song with the word "Gila", seems to be about 10 syllables long and last about 10 seconds. This is some of the best cold, rainy day music there is, as the quiet and reflective songs just fit the mood perfectly. The band has released two albums thus far, and Legrand was featured on Grizzly Bear's great song "Two Weeks" from earlier this year, as well as featuring on another Grizzly Bear song for the New Moon soundtrack. Everything they've done is highly recommended.