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 - #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 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #14

#14 - Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear are another of those bands, like Fleet Foxes, that I can see dominating a list like this in another 10 years. There are also some strong similarities among the two, as they both use a heavy dose of gorgeous melodies, coupled with a strong folk music influence. Grizzly Bear, however, uses more lush instrumentation that lead to some of the greatest songs of the decade. When the band's Yellow House album was released in 2006 I knew they had the potential to be something great, but it wasn't until 2009's Veckatimest that the potential was fully realized. It was clearly one of my favorite records of the decade, and one that will be hard to top in the future, even though I can clearly see the band doing just that within the next few years.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Veckatimest (2009)

2. Yellow House (2006)

3. Horn of Plenty (2004)

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.