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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #1

#1 - Radiohead

Of course, if you know me this shouldn't come as any surprise at all. However, this pick wasn't made solely on the fact that Radiohead is my favorite band in the world. They were also easily the most consistently great band of the decade, and spent the last 10 years showing just how capable of greatness they really are. When OK Computer was released in 1997, many felt that it was clearly a peak for the band, and that they after conquering the musical universe, the only way they could go was down. When Kid A came out in 2000, however, Thom Yorke and company showed that there would be no let down, and this album was one of the greatest re-workings of a band's sound in music history. Instead of the Pink Floyd and David Bowie references of the previous album, Kid A went deep into the electronic world, bringing to light a whole new set of artists who had previously been under-appreciated, such as Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin. Throughout the remainder of the decade, Radiohead would go on to incorporate the rock elements of their past with their newfound mastery of the electronic sound, creating three more of the greatest albums of the decade. The 1990's set Radiohead apart as something great, but the 2000's cemented their legacy as one of the most creative, brilliant artists in the history of recorded music.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Kid A (2000)

2. In Rainbows (2007)

3. Amnesiac (2001)

4. Hail to the Thief (2003)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #2

#2 - Animal Collective

The single greatest band to come entirely from this decade, Animal Collective will one day be looked back upon in the same light that the Beach Boys are seen today. If there were any band that can be compared to AC, as a matter of fact, it would have to be the Beach Boys, actually. Like the 60s band, both rely heavily on beautifully harmonized vocals and a very experimental way of doing things in the recording studio. Beginning early in the decade with a largely acoustic, free form sound, the group led by vocalists Panda Bear and Avey Tare produced a few great albums early. Beginning with 2004's Sung Tongs, though, the band began to incorporate more of a pop element into their music, and their sound became one of the greatest, and most unique things in music history. Just this year they've released two of their greatest records, only going to prove that this is one band that could continue to make hugely important music for years and years to come.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

2. Sung Tongs (2004)

3. Fall Be Kind (2009)

4. Strawberry Jam (2007)

5. Feels (2005)

6. Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000)

7. Campfire Songs (2003)

8. Water Curses (2008)

9. Here Comes the Indian (2003)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #3

#3 - TV On the Radio

TV On the Radio are the perfect mix of Fela Kuti, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Radiohead, and My Bloody Valentine. This may seem like a pretty strange mix, but these guys do it amazingly. Also amazingly, between Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, TVOTR contain two of the 3 best vocalists of the decade. Their ability to harmonize and hit a seemingly impossible range of notes (for an indie rock artist, at least) is second to none. Their music has consistently gotten better with each full length release (their opening EP notwithstanding, which is probably the best thing they've done), and there seems to be so much more potential there that hasn't even been tapped......they've had an amazing decade, but the next one could be even better.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Young Liars (2003)

2. Dear Science (2008)

3. Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

4. Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)