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 - #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 - #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 - #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 - #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)

25. Animal Collective - Brothersport (2009)

Ever since the beginning, each successive Animal Collective release has leaned a little more towards the pop world than the album before it. Finally with this years Merriweather Post Pavilion, the band fully went for it and the result was amazing. Injecting a deep bass groove and sharp electronics into each song, this album was a breath of fresh air to start this year after a fairly stale 2008. Each song on the album is it's own journey, and is the sound of the band changing from their old ways, while still remaining Animal Collective through and through. This song, the final track on the album, has a real summery, tropical groove, and might be the most like the previous albums by the band, with it's repetition and strange vocal noises.