an album a year for the 00s: 2001

2001

National Skyline
This=Everything
(Epic)
A lot of great albums came out in 2001, such as The Appleseed Cast’s atmospheric double album, Low Level Owl, a stunning return to form from The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Bravery, Repetition and Noise), outstanding albums from Frank Black & the Catholics, Juno, Moonbabies, my favorite New Order record, Get Ready, The Faint’s best, [...]

an album a year for the 00s: 2000

2000

Modest Mouse
The Moon and Antarctica
(Epic)
2000 was terrible for new music. Just a few good albums released, which include: At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command, The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, Deftones – White Pony, Engine Down – To Bury Within the Sound, Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica, Radiohead – [...]

an album a year for the 90s: RECAP

as you are i am sure aware, i ttly love making lists. after reading sebastian’s list of albums for each year since he has been alive, i decided to traverse back in time and point out my favorite albums of the past few decades-worth of years.
here is a recap of the 1990s addition (comments and [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1999

1999

The Faint
Blank-Wave Arcade
(Saddle Creek)
1999 was probably the worst year for music of the 90s. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin, Built to Spill – Keep it Like a Secret, Juno – This is the Way it Goes and Goes, Wilco – Summerteeth, The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs, Moby – Play, Misfits – [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1998

1998

Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(Merge)
Not even a question here. Despite great albums from Elliott Smith (XO), Garbage (Version 2.0), Girls Against Boys (Freak*on*ica), Mercury Rev (Deserter’s Songs), Silver Jews (American Water), Sparklehorse (Good Morning Spider), Smashing Pumpkins (Adore) and Stabbing Westward (Darkest Days); none of those are even close to the unequivocal [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1997

1997

Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
(Up)
There were some albums in ‘97 that were not only amazing but among the best of the decade. Look at this amazingness: Built To Spill’s Perfect From Now On, The Dandy Warhols’ Come Down, Deftones’ Around the Fur, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or, Grandaddy’s Under the Western Freeway, Modest Mouse’s – The Lonesome [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1996

1996

The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Thank God For Mental Illness
(Bomp!)
‘96 featured Belle & Sebastian’s gorgeous debut, Tigermilk; my favorite Lemonheads record (Car Button Cloth); Failure’s swan song (also their best), Fantastic Planet; Weezer’s brilliant second effort, Pinkerton; Modest Mouse’s amazing debut; as well as great albums from Social Distortion, Polvo, Tortoise, Wilco, Killing Joke and Girls Against [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1995

1995

Hum
You’d Prefer an Astronaut
(RCA)
A LOT of fuckin’ awesome albums from 1995: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone, The Dandy Warhols – Dandy’s Rule OK?, Elliott Smith – self-titled (his best), Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes (my fave), Pavement – Wowee Zowee, Radiohead – The Bends, The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1994

1994

Weezer
Weezer
(Geffen)
Not too many great albums in ‘94. I like Frank Black’s Teenager of the Year a lot, as well as Guided by Voices’ Bee Thousand.. Hole’s classic, Live Through This and Man or Astroman’s Destroy All Astromen!!. Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and R.E.M.’s Monster are also pretty good. And of course Jeff Buckley’s lone [...]

an album a year for the 90s: 1993

1993

The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
(Virgin)
There weren’t really a lot of great albums in 1993, but those few were afuckingmazing! Frank Black’s sprawling solo debut, Mazzy Star’s So Tonight That I Might See, The Afghan Whig’s brilliant Gentlemen, Hum’s Electra2000 and New Order’s Republic.
Then, of course, the only two that I considered which are Nirvana’s high-point, In [...]