everybody else is doing it
maybe not the "best" but definitely my top random number of albums of the decade, in no order
1. REAL GONE, Tom Waits 2004
fuckin tom waits, duh, meets hip hop, WHAT so good
there's no album version of "shake it" on youtube, which might be the hottest song ever
2. Ys, Joanna Newsom 2004
yanno i'm not even sure i've listened to this album all the way through in one sitting yet,
it's too good, too overwhelming & too epic to absorb all at once, but i saw her perform
live with the atlanta symphony orchestra & she's a genius & i'm not using that word lightly,
she's a damn miracle of a human.
3. OH PERILOUS WORLD, Rasputina 2007
melora never fails, never ever, to blow me away, & this album isn't my all-time favorite
of hers but it's definitely the most cohesive with a brilliant narrative & over all theme.
i hate the new guy in the band though & i hope he doesn't sing on the new album coming out
next year.
4. MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Animal Collective 2009
a good one to end the decade on, goddam. after listening to it so many times i'm kind
of over it, but the first song on the album is definitely way too sublime not to be the
theme song playing when you get to heaven/reach enlightenment/drop too much acid.
5. LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN, Godspeed You Black Emperor! 2000
man i used to listen to this every night falling asleep in highschool (it was pretty
epic & intense falling asleep i'll say) but i'd be out by the end of the first cd.
i guess i'll add more as they come to me. recommend! i often forget the release years of things.