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the title says it all: my personal favourite records of 00-09. Here's the list:

50. Nik Freitas - Sun Down


49. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event

48. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

47. Amplifier - Amplifier

46. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

45. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond


44. The Veils - The Runaway Found

43. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike

42. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

41. Mobius Band - Heaven

40. School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms


39. Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

38. The Black Box Revelation - Set Your Head on Fire

37. The Horrors - Primary Colours

36. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

35. Gliss - Love The Virgins


34. Firewater - The Golden Hour

33. The Smashing Pumpkins - American Gothic EP

32. Air Formation - Daylight Storms

31. Frightened Rabbits - The Midnight Organ Fight

30. Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors


29. Cat Power - Jukebox

28. Bedouin Soundclash - Root Fire

27. Ben Weaver - Stories Under Nails

26. Metronomy - Nights Out

25. The Bronx - The Bronx (II)


24. The National - Boxer

23. Editors - The Back Room

22. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers

21. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

20. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary


19. The Notwist - Neon Golden

18. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

17. I Heart Hiroshima - Tuff Teef

16. Film School - Film School

15. Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!"


14. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak

13. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

12. Beach House - Devotion

11. Brand New - Deja Entendu

10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes


9. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights


8. Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse


7. M83 - Saturdays = Youth


6. Mogwai - Young Team(2008 re-release)


5. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters


4. The National - Alligator


3. Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me


2. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar


1. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance

01 01 07 Passion Pit– To Kingdom Come

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02 03 04 One eskimO- Givin' up (Don Diablo Remix)
03 45 02 JJ - ecstasy
04 12 03 Zoot Woman - Saturation
05 10 05 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead- Isis Unveiled
06 13 03 White Rabbits- Percussion Gun
07 06 05 Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
08 14 03 Brand New - At The Bottom
09 04 04 (We Are) Performance - Let's Start
10 02 10 The Lightning Seeds - Don't walk on by

11 05 06 Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
12 09 05 Dan Black - U + Me =
13 28 03 Miike Snow - Burial
14 16 03 Three days grace - break
15 19 04 Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse
16 15 05 Sonic Youth - What We Know
17 17 06 YACHT - Psychic City
17 20 04 Nurses - Caterpillar Playground
18 42 02 Official Secrets Act - Bloodsport
19 NE Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
20 08 08 Mute Math - Backfire

21 31 03 The Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television
22 NE La Roux- I'm Not Your Toy
23 23 06 THIEVES LIKE US – Really Like To See You Again
24 NE Empire of the Sun - Without You
25 07 13 Muse - Uprising
26 17 06 Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
27 11 08 The Twang - Barney Rubble
27 30 04 TAKING BACK SUNDAY - New again
28 18 05 Vampire Hands - Statuette
29 26 06 Delorean - Deli
30 38 04 Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm

31 NE Naive New Beaters - Get Love
32 NE Peter Bjorn and John - Up Against The Wall
33 34 02 Collective Soul - Welcome All Again
34 NE Mew - Introducing palace players
35 35 04 Maxïmo Park – Questing, Not Coasting
36 33 02 XoXO - The Dissociative Fugue
37 NE Portugal. The Man - The Sun
38 21 07 Washed Out - Belong
39 22 04 Kasabian – Where Did All the Love Go?
40 49 02 30 Seconds To Mars - Kings And Queens

41 NE Phoenix- fences
42 50 02 The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear
43 36 04 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
44 24 08 Pet Shop Boys - More Than A Dream
45 25 08 The XX - Crystalised
46 32 05 The Teenagers - Make It Happen
47 NE Athlete- Summer Sun
48 NE The Bravery - Slow Poison
49 44 03 The Dodos - Fables
50 NE Skunk Anansie- Tear The Place Up

Wypadli

The Yeah You's - Getting up with you
Miike Snow - Animal
Van She - Kelly
delphic - This Momentary
Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker
Panic! At The Disco - New Perspective
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life
Editors - Papillon
As Tall As Lions - In Case Of Rapture
Living Things - Let It Rain


poczekalnia

The Growlers - Old Cold River
KASMs - Male Bonding
The White Tie Affair - Allow me to introduce myself...Mr. Right
The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Told Her I'm from Compton
A Sound Mind - The Power to Dream
The Trews - Paranoid Freak
Men - Make It Reverse
your twenties - caughtwheel
The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
Renaissance Man - Rythym
Chew Lips - Solo / Play Together
Funeral For A Friend - Wrench
Animal Collective - Bluish
Dananananaykroyd - Some Dresses
Fightstar - Never Change
The XX - Basic Space
Jack Penate - Pull My Heart Away
Esser - Headlock
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - Dust on the ground
The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow
Carolina Heat - You, Me, And Everyone We Know
Shinedown - If You Only Knew
Inward Eye - Day After Day
Saosin - Changing
Say Anything - Hate Everyone
Monty Are I - One In A Million
ESKIMO JOE - Losing friends over love
BLACK LIPS - Drugs
Megafaun - The Fade
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
The Kissaway Trail - 61
Noisettes – Never Forget You
MPHO – Box N Locks
The Foxes – LOVER, KILLER
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel
The Script - Before the Worst
Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine
Bye Bye Bicycle - Navigation
Meese - Next In Line
Five Finger Death Punch - Hard To See
Royal Treatment Plant - Half As Much
Just Jack – The Day I Died
Our Lady Peace - All You Did Was Save My Life
Plastic Passion - It's Been Done
Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets
Dreamdate - Have I Told You?
Buildings Breeding - Pitter Patter
million billion - Inhuman
Please Quiet Ourselves - Color Chart
The Medic Droid - Keeping Up With The Joneses
Taproot - Be The 1
Scarling. – Hello London
Ladyhawke – Magic
Super Furry Animals – Mt.
Deastro – Vermillion Plaza
We Have Band – You Came Out
Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin
Ghosty - Big Surrender
Darla Farmer - History
Jonas Sees In Color - Luck And Love
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please
Adelitas Way - Invincible
TAT - I Don't Want To (Love You)
The Supervillains - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
K'Naan - Wavin' Flag
Endless Hallway - Cell
Billy Boy On Poison - On My Way
Spinnerette - Baptized By Fire
A Day To Remember - The Downfall Of Us All
Asher Roth & Chester French - As I Em
Papa Roach - I Almost Told You That I Loved You
Senate - You Got It All
All That Remains - Forever In Your Hands
Florence and The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Mostly Bears - The Digital Divide
Zombie Zombie - Driving this road until death sets you free
Lifters - Alibi
Zebrahead - All For None And None For All
Ghosty - Big Surrender
ZAZA - Sooner or Later
Modwheelmood - Sunday Morning
Spriewald - It Ain’t Over
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20
Tunng - Bullets / Take / Spoons
Eugene McGuinness - Monsters Under The Bed / Fonz
Dear Reader - Dearheart / Never Goes
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game
The Wombats - My Circuitboard City
Rumspringa - Minds Awake
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With He
Melody Fall - I'm So Me
Futurecop! - As seen on TV
Anoraak - Nightdrive with you
Marilyn Manson - Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon
Bag Raiders - Fun Punch
College - Teenage Color
Manicure - Another Girl
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Portugal. The Man - The Sun
AFI - Medicate
Manchester Orchestra - Shake It Out
Pilot Speed - Bluff
The Glamour Manifesto - Digital Behavior
The Ghost Frequency - Never Before Have I See A Man That Looks So Exactly Like A Skeleton
The Boxer Rebellion - Semi Automatic
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
stellastarr* – graffiti eyes
The Trews - Paranoid Freak
Lostprophets - It's Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here
The Weather Machine - Last Stop
Uh Huh Her - Explode
The Maccabees – Can You Give It
The View - 5 Rebecca's
Chew Lips - Salt Air
Saosin - Love Maker
the raveonettes - lastdance
The Static Jacks - My Parents Lied
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Rocketship
The Woodlands - Summerland
The Bleachers - Ice On The Equator
The Big Pink - Velvet
The Aliens - Magic Man
The Goldroom - Broken or Missing
Anoraak – Never Ending Romance Disaster
SKUNK ANANSIE - Because Of You
Slaraffenland - Polaroids
The New CIties - Dead End Countdown
Akron-Family - Everyone Is Guilty
Akissforjersey - Leave That Man Be
GOLDEN SILVERS - True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)
Gold Teeth - Tasty
311 - Golden Sunlight
The Do - On My Shoulders
Until June - The World Ends Tonight
Lacrosse - My Stop
Pomegranates - Tesseract
Barcelona - The Takers
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
Murmansk - Silver Heel
Computerclub - Reykjavik
The Raveonettes - Last Dance
The Cribs - You Were Always The One
Superpose - The Queen of the Night
Paper Tongues – Ride To California
A Day To Remember - The Downfall Of Us All
Moderat - Rusty Nails
Obliq - Among the crowd

New entries:

Emery - A Sin To Hold On To
Sugar Crisis - We Are Here to Save You
Taking Back Sunday - Where My Mouth Is
She Wants Revenge - All Wound Up
Kill Paradise - All For You
Foo Fighters – Wheels
Them Crooked Vultures – Mind Eraser, No CHASER
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace

Song of the week:

JJ - Ecstasy

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

2. Tocotronic- Tocotronic

3. Up the Bracket - The Libertines

4. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

5. Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

6. Neon Golden - The Notwist

7. B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

8. Du Und Wieviel Von Deinen Freunden - Kettcar

9. Songs For The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age

10. Original Pirate Material - The Streets

Runners-up: Nothing Will Go Wrong - Slut, Holes in the Wall - The Electric Soft Parade, El Cielo - dredg, The Last Broadcast - Doves

Forgot to post my "seen live" of Dour Festival 2009!
It was on 16,17,18,19 July 2009.

Thursday

Nothing really, but saw/heard parts of:

Drums Are For Parades
Walls of Jericho
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Santigold
papa dada
Disko Drunkards
Dr. Lektroluv
MSTRKRFT

Friday

St. Vincent
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Au Revoir Simone
Deerhoof
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Animal Collective
Fuck Buttons

Saturday

The Dodos
65daysofstatic
I'm From Barcelona

And bits of...

Arsenal
Arbouretum
All Shall Perish
iLiKETRAiNS
O'Death
The Gaslight Anthem
Pet Shop Boys

Sunday

De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
Crystal Castles

And bits of...

Stuck in the Sound
Sleepy Sun
An Albatross
Naïve New Beaters
Heideroosjes
Bob Log III
Jamie Lidell
Caribou

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

2. How did you get into 20?
Green Day - Heard them when I was much younger and liked them since.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Bruce Springsteen - Kind of obvious lol

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Lifter Puller - "Love is like a battle of the bands, crank up your amps man." - Lifter Puller vs. The End Of The Evening

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Neutral Milk Hotel - No.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
The Hold Steady - No, but I should.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Elliott Smith - The first time I saw the scene in The Royal Tenenbaums that uses Needle In The Hay.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Pearl Jam - No.

10. When did you first get into 8?
Pink Floyd - 6th grade, heard The Wall and never looked back

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Bad Religion - My brother

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
TV on the Radio - Dreams

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Allison Iraheta - Her cover of Alone by Heart.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
X - I was never that into Devil Doll.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
The Decemberists - They're deliciously indie.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
The Beatles - Probably when I was very young.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Frank Zappa - I started liking him way after he had died, so I guess since the 60s.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Hair - No.

19. When did you get into 17?
Marilyn Manson - Sometime during middle school.

20. How long have you been into 9?
Stars - A little over a year.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
The Flaming Lips - Oh hell yeah.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Weezer - Two or three I think.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done is pretty damn emotional.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
R.E.M - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Stone Temple Pilots - I think it was their cover of David Bowie's "Andy Warhol."

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Switchfoot - No, but Awakening's got 23, which is close.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Mark David Chapman

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
The Smiths - Nope, they have amazing replay value.

30. What song got you into 40?
Arcade Fire - Probably Antichrist Television Blues.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Karen O and the Kids - It's funny, because I actually know her, and she doesn't.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
System of a Down - That's an odd question.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
The Doors - Well one of them is dead, and I'm sure the rest are married.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
The Who - Roger Daltrey

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
The Gaslight Anthem - They're pretty cool looking.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart, 28 plays.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
The Velvet Underground - One.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
The Replacements - Nope.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
The Pixies - Frank went solo, and Kim joined the Breeders so...yeah.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway), New York.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Simon and Garfunkel - Actually I did.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Heatmiser - lol I think I'm the only one who listens to 33.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Regina Spektor - They do.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
The National - Most of their songs are pretty dark and down, so not really.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
The Killers - Yeah, Coachella 2009.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Material Issue - Yeah, it's a cool name.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Arctic Monkeys - lmfao, no.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Nope.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
The Frogs - Nope.

01 08 06 Passion Pit– To Kingdom Come

02 03 09 The Lightning Seeds - Don't walk on by
03 04 03 One eskimO - Givin' up (Don Diablo Remix)
04 07 03 (We Are) Performance - Let's Start
05 15 05 Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
06 02 04 Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
07 17 12 Muse- Uprising
08 06 07 Mute Math- Backfire
09 05 04 Dan Black - U + Me =
10 16 04 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Isis Unveiled

11 01 07 The Twang - Barney Rubble
12 28 02 Zoot Woman - Saturation
13 27 02 White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
14 33 02 Brand New - At The Bottom
15 12 04 Sonic Youth - What We Know
16 23 02 Three days grace - break
17 14 05 YACHT - Psychic City
17 10 05 Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
18 09 04 Vampire Hands - Statuette
19 20 03 Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse
20 24 03 Nurses - Caterpillar Playground

21 21 06 Washed Out - Belong
22 26 03 Kasabian – Where Did All the Love Go?
23 17 05 THIEVES LIKE US – Really Like To See You Again
24 11 07 Pet Shop Boys - More Than A Dream
25 13 07 The XX - Crystalised
26 19 05 Delorean - Deli
27 18 05 Editors - Papillon
27 22 09 As Tall As Lions - In Case Of Rapture
28 45 02 Miike Snow - Burial
29 37 07 Panic! At The Disco - New Perspective
30 38 03 TAKING BACK SUNDAY - New again

31 46 02 The Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television
32 41 02 The Teenagers - Make It Happen
33 --- NE Xoxo - The Dissociative Fugue
34 --- NE Collective Soul- Welcome All Again
35 40 03 Maxïmo Park – Questing, Not Coasting
36 43 03 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
37 31 09 delphic - This Momentary
38 48 03 Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm
39 37 03 Living Things - Let It Rain
40 30 10 Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker

41 34 06 Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life
42 --- NE Official Secrets Act - Bloodsport
43 44 07 Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
44 49 02 The Dodos - Fables
45 --- NE JJ - ecstasy
46 35 08 Miike Snow - Animal
47 39 10 Van She - Kelly
48 50 02 The Yeah You's - Getting up with you
49 --- NE 30 Seconds to Mars- Kings And Queens
50 --- NE The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear

Wypadli

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB - Something Good Can Work
The Big Pink - Dominos
The Kite-Eating Tree - Hope Is A Passenger
OneRepublic - All The Right Moves
Smile Empty Soul - Don't Ever Leave
the battle royale - racecar


poczekalnia

KASMs - Male Bonding
The White Tie Affair - Allow me to introduce myself...Mr. Right
The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Told Her I'm from Compton
Yuksek - Tonight
dredg - Ireland
A Sound Mind - The Power to Dream
The Trews - Paranoid Freak
golden silvers - magic touch
Men - Make It Reverse
your twenties - caughtwheel
The Raveonettes - black and white
The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
Renaissance Man - Rythym
Chew Lips - Solo / Play Together
Naive New Beaters - Get Love
VV Brown - Shark In The Water
Funeral For A Friend - Wrench
Animal Collective - Bluish
Dananananaykroyd - Some Dresses
Fightstar - Never Change
The XX - Basic Space
The Rumble Strips - Not The Only Person
Jack Penate - Pull My Heart Away
Esser - Headlock
MEW - Introducing palace players
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - Dust on the ground
MAPS - Let go of the fear
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT - Bloodsport
WE HAVE BAND - You came out
The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow
Your Favorite Enemies - Open Your Eyes
The Yeah You's - 15 minutes/
Carolina Heat - You, Me, And Everyone We Know
Shinedown - If You Only Knew
Inward Eye - Day After Day
Saosin - Changing
Say Anything - Hate Everyone
Monty Are I - One In A Million
REVEREND AND THE MAKERS - Silence is talking
ESKIMO JOE - Losing friends over love
BLACK LIPS - Drugs
Megafaun - The Fade
Roll The Tanks - Police Me
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
The Kissaway Trail - 61
Noisettes – Never Forget You
Naive New Beaters – Get Love
MPHO – Box N Locks
The Foxes – LOVER, KILLER
The Rumble Strips – Not the Only Person
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel
The Script - Before the Worst
Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine
Bye Bye Bicycle - Navigation
Meese - Next In Line
Five Finger Death Punch - Hard To See
Royal Treatment Plant - Half As Much
Just Jack – The Day I Died
Our Lady Peace - All You Did Was Save My Life
Plastic Passion - It's Been Done
Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets
Esser – Headlock
Dreamdate - Have I Told You?
Buildings Breeding - Pitter Patter
million billion - Inhuman
Please Quiet Ourselves - Color Chart
The Medic Droid - Keeping Up With The Joneses
Taproot - Be The 1
The Big Pink - Velvet
Scarling. – Hello London
Ladyhawke – Magic
Super Furry Animals – Mt.
Deastro – Vermillion Plaza
We Have Band – You Came Out
Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin
Ghosty - Big Surrender
Darla Farmer - History
Jonas Sees In Color - Luck And Love
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please
Adelitas Way - Invincible
TAT - I Don't Want To (Love You)
The Supervillains - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
K'Naan - Wavin' Flag
Endless Hallway - Cell
Billy Boy On Poison - On My Way
Spinnerette - Baptized By Fire
A Day To Remember - The Downfall Of Us All
Asher Roth & Chester French - As I Em
Papa Roach - I Almost Told You That I Loved You
Senate - You Got It All
All That Remains - Forever In Your Hands
Florence and The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Mostly Bears - The Digital Divide
Zombie Zombie - Driving this road until death sets you free
Lifters - Alibi
Zebrahead - All For None And None For All
Ghosty - Big Surrender
ZAZA - Sooner or Later
Modwheelmood - Sunday Morning
Spriewald - It Ain’t Over
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20
Tunng - Bullets / Take / Spoons
Eugene McGuinness - Monsters Under The Bed / Fonz
Dear Reader - Dearheart / Never Goes
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game
The Wombats - My Circuitboard City
Rumspringa - Minds Awake
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With He
Melody Fall - I'm So Me
Futurecop! - As seen on TV
Anoraak - Nightdrive with you
Marilyn Manson - Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon
Bag Raiders - Fun Punch
College - Teenage Color
Manicure - Another Girl
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Portugal. The Man - The Sun
The Bravery - Slow Poison
AFI - Medicate
Manchester Orchestra - Shake It Out
Pilot Speed - Bluff
The Glamour Manifesto - Digital Behavior
The Ghost Frequency - Never Before Have I See A Man That Looks So Exactly Like A Skeleton
The Boxer Rebellion - Semi Automatic
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
stellastarr* – graffiti eyes
The Trews - Paranoid Freak
Lostprophets - It's Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here
The Weather Machine - Last Stop
Uh Huh Her - Explode
The Maccabees – Can You Give It
The View - 5 Rebecca's
Chew Lips - Salt Air
Saosin - Love Maker
the raveonettes - lastdance
The Static Jacks - My Parents Lied
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Rocketship
The Woodlands - Summerland
The Bleachers - Ice On The Equator
The Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television
The Aliens - Magic Man
The Goldroom - Broken or Missing
Anoraak – Never Ending Romance Disaster
SKUNK ANANSIE - Because Of You
Slaraffenland - Polaroids
The New CIties - Dead End Countdown
Akron-Family - Everyone Is Guilty
Akissforjersey - Leave That Man Be
GOLDEN SILVERS - True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)
Gold Teeth - Tasty
Manchester Orchestra - Shake It Out
311 - Golden Sunlight
The Do - On My Shoulders
Until June - The World Ends Tonight
Lacrosse - My Stop
Pomegranates - Tesseract
Barcelona - The Takers
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
Murmansk - Silver Heel
Computerclub - Reykjavik

NEW Entries

The Raveonettes - Last Dance
The Cribs - You Were Always The One
Superpose- The Queen of the Night
Paper Tongues – Ride To California
A Day to Remember- The Downfall Of Us All
Moderat- Rusty Nails
Obliq- Among the crowd

Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01a: 200 to 181
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01b: 180 to 161
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02a: 160 to 141
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121

Part three of my tracks of the 90s rundown: again split over two posts. The next forty will be posted on Friday.

120
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sir Psycho Sexy
BloodSugarSexMagik
1991

You may be forgiven for forgetting, but once upon a time the Chili Peppers were a funk-rock party band, that made everything they did sound enormous fun, with the exception of the odd ballad. And aside from the singles, they seriously went "out there" at points - like this, one of the closing tracks from BloodSugarSexMagik. It's lengthy, filthy, funny, and funky as hell. In fact, it pretty much sums up everything that was great about them (except some of the questionable lyrics), and what they've lost since in becoming stadium-rock bores...

119
Cannibal Corpse
Hammer Smashed Face
Tomb of the Mutilated
1992

It's ridiculous, over-the-top, and fucking rules. Yes, it's one of the greatest death metal tracks ever written (just check the opening, chugging riff and that bass solo!), a track that never fails to inspire metalheads to go batshit whenever it's aired in clubs (or at gigs). And, never mind anything else, this has to be the most unlikely song ever to feature in a Jim Carrey film.

118
Ben Folds Five
Jackson Cannery
Ben Folds Five
1995

One of the first songs BFF released, and one of the first I heard (after the delicious dig at the alternative scene that was Underground), this track has a slightly more down-to-earth subject - dead end jobs and not doing a lot with your life. It's unashamedly retro - harking back to the piano-led rock of the likes of Billy Joel and Elton John from the seventies, but with a knowing post-modern nod in the delivery, not to mention Ben Folds' fantastic line in melodies and vicious sense of humour...

117
Longpigs
She Said
The Sun Is Often Out
1996

Another band who had a brief time in the spotlight, this Sheffield-based band were where Richard Hawley first had success, amongst other things. Their second album sadly sank without trace (it was nowhere near as bad as some would make out), but their first album had some success, mainly thanks to a trio of great singles, of which this - the first, as I recall - was the pick. A slightly-sneering take on the fashion industry (I think that's the subject, it's been a long time!), Crispin Hunt's vocal, that guitar riff...ah, the memories...

116
Life of Agony
River Runs Red
River Runs Red
1993

I've said before just how important Keith Caputo's voice was to this band - and this blinding, short-sharp-shock of a track is a perfect reason why. His soaring vocal elevates what would otherwise a brief hardcore blitz into a soulful, shimmering track that still sounds incredible nearly twenty years since it was first released.

115
Blur
For Tomorrow
Modern Life Is Rubbish
1993

For me, this is Blur's greatest single by miles. Parklife may have gained all the plaudits as an album, but this wonderfully whimsical slice of early-90s London life is a spot-on character sketch, and probably the closest in style the band ever got to their beloved The Kinks, too.

114
Faith No More
Ashes to Ashes
Album of the Year
1997

This album was FNM's last new material - and it's something of a miracle that they lasted this long, such were the internal tensions within the band. Perhaps all the more surprising was how good this last album was, too - aside from the likes of the Mr Bungle-esque chaos of Mouth to Mouth, it was played a little more straight than previous albums, but didn't suffer a bit as a result. All of the singles were marvellous, too, but the muscular crunch of this track remains my favourite (not to mention it being one of Mike Patton's best vocal performances ever, too).

113
Tori Amos
The Waitress
Under the Pink
1994

By some considerable distance the most spiteful song Tori Amos ever wrote, if this was based on fact you have to wonder what exactly the titular character did to deserve this wrath. It starts out calmly, Tori's near-spoken first verse accompanied only by a piano, the lyrics only hinting at what is to come - when the chorus comes hurtling in out of nowhere, and that's the marvellous kiss-off: "I believe in peace...bitch". Yeah, right.

112
Stabbing Westward
Nothing
Ungod
1994

One of the many, many bands to surface in the alt-rock explosion in the aftermath of grunge, this band took more of an influence from Nine Inch Nails and various earlier electronic bands, coming up with a vaguely chart friendly, anthemic take on the style, at least with the singles. Lyrically the band were unremittingly bleak, Christopher Hall wallowing in misery and self-hatred, although it worked well with his vocal delivery and the music - this was probably the most immediate track on the album (and I'd suspect is the song that got me into the band, although my memory is kinda hazy on this), and the reason it caught on is probably something to do with the stadium-sized chorus...

111
The Lemonheads
Confetti
It's a Shame About Ray
1992

Way back when, Evan Dando's band were the shit. Like, the band every alternative kid loved. And it was all down to this album (and, likely, Mrs Robinson). The whole album is summery, whimsical indie-rock, with no song overstaying it's welcome (the whole album - all thirteen songs - is done within half an hour), and it's still a fantastic listen even now. This track - a single in the UK, at least - is still my favourite, a joyous-sounding track with rather less happy vocals...

110
Snot
Snot
Get Some
1997

A sadly short-lived first incarnation of this band, after Lynn Strait's untimely death, but their only album with him at the helm was enormous fun. A blast of punk-metal, snarling attitude and the odd breather of lounge-like ambience, they were never a band to be taken too seriously (it was plainly obvious that the band never took themselves too seriously at this point, either). And this, their calling card and the opening track on the album, laid this out nice and clearly. It was party time, and we were all invited.

109
Deftones
Engine No. 9
Adrenaline
1995

The Deftones' first album had a highly unusual, dry production that made the whole album sound extraordinarily raw, burying Chino Moreno's vocals deep within the mix. Those few moments where he did break through - like his near-primal delivery in this - were matched by some of the most brutal music the band wrote. I'll never forget the band opening with this in London back in '98 or so. It hurt, but was utterly exhilarating.

108
Jeff Buckley
Lover, You Should Have Come Over
Grace
1994

It wasn't Hallelujah that was the true centrepiece of Grace, it was this. A glorious, slow-burn (it's seven minutes or so long) detailing his state of mind as a relationship ends, and as much as it's Buckley's rich voice that is important here, it's also the elegant, poetic lyrics that set the scene perfectly, conjuring up rainswept nights lost in a city, musing on what might have been. Not that this ever happened to me, either, right? Honest.

107
Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot
No Remorse (I Wanna Die)
Spawn OST
1997

The film may have blown, but the soundtrack ruled. A very of-the-time set of collaborations between "electronica" and "metal" artists, whoever got Slayer and Atari Teenage Riot together to do this deserves a knighthood. Quite possibly more extreme than any material either band ever put out seperately, it's so loud and in-your-face that you can't help but submit. Shame they never did any more material together, really. Could you imagine how ace an entire album of this would have been?

106
Vision of Disorder
Imprint
Imprint
1998

A band that never quite got the respect they deserved, in my view, merging viciously heavy hardcore with lighter elements and coming up with a couple of endlessly listenable albums at least - not least this one. Of which the title track is one of a number of highlights - impressively changing tempo for each verse and containing at least three awesome breakdowns, and being a great tune to boot, too.

105
The Jesus Lizard
Mouth Breather
Goat
1991

David Yow's band always sounded like they were teetering on the edge of complete and utter chaos, and it also strikes me that Steve Albini's production techniques were the perfect fit for such a band: tight, taut, and they could be unrelentingly harsh. Mouth Breather isn't their harshest, but the glorious riff that heralds the track is worth it alone.

104
The Chemical Brothers
In Dust We Trust
Exit Planet Dust
1995

The Chems: one of the few electronic acts to successfully write tracks like a rock band, and cross over in a big way. Certainly, that was how it was in the first place, and while Leave Home got me interested, it was this track that followed it on their debut album that sealed the deal. It sounds bloody huge, and a fantastic, dirty bassline underpinning it that drives the whole track forward.

103
Pulp
Joyriders
His 'n' Hers
1994

It wasn't Different Class that got Pulp their big break after years toiling away on the indie circuit - it was the previous album, His'n'Hers, that got them the wider attention that then paved the way for the huge success that followed. And the opening track from that, Joyriders, is a marvellous sketch about rebellious youth with nothing much to do other than to nick cars for fun, one of those songs that is brilliant because you can picture every single lyrical detail (and, not to mention, it's an ace song generally). The real story behind the song is rather thinner (if no less amusing), though...

102
Sepultura
Manifest
Chaos A.D.
1993

Five minutes of brutal metal fury, this track was built around (fake) newscast-style radio reports detailing the police brutality surrounding the Carandiru prison massacre (that eventually saw the police chief in charge acquitted), and was a staggering clarion call for justice. Other tracks on this album may also have had points to make on the state of Brazil and the wider world, but none made their point as forcefully - or brilliantly - as this.

101
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Mistakes & Regrets
Madonna
1999

Following the cacophonous, chaotic noise at the heart of their debut album, they somehow managed to fashion this into a more, er, indie mainstream appeal on their second album, without losing an iota of their visceral fury that seemed to drive everything they did. Leading the charge was this extraordinary track, a dramatic kiss-off to someone who really must have done something bad to deserve such a stripping down in the lyrics.

Shortly: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03b: 100 to 81
Friday: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04: 80 to 41