best albums of 2003.

[iron mitchell]

30 meerk puffy - nung
29 hair police/viki - split
28 anla courtis - harmonica f'ever
27 panicsville - sterile
26 nurse with wound - she and me fall together in free death
25 friends forever - killball
24 the dead c - the damned
23 sightings - absolutes
22 kevin drumm - land of the lurches
21 thuja - all strange beasts of the past
20 kites - royal paint...
19 no neck blues band - intonomancy
18 lotus - version 2.0
17 cotton museum - poison worms
16 the lowdown - y is a crooked letter
15 parts and labor - groundswell
14 bastard noise - skull wave
13 andrew wk - the wolf
12 john wiese - ghost call
11 xiu xiu - a promise
10 usaisamonster - tasheyana compost
9 plastic crimewave sound - flashing open
8 neon hunk - smarmymob
7 mammal - double nature
6 sunburned hand of the man - mind of a brother
5 fat worm of error - s/t
4 merzbow - animal magnetism
3 wolf eyes - slicer
2 ohne - ohne1
1 lightning bolt - wonderful rainbow

[Cosmo Electrolux]

the only one I've ever heard of is Andrew WK...and he blows dead dogs.

[iron mitchell]

you mean he blows away every band you listen to?

[Rez]

is andrew wk indie now? wow.

ok, so i havent heard it yet, but you cant blame me for not trying because my last impression of him was that he blew ass.

and lightning bolt made last years list for me.

my top in order:

01.outkast - speakerboxx/the love below
02.matmos - the civil war
03.radiohead - hail to the thief
04.manitoba - up in flames
05.prefuse 73 - one word extinguisher
06.blur - think tank
07.autechre - draft 7.30
08.broadcast - ha ha sound
09.white stripes - elephant
10.mogwai - happy songs for happy people
11.junior senior - d-d-d-dont stop the rock
12.massive attack - 100th window
13.fc kahuna - machine says yes
14.kraftwerk - tour de france
15.mars volta - deloused in the comatarium

didnt look for music nearly as hard as i did last year, so this ist is wihout a lot of noise shit i would have liked a lot. wiese for sure, and bastard noise probably... never liked merzbow, but i was told not to judge before i heard '1930' which i havent. and as you can tell, i'm starting to get BACK into the more convential and being more appreciative about it.

it must fuck over some people to see mogwai and junior senior together... but thats what i mean when i tell people i like damn near every type of music.

[Rongi]

I hated Think Tank :/

[Rez]

well obviously i didnt.

additional CD's i forgot to add:

16: synth-etik - dimensional construct
17: cell auto mata - devil in the details
18: chachi jones - claustrophilia

[Royal Tenenbaum]

01. White Stripes - Elephant
02. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
03. Eels - Shootenanny
04. Loose Fur - Loose Fur
05. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Master & Everyone
06. Ryan Adams - Love is Hell 1 & 2
07. Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea
08. Ryan Adams - Rock n' Roll
09. Strokes - Room on Fire
10. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

as posted in previous thread:
top 5 re-issues:
1. Uncle Tupelo remasters w/ bonus (especially Anodyne)
2. Neil Young - On the Beach (and American Stars 'n Bars)
3. Television - Marquee Moon (andAdventure)
4. all of the Bob Dylan remasters
5. Byrds-Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Legacy Edition)

This year kind of sucked. I mainly just bought older stuff I didn't have yet. Also there's a lot of stuff I'll probably like, have, and haven't listened to yet.