My wife and I listen to a lot of music. A lot. We’re basically professional teenagers, with years of experience going to record stores, watching music videos, talking to friends, and going to concerts. So why not take all that and do our own best-of list?
So here’s our first list: thirty-one tracks, one for each day of any month, culled from the best albums of 2004. Our list has old favorites, absolute beginners, and all points in-between. We’re going to try and make this an annual tradition so let’s see how that goes.
NEWCOMERS
Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Eagles Of Death Metal, Faithless, French Kicks, Jem, Morrissey, Muse, Razorlight, Simple Kid, Stellastarr*, The Delays, The Mooney Suzuki, The Veils
SECOND-TIMERS
Air, Interpol, Radio 4, Sahara Hotnights, Stereolab, The Magnetic Fields,
RETURNING FAVORITES
Client, Franz Ferdinand, K-Os, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Zero 7, The Hives, TV On The Radio, Snow Patrol, The Futureheads, Metric, Death Cab For Cutie
2004 Playlist
Track by track, with artist
- Dead Disco
METRIC - Meantime
THE FUTUREHEADS - The Sound Of Settling
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Following Waves
FRENCH KICKS - Slow Hands
INTERPOL - B-Boy Stance
K-OS - Staring At The Sun
TV ON THE RADIO - Time Is Running Out
MUSE - Mass Destruction
FAITHLESS - Bad Dream Mama
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - Hot night crash
SAHARA HOTNIGHTS - Irish Blood, English Heart
MORRISSEY - Nearer Than Heaven
THE DELAYS - Golden Touch
RAZORLIGHT - Come On Closer
JEM - Run
SNOW PATROL
- The Tide That Left And Never Came Back
THE VEILS - Take Me Out
FRANZ FERDINAND - Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones
THE HIVES - No Reaction
RADIO 4 - Pastimes And Lifestyles
DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS - Home
ZERO 7 - Radio
CLIENT - My Coco
STELLASTARR* - Take Your Mama
SCISSOR SISTERS - Alive & Amplified
THE MOONEY SUZUKI - Somebody Told Me
THE KILLERS - …Sudden Stars
STEREOLAB - Surfing On A Rocket
AIR - Staring At The Sun
SIMPLE KID - I Don’t Believe You
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
