Best of List - 2004

Here's my list of integrity for '04:

1) Wilco - A Ghost is Born
2) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3) The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
3) Ted Leo & the Rx - Shake The Streets
5) The Arcade Fire - Funeral
6) Interpol - Antics
7) Madvillain - Madvillainy
8) Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
9) Earlimart - Treble & Tremble
10) Apostle of Hustle - Folkloric Feel
11) Mates of State - Team Boo
12) Gomez - Split The Difference
13) TV On The Radio - Desperate Youths, Blood Thirsty Babes
14) The Walkmen - Bows And Arrows
15) !!! - Louden Up Now
16) Snow Patrol - Final Straw
17) The Beta Band - Heroes To Zeroes
18) Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
19) Sparta - Porcelain
20) Valley Of The Giants - Valley Of The Giants
21) Elliot Smith - From A Basement On A Hill
22) Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
23) Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
24) South - With The Tides
25) Hope of The States - The Lost Riots
26) Elbow - Cast of Thousands
27) Matt Pond PA - Emblems
28) The Futureheads - The Futureheads
29) The Dears - No Cities Left
30) AC Newman – The Slow Wonder

I totally stand by my top 5. They have not changed to this day. Earlimart, The Walkmen, Apostle of Hustle, !!!, Stars, Pinback, and Elbow should be higher. There are a bunch of albums that I discovered in '05 that would be added in retrospect, Chin Up Chin Up for instance. Maybe I'll work on a updated version. Probably won't... ; )