Half Term Report

In which Dead Kenny imposes his wildly subjective views on the best albums released in Britain between January 1 and June 30 2003.

1. Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Elephant - The White Stripes
3. Sumday - Grandaddy
4. Feast Of Wire - Calexico
5. Mary Star Of The Sea - Zwan
6. Unrest - Erlend Oye
7. Phoenix - The Warlocks
8. American Life - Madonna
9. Summer Sun - Yo La Tengo
10. Rounds - Four Tet
11. You Are Free - Cat Power
12. Baby I'm Bored - Evan Dando
13. Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
14. Killings From the Dial - Medium 21
15. Nocturama - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
16. Beauty Party - The Majesticons
17. Higher Planes - Jimi Tenor
18. Life - Numbers
19. Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
20. Whip It On - The Raveonettes

Anything you think I've missed? Let me know via the usual source. Singles selection to follow later in the week, along with my views on this year's Glastonbury, the ongoing carwreck that is Big Brother 4, and a review of Monica Ali's Brick Lane.