Parallax View Albums Of The Year 2004
Definitive. Maybe.
Although it may not quite qualify as a vintage year (who can really tell at the time?) 2004 was probably the best year for new music during the Parallax View era (our mewling infancy began January 2001). It was a poor year in terms of innovation, but a great time for modern leftfield folk music and for the first time for nearly 20 years it was possible to be cool while remaining defiantly and unapologetically indie (so long as you remembered to bring your tunes to the anti-party). We were looking for a new Morrissey album, then we got a new Morrissey album, and heaven knows we're miserablists now: even if his comeback album's fine tunes were hamstrung by lyrics following ever decreasing circles, in his wake followed bands unafraid to exhibit the dark corners of their minds while plundering hooks and basslines from the bands of their fathers.
And so, in 2004, locking yourself in your bedroom, dressing in black and muttering dark thoughts to your even weirder pals on the internet was the new going out. Perfect timing then, for Kings Of Leon to clean up at the end of the year with an astonishing second album bristling with misanthropy, xenophobia and a barely-disguised self-disgust, ferociously growled in a language seemingly all of their own. Tourbus tourette's and sexual degradation never sounded so intense, dirty, desperate and fun.
1. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings Of Leon
2. Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills
3. Bows And Arrows - The Walkmen
4. A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
5. Antics - Interpol
6. Nino Rojo - Devendra Banhart
7. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
8. DJ Kicks - Erlend Oye
9. Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces
10. No Cities Left - The Dears
11. The Power Out - Electrelane
12. Shine A Light - The Constantines
13. The Concretes - The Concretes
14. Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
15. American Whip - Joy Zipper
16. Soviet Kitsch - Regina Spektor
17. Liars - Todd Rundgren
18. Margerine Eclipse - Stereolab
19. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
20. Uh Huh Her - P J Harvey
21. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
22. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
23. Tasty - Kelis
24. Riot On An Empty Street - Kings Of Convenience
25. Thunder Lightning Strike - The Go! Team
26. Hot Fuss - The Killers
27. The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
28. Together We're Heavy - The Polyphonic Spree
29. Stealing Of A Nation - Radio 4
30. Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart
31. Trampin' - Patti Smith
32. Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
33. Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth
34. Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly
35. You Are The Quarry - Morrissey
36. Deep Cuts - The Knife
37. The Empty Room - Dawn Of The Replicants
38. Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
39. Lesser Matters - The Radio Dept.
40. Now Here Is Nowhere - Secret Machines
Definitive. Maybe.
Although it may not quite qualify as a vintage year (who can really tell at the time?) 2004 was probably the best year for new music during the Parallax View era (our mewling infancy began January 2001). It was a poor year in terms of innovation, but a great time for modern leftfield folk music and for the first time for nearly 20 years it was possible to be cool while remaining defiantly and unapologetically indie (so long as you remembered to bring your tunes to the anti-party). We were looking for a new Morrissey album, then we got a new Morrissey album, and heaven knows we're miserablists now: even if his comeback album's fine tunes were hamstrung by lyrics following ever decreasing circles, in his wake followed bands unafraid to exhibit the dark corners of their minds while plundering hooks and basslines from the bands of their fathers.
And so, in 2004, locking yourself in your bedroom, dressing in black and muttering dark thoughts to your even weirder pals on the internet was the new going out. Perfect timing then, for Kings Of Leon to clean up at the end of the year with an astonishing second album bristling with misanthropy, xenophobia and a barely-disguised self-disgust, ferociously growled in a language seemingly all of their own. Tourbus tourette's and sexual degradation never sounded so intense, dirty, desperate and fun.
1. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings Of Leon
2. Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills
3. Bows And Arrows - The Walkmen
4. A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
5. Antics - Interpol
6. Nino Rojo - Devendra Banhart
7. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
8. DJ Kicks - Erlend Oye
9. Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces
10. No Cities Left - The Dears
11. The Power Out - Electrelane
12. Shine A Light - The Constantines
13. The Concretes - The Concretes
14. Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
15. American Whip - Joy Zipper
16. Soviet Kitsch - Regina Spektor
17. Liars - Todd Rundgren
18. Margerine Eclipse - Stereolab
19. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
20. Uh Huh Her - P J Harvey
21. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
22. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
23. Tasty - Kelis
24. Riot On An Empty Street - Kings Of Convenience
25. Thunder Lightning Strike - The Go! Team
26. Hot Fuss - The Killers
27. The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
28. Together We're Heavy - The Polyphonic Spree
29. Stealing Of A Nation - Radio 4
30. Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart
31. Trampin' - Patti Smith
32. Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
33. Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth
34. Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly
35. You Are The Quarry - Morrissey
36. Deep Cuts - The Knife
37. The Empty Room - Dawn Of The Replicants
38. Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
39. Lesser Matters - The Radio Dept.
40. Now Here Is Nowhere - Secret Machines
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