So I'm too lazy to mark this up in HTML. And, I'll probably cheat by updating this as I remember things that I omitted when I wrote this up quickly one afternoon. But here it is: Some Great Records of 2004 (alphabetically) ------------------------------------------- ADD - Divider Why Are You Doing This? http://www.actdead.com/ Download it for free: http://actdead.com/archives/2004_10.html ARCADE FIRE - Funeral http://www.arcadefire.com/ BOYSKOUT - School of Etiquette http://boyskout.com/ CITIZENS HERE AND ABROAD - Ghosts of Tables and Chairs http://www.citizenshereandabroad.com/ EL OLIO WOLOF - El Subconscious Celestine Olio Wolof http://www.eloliowolof.com/ FROG EYES - Ego Scriptor (I _love_ The Oscillator's Hum off The Folded Palm, but I enjoy the acoustic versions of Frog Eyes' songs more) http://www.absolutelykosher.com/frogeyes.htm HINT HINT - Young Days http://www.hinthint.org ROBOTNICKA - Spectre En Vue http://robotnicka.org/ Download it for free: http://robotnicka.org/eng/spectreenvue.html STATUESQUE - Choir Above Fire Below http://www.statuesque.org.uk/ XIU XIU - Fabulous Muscles http://xiuxiu.org/ Live Music Highlights of 2004 ----------------------------- Gosh, there are almost too many to mention. I saw tons of great, great shows in 2004. Below are some select highlights, but this list could go on and on. I can't count the ARCADE FIRE because I saw them in 2005, but it was rad! If you missed them, console yourself with this: http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2004/11/live-arcade-fire.htm DRESDEN DOLLS http://dresdendolls.com/ ELENI MANDELL http://elenimandell.com/ MENOMENA http://menomena.com/ The STATUESQUE/SCOTT MILLER/ANTON BARBEAU August 2004 Extravaganza (This was, like, my dream-come-true lineup) http://www.statuesque.org.uk/ http://www.loudfamily.com/ http://antonbarbeau.com/ XIU XIU http://xiuxiu.org/ Favorite Song on a Mix That I Hadn't Heard Before ------------------------------------------------- "Cherry Tree" by NATIONAL http://www.americanmary.com/ Low-fi 2 minute sample: http://www.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/thenational3-04.m3u Best 2003 Albums That I Discovered in 2004 ------------------------------------------ DRESDEN DOLLS - s/t http://dresdendolls.com/ MENOMENA - I Am The Fun Blame Monster http://menomena.com/ SUFJAN STEVENS - Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State http://sufjanstevens.com/ Best Theatre Performance of 2004 -------------------------------- THE BRIGHT RIVER http://epicarts.org/brightriver/ One Album I'm Excited About Being Released in 2005 -------------------------------------------------- JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES' second album should be released imminently. Yay! http://www.fadocore.com/