Best of 2003

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  • 01 Brother Ali: Shadows on the Sun
  • 02 Tes: x2
  • 03 Unicorns: Who Will Cut...
  • 04 M. Ward: Transfiguration of Vincent
  • 05 Four Tet: Rounds
  • 06 Ellen Allein: Berlinette
  • 07 Parsley Sound: Parsley Sounds
  • 08 Russian Futurists: Let's Get Ready to Crumble
  • 09 Manitoba: Up in Flames
  • 10 Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
  • 11 June Panic: Hope You Fail Better
  • 12 King Geedorah: Take Me To Your Leader
  • 13 Nathan Michel: Dear Bicycle
  • 14 Enduser: 15 Tracks
  • 15 Non Prophets: Hope
  • 16 Ms. John Soda: No P. or D.
  • 17 Calexico: Feast of Wire
  • 18 Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher
  • 19 Coloma: Finery
  • 20 Alejandra & Aeron: Bousha Blue Blazes
  • 21 Mika Vainio: In the Land of the Blind The One-Eyed Is King
  • 22 Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth
  • 23 Postal Service: Give Up
  • 24 Viktor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain
  • 25 DM + Jemini: Ghetto Pop Life
  • 26 Books: Lemon of Pink
  • 27 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: Hearts of Oak
  • 28 Lyrics Born: Later That Day
  • 29 Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  • 30 Jay-Z: The Black Album
Author Comments: 

This list circa 12/2004 is quite a bit different than it would have been at the start of the year. I still think Shadows on the Sun is a great album, unfairly overlooked, as is the Enduser album.

Have you heard Mika Vainio's other works like Kantamoinen or Metri, they are really great !