2004 Top 10 List

• Hidden Cameras - "The Arms of His Ill" (Absolutely Kosher)
  
• The Cardigans - "Long Gone Before Daylight" (Koch)
  
• Pass Into Silence - "Calm Like a Millipond" (Kompakt)
  
• To Rococo Rot - "Hotel Morgen" (Domino)
  
• Joanna Newsom - "The Milk Eyed Mender" (Drag City)
  
• Arthur Russell - "Calling Out of Context" (Audika)
  
• Orbital - "Blue Album" (ATO)
  
• Sonic Youth - "Sonic Nurse" (Geffen)
  
• 808 State - "Prebuild" (Rephlex)
  
• Animal Collective - "Sung Tongs" (Fat Cat)
  

notably live:

skinny puppy
sonic boom
supersilent
blood on the wall
joannavendra
antony
cardigans (times a million)
GBV
stereolab

good:

the beach
internet technology
cats/kittens
blogging
cat power track on handsome boy modeling school record

bad:

george bush