Better late than never...

I've had my top 10 albums of 2004 list figured out for a couple of months now, but decided not to publish it until I had the feature for my website completely finished. Due to general slackness and lack of motivation, I'm no closer to finishing any of the little mini-synopses that I have to write for each one. Anyway, it's getting ridiculously overdue, so here's my synopsesless version. Hopefully some of you still care what I think about music :)

10 Madvillain - Madvillainy
09 Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
08 Brian Wilson - SMiLE
07 Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
06 cLOUDDEAD - Ten
05 The Arcade Fire - Funeral
04 Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
03 Sujfan Stevens - Seven Swans
02 The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
01 The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

Close, but not quite:
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Interpol - Antics
The Magnetic Fields - i
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose

Also my Top 5 Songs of the Year (Not singles. Well, not all of them...)

05 cLOUDDEAD - "Pop Song"
04 The Black Keys - "10AM Automatic"
03 Sufjan Stevens - "Sister"
02 The Fiery Furnaces - "My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found"
01 The Mountain Goats - "Home Again Garden Grove"

I've been working some more on my Top 40 Albums of the 90s list, and it's getting closer to completion. There's about 4 albums left that I really need to hear before I can finalise it. No prizes for guessing number 1.

The non-music aspects of life are coming along pretty well. Nothing interesting enough to write here though.