Xiu Xiu put the Casios on overdrive and upped the creep factor, while Dungen proved that singing in Swedish isnвЂ™t as bad as it sounds. The Go! Team one-upped the Avalanches by playing most of their вЂњsamplesвЂќ live (though not all of them). Mirah gave us some powerful and lovely folk-rock. However, we did eventually get around to hearing most of the albums we wanted to, including the five listed above. The Go! Team вЂ“ Thunder, Lightning, StrikeДЄs a small webzine run by a handful of people, we canвЂ™t write about everything, though this year, weвЂ™re surely going to try just that much harder. The вЂњBest Album We DidnвЂ™t Review This YearвЂќ Trebblie forвЂ¦exactly what we just said: Plus, an Irish band inserting a California town name into every song does NOT make it Californian music. It sounds like either heвЂ™s a narcoleptic or he wants the audience to fall asleep on him. ItвЂ™s a huge ripoff of three other artists besides lacking ANY originality, and the singer has no chops whatsoever. Why? Try listening to it twice a day every day in a retail situation and then donвЂ™t go insane. Dizzee and the Streets cancel each other out, and the Hives have some talent, so the Trebblie goes to the Thrills. They are all deserving, but for respectвЂ™s sake IвЂ™ll eliminate Loretta Lynn.

The вЂњTerrance opens his mouth and becomes even more unpopularвЂќ Trebblie for the most overrated (in his opinion) artist of the year: There are other things to consider, like how old can you be and still be cool? Or what was the most annoying album? Or what was the best b-side? And were the best albums of the year really the best albums of the year? Sorry, got a little carried away.ДЄnyhoo, there was plenty of good (and bad) stuff in music this year, and hereвЂ™s our attempt to put it all in context. In choosing the best albums of the year, you leave out the other achievements in music that arenвЂ™t covered. After coming up with what we agreed were the 20 best albums of 2004, we decided to keep the tradition alive and carry the coveted вЂњTrebblieвЂќ awards into the new year.

Modest mouse good news zip