The Best of 2004

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JOHN ZORN -Electric Masada: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four

Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Presents Smile

Pan Sonic - Kesto

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Yannis Kyriakides/Andy Moor - Red Vs. Green

Zeena Parkins/Ikue Mori - Phantom Orchard

Gang Gang Dance - s/t

Birchville Cat Motel - Beautiful Speck Triumph

cLOUDDEAD - Ten

The No-Neck Blues Band - Parallel Easters


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Oren Ambarchi - Grapes From The Estate

Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker

Bj�rk - Medulla

Boredoms - Seadrum/House Of The Sun

Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands/Nino Rojo

Charalambides - Joy Shapes

Deerhoof - Milk Man

Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt

The Fall - Interim

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld

Guapo - Five Suns

Haco - Stereo Bugscope

Yuka Honda - Eucademix

Glenn Jones - This Is The Wind That Blows It Out

Juniorboys - Last Exit

Mephista - Entomological Reflections

Niobe - Voodooluba

Paik - Satin Black

Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill

S/t - s/t

Sunn O))) - White2

Yoshida Tatsuya/Satoko Fujii - Erans

Verdure - The Telescope Dream Patterns

Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind

John Zorn - Masada String Trio: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume One


The best box sets/compilations/reissues of 2004 (in alphabetical order):

AA.VV. - DFA Compilation #2

AA.VV. - Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philip Research Laboratories 1956-1963

A.R. Kane - Sixty Nine

Art Bears - Art Box

Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost

John Butcher - 13 Friendly Numbers

Cornelius Cardew - Material

Luciano Cilio - Dell'Universo Assente

The Clash - London Calling � 25th Anniversary Edition

Alvin Curran - Lost Marbles

Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis 1963-1964.

DNA - On DNA

Excepter - Ka

John Fahey - The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick - Live At The Matrix San Francisco, California 1968/1969

Mongezi Feza - Free Jam

Gaznevada - Sick Soundtrack

The Gun Club - Miami

Half Japanese - Loud And Horrible

Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia

Scott Joplin/Guido Nielsen - Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs 1895-1914
Low - A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief - 10 Years Of B-Sides & Rarities

Mars - Mars LP - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978

MCMS - 1997-2000

Metal Urbain - Anarchy In Paris!

Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain: L.A.�s Desert Origins

Henry Pousseur/Michel Butor - Paysages Plan�taires

Raymond Scott And The Secret Seven - The Unexpected

Arthur Russell - World Of Echo

Wadada Leo Smith - Kabell Years - 1971-1979

Talking Heads - The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads

Virgin Prunes - �If I Die, I Die

Patty Waters - You Thrill Me - A Musical Odissey 1960-1979

Jah Wobble - Could Have Been A Contender

Richard Youngs - Advent

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cLOUDDEAD - Ten

Wilco - A ghost is born

Q and not U - Power

Liars - They were wrong so we drowned

Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the hands/Nino Rojo

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Electric Masada - 50th birthday celebration vol 4.

CocoRosie - La maison de mon reve

Max Richter - The blue notebooks

N*E*R*D - Fly or die

Bjork - Medulla

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

Old Time Relijun - Lost light

Subtle - A new white

Lali Puna - Faking the books

Bark Psychosis - Codename:Dustsucker

Domenico+2 - Sincerely Hot

Styrofoam - Nothing's Lost

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse

The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike


REISSUES

The Clash - London Calling (25 Anniversary edition)

Dna - Dna on Dna

The Gun Club - Miami

Pavement - Crooked rain Crooked rain (L.A.'s desert origins)

Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy

Radio Dept - Lesser Matters

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ALBERT AYLER - Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1962-1970

Verdure - The Telescope Dreampatterns

Pan Sonic - Kesto

Two Lone Swordmen - From The Double Gone Chapel

Janek Schaefer - Cold Storage

Akufen - Fabric 17

Marianne Faithfull - Before The Poison

Triosk - Moment Returns

Old Time Relijun - Lost Light

Four Tet - LateNightTales

Vinny Miller - On The Block

Brent Gutzeit - Drug Money

Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill

Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral

Madvillain -, Madvillainy

Birchville Cat Motel - Beautiful Speck Triumph

Paik - Satin Black

Tim Booth - Bone

Dan Plonsey - Moving About

Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld

No-Neck Blues Band - Parallel Easters

N.E.R.D. - Fly Or Die

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Jerry Hunt - Phalba

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WILCO -A Ghost is born

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Jolie Holland - Escondida

Cocorosie - La Maison de Mon Reve

Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum

Damien Rice - O

Ed Harcourt - Strangers

David Thomas - 12 Monkeys on a dead man's chest

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co.

Clayhill - Small Circle

Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One

Oneida - Secret Wars

Sophia - People are like seasons

The Veils - The Runaway Found

Maritime - Glass Floor

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TWO LONE SWORDSMEN - From The Double Gone Chapel

Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

Divine Comedy - Absent Friends

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Interpol - Antics

Junior Boys - Last Exit

Khonnor - Handwriting

Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker

Hot Chip - Coming On Strong

Trapist - Ballroom

Todd Rundgren - Liars

Q and not U - Power

S/T – S/T

Felix Kubin – Matki Vandalki

Kill me Tomorrow – The Garbage Man and the Prostitute

Fennesz – Venice

Arcade Fire – Funeral

Annie – Anniemal

Destroyer – Your blues

Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters

Felix Da Housecat – Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever

Octet – Cash and carry songs

Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

Solex – The laughing stock of indie rock

Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum

Pansonic – Kesto

Grand National – Kicking the NationaL Habit

Franz Ferdinand – s/t

Tv on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Tom Waits – Real Gone

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WILCO -A Ghost is born

Elliott Smith - From a basement
on the hill

Nick Cave - Abattoir blues / the lyre of orpheus

Sophia - People are like seasons

Air - Talkie walkie

Mark Lanegan band - Bubblegum

The Cure - The Cure

Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love bad news

The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Susanna and the magical orchestra - List of lights and buoys

The coral - Nightfreak and the sons of becker

Oneida - Secret wars

Gary Wilson - Mary had little brown hair

...and you will know us by the trail of dead - Worlds apart

Lambchop - Aw c'mon, no you c'mon

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XIU XIU - Fabulous Muscles

Interpol - Antics

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

The Killers - Hot fuss

Sophia - People are like seasons

Franz Ferdinand - s/t

Girls in Hawaii - From here to there

Slowblow - s/t

Twilight singers - She Loves You

Statistics - Leave Your Name

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SCISSOR SISTERS - Scissor Sisters

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Interpol - Antics

Restiform Bodies - Newbliette

Octet - Cash And Carry Songs

Hot Chip - Coming On Strong

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

My Robot Friend - Hot Action!

Air - Talkie Walkie

Alter Ego - Transphormer

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TWO LONE SWORDSMEN - From The Double Gone Chapel

cLOUDDEAD - Ten

Björk - Medúlla

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Pan Sonic - Kesto

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

!!! - Louden Up Now

Zeena Parkins / Ikue Mori - Phantom Orchard

dDamage - Radio Ape

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PIANO MAGIC -The troubled sleep of Piano Magic

Grace Cathedral Park – In the evenings of regret

The Album Leaf – In a safe place

Iron & Wine – Our endless numbered days

Tanakh – Dieu deuil

Burd Early – Mind and mother

Gravenhurst – Flashlight seasons

Kings of Convenience – Riot on an..

Múm – Summer make good

Bark Psychosis – Codename: dustsucker

Pan American – Quiet city

Art of Fighting – Second storey

James Yorkston & The Athletes – Just beyond the river

Eluvium – An accidental memory in..

Devendra Banhart – Niño rojo

Slowblow – Slowblow

Encre – Flux

Coastal – Halfway to you

Jason Molina – Pyramid electric co.

Julian Fane – Special forces

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JOHN ZORN -Electric Masada: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four

Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori - Phantom Orchard

Birchville Cat Motel - With Maples Ablaze

Pan Sonic - Kesto

Gang Gang Dance - Gang Gang Dance

Painsavade - Puhalluspelto

Boredoms - Seadrum/House Of The Sun

Re - Alms

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

Verdure - The Telescope Dreampattern

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WILCO -A Ghost Is Born

Sophia - People Are Like Seasons

Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill

Devendra Banhart - Niño Rojo / Rejoicing In The Hands

Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

Slowblow - Slowblow

Mirah - C'mon Miracle

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Sings Greatest Palace Music

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked

Giant Sand - Is All Over The Map

Stan Ridgway - Snakebite

Micah P. Hinson - And The Gospel Of Progress

Vetiver

Shearwater - Winged Life

Califone - Heron King Blues

The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart

Modest Mouse - Good News For...

Girls In Hawaii - From Here To There