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Fireball XL5 Best of 2004

 

Venus' Best Albums of 2004

1. Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
(Epic)
 

 

2.
Rogue Wave
Out Of The Shadow (Sub Pop)
3. Jim White
Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
(V2./BMG)
4. Neko Case
The Tigers Have Spoken 
(Mint)
 

 

5. Iron and Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days
 (Sub Pop)
6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
(Anti)
7. Elliott Smith
From A Basement On The Hill
(Anti)
 

 

8. A.C. Newman
The Slow Wonder (Matador)
9. Gentleman Reg
Darby and Joan
 (Three Gut Records)
10. Ryan Adams
Love Is Hell
(Lost Highway)
 

 

Honourable Mentions:
Mirah - C'mon Miracle (K records)

Steve's Best Albums of 2004

1. I Am The World Trade Center
The Cover Up
(Gammon)
 

 

2. The Would Be Goods
The Morning After
(Matinee)
3. Stars 
Set Yourself On Fire
 (Paper Bag Records)
4. Magnetic Fields
The "I" Album
(Nonesuch)
 

 

5. Arcade Fire
Funeral
(Merge)
6. Camera Obscura
Underachievers Please Try Harder 
(Merge)
7. The Lucksmiths
Naturaliste
(Boompa)
 

 

8. Carolyn Mark and Her New best Friends
The Pros and Cons of Collaboration
 (Mint Records)
9. Feist
Let It Die
(Universal)
10. Moses Mayes
Needle To The Groove
(Moses Mayes)  
 

 

Steve's best singles of 2004

 

Venus' best singles of 2004

 

1. Feist One Evening The Go! Team Huddle Information
2. Would Be Goods The Morning After Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Angel's Share
3. Pipas Jean K Tom Waits Hoist That Rag
4. Mo Horizons Gonna Be (Ben Human Remix) The Elected Greetings in Braille
5. Sekiden S.T.O.P. The Concretes You Can't Hurry Love
6. Faithless See U More, Miss U Less Controller Controller Silent Seven
7. Tangle Eye John Henry's Blues K-Os Dirty Water
8. Goldfrapp Twist
9. The Irises Perfect Boyfriend
10. The Low Tones Little Miss