My (Incomplete) Personal Canon: 2003-2008 POLL

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This is the period of time when I was diving deep into old music (it was a peak time for reissues and compilations); listening primarily to WFMU, garage punk, and that one run of MF DOOM albums.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
AMERIE – 1 Thing 8
PORTISHEAD – The Rip 5
BROADCAST – Tears in the Typing Pool 4
VIKTOR VAUGHN – Vaudeville Villain 3
TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS – Little Dawn 2
THE EXPLODING HEARTS – I’m a Pretender 2
THE FALL – Sparta 2xx 2
BURIAL – Archangel 2
THE KNIFE – Pass This On 1
STARS OF THE LID – Don’t Bother, They’re Here 1
SONIC YOUTH – Jams Run Free 1
YO LA TENGO – Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind 1
SILVER JEWS – Punks in the Beerlight 1
NEKO CASE – Dirty Knife 1
MADVILLAIN – Accordion 1
J DILLA – Anti-American Graffiti 1
KING GEEDORAH – Fazers 1
GUIDED BY VOICES – The Best of Jill Hives 1
ERYKAH BADU – Honey 1
JUNIOR BOYS – In the Morning 1
GROUPER – Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping 1
THE BARBARAS – Summertime Road 0
THE DEAD TEXAN – Glen’s Goo 0
THE EX – Theme from Konono 0
ELLIOTT SMITH – Twilight 0
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW – Waddlin’ Around 0
VASHTI BUNYAN – Here Before 0
BORIS – Pink 0
LOW – Monkey 0
SPOON – The Beast and Dragon, Adored 0
JAY REATARD – I Know a Place 0
MF DOOM – Hoe Cakes 0
MR. AIRPLANE MAN – Wait For Your Love 0
KEREN ANN – Nolita 0
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW – I Hear Them All 0
JENS LEKMAN – A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill 0
REIGNING SOUND – Drowning 0
ROBERT POLLARD – Love is Stronger Than Witchcraft 0
ROBERT WYATT – Just As You Are 0
PAAVOHARJU – Valo tihkuu kaiken lapi 0
SONGS: OHIA – Hold On, Magnolia 0
BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY – Love Comes to Me 0


Chris L, Friday, 5 September 2025 13:13 (four months ago)

I'll always love Punks in the Beerlight TO THE MAX

peace, man, Friday, 5 September 2025 13:23 (four months ago)

I only know two of these, so I guess its "Dirty Knife" over "Jams Run Free".

o. nate, Friday, 5 September 2025 13:29 (four months ago)

Some of the others are good too. Apple playlist w customary extra songs:
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-canon-2003-2008/pl.u-V9D73zNIBmKDPP

Chris L, Friday, 5 September 2025 13:39 (four months ago)

Broadcast was a pretty easy pick for me here

whimsical skeedaddler (Moodles), Friday, 5 September 2025 13:48 (four months ago)

I guess I know "1 Thing" too, but probably don't need to hear that again.

o. nate, Friday, 5 September 2025 13:50 (four months ago)

Sparta2xx (the superior version of Theme From Sparta FC) is what got my vote.

Chris L, Friday, 5 September 2025 14:36 (four months ago)

lots of good stuff on here, but at least three very personal favorites

BROADCAST – Tears in the Typing Pool
JENS LEKMAN – A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill
THE EXPLODING HEARTS – I’m a Pretender

gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Friday, 5 September 2025 14:37 (four months ago)

Voted "Accordion" but the presence of "Little Dawn" on the list got me to cue up Ted Leo's even-better-than-I'd-remembered Shake the Sheets for the first time in forever, so I'm most grateful for that.

cryptosicko, Wednesday, 10 September 2025 11:39 (three months ago)

Keren Ann is an artist I otherwise haven't gotten into, but I maintain she conjured an incredible mood here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCruB1aKhoc

Chris L, Wednesday, 10 September 2025 12:00 (three months ago)

This may appear to the ILM faithful to be a dubious inclusion, but this song was co-written by David Rawlings and I first became aware of it when I saw him and Gillian Welch perform it as part of a medley with "This Land is Your Land" (you can hear a version on that Inside Llewyn Davis tie-in concert album from a few years back). It genuinely, successfully sounds like a Depression-era tune written over half a century later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12cHzmQn5h4

Chris L, Wednesday, 10 September 2025 12:23 (three months ago)

Never mind the meeting in the bathroom, this is my favorite song from my favorite rock album of the 00s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhddf5dkDVg

Chris L, Wednesday, 10 September 2025 12:26 (three months ago)

Greg Cartwright also produced this moody highlight from bluesy garage punk duo Mr. Airplane Man's C'mon DJ album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0v1sNbXS40

Chris L, Wednesday, 10 September 2025 12:39 (three months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 11 September 2025 00:01 (three months ago)

another great list with a lot of things i don't know that seem worth checking out. i voted for 'don't bother they're here' over 'accordion'.

she freaks, she speaks (map), Thursday, 11 September 2025 00:11 (three months ago)

though i didn't vote for her here ―some pretty tough competition tbh― i am delighted to see a keren ann mention. that's her best album and era.

austinato (Austin), Thursday, 11 September 2025 00:22 (three months ago)

One of these

BROADCAST – Tears in the Typing Pool
GROUPER – Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping
ROBERT WYATT – Just As You Are

J. Sam, Thursday, 11 September 2025 01:43 (three months ago)

Exploding Hearts!

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 11 September 2025 02:31 (three months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 12 September 2025 00:01 (three months ago)


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