Some good ones listed in here, particularly Ocean Breathes Salty.

To keep it in the 00s...

Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty ... or The World at Large
Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
Band of Horses - Our Swords
Brand New - The Quiet Things that No One Ever Knows
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up to Dry
Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (I have a soft spot for the original version before they messed up the drums), but if too mainstream, then All the Things That I've Done
Midtown - Just Rock and Roll ... or No Place Feels like Home
My Morning Jacket - Mahgeetah
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Taking Back Sunday - My Blue Heaven
Thursday - Paris in Flames
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa ... or M79

Can't believe I forgot "Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World. It was the first song that came on when I started playing NHL 2003 and right off the bat I knew it was something special.


I don't put it at the same level but this is also a good song from either NHL 03 or 04!

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This mult is vastly underrated.

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One of my favorites, I forgot Sweetness, too. Perhaps I was thinking it was 99, but alas...2001.

I was thinking more about this and realized if there's to be a cutoff point in 2007 for the glory days of that decade it would have to be 10/10/07 when everyone downloaded In Rainbows together. That was as close to a shared cultural experience as anyone had.

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Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake
The Twilight Singers - Forty Dollars
Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Arcade Fire - Intervention

Great to see another Jets to Brazil fan! I didn't include them, because they were 90s

Actually I think you had it pegged with the release of that Black Kids album. Consequences were never the same after its release.

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Two pages and no Phoenix.

Wait, I forgot about 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse. Best opening track of the 2000s? Best opening track or the 2000s. Fuck. Now I just want to listen to this entire album.

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I looked up "black kids pitchfork" and found this post I remember reading almost ten years ago: http://www.idolator.com/313517/an-idola ... be-stopped


I realized I read this when I got to this part because I remembered laughing at "blogger-friendly hooks" back when I was immersed in Tom Waits/Frank Zappa/Rachel's/Tortoise/meandering electronic music.

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"Everything In Its Right Place," "Neighborhood #1," "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart," "Step Into My Office, Baby," "Dog Days Are Over"?

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"Farewell Transmission"

Ha The Album Orange Rhyming Dictionary was 98 the song was 2000

Good call - of course! They pulled the ol' Houses of the Holy on us.

at the drive-in. "one armed scissor". came on my iPod today while at the gym. totally forgot about that one, but was on heavy rotation at poker nights with my friends.

The shutting down of OiNK was a huge moment.

Shit, did I totally forget what a masterpiece "La Ritournelle" was?

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Interesting. Not something I am used to listening to, and I wish the lyrics were more extensive here, but this is worth a few more listens.