#49 - The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

2003 - The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
****1/2

1. I Don't Wanna Die - 2:03
2. Tuff Ghost - 2:57
3. Ghost Mountain - 3:10
4. Sea Ghost - 3:42
5. Jellybones - 2:53
6. The Clap - 1:56
7. Child Star - 5:21
8. Let's Get Known - 1:57
9. I Was Born (A Unicorn) - 2:45
10. Tuff Luff - 4:19
11. Inoculate the Innocuous - 5:18
12. Les Os - 3:32
13. Ready to Die - 1:41

#48 - I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends

2006 - I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends
**1/2

1. Oversleeping - 2:18
2. Collection of Stamps - 2:49
3. We're From Barcelona - 3:02
4. Treehouse - 5:02
5. Jenny - 2:26
6. Ola Kala - 2:40
7. Chicken Pox - 3:34
8. Rec & Play - 2:55
9. This Boy (Feat. Lonely, Dear) - 3:15
10. Barcelona Loves You - 2:47
11. The Saddest Lullaby (Feat. Mathias Alrikson) - 7:08

#47 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In Aeroplane Over the Sea

1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In Aeroplane Over the Sea
****1/2

1. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One - 2:00
2. The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three - 3:06
3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - 3:22
4. Two-Headed Boy - 4:26
5. The Fool - 1:53
6. Holland, 1945 - 3:12
7. Communist Daughter - 1:57
8. Oh Comely - 8:18
9. Ghost - 4:08
10. Untitled - 2:16
11. Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two - 5:13

#46 - Cake - Motorcade of Generosity

1994 - Cake - Motorcade of Generosity
***1/2

1. Comanche - 2:09
2. Ruby Sees All - 3:01
3. Up So Close - 3:13
4. Pentagram - 2:18
5. Jolene - 5:19
6. Haze of Love - 3:07
7. You Part the Waters - 2:50
8. Is This Love? - 3:19
9. Jesus Wrote a Blank Check - 3:10
10. Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle - 4:14
11. I Bombed Korea - 2:19
12. Mr. Mastodon Farm - 5:27
13. Ain't No Good - 2:40

#45 - Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain

2006 - Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
****

1. Don't Take My Sunshine Away - 3:05
2. Getting It Wrong - 2:16
3. Shade and Honey - 4:08
4. See the Light - 3:42
5. Return to Me - 3:18
6. Some Sweet Day - 4:20
7. Ghost in the Sky - 3:28
8. Mountains - 3:42
9. Morning Hollow - 7:23
10. It's Not So Hard - 2:54
11. Knives of Summertime - 4:19
12. Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain - 10:35

#44 - Laura Veirs - Years of Meteors

2005 - Laura Veirs - Years of Meteors
***1/2

1. Fire Snakes - 4:57
2. Galaxies - 3:35
3. Secret Someones - 5:16
4. Magnetized - 2:37
5. Parisian Dream - 3:05
6. Rialto - 3:58
7. Through the Glow - 2:42
8. Cool Water - 2:51
9. Spelunking - 3:06
10. Black Gold Blues - 3:11
12. Where Gravity Is Dead - 3:40
13. Lake Swimming - 6:54
14. [untitled] - 1:39

#43 - The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bringing It All Back Home Again

1999 - The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bringing It All Back Home Again
***3/4

1. The Way It Was - 2:50
2. Mansion in the Sky - 2:19
3. Reign On - 4:31
4. The Godspell According To Newcombe - 3:18
5. All Things Great & Small - 3:04
6. Arkansas Revisited - 13:27

#42 - Radiohead - In Rainbows

2007 - Radiohead - In Rainbows
****1/2

1. 15 Step - 3:57
2. Bodysnatchers - 4:02
3. Nude - 4:15
4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 5:18
5. All I Need - 3:49
6. Faust Arp - 2:10
7. Reckoner - 4:50
8. House of Cards - 5:28
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 4:09
10. Videotape - 4:40

#41 - Elliott Smith - Figure 8

2000 - Elliott Smith - Figure 8
****

1. Son of Sam - 3:04
2. Somebody That I Used to Know - 2:09
3. Junk Bond Trader - 3:49
4. Everything Reminds Me of Her - 2:38
5. Everything Means Nothing to Me - 2:24
6. LA - 3:14
7. In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach) - 4:32
8. Stupidity Tries - 4:25
9. Easy Way Out - 2:44
10. Wouldn't Mama Be Proud? - 3:22
11. Color Bars - 2:19
12. Happiness - 5:04
13. Pretty Mary K - 2:35
14. I Better Be Quiet Now - 3:33
15. Can't Make a Sound - 4:19
16. Bye - 1:53

#40 - Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction

2001 - Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction
*****

1. Streethawk I - 2:26
2. The Bad Arts - 6:59
3. Beggars Might Ride - 2:45
4. Sublimination Hour - 4:12
5. English Music - 3:35
6. Virgin With a Memory - 2:40
7. The Very Modern Dance - 3:14
8. The Crossover - 5:03
9. Helena - 3:47
10. Farrar, Stous and Giroux - 3:46
11. Strike - 2:59
12. Streethawk II - 2:30

#39 - Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

2005 - Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
***

1. Bastard - 5:25
2. You to Thank - 3:38
3. Jesusland - 4:33
4. Landed - 4:30
5. Gracie - 2:42
6. Trusted - 4:10
7. Give Judy My Notice - 3:39
8. Late - 4:00
9. Sentimental Guy - 3:06
10. Time - 4:32
11. Prison Food - 4:15

#38 - Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise

2006 - Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
****1/4

1. Close to Paradise - 5:02
2. Daydreamer - 4:34
3. Slip Into Your Skin - 3:37
4. Giver - 3:27
5. Weight of the World - 4:40
6. The Storm - 3:12
7. Mr. Tom - 2:48
8. Luscious Life - 3:09
9. Drifters - 4:27
10. Man Under the Sea - 3:29
11. The Great Escape - 3:07
12. Sleeping Beauty - 5:33
13. Bright Shiny Lights - 2:34

#37 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs

1998 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
****

1. Holes - 5:57
2. Tonite It Shows - 3:40
3. Endlessly - 4:25
4. I Collect Coins - 1:27
5. Opus 40 - 5:10
6. Hudson Line - 2:54
7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room) - 2:06
8. Goddess on a Hiway - 3:45
9. The Funny Bird - 5:52
10. Pick Up If You're There - 3:06
11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp - 6:17

#36 - Frog Eyes - The Golden River

2003 - Frog Eyes - The Golden River
****

1. One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats - 4:14
2. Time Reveals Its Plan at Poisoned Falls - 1:29
3. Masticated Outbound Motors - 3:21
4. Miasma Gardens - 4:26
5. A Latex Ice Age - 3:37
6. Orbis Magnus - 2:08
7. Time Destroys Its Plan at the Reactionary Table - 3:05
8. Soldiers Crash Gathering in Sparrow Hills - 3:01
9. World's Greatest Concertos - 1:59
10. Picture Framing the Gigantic Men Who Fought on Steam Boats - 3:43
11. The Secret Map Flees From Plurality - 0:37

In Rainbows