Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)

An album I did get when it first came out, +10000 indie points for me thankyouverymuch. This is just so boss. Me and my mate Dave (not Dave of this blog fame, a different one. My Dave is Scottish and has a chode) used to drive around country roads with this album on full blast. It reminds me of being 17 and driving to parties, then driving back at 9 the next morning still over the limit. One time we were stuck behind a police car, and I took great fun in faux-screaming at Dave that he was going to get arrested and sodomised. Enjoy.

Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)

The Organ – Grab That Gun (2004)

I got into The Organ long after the Vancouver-based band had self-imploded; I was going through a phase of listening to an English band called Electrelane who sound pretty much identical when The Organ released a posthumous EP las year. I got it, loved it, and bought their 2004 album, which I loved even more. It opens with an absolute blinder - 'Brother' appears on a playlist me and Dave made for a pub called The Trent in Newcastle, which was one of our favourite places until the owner had to sell it. Enjoy.

The Organ – Grab That Gun (2004)

Grizzly Bear – Horn Of Plenty (2004)

Grizzly Bear's debut album Horn Of Plenty is basically a solo effort from main man Edward Droste; the rest of the band didn't join for another year, and in some respects the band is still primarily a front for Droste, who still remains the sole songrwiter five years later. Consequently, because there is no backing band, the album has a stripped-down sound, and Droste has been forced to use his voice as an instrument; he multilayers his vocals to create an almost-spectral sound. All in all, Droste has managed to craft a rather beautiful lo-fi album. Enjoy.

Grizzly Bear – Horn Of Plenty (2004)

Les Savy Fav – Inches (2004)

I was genuinely torn between posting this album and 2007's Let's Stay Friends. The latter is the first album of theirs I heard, and is arguably their best - more consistent, more of a whole, than any of their earlier albums. So why, you may well be wondering, did I post Inches instead? Well partly because it contains the original of 'The Sweat Descends' that was covered by Art In Manila for Monday's mixtape, but mainly because it is a compilation album, collecting together their vinyl-only singles recorded and released between 1995 and 2004. Because it is an older album, it naturally has a rawer sound, and because it is a compilation, there is little coherence or links between the songs. Overall, I feel, it makes for a better introduction to a fantastic band. Enjoy.

Les Savy Fav – Inches (2004)