TERRE T'S BEST FAVES OF 2004

TERRE T'S TOP TEN OF 2004

1. THE REIGNING SOUND - Too Much Guitar (In The Red)
2. MR AIRPLANE MAN - C'mon DJ (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
3. THE PONYS - Laced With Romance (In The Red)
4. THE EX - Turn (Touch+Go) HOLLAND
5. ROCKET FREUDENTAL - Die Weisheit Wachst Auf Baumen (Lautsprecher) GERMANY
6. EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - Peace Love Death Metal (AntAcid Audio)
7. X-WIFE - Feeding The Machine (Nortesul, www.x-wiferocks.com) PORTUGAL
8. BLUES EXPLOSION - Damage (Sanctuary)
9. JOEL RL PHELPS & THE DOWNER TRIO - Customs (Moneyshot)
10. NAGG - s/t (Dollar Record Records)

29 MORE BEST FAVES OF 2004 (in no particular order)

11. Nikki Sudden - Treasure Island (Secretly Canadian) UK
12. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (Interscope) SWEDEN
13. Futureheads - s/t (679 Recordings) UK
14. Elf Power - Walking With The Beggar Boys (Orange Twin)
15. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
16. Paybacks - Harder and Harder (Get Hip)
17. Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral (Sub Pop)
18. Guided By Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed (Matador)
19. Lost Sounds - Lost Sounds (In The Red)
20. The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (Narnack) (re-mastered ver of Country on the Click wth xtra trax...orig ver of CotC was in my 2003 Best Faves)
21. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Streets (Lookout)
22. Insomniacs - Switched On (Estrus)
23. The Prototypes - Tout Le Monde Cherche Quelque Chose A Faire (Boxson) FRANCE
24. The Rogers Sisters - 3 Fingers (Troubleman)
25. Les Breastfeeders - Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe (Blow The Fuse) CANADA
26. Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies - Homeland (Thrill Jockey)
27. Mission of Burma - OnOffOn (Matador)
28. Ghetto Ways - Ghetto Ways (Alien Snatch)
29. The Dwarves - Dwarves Must Die (Sympathy)
30. Mob Stereo - Too Young To Go Steady (Dollar Record Records)
31. Blackouts - Living In Blue (Lucid)
32. Troy Gregory - Laura (Fall Of Rome)
33. Starlite Desperation - Violate A Sundae (Coup De Grace/Cold Sweat)
34. Coachwhips - Bangers vs Fuckers (Narnack)
35. The Thermals - Fuckin A (Sub Pop)
36. Dollhouse - Rock + Soul Circus (Dim Mak)
37. The Briefs - Sex Objects (BYO Records)
38. Lansing-Dreiden - Incomplete Triangle (Kemado)
39. Nikki Corvette - Wild Record Party (Base)

COMPILATIONS/VARIOUS ARTISTS

1. MEET ME IN THE TIME TUNNEL (Wizzard-in-Vinyl)
2. SATIN DUSTBIN (Ursula 1000)
3. GLITTERING (Ursula 1000)
4. GLITTERBEST (RPM)
5. TREMORS VOL. 1: British Hard Rock Nuggets... '69-'74 (Castle)
6. HISTORY OF MEMPHIS GARAGE ROCK-THE 90S (Shangri-La)
7. ROUGH TRADE GUIDE TO MUSIC (Rough Trade)
8. RIP-OFF RECORDS 3RD WAVE OF HITS (Rip Off)
9. VERSCHWENDE DEINE JUGEND (Atatak)
10. FORT WORTH TEEN SCENE vols 1-3 (Norton)

SINGLES

1. CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING/SIC ALPS - 4 Virgins (Inconvenient Press)
2. CIRCLE - s/t (Fonal)
3. THE LOCOMOTIONS - Claudette (Big Neck)
4. SEGER LIBERATION ARMY - 2+2 = ? (Big Neck)
5. LITTLE KILLERS - You Got It Made (Sweet Nothing)
6. BAD CASSETTES - No One To Have Sex With (Below)
7. RIVER CITY TAN LINES - Drag You Down To My Level (Black Knight)
8. BOYSKOUT - Secrets (Isota)

REISSUES/COLLECTIONS (YE OLDE STUFFE MADE NEW)

1. HOMOSEXUALS - Astral Glamour (3CD reissue plus insane info-packed booklet; www.Hyped2Death.com)
2. TRANSPLANTS - Boston 76-79 (Dionysus)
3. THE MICE - For Almost Ever Scooter (Scat)
4. CRIPPLED PILGRIMS - Down Here: Collected Recordings 1983-85 (Reaction)
5. MENTALLY ILL - Gacy's Place: the Undiscovered Corpses (Alternative Tentacles)
6. PREFECTS - Are Amateur Wankers (Acute)
7. GUIDED BY VOICES - Bee Thousand (3LP set) (Scat)
8. A-BONES - Daddy Wants A Cold Beer (Norton)
9. MIRRORS - Another Nail in the Remodeled Coffin (ROIR)
10. BUFFALO - Only Want You For Your Body (Akarma; vinyl reissue of 1974 lp)
11. STIV BATORS - Disconnected (Bomp)
12. CAIN - A Pound Of Flesh (Monster)
13. CHEMICALS MADE FROM DIRT - Ike (Hyped2Death; long island late 70s early 80s artwave)
14. NOTEKILLERS - s/t (Ecstatic Peace)

DEMOS

1. BE YOUR OWN PET - Damn Damn Leash (beyourownpet.com)
2. MUTRONIUM - Tri-Lateral (mutronium@hotmail.com)
3. THE KONKS
4. JEFFREY NOVAK
5. KNIFE SKILLS

OTHER BEST FAVES (NON-MUSIC CATEGORIES)

• Air America - I'm as glad for these guys being on the air as I am for WFMU being on the air.

• Napoleon Dynamite - one of the funniest movies i've seen in a long time
• Fahrenheit 9/11 - one of the best movies ever
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - another insanely funny movie
• I Heart Huckabees - another funny movie. but not sidesplitting funny, more existentially funny.

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Cartoon Network) - high-larious surreal cartoon
• Tom Goes To the Mayor (Cartoon Network) - My prediction: TGTTM is to 2005 as ATHF was to 2004.
• Da Ali G Show (HBO) - One of the scariest/daring and over-the-top funniest things i have ever seen anywhere: Watching Sacha Baron Cohen as "Borat" sing his "Uzbeki" national song "Throw the Jew Down The Well" to a rodeo bar filled with rednecks as they all slowly start singing along.
• The Daily Show (Comedy Central)- daily dose of sanity
• Arrested Development (FOX) - the Bluth family: so completely rich and evil, and yet I love them.
• The Office (BBC America)- the special brought tears to my eyes. Tim and Dawn, nuff said.
• Crossballs (Comedy Central) - Matt Besser's send up of political chat shows
• Reno 911 (Comedy Central) - Lt.Dangle... the hot pants wearing cop...hello!