Required Listening: June

So 2003 wasn't so bad, although it certainly didn't live up to the hype I manufactured in my head. These next few years (2004-06) should be interesting because I think they are hands down the worst of the decade overall. Not to say there weren't good albums released in those years, but the overall level of quality sunk to its lowest (particularly in '04). But here's the 2004 albums I'll be listening to:

• Black Keys- Rubber Factory
  
• Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand
  
• Interpol- Antics
• Keane- Hopes and Fears
• PJ Harvey- Uh Huh Her
• Sondre Lerche- Two Way Monologue
  
• Sonic Youth- Sonic Nurse
• Tegan and Sara- So Jealous
• John Vanderslice- Cellar Door

Since I'm at the halfway point of the decade, I'll also be re-listening to some albums from previous years that I think require more attention (see below). And post a list of the albums that have been fed to the Smoke Monster so far.

• The Black Keys- Thickfreakness
• BRMC- BRMC
• Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
• Muse- Origin of Symmetry
• The National- The National