It’s coming up to end-of-year-list season.  This time last year, there was the added buzz of end-of-decade lists.  I wasn’t ready to make any judgements about the last decade right then.  But I suppose I am now…

And so, I present my top ten albums of the years 2000-2009.  I haven’t written any reviews or reasons why.  Perhaps later.

[I don’t think I have the patience to work out what my top ten individual songs would be.  But I definitely know that number one would be this…]

10. Primal Scream: XTRMNTR [2000]

9. Fugazi: The Argument [2001]

8. M.I.A.: Arular [2005]

7. Bat For Lashes: Two Suns [2009]

6. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells [2001]

5. Liars: They Were Wrong, So We Drowned [2004]

4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever To Tell [2003]

3. Arcade Fire: Funeral [2004]

2. Handsome Furs: Face Control [2009]

1. Tegan and Sara: The Con [2007]