The Best of 2004

1	Float On	Modest Mouse	USA	453	22	(1)
2	Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)	The Arcade Fire	CAN	399	17	(1)
3	Bury Me With It	Modest Mouse	USA	383	18	(1)
4	Miracle Drug	A.C. Newman	CAN	375	16	(1)
5	Lola Stars and Stripes	The Stills	CAN	372	16	(1)
6	Boys, You Won't	The Wrens	USA	364	18	(1)
7	Hopeless	The Wrens	USA	356	18	(1)
8	Pardon My Freedom	!!!	USA	330	17	(1)
9	Jellybones	The Unicorns	CAN	327	17	(1)
10	Slow Hands	Interpol	USA	311	16	(1)
11	War All The Time	Thursday	USA	301	18	(2)
12	Still In Love Song	The Stills	CAN	300	16	(1)
13	Reptilia	The Strokes	USA	285	16	(1)
14	Changes Are No Good	The Stills	CAN	281	14	(1)
15	Vaccination Scar	The Tragically Hip	CAN	262	17	(1)
16	Gender Bombs	The Stills	CAN	260	15	(2)
17	Alone Again Or	Calexico	USA/CAN/ GER/NED	259	14	(2)
18	Art Is Hard	Cursive	USA	252	10	(1)
19	Satin In A Coffin	Modest Mouse	USA	252	15	(1)
20	Almost	Sarah Harmer	CAN	249	15	(2)
21	Rebellion (Lies)	The Arcade Fire	CAN	244	10	(1)
22	Somebody Told Me	The Killers	USA	242	14	(2)
23	The Rat	The Walkmen	USA	241	16	(2)
24	Disconnect The Dots	Of Montreal	USA	237	13	(1)
25	River Below	Billy Talent	CAN	235	15	(1)
26	Brother	The Organ	CAN	231	13	(1)
27	She Sends Kisses	The Wrens	USA	223	16	(2)
28	Two Thousand Places	The Polyphonic Spree	USA	223	15	(4)
29	Combat Baby	Metric	CAN	218	10	(1)
30	Big Brat	Phantom Planet	USA	217	15	(2)
31	Cause=Time (ra)	Broken Social Scene	CAN	217	12	(2)
32	Metarie	Brendan Benson	USA	214	12	(4)
33	I Luv The Valley OH!	Xiu Xiu	USA	213	12	(3)
34	Saint Simon	The Shins	USA	212	13	(2)
35	Two Way Monologue	Sondre Lerche	NOR	209	13	(2)
36	We'll Make A Lover Of You	Les Savy Fav	USA	209	12	(2)
37	C'mon C'mon	The Von Bondies	USA	207	15	(3)
38	Repeater	The Helio Sequence	USA	203	13	(3)
39	Ocean Breathes Salty	Modest Mouse	USA	203	11	(3)
40	The Oscillator's Hum	Frog Eyes	CAN	199	9	(1)
41	Kissing The Lipless	The Shins	USA	199	9	(1)
42	Birthday	Junior Boys	CAN	198	16	(2)
43	MR. Brightside	The Killers	USA	190	15	(3)
44	Dear Can	!!!	USA	190	12	(3)
45	How We Know	The Thermals	USA	185	15	(3)
46	So Alive	Ryan Adams	USA	182	14	(4)
47	Last Train Home	Lostprophets	GBR	176	16	(5)
48	Romantic Rights	Death From Above 1979	CAN	175	15	(4)
49	Sic Transit Gloria: Glory Fades	Brand New	USA	173	13	(3)
50	Surfing On A Rocket	Air	FRA	172	13	(3)
51	Elephant Woman	Blonde Redhead	ITA/JPN	169	12	(4)
52	Time Is Running Out	Muse	GBR	168	13	(5)
53	The Tarleks	Rheostatics	CAN	168	10	(5)
54	The Reasons	The Weakerthans	CAN	163	15	(4)
55	Wicked and Weird	Buck 65	CAN	159	11	(3)
56	Sea Ghost	The Unicorns	CAN	151	13	(4)
57	Encore	DJ Danger Mouse vs. Jay-Z vs. The Beatles	USA /GBR	155	12	(3)
58	Coin-Operated Boy	Dresden Dolls	USA	146	8	(1)
59	Suspended	Matt Nathanson	USA	146	13	(4)
60	Irish Blood, English Heart	Morrissey	GBR	144	13	(6)
61	Hello Is This Thing On?	!!!	USA	140	12	(4)
62	Who's Gonna Save Us?	The Living End	AUS	134	12	(7)
63	Calculation Theme	Metric	CAN	133	14	(6)
64	Mass Destruction (remix)	Faithless	GBR	131	12	(5)
65	Darts Of Pleasure	Franz Ferdinand	GBR	130	13	(4)
66	Walk Idiot Walk	The Hives	SWE	130	13	(7)
67	The End Has No End	The Strokes	USA	126	12	(6)
68	Cherry Blossom Girl	Air ft. Jessica Banks	FRA	126	12	(6)
69	Cannonball	Damien Rice	IRE	124	12	(7)
70	Dead Disco	Metric	CAN	123	11	(6)
71	Whatever It Takes	Ron Sexsmith	CAN	122	13	(6)
72	Ageless Beauty	Stars	CAN	121	11	(5)
73	22: The Death Of All Romance	The Dears	CAN	119	13	(9)
74	Golden Touch	Razorlight	GBR/SWE	116	12	(7)
75	The Letter	PJ Harvey	GBR	117	12	(7)
76	Let Go	Frou Frou	GBR	116	14	(9)
77	Unmade Bed	Sonic Youth	USA	115	11	(6)
78	Air	The Owls	USA	114	12	(6)
79	Bittersweet Bundle of Misery	Graham Coxon	GBR	113	11	(7)
80	Black Comedy	Bright Eyes ft. Neva Dinova	USA	111	13	(8)
81	Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones	The Hives	SWE	109	12	(8)
82	Walk Run Walk	Tangiers	CAN	107	13	(10)
83	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You	Ben Folds	USA	106	6	(4)
84	The New Year (mp3)	Death Cab For Cutie	USA	106	9	(6)
85	My Coco	Stellastarr^*	USA	106	14	(9)
86	Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	GBR	104	13	(9)
87	Stare At The Sun	Thrice	USA	102	11	(8)
88	Somewhere Only We Know	Keane	GBR	100	12	(8)
89	Shine A Light	The Constantines	CAN	100	13	(9)
90	Breathe	The Silent League	USA	99	10	(7)
91	Days That Are Over	Sondre Lerche	NOR	94	14	(10)
92	Lose Yr Frown	The Electric Soft Parade	GBR	94	11	(10)
93	I'm On Standby	Grandaddy	USA	92	11	(7)
94	Ha Ha	Mates of State	USA	92	8	(7)
95	Forget Her	Jeff Buckley	USA	91	13	(10)
96	So Says I	The Shins	USA	90	9	(10)
97	Step Into My Office Baby	Belle & Sebastian	GBR	89	6	(5)
98	One Big Holiday	My Morning Jacket	USA	89	10	(9)
99	A Good Man Is Hard To Find	Sufjan Stevens	USA	89	11	(10)
100	The Dress Looks Nice On You	Sufjan Stevens	USA	88	13	(10)
101	Sink Hole	Drive By Truckers	USA	88	12	(10)
102	Problems With Solutions	Jim Guthrie	CAN	86	11	(9)
103	The Bachelor and the Bride	The Decemberists	USA	86	10	(9)
104	Staring At The Sun	TV On The Radio	USA	86	10	(10)
105	Me and Mia	Ted Leo & the Pharmacists	USA	86	12	(12)
106	Wrapped Up In Books	Belle & Sebastian	GBR	80	11	(9)
107	Spitting Games	Snow Patrol	GBR	79	10	(9)
108	Cherry Tree	Grand National	GBR	78	8	(8)
109	I Believe	The Marble Index	CAN	77	9	(9)
110	Wig In A Box	The Polyphonic Spree	USA	77	11	(10)
111	Everything Is Everything (ra)	Phoenix	FRA	76	10	(11)
112	Just One Thing	My Morning Jacket	USA	75	7	(8)
113	Take It Easy (Love Nothing)	Bright Eyes	USA	74	7	(4)
114	The District Sleeps Alone Tonight	The Postal Service	USA	74	6	(4)
115	Hello Joe	Beatsteaks	GER	73	9	(9)
116	Banquet	Bloc Party	GBR	67	11	(12)
117	It's A Hit	Rilo Kiley	USA	66	9	(10)
118	Nowhere Again	The Secret Machines	USA	64	11	(10)
119	In The Shadows	The Rasmus	FIN	64	10	(12)
120	All of Your Days Will Be Blessed	Ed Harcourt	GBR	62	7	(11)
121	Eradicate The Doubt	Biffy Clyro	GBR	62	9	(12)
122	Meantime	The Futureheads	GBR	60	9	(10)
123	How 'Bout I Love You More	Mull Historical Society	GBR	59	10	(10)
124	The Fear Is On	The Hidden Cameras	CAN	59	11	(13)
125	Followed The Waves	Auf der Maur	CAN	59	11	(13)
126	Portland, Oregon	Loretta Lynn ft. Jack White	USA	57	10	(12)
127	Milk Man (mp3)	Deerhoof	USA/JPN	57	9	(12)
128	It's Gonna Take An Airplane	Destroyer	CAN	56	11	(14)
129	Who Is It	Björk	ICE	55	12	(15)
130	Happy	The Wrens	USA	54	9	(13)
131	Stockholm Syndrome	Muse	GBR	53	10	(15)
132	I Am Chemical	Poxy	CAN	51	11	(15)
133	Cross Your Heart (mp3)	Communiqué	USA	49	11	(14)
134	Palmcorder Yajna	The Mountain Goats	USA	49	10	(14)
135	Dead Dogs Two	cLOUDDEAD	USA	49	9	(14)
136	Skin	The Wannadies	SWE	48	9	(15)
137	Drunken Tears	Quasi	USA	46	5	(11)
138	Ladyflash	The Go! Team	GBR	46	9	(14)
139	Wonderful People	Q and Not U	USA	44	8	(15)
140	Pony Ride	Bumblebeez 81	USA	44	9	(16)
141	Belleville Rendez-vous	Benoît Charest ft. M (Mathieu Chédid)	CAN/ FRA	44	8	(16)
142	Home By Saturday	Hayden	CAN	43	9	(14)
143	Fighting In A Sack	The Shins	USA	43	10	(15)
144	Who Are You Now?	Brandston	USA	42	10	(16)
146	Black Mask	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	SWE	42	10	(16)
147	Breaking The Broken	Sparta	USA	41	9	(14)
148	The Recluse	Cursive	USA	41	9	(17)
149	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Green Day	USA	40	9	(12)
150	Tell Me What You See	The Von Bondies	USA	40	10	(16)
151	Naked As We Came	Iron & Wine	USA	39	11	(16)
152	Into Your Hideout	Pilate	CAN	37	4	(9)
153	Pattern Recognition	Sonic Youth	USA	36	9	(17)
154	I Can't Sleep At Night	The Deadly Snakes	CAN	36	8	(17)
155	The One You Want	The Get-Up Kids	USA	36	9	(18)
156	Psalm For The Elk's Lodge Last Call	The Weakerthans	CAN	35	8	(18)
157	She Wants To Move	N.E.R.D.	USA	34	7	(16)
158	Misread	Kings of Convenience	NOR	34	10	(20)
159	Two Hearts	Danny Michel	CAN	31	9	(20)
160	Maps	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	USA	29	3	(10)
161	The Soldiering Life	The Decemberists	USA	29	5	(17)
162	The Bucket	Kings of Leon	USA	29	8	(19)
163	Bridge and Tunnel	The Honorary Title	USA	29	8	(19)
164	The One You Love	Rufus Wainwright	CAN	28	6	(13)
165	Song To Sing When I'm Lonely	John Frusciante	USA	27	7	(20)
166	Succexy	Metric	CAN	27	8	(21)
167	I Don't Believe You	The Magnetic Fields	USA	26	8	(20)
168	Cold Hard Bitch	Jet	AUS	26	7	(20)
169	Convict Pool	Calexico	VAR	25	8	(18)
170	I Met A Girl (mp3)	Wheat	USA	25	7	(18)
171	Death of a DJ	The Revs	IRE	25	8	(21)
172	Ride	The Vines	AUS	25	9	(22)
173	Triple Trouble	Beastie Boys	USA	24	8	(20)
174	Transdermal Celebration	Ween	USA	24	7	(20)
175	Peanut Dreams	Grand National	GBR	22	7	(19)
176	Tried And True	Ween	USA	22	5	(19)
177	Into The West	Annie Lennox	GBR	22	9	(21)
178	Desperate Guys	The Faint	USA	22	8	(23)
179	It Can't Be Nashville Every Night	The Tragically Hip	CAN	22	9	(26)
180	Rapid Hope Loss	Dashboard Confessional	USA	21	8	(24)
181	Stay Don't Go	Spoon	USA	20	3	(12)
182	Can't Exist	Joseph Arthur	USA	20	5	(17)
183	Any Minute Now	Soulwax	BEL	20	6	(18)
184	Re-Offender	Travis	GBR	19	5	(20)
185	Everybody's Changing	Keane	GBR	19	8	(23)
186	My Heart Is Black	The High Dials	CAN	19	8	(24)
187	Next Monroe	Rockfour	ISR	18	6	(20)
188	Can't Stand Me Now	The Libertines	GBR	18	7	(23)
189	The Quiet Things That No One Knows	Brand New	USA	17	4	(16)
190	Don't Look Away	The Helio Sequence	USA	17	7	(25)
191	I Was Born (A Unicorn)	The Unicorns	CAN	17	8	(26)
192	Ch-Check It Out	Beastie Boys	USA	16	6	(21)
193	The Love Of Richard Nixon	Manic Street Preachers	GBR	16	7	(24)
194	Reinventing Your Exit	Underoath	USA	16	8	(25)
195	Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead	Ted Leo & the Pharmacists	USA	16	8	(25)
196	It's On Everything	Last Days Of April	SWE	16	7	(25)
197	On To You	The Constantines	CAN	15	3	(15)
198	Mad World	Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules	USA	15	7	(26)
199	Long Time Coming	The Delays	GBR	15	6	(26)
200	Secret For A Song	Mercury Rev	USA	14	5	(21)
201	Golden	My Morning Jacket	USA	14	6	(26)
202	Run Run Run	Phoenix	FRA	13	6	(24)
203	Carry Me Ohio	Sun Kil Moon	USA	13	6	(26)
204	Too Late Or Too Dead	90 Day Men	USA	13	7	(27)
205	Eo (el Sonidero)	Café Tacuba	MEX	13	8	(27)
206	The 1234	The Start	USA	13	6	(29)
207	I Believe In The Good of Life	The Hidden Cameras	CAN	12	7	(28)
208	Mona Lisa	Grant-Lee Phillips	USA	12	7	(28)
209	I'd Rather Dance With You	Kings of Convenience	NOR	12	8	(30)
210	Glitter and Trauma	Biffy Clyro	GBR	11	5	(25)
211	Chain	The Fire Theft	USA	11	5	(27)
212	Single Again	The Fiery Furnaces	USA	11	5	(28)
213	Carrion	British Sea Power	GBR	11	7	(29)
214	Run	Snow Patrol	NIR	11	6	(30)
215	The Ex	Billy Talent	CAN	10	3	(23)
216	Faster Than You Go	The Cansecos	CAN	10	7	(27)
217	Now That I Miss Her	Elefant	USA	10	6	(28)
218	Worn Me Down	Rachael Yamagata	USA	10	6	(30)
219	There's No Home For You Here	The White Stripes	USA	10	5	(28)
220	Messenger	Blonde Redhead ft. David Sylvian	VAR	10	6	(29)
221	I'm A Cuckoo	Belle & Sebastian	GBR	10	5	(29)
222	Mushaboom	Feist	CAN	8	4	(24)
223	Will You Come and Fetch Me?	Of Montreal	USA	8	5	(27)
224	Catch Me Up	Gomez	GBR	8	5	(30)
225	Escape	Brazil	USA	8	4	(30)
226	Fond Farewell	Elliott Smith	USA	8	6	(33)
227	First Of The Gang To Die	Morrissey	GBR	8	6	(34)
228	Another Morning	American Music Club	USA	7	5	(31)
229	Take Your Mama	Scissor Sisters	USA	7	5	(32)
230	Death To Death	Stars	CAN	7	5	(33)
231	Sunday	Lo-Pro	USA	7	5	(33)
232	Angels	Tori Amos	USA	7	5	(35)
233	Me and Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard (A True Story)	!!! (chk x3)	USA	6	2	(23)
234	Always	Delaware	NOR	6	5	(32)
235	Hold Me Now	The Polyphonic Spree	USA	6	5	(32)
236	The Dog Song	Nellie McKay	USA	6	4	(32)
237	Club Foot	Kasabian	GBR	6	5	(34)
238	Everybody Come Down	The Delgados	GBR	6	5	(34)
239	The Rules	Ben Kweller	USA	6	5	(35)
240	I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	The White Stripes	USA	5	2	(25)
241	Exotic Talk	RJD2	USA	5	3	(33)
242	Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell	The Flaming Lips	USA	4	2	(30)
243	Paper Snowflakes	Son, Ambulance	USA	4	3	(33)
244	The Golden Path	The Chemical Brothers ft. The Flaming Lips	GBR/USA	4	2	(33)
245	The Book of Right-On	Joanna Newsom	USA	4	4	(38)
246	Almost The Same	Clearlake	GBR	4	4	(37)
247	Walkie Talkie Man	Steriogram	NZL	4	4	(37)
248	We Will Still Need A Song	Hawksley Workman	CAN	3	1	(29)
249	Don't Even Know Her Name	Ryan Adams	USA	3	2	(35)
250	Embers and Envelopes	Mae	USA	3	3	(38)
251	Hockey Skates	Kathleen Edwards	CAN	2	1	(34)
252	Are You Gonna Be My Girl	Jet	AUS	2	1	(35)
253	Tell All Your Friends	Projet Orange	CAN	2	2	(37)
254	Eleanor	Low Millions	CAN/USA	2	2	(39)
255	Mr. Nathan	Statistics	USA	2	2	(39)
256	Grow Up	Self	USA	2	2	(40)
257	Evil	Interpol	USA	1	1	(40)
258	Come Home Billy Bird	The Divine Comedy	IRE	1	1	(41)
259	Wonderful	Brian Wilson	USA	1	1	(42)
260	Lua	Bright Eyes	USA	1	1	(43)
261	Somebody Hurt You	A Girl Called Eddy	USA	1	1	(43)
262	Speedbumps	Luna	USA	1	1	(44)
263	Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine	The Killers	USA	1	1	(45)

Points	40	36	33	30	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
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