Best of 2002

[xxxMidgexxx]

Because we’ve nothing better to discuss.

[gregpolard]

Dag Nasty "Minority Of One" of course!

[JGJR]

Dag Nasty "Minority Of One" of course!

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel

I listened to both of those so much that year.

[scannest]

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Released in 2001.

Dude, I'm very disappointed in you...

[xxxMidgexxx]

*sigh

[JGJR]

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Released in 2001.

Dude, I'm very disappointed in you...

Try again. It was only made available digitally/online and not officially from what I remember (label/band fight and a documentary was made about that) on the band's website and it seemed like everyone (myself included) had at least a few of the mp3s but I only had dial-up then so I didn't hear the whole thing until I bought the CD in (drumroll please) April 2002. It would've taken too much time to download otherwise (remember those days? Ha ha.) The only ones who heard the whole thing before then were either college kids with T1 connections who downloaded whatever they wanted to or those with high-speed connections (uncommon then).

To be completely fair, it was supposed to be released in 2001 before they got dropped by Reprise and picked up again by Nonesuch. A good friend in the industry at the time had a theory that WB (Reprise and Nonesuch are both sub-labels of WB) just did that for publicity and to promote them. If so, it sure worked. That album (and documentary) made their subsequent career.

[captain2man]

Avail - Front Porch Stories
Bad Religion - Process of Belief

First two off the top of me head.

[JGJR]

Bad Religion - Process of Belief

First two off the top of me head.

This was a huge one for me, too, but I didn't hear it until the very end of 2002, so I think of it as more late 2002/early 2003 sort of thing. i liked it more than any previous BR album past Generator and before it and I still feel that way.

[jaybird]

The Break, S/T.

[version sound]

Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
V/A - 20 Years of Dischord
Sigur Ros - ( )
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

PS: A source no less authoritative than the mighty Pitchfork listed YHF in its Top 50 Albums of 2002.

[xxxMidgexxx]

REALLY, PEOPLE????

REALLY????

This topic is sooooo 21 years ago.

[lewdd]

I think I would have liked The Break if I had heard them in 2002.

The Kings of Nuthin' - Fight Songs for Fuck-Ups
Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me
Discipline - Saints & Sinners
Rancid/NOFX - BYO Split Series III
Roger Miret and the Disasters - S/T
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Face to Face - How To Ruin Everything
Transplants - Transplants
Bouncing Souls / Anti-Flag - BYO Split Series IV
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - A Jackknife to a Swan
Argy Bargy - Songs from the Streets
Cockney Rejects - Out of the Gutter
Angelic Upstarts - Sons of Spartacus
1208 - Feedback Is Payback
Dag Nasty - Minority of One
VA - Atticus...Dragging the Lake
GBH - Ha Ha
Select tracks from Simple Plan, New Found Glory, Sum 41, SR-71 releases

[the mean]

ABILENE - two guns, twin arrows
JESUSEATER - step inside my deathray!

[the mean]

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Released in 2001.

Dude, I'm very disappointed in you...

Try again. It was only made available digitally/online and not officially from what I remember (label/band fight and a documentary was made about that) on the band's website and it seemed like everyone (myself included) had at least a few of the mp3s but I only had dial-up then so I didn't hear the whole thing until I bought the CD in (drumroll please) April 2002. It would've taken too much time to download otherwise (remember those days? Ha ha.) The only ones who heard the whole thing before then were either college kids with T1 connections who downloaded whatever they wanted to or those with high-speed connections (uncommon then).

To be completely fair, it was supposed to be released in 2001 before they got dropped by Reprise and picked up again by Nonesuch. A good friend in the industry at the time had a theory that WB (Reprise and Nonesuch are both sub-labels of WB) just did that for publicity and to promote them. If so, it sure worked. That album (and documentary) made their subsequent career.

Man, you walked right into that one, scannest.

[version sound]

JESUSEATER - step inside my deathray!

YAS QUEEN

[scannest]

Hey, I associate that Wilco record with 2001 because I definitely knew it pretty well when I saw them that September. Just cuz JGJR was late to the party doesn't change the fact that it was pretty readily available in 2001.

[WrEtcH]

Bad Religion- The Process Of Belief
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Satyricon - Volcano
The Donnas - Spend The Night
Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
Ludicra- Hollow Psalms
Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy

[JGJR]

Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
V/A - 20 Years of Dischord
Sigur Ros - ( )
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

PS: A source no less authoritative than the mighty Pitchfork listed YHF in its Top 50 Albums of 2002.

Of course they did because they gave it a 10.0, but they also gave a 10.0 to Source Tags & Codes and that's what I was commenting here to say. I liked ST&C when it was new, but haven't heard it in many years.

[JGJR]

Hey, I associate that Wilco record with 2001 because I definitely knew it pretty well when I saw them that September. Just cuz JGJR was late to the party doesn't change the fact that it was pretty readily available in 2001.

Translation: you either had high-speed internet or got a cd-r of it somehow. I did not. BTW when I saw them in the fall of 2000 with Jay Bennett, it was one of the best things I've ever seen, especially after the 45 minutes of Mermaid Avenue tunes that started off the show. Was he still in the band when you saw them?

[version sound]

Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
V/A - 20 Years of Dischord
Sigur Ros - ( )
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

PS: A source no less authoritative than the mighty Pitchfork listed YHF in its Top 50 Albums of 2002.

Of course they did because they gave it a 10.0, but they also gave a 10.0 to Source Tags & Codes and that's what I was commenting here to say. I liked ST&C when it was new, but haven't heard it in many years.

My point was that they recognized it as being a 2002 release, but if that’s the way you want to spin it, I had exactly the opposite experience. I liked YHF when it came out, but haven’t listened to it in years. ST&C, on the other hand, still gets regular, if infrequent, listens. I actually bought it on vinyl a couple of years ago.

Now go look at my damn La Luz thread, which was posted primarily with you in mind.

[JGJR]

Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
V/A - 20 Years of Dischord
Sigur Ros - ( )
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

PS: A source no less authoritative than the mighty Pitchfork listed YHF in its Top 50 Albums of 2002.

Of course they did because they gave it a 10.0, but they also gave a 10.0 to Source Tags & Codes and that's what I was commenting here to say. I liked ST&C when it was new, but haven't heard it in many years.

My point was that they recognized it as being a 2002 release, but if that’s the way you want to spin it, I had exactly the opposite experience. I liked YHF when it came out, but haven’t listened to it in years. ST&C, on the other hand, still gets regular, if infrequent, listens. I actually bought it on vinyl a couple of years ago.

Now go look at my damn La Luz thread, which was posted primarily with you in mind.

I understood your point and you're correct about it being a 2002 release; saw the La Luz thread. Thanks again. And yep, total opposite experience here as you indicated since even though I didn't indicate it above, I still play YHF occasionally. I don't have a vinyl copy, but would like one. I have the 1st 2 and Sky Blue Sky on vinyl, but oddly not my other favorite besides Being There (which is YHF). Wish I still had the CD at least. Oh well.

[version sound]

I just listened to Source Tags & Codes, and it’s as great as ever. It’s the 21st century’s Daydream Nation. Like, specifically, not on some higher level. As it was the clear descendant of that record, it obviously didn’t have the same impact, cuz like SY already did it, but it’s on the same level musically, IMO.

[scannest]

Translation: you either had high-speed internet or got a cd-r of it somehow. I did not. BTW when I saw them in the fall of 2000 with Jay Bennett, it was one of the best things I've ever seen, especially after the 45 minutes of Mermaid Avenue tunes that started off the show. Was he still in the band when you saw them?

In 2001? No, he was gone by then. But I saw him with them many, many times. Yer not gonna beat me at that game.

[pedro]

I'm pretty sure I saw WIlco with Jay Bennett twice. I saw them right after AM was released (I think he had joined by that point) and then again when the second album, the name escapes me, came out. I was done with Wilco after that. Back when I cared I was definitely #TeamFarrar. But Son Volt didn't last that long for me either. I saw Son Volt twice and then Farrar solo. Done.

That's all I have to offer here. Thanks for reading.

[JGJR]

Translation: you either had high-speed internet or got a cd-r of it somehow. I did not. BTW when I saw them in the fall of 2000 with Jay Bennett, it was one of the best things I've ever seen, especially after the 45 minutes of Mermaid Avenue tunes that started off the show. Was he still in the band when you saw them?

In 2001? No, he was gone by then. But I saw him with them many, many times. Yer not gonna beat me at that game.

Nope I definitely wouldn't; I didn't explicitly mention this earlier, but that 2000 show at Iriving Plaza was the only time I ever saw them with Jay and it was my first time seeing them despite being a fan since Being There. I still think they're great live with Nels, Glenn, et al. even when they play the old stuff (maybe especially when since that's my favorite material of theirs).

[xxxMidgexxx]

Jay Bennett twice.

Bad Religion's best bass player by far.

[Nico]

Stuff I listened to a lot:

Dag Nasty - Minority Of One
Bad Religion - Process Of Belief
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
The Mars Volta - Tremulant EP
Sparta - Wiretap Scars
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
New Found Glory - Stick and Stones
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Rollins Band - Rise Above
Jets To Brazi l - Perfecting Loneliness
The Libertines - Up The Brackets
Johnnt Cash - American IV
The Get Up Kids - On A Wire
Bad Brains - I&I Survived

Not everything stood the test of time.

[Neal]

annihilation time - s/t
birdflesh - night of the ultimate mosh
dead stop - s/t
devin the dude - just tryin' to live
the fartz - injustice: 15 working class songs
the futures - electric wave from the underworld
hanson brothers - my game
hot snakes - suicide invoice
i excuse - burn the empty to the ash
jawbreaker - etc.
lovejunk - vodatumour blues
mclusky - mclusky do dallas
morser - pure scum
nada surf - let go
nappy roots - watermelon, chicken & gritz
nofx - 45 or 46 songs that weren't good enough
pavers - return to the island of no return
pop unknown - the august division
s.t.r.e.e.t.s. - worms
slowride - as i survive the suicide bomber
snuff - disposable income
sommerset - more songs from the last century
strong intention - extermination vision
strung out - an american paradox
super chinchilla rescue mission - go halves on a bastard
tragedy - vengeance
unit pride - then and now
verbal assault - volume one

[xxxMidgexxx]

nada surf - let go

winner