2024 marks two occasions the first being that at the end of this year the 2020s will be halfway done. The other milestone is that we are now 25 years into the 2000s. With that in mind here are my favorite records from 2000-present.
I have no doubt whatsoever I’ve missed some absolute classics that haven’t popped into me head but I’m going with.
1. Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
2. Kate Bush - Aerial
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Doves - Lost Souls
5. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
6. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
7. King Creosote - From Scotland With Love
8. Dinosaur Jr - Farm
9. David Bowie - Blackstar
10. Sleaford Mods - The Mekon
11. Richard Hawley - Lowedges
12. National - High Violet
13. Flotation Toy Warning - A Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck
14. Suede - The Blue Hour
15. Avalanches - Wildflower
16. Matthew Halsall - Fletcher Moss Park
17. Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree
18. Boards of Canada - Tomorrows Harvest
19. *Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
20. New Order - Get Ready