
Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica (Epic, 2000) I can't believe that Modest Mouse used to be this good. In fact, they used to be even better, but The Moon and Antarctica was the last really great album from the band in this decade. However, to be fair, Good News For People Who Love Bad News really wasn't that bad. Still, you know an album is really really good when every song contains a million memories, because only a really really good album can be [...]

Being the young age I am (under 30) this last decade was really the one where I can intensely focus on new releases, critically analyze and find real magic in modern music. As much as I wish I was cool enough to say I bought "Slanted and Enchanted" on vinyl the day it came out or smoke a joint and sit around with my friends about to listen to "The Bends follow-up album" with everyone saying "this better not suck!" But since I never saw Nirvana in a basement and didn't hear "Loveless" until Billy Corgan recommended it I'll just stick to [...]