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You're probably right. I am a chief culprit.

It's because it got commercial.

I admit I said Ke$ha somewhere but that got blown way out proportion

Local Natives :)

2003. It was my first full year living in Australia, which exposed me to a lot more music than I was used to in New Zealand at the time. The albums from 2003 that I enjoyed include: Local self-titled debut from Melbourne Jazz-funk-pop band The Cat Empire after I got hooked on the catchy breakout single "Hello". The Dandy Warhols' finest release to date - Welcome To The Monkey House Who can forget Coldplay's Live 2003 CD and DVD... amazing... Jack Johnson's second album On And On won me over. It's his second best album but who can forget the magic of "Taylor". Magical. Local band JET broke through with their debut Get Born, led by the easily recogniseable and anthemic "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". Music industry in Australia goes ballistic. Muse's album Absolution which I discovered way after 2003. This was a much better release than their previous two albums. Local lads and Aussie rock legends Powderfinger release the multi ARIA-winning album Vulture St which was incredibly successful in Australia. This album is my favourite of the band's 9 LP's, and it is in my top 10 albums of the decade. Snow Patrol broke away from their first two troubled and unsuccessful releases with LP3, Final Straw on the back of the successful single 'Run'. Spitting Games was the track that got me hooked. Starsailor released Silence Is Easy with track "Four To The Floor" going on to be ruined through a Thin White Duke Mix which crossed over into the disease-ridden world that is Club music. The Strokes followed up their successful debut with Room On Fire which only cemented their position as one of the best bands of the decade. Certainly the best guitar band. "Reptilia" is one of the songs of the decade. The underrated debut from Irish indie-pop band The Thrills titled So Much For The City was released, and I was instantly hooked. For those who haven't checked out the band's music, please do. Chances are you'll love it. Singles Santa Cruz and One Horse Town dazzled worldwide with decent chart positions for a relatively unknown band. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=75E8AFF995151AFF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&v=v1S0pTEydb8 Travis released the 'darker' 12 Memories which I am still indifferent to. It's not my favourite travis album, but singles like Quicksand and The Beautiful Occupation were very strong. We heard one of the riffs of 2003 with 'Seven Nation Army' on The White Stripes album Elephant - probably one of the singles of the year. Other mentions: Blur - Think Tank was a disappointment for me. A signal of the end. Radiohead released another album, dignity intact but nobody amazed. Kings of Leon debut sounding incredibly redneck.

I think the big mistake was making this thread. Put it in the freaking MGMT thread next time please. If you want to tempt me, I will at least attempt to crash the servers if we are making threads for every single bloody album release. Continue the trolling.

Third time in fact!

Wow massive bumps guys I was prob the last person to see the boys, at Big Day Out Festival in Melb

Got to be head rolls off!

I couldn't agree more. I love these guys. They came to Melbourne two weeks ago, put on amazing intimate gig which I reviewed here. They do not get enough attention. Bring on LP3!

Can we turn this into the Ke$ha thread? Cos this thread aint got no dignity.

Finally, a Radiohead-free year! :laugh3:

No dignified musician puts a dollar sign in their name. Especially no white-as female. And.... I'm off to eat some kangaroo's shit to get the taste of her out of my mouth.

Yeah last year's one in Gippsland was awesome, with Eskimo Joe there. Well, I listened to it.

I don't care at all how well it sells. If total sales were any mark of talent and how good an album is, then Keisha's better at producing material than Grizzly Bear. NOT Failure to me is an album full of crap.

A million dollars says this album fails miserably.

Dude, as much as I love news about Oasis, this was posted in the Oasis thread a week ago.

Yeah, they EXPLODED in Australia. Musically, Not literally.

Nah, no way. Great new sound. #3 album of 2009 for me, and the #1 debut

Amen, those are quality songs. Bic Runga is an amazing singer, great NZ represent!

The Bravery Two Door Cinema Club The Boxer Rebellion All Brilliant!

Pacing problems? I think I know what u mean, track order could be better. I agree with Do You Want It All.... I have gone from liking it to skipping it now, there's just so many other good tracks. Still, I love this album.

WOOOOO LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and Loving the LOST represent.

Cheers, I naturally sound a bit British when I sing because 90% of the stuff I listen to is British! Thanks for the review! Glad you liked.