I can’t say that I care for their Top 50 this year, or even last year for that matter. I feel like this year’s is sloppy and doesn’t capture 2005 very well. It’s got more holes than the Patriot Act. Either way, I’m sure they’ll sleep well in their beds made from pre-release cds between sheets of indie label money.

05. Fiery Furnaces – EP
I just hate the m%@#$-f%@*in’g Fiery f$#@ing Furnaces, that’s all. They make me want to jump into one.

04. Clipse – We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2
With, like, 5 rap albums on the list, Pitchfork seems to love being wicked phat dope whiteys tossin’ props to coke rap like they just lit Andrew WK’s house on fire and watched it burn while drinking Colt 45′s.

03. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
They remind me of how Animal Collective took people by surprise last year just for being really goofy. It wasn’t cool to be goofy in the ’05 though.

02. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
I wanted to chop my ears off after listening to this. So brutal. Even more than City Hall.

01. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
He’s the gimmicky, indie Dave Matthews. I find his little “50 States” project to be repulsively lame and stinking of poor man’s camp value. I can only hope Pitchfork put this #1 because they’re based in Chicago.