BEST ALBUMS OF 2000
#	Artist	Album	Label
1	Blackalicious	Nia	Mo’ Wax
2	New Pornographers	Mass Romantic	Matador
3	Josh Rouse	Home	Slow River
4	Weakerthans	Left And Leaving	Sub City
5	Versus	Hurrah	Merge
6	Spoon	Love Ways EP	Merge
7	Teenage Fanclub	Howdy!	Columbia
8	J. Mascis & The Fog	More Light	Artemis
9	Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars	Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars	Jagjaguwar
10	Clinic	Internal Wrangler	Domino
11	Supergrass	Supergrass	Capitol
12	Francine	Forty On A Fall Day	Q Division
13	Buddyrevelles	American Matador	Motorcoat
14	Neko Case	Furnace Room Lullaby	Bloodshot
15	Tabla Beat Science	Tala Matrix	Axiom
16	Aimee Mann	Bachelor #2	Superego
17	Sarah Harmer	You Were Here	Zoe
18	Jurassic 5	Quality Control	Interscope
19	Morphine	The Night	Dreamworks
20	Peter Bruntnell	Normal For Bridgewater	Slow River

BEST ALBUMS OF 2002
#	Artist	Album	Label
1	Paul Westerberg / Grandpaboy	Stereo/Mono	Vagrant
2	Doves	The Last Broadcast	Capitol
3	Sleater Kinney	One Beat	Kill Rock Stars
4	Flaming Lips	Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots	Warner Bros.
5	…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	Source Tags & Codes	Interscope
6	Low	Trust	Kranky
7	Elvis Costello	When I Was Cruel	Island
8	Interpol	Turn On The Bright Lights	Matador
9	Medeski, Martin, & Wood	Uninvisible	Blue Note
10	Anti-Pop Consortium	Arrhythmia	Warp
11	Spoon	Kill The Moonlight	Merge
12	Anomoanon	Asleep Many Years In The Wood	Temporary Residence
13	Neko Case	Blacklisted	Bloodshot
14	The Deathray Davies	The Day Of Ray	Idol
15	Chitlin’ Fooks	Did It Again	Hidden Agenda
16	Beck	Sea Change	Geffen
17	Clinic	Walking With Thee	Domino
18	The Reindeer Section	Son Of Evil Reindeer	Pias
19	Wilco	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	Nonesuch
20	Concrete Blonde	Group Therapy	Manifesto

BEST ALBUMS OF 2003
#	Artist	Album	Label
1	Shins	Chutes Too Narrow	Sub Pop
2	Cat Power	You Are Free	Matador
3	Wrens	Meadowlands	Absolutely Kosher
4	Bonnie Prince Billy	Master And Everyone	Drag City
5	Decemberists	Castaways And Cutouts	Kill Rock Stars
6	Fiery Furnaces	Gallowbird’s Bark	Rough Trade
7	Ben Gibbard/Andrew Kenny	Home Volume 5	Post Parlo
8	Ken Stringfellow/Jon Auer	Private Sides	Arena Rock
9	Supergrass	Life On Other Planets	Island
10	Francine	28 Plastic Blue Versions Of Endings Without You	Q Division
11	Long Winters	When I Pretend To Fall	Barsuk
12	Decemberists	Her Majesty	Kill Rock Stars
13	Sun Kill Moon	Ghosts Of The Great Highway	Jetset
14	Metric	Old World Underground, Where Are You Now	Overcoat
15	American Analog Set	Promise Of Love	Tiger Style
16	Kaito	Band Red	spinART
17	Postal Service	Give Up	Sub Pop
18	Stars	Heart	Paper Bag
19	M. Ward	Transfiguration Of Vincent	Merge
20	Belle & Sebastian	Dear Catastrophe Waitress	Rough Trade

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