We had reached critical mass with indie culture, which is why now, a decade later, we’re being subjected to a barrage of commemorative edition reissues, media critics’ anniversary thinkpieces, and full-album tours-aged ten years to perfection. In hindsight, that’s a thoroughly impressive output for a single year. Released that year were Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Napoleon Dynamite, Shaun of the Dead, Garden State, I Heart Huckabees, and of course, what conversation about indie culture would be complete without human Polaroid camera, Wes Anderson, and his underwater Bill Murray vehicle, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Not to mention, the year saw a slew of artier well-regarded, small-budget movies which were basically the indie rock of cinema, and whose soundtracks were indie rock tastemakers unto themselves (looking at you and that damned Frou Frou song, Zach Braff). Those 12 months produced all of the following:Īrcade Fire’s Funeral, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled debut album, The Walkmen’s Bows + Arrows, TV On The Radio’s Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, Sonic Youth’s Sonic Nurse, The Killers’ Hot Fuss, Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born, The Futureheads’ self-titled, The Hives’ Tyrannosaurus Hives, Rilo Kiley’s More Adventurous, The Libertines’ self-titled, The Black Keys’ Rubber Factory, Interpol’s Antics, Death from Above 1979’s You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine, and Elliott Smith’s posthumous (and my personal favorite of his work) From a Basement on the Hill, among others. Come, hop on the nostalgia train and marvel at all the stops along its route. On one hand, 2004 was a powerhouse for indie rock-or at least what has become known as “indie” rock (bands who craft songs with a hint more delicacy than the Nickelbacks of the world), delivering one critically acclaimed album after another. “So I was thinking-you know that guy with the toupee from the Priceline ads? Well what if we put out a full-leng-” īut in 2004, a pivotal and much-celebrated year for music, the album was given a chance.
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