20 rock albums that, in my opinion, made the Bush II years not completely suck

One man's opinion. In order:

20. Sahara Hotnights- Kiss & Tell
19. Elliott Smith- New Moon
18. Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies
17. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
16. Wolf Parade- Apologies To The Queen Mary
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever To Tell
14. Radiohead- Kid A
13. Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam
12. TV On The Radio- Return To Cookie Mountain
11. Sleater-Kinney- The Woods
10. The Knife- Silent Shout
9. Sufjan Stevens- Come On Feel The Illinoise!
8. The Thermals- The Body, The Blood, The Machine
7. Deerhoof- Friend Opportunity
6. Interpol- Turn On The Bright Lights
5. LCD Soundsystem- Sound Of Silver
4. The Arcade Fire- Funeral
3. Modest Mouse- The Moon And Antarctica
2. Deerhoof- The Runners Four
1. Liars- Drum's Not Dead

Two notes:
- New Moon is somewhat of a cop-out; none of it is new material, and none of it was recorded during the 00s. Call it a Lifetime Achievement for Smith.
- No albums from this year. Though I've heard some solid albums- Dodos' Vister, Destroyer's Trouble In Dreams, some others- none of them seem like they'll have epic staying power.

Discuss.

 

I said discuss!

 

My only quibble about this list is that it showed that this era's music largely didn't take on the political activist tone that the popular songs of the late 60s did.

The times, they are a-changin'...

 

Marah: Angel's of Destruction
The Boss: Magic

 

Re: 20 rock albums that, in my opinion, made the Bush II years not completely su

A few more...

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
Get Behind Me Satan, White Stripes
Wide Awake It's Morning, Bright Eyes
That album by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Don't Give up on Me, Solomon Burke

 

That made me laugh.

Some more ...

Rubber Factory, Black Keys
Favourite Worst Nightmare/Whatever People ..., Arctic Monkeys
Emotionalism, Avett Brothers
Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew Bird
Boxer, The National

 

1. Green Day - American Idiot
2. Piebald - We Are The Only Friends That We Have
3. NOFX - War on Errorism
4. Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
5. Bayside - Sirens and Condolences
6. Brand New - Deja Entendu
7. 311 - Evolver
8. Flashlight Brown - My Degeneration
9. Cauterize - So Far From Real
10. Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
11. Cursive - The Ugly Organ
12. Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper
13. Fenix TX - Lechuza
14. Dropkick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud
15. Ultimate Fakebook - Open Up and Say Awesome
16. Weezer - Make Believe
17. Gob - Foot In Mouth Disease
18. Relient K - MmHmm
19. Hidden In Plain View - Life In Dreaming
20. Halifax - The Inevitability Of A Strange World

Discuss this, jerks.

 

I know American Idiot belongs on the list. It was the first one I thought of as missing from the original.

 

Same here. That album was written, at least a lot of it, because of the Bush administration -- as was NOFX's "War on Errorism" and, to a slightly lesser extent, Bad Religion's "Process of Belief."

 

never heard of any of your 20 albums, king.

 

I've heard of one, but it's Radiohead and they suck.

 

We have fairly similar music taste. Combine that with television shows and I think we might be kindred spirits.