The best records of 2003:

1. radio dept - lesser matters
2. exploding hearts - guitar romantic
3. shins - chutes too narrow
4. elliott - song in the air
5. postal service - give up
6. strike anywhere - exit english
7. fountains of wayne - welcome interstate managers*
8. wheat - per second*
9. death by stereo - into the valley of death
10. centro-matic - love you just the same

11. beezewax - oh tahoe
12. pernice bros - yours, mine and ours
13. stars - heart*
14. unicorns - who will cut our hair
15. natural history - beat beat heartbeat
16. darkest hour - hidden hands of a sadist nation
17. nightrage - sweet vengeance*
18. dirtbombs - dangerous magical noise
19. grandaddy - sumday
20. death cab - transatlanticism*

21. al green - i can't stop*
22. califone - quicksand/cradlesnakes*
23. stretch arm strong - engage
24. jr ewing - ride paranoia
25. firestarter - livin on the heat
26. strokes - room on fire
27. explosions in the sky - earth is not a cold..
28. from ashes rise - nightmares
29. those peabodys - unite tonight
30. cave in - antenna

31. calla - televise
32. poison the well - you come before you
33. alaska - emotions*
34. embrace today - soldiers*
35. clientele - violet hour
36. sun kil moon - ghosts of the great highway*
37. the rapture - echoes
38. bronx - bronx*
39. burnt by the sun - perfect is the enemy of the good*
40. hot cross - cryonics*