Artist	Song
stephin merritt	one april day
andrew broder aka fog vs. mf doom	ain't nothing
rocky dennis	black cab
beans	phreek the beek (prefuse instrumental mix)
broken social scene	looks just like the sun
hymie's basement	21st century pop song
menomena	the late great libido
iron and wine	waiting for superman (flaming lips cover)
sole	respect pt. 3
electric soft parade	things you've done before
scout niblett	no-one's wrong (giricocola)
the rapture	open your heart
mary lousie parker	angels in america monologue
mu	let's get sick
the concretes	you can't hurry love
the shins	saint simon
the bandits	waken em up and sunrise
clinic	the equaliser
fettes brot	ich bin mude
the books	the lemon of pink
regina spektor	bon idee

Comment:

the best for 2004, some a little too old (the clinic song was used in 'thirteen', and has that 2003 diwali sound) some not even obscure (the rapture), but all of them impressive feats of brooding menace and melancholy, suitable for my last mix of the year (p.s. i think at least 4 of these tracks were taken from pitchforkmedia.com's wonderful we are the world section, check it out)

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