The 2004 Altrok Radio Ground 100
by Sean Carolan
The following were judged by our panel of expert (sic) to be the most interesting, intriguing songs played on the Altrok Radio stream in 2004. We realize, and encourage, the fact that your mileage may vary.
| 1 | The Fall |
| Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 | |
| The Real New Fall LP (US Version) | |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand |
| Take Me Out | |
| Franz Ferdinand | |
| 3 | Vive la Fete |
| Noir Desir | |
| 12'' Single | |
| 4 | Art Brut |
| Bad Weekend | |
| Formed A Band (7'' Single) | |
| 5 | The Detroit Cobras |
| Hey Sailor | |
| Cha Cha Twist (7'' Single) | |
| 6 | Dogs Die In Hot Cars |
| Pastimes And Lifestyles | |
| Please Describe Yourself | |
| 7 | The Dresden Dolls |
| Girl Anachronism | |
| The Dresden Dolls | |
| 8 | The Walkmen |
| The Rat | |
| Bows & Arrows | |
| 9 | The Futureheads |
| Decent Days And Nights | |
| The Futureheads | |
| 10 | Modest Mouse |
| Ocean Breathes Salty | |
| Good News For People Who Love Bad News | |
| 11 | The Delgados |
| Keep On Breathing | |
| Universal Audio | |
| 12 | !!! |
| Hello, Is This Thing On | |
| CD Single | |
| 13 | The Wedding Present |
| Interstate 5 | |
| Interstate 5 (CD Single) | |
| 14 | The Libertines |
| Don't Look Back Into The Sun | |
| I Get Along EP | |
| 15 | The Shins |
| Kissing The Lipless | |
| Chutes Too Narrow | |
| 16 | Fiery Furnaces |
| Tropical Iceland [Single Version] | |
| CD Single | |
| 17 | Earlimart |
| The Hidden Track | |
| Treble & Tremble | |
| 18 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists |
| Me And Mia | |
| Shake The Sheets | |
| 19 | The Cure |
| alt.end | |
| The Cure | |
| 20 | Interpol |
| Slow Hands | |
| Antics | |
| 21 | The Weakerthans |
| Plea From a Cat Named Virtute | |
| Reconstruction Site | |
| 22 | Spiraling |
| Texas Is The Reason | |
| Challenging Stage | |
| 23 | The Adored |
| TV Riot (with Pete Shelley) | |
| The Adored EP | |
| 24 | The Faint |
| Southern Belles In London Sing | |
| Wet From Birth | |
| 25 | Bongo Jones |
| Rudy | |
| Hook To The Head | |
| 26 | They Might Be Giants |
| It's Kickin' In | |
| The Spine | |
| 27 | The Futureheads |
| A To B | |
| The Futureheads | |
| 28 | Kasabian |
| Reason Is Treason | |
| Kasabian | |
| 29 | TV On The Radio |
| Staring At The Sun | |
| Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes | |
| 30 | Dogs Die In Hot Cars |
| Modern Woman | |
| Please Describe Yourself | |
| 31 | Angela McCluskey |
| Love Is Stronger Than Death | |
| The Things We Do | |
| 32 | The Bees |
| Horseman | |
| Free The Bees | |
| 33 | Frausdots |
| Dead Wrong | |
| Coture, Coture, Coture | |
| 34 | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists |
| Counting Down The Hours | |
| Shake The Sheets | |
| 35 | The Futureheads |
| Meantime | |
| The Futureheads | |
| 36 | Giant Sand |
| Flying Around The Sun With Remarkable Speed | |
| Is All Over... The Map | |
| 37 | Junkie XL |
| Perfect Blue Sky (Featuring Robert Smith) | |
| A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin | |
| 38 | The Invisible Cities |
| Instaglo | |
| Watertown | |
| 39 | Matthew Sweet |
| The Ocean In-Between | |
| Kimi Ga Suki | |
| 40 | Hyper Kinako |
| Don't Delete My Frog | |
| 7'' Single | |
| 41 | Sonic Youth |
| Stones | |
| Sonic Nurse | |
| 42 | Dogs Die In Hot Cars |
| I Love You 'Cause I Have To | |
| Please Describe Yourself | |
| 43 | The Fiery Furnaces |
| Straight Street | |
| Blueberry Boat | |
| 44 | Stan Ridgway |
| Talkin' Wall Of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1 | |
| Snakebite; Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs | |
| 45 | William Shatner |
| I Can't Get Behind That (with Henry Rollins) | |
| Has Been | |
| 46 | The Guild League |
| The Storm | |
| Inner North | |
| 47 | Calexico |
| Convict Pool | |
| Convict Pool | |
| 48 | The Ordinary Boys |
| Talk Talk Talk | |
| Over The Counter Culture | |
| 49 | Morrissey |
| First Of The Gang To Die | |
| You Are The Quarry | |
| 50 | Razorlight |
| Stumble & Fall | |
| Up All Night | |
| 51 | The Descendents |
| 'Merican | |
| Cool To Be You | |
| 52 | Graham Coxon |
| Don't Be A Stranger | |
| Happiness In Magazines | |
| 53 | Green Day |
| Holiday | |
| American Idiot | |
| 54 | Matthew |
| Sing | |
| Demo | |
| 55 | The Detroit Cobras |
| Cha Cha Twist | |
| 7'' Single | |
| 56 | The Streets |
| Fit But You Know It | |
| A Grand Don't Come For Free | |
| 57 | The Figgs |
| Simon Simone | |
| Palais | |
| 58 | A Girl Called Eddy |
| The Long Goodbye | |
| A Girl Called Eddy | |
| 59 | The Hives |
| Walk Idiot Walk | |
| Tyrannosaurus Hives | |
| 60 | McLusky |
| Forget About Him I'm Mint | |
| The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire | |
| 61 | The 22-20's |
| Why Don't You Do It For Me | |
| The 22-20's | |
| 62 | The Fall-Outs |
| One Thought Too Much | |
| Summertime | |
| 63 | The Delgados |
| Everybody Come Down | |
| Universal Audio | |
| 64 | The Features |
| Me & the Skirts | |
| Exhibit A | |
| 65 | Lismore |
| Tremolo | |
| We Could Connect Or We Could Not | |
| 66 | Jem |
| Wish I | |
| Finally Woken | |
| 67 | The Von Bondies |
| Not That Social | |
| Pawn Shoppe Heart | |
| 68 | The Cure |
| The End of the World (Radio Edit) | |
| The Cure | |
| 69 | Tilly and The Wall |
| Perfect Fit | |
| Wild Like Children | |
| 70 | The Mekons |
| Rosanne | |
| Punk Rock | |
| 71 | The Stills |
| Gender Bombs | |
| Logic Will Break Your Heart | |
| 72 | Toots And The Maytals |
| Monkey Man (with No Doubt) | |
| True Love | |
| 73 | The Fiery Furnaces |
| Crystal Clear | |
| Gallowsbird's Bark | |
| 74 | Radio 4 |
| Party Crashers | |
| Stealing Of A Nation | |
| 75 | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros |
| Get Down Moses | |
| Streetcore | |
| 76 | Seachange |
| Glitterball | |
| Lay Of The Land | |
| 77 | The Libertines |
| Tomblands | |
| The Libertines | |
| 78 | Seedling |
| Dutch Disease | |
| Let's Play Boys & Girls | |
| 79 | Spiraling |
| A Face For Radio | |
| Challenging Stage EP | |
| 80 | David Byrne |
| Dialog Box | |
| Grown Backwards | |
| 81 | McLusky |
| That Man Will Not Hang | |
| The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire | |
| 82 | The Beta Band |
| Assessment | |
| Heroes To Zeroes | |
| 83 | The Customers |
| When It Comes | |
| Days For Hoisting Flags On Government Buildings EP | |
| 84 | The House Of Lords |
| A Little Bit Of Bread With No Cheese | |
| Purr Demo | |
| 85 | R.E.M. |
| The Outsiders (feat. Q-Tip) | |
| Around The Sun | |
| 86 | The Faint |
| I Disappear | |
| Wet From Birth | |
| 87 | Stereolab |
| Margerine Rock | |
| Margerine Eclipse | |
| 88 | The Meeting Places |
| Blur The Line | |
| Find Yourself Along The Way | |
| 89 | Ides Of Space |
| Way Out At Sea | |
| Sleeping Fractures | |
| 90 | The Church |
| Sealine | |
| Forget Yourself | |
| 91 | Mimi Cross |
| I Slept | |
| I Slept | |
| 92 | They Might Be Giants |
| Damn Good Times | |
| The Spine | |
| 93 | Division of Laura Lee |
| Endless Factories | |
| Das Not Compute | |
| 94 | David Byrne |
| My Fair Lady | |
| The Wired CD (Comp) | |
| 95 | Yello |
| Planet Dada | |
| The Eye | |
| 96 | Call & Response |
| Colors Bleed | |
| Winds Take No Shape | |
| 97 | Sondre Lerche |
| Two Way Monologue | |
| Two Way Monologue | |
| 98 | Interpol |
| NARC | |
| Antics | |
| 99 | The Legends |
| There And Back Again | |
| Up Against The Legends | |
| 100 | The Features |
| There's A Million Ways To Sing The Blues | |
| Exhibit A | |
©2005 Sean Carolan