The Best Albums Of The 00s-2015

Welcome to the final installment of the best of the 00s. This was a fantastic year for music. Very diverse sounds being created. You did have to dig, like most years past 2004 not much good was handed to you. From 2005 on you really have to search for the real meat. Aside from a few on this list, there was deep digging. So do some of your own digging and dive right into that spotify playlist right below, you won't be disappointed!

1. Father John Misty-I Love You, Honeybear(SubPop)

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk

2. Beauty Pill-Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are(Butterscotch)

Genre: Indie Rock, Chamber Pop

3. John Grant-Grey Tickles and Black Pressure(Bella Union)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Electropop

4. The Garden-HAHA(Epitaph)

Genre: Post-Punk, Zolo, Synth Punk, Drum And Bass

5. Gnod-Infinity Machines(Rocket Recordings)

Genre: Industrial, Progressive Electronic, Drone, Space Rock, Experimental Rock

6. PWR BTTM-Ugly Cherries(Miscreant/Father Daughter)

Genre: Power Pop, Queercore, Pop Punk

7. Courtney Barnett-Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit(Mom + Pop)

Genre: Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter

8. Lightning Bolt-Fantasy Empire(Load)

Genre: Noise Rock, Math Rock, Brutal Prog

9. Jlin-Dark Energy(Planet Mu)

Genre: Footwork, Juke, Post-Industrial

10. Girl Band-Holding Hands With Jamie(Rough Trade)

Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Punk, No Wave

11. Shamir-Ratchet(XL)

Genre: Electro-Disco, Synthpop, Electropop, Alternative R&B, Dance Pop, Synth Funk, Hip House, Freestyle

12. Shit and Shine-54 Synth Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral(Rocket Recordings)

Genre: Experimental Rock, Noise

13. Jamaican Queens-Downers(Freakish Pleasures)

Genre: Indietronica, Neo Psychedelia

14. Ava Luna-Infinite House(Western Vinyl)

Genre: Art Rock, Post-Punk, No Wave, Pop Soul

15. Tobias Jesso Jr.-Goon(True Panther)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Piano Rock, Chamber Pop, Indie Pop

16. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper-After(Mom + Pop)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Folk

17. U.S. Girls-Half Free(4AD)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Art Pop, Hypnagogic Pop, Synthpop

18. Julia Holter-Have You In My Wilderness(Domino)

Genre: Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Ambient Pop

19. White Fang-Chunks(Burger)

Genre: Post-Punk, Punk Rock, Garage Punk

20. Quiet Company-Transgressor(Modern Outsider)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop

21. Soko-My Dreams Dictate Reality(Because)

Genre: Post-Punk, New Wave, Dream Pop, Gothic Rock

22. Fred Thomas-All Are Saved(Polyvinyl)

Genre: Chamber Pop, Chamber Folk, Indie Rock

23. EEK-Kahraba(Nashazphone)

Genre: Mahraganat, Big Beat

24. Arca-Sheep/Mutant(Mute)

Genre: Electronic, Sound Collage, Industrial Techno, UK Bass, IDM, Glitch Hop, Wonky, Post-Industrial, Glitch

25. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment-Surf(Self-Released)

Genre: Neo Soul, Pop Rap, Jazz Rap, Funk, Conscious Hip Hop

26. Earthly-Days(Noumenal Loom)

Genre: Indietronica, IDM, Plunderphonics, Glitch Pop, Hypnagogic Pop

27. Jib Kidder-Teaspoon To the Ocean(Weird World)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Neo Psychedelia, Indietronica

28. Wilco-Star Wars(Anti)

Genre: Indie Rock, Alt Country, Art Rock

29. Jeff Bridges-Sleeping Tapes(Squarespace)

Genre: Spoken Word, Field Recordings, Ambient, Drone

30. Guilty Simpson-Detroit's Son(Stones Throw)

Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop

31. Corrections House-Know How To Carry A Whip

Genre: Industrial Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Electro-Industrial

32. Creeping Pink-Mirror Woods

Genre: Neo Psychedelia, LO-FI

33. Goatsnake-Black Age Blues

Genre: Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Traditional Doom Metal

34. Metz-2

Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Garage Punk

35. Hop Along-Painted Shut

Genre: Indie Rock, Midwest Emo, Indie Pop

36. Liturgy-The Ark Work

Genre: Experimental Rock, Avant Garde Metal, Black Metal, Glitch, Industrial Hip Hop, Math Rock, Sequencer & Midi, Noise Rock

37. Eric Chenaux-Skullsplitter

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Experimental

38. Vision Fortune-Country Music

Genre: Experimental Rock

39. B.C. Camplight-How To Die In The North

Genre: Baroque Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop

40. Jamaican Windstorm-Over It(Distrokid)

Genre: Plunderphonics, Experimental, Noise, Electronic, Neo Psychedelia, Drone, Ambient