Yes, I know we haven’t really begun a new decade yet. And yes, I know we’re already a month into the “new” decade. But everybody else did it, so me too me too me too.

Here are, in my opinion, the best albums released between 2000 and 2009:

1. The Arcade Fire . Funeral
2. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead . Source Tags And Codes
3. Radiohead . Kid A
   
4. Sigur Ros . Agaetis Byrjun
5. Spoon . Kill The Moonlight
6. Sleater-Kinney . The Woods
7. The New Pornographers . Mass Rmantic
8. The Hidden Cameras . Mississauga Goddam
9. Mates Of State . Bring It Back
10. Regina Spektor . Begin To Hope

The weird thing about this list is that there’s nothing later than 2006. In fact only two albums from 2009 made my initial cut-down list, and none from either 2007 or 2008. Were those three years devoid of great music? Or have my music consumption habits changed so much that I no longer absorb and appreciate great albums? Both possibilities worry me.